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Stevie Bonifield

Stevie Bonifield

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    All Linux distros are affected by the new “Dirty Frag” vulnerability.

    Similar to the “Copy Fail” exploit revealed a week ago, the two “Dirty Frag” exploits (CVE-2026-43284) also allow a local user to give themselves root privileges on nearly any Linux distribution. The researcher who found it says that, “Because the embargo has now been broken, no patches or CVEs exist for these vulnerabilities.”

    Ubuntu developer Canonical has detailed mitigations, and Red Hat says it will provide guidance “soon.”

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    Stevie Bonifield
    Anthropic’s Claude usage limits are getting a boost after compute deals with SpaceX and others.

    Anthropic is doubling five-hour rate limits for many Claude Code users, removing Claude Code’s peak hours limit reduction, and significantly increasing API rate limits for Claude Opus models, starting today.

    It credits the capacity to a new deal with SpaceX “to use all of the compute capacity at their Colossus 1 data center” in Memphis, noting recent announcements with Amazon, Google, and Microsoft.

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    Stevie Bonifield
    Google teases “Fitbit Air” launch Thursday.

    As spotted by 9to5Google, Fitbit posted a few teaser photos on Tuesday with the caption “Buckle up. 5.7.26.” The images don’t give away much, but the zoomed-in shots of a fabric band and metal buckle match earlier glimpses of the rumored screen-free “Fitbit Air.”

    Three combined Instagram posts teasing the “Fitbit Air”
    Image: Fitbit
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    Stevie Bonifield
    Amazon tests AI chatbot responses in its search.

    As The Information reports, Amazon is considering offering a “hybrid” mode that includes responses from its Rufus chatbot in search results for some products. Rufus can suggest and compare products like shopping modes in ChatGPT and Gemini, but Amazon says it’s more helpful for some products than others, and won’t entirely replace regular search.