Broadcom releases VMware Fusion security update for root access bug

Broadcom patched a high-severity VMware Fusion flaw, CVE-2026-41702, that could let local attackers gain root privileges. Broadcom released a security update for VMware Fusion to address a high-severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-41702, that could allow local attackers to escalate privileges to root on affected systems. The flaw is a time-of-check time-of-use (TOCTOU) vulnerability affecting operations […]

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Elon Musk looks VERY uncomfortable as he jokingly poses with outgoing billionaire Apple rival Tim Cook at Trump-Xi bash

BILLIONAIRE Elon Musk pulled a string of bizarre faces at a lavish Beijing banquet during Donald Trump’s high-stakes state visit. The world’s richest man is in the Chinese capital along with dozens of top US tycoons who have travelled with Trump this w…

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Anthropic and Gates Foundation pledge $200M to use AI in health and education initiatives; the foundation signed a similar, $50M deal with OpenAI in January (Jeffrey Dastin/Reuters)

Jeffrey Dastin / Reuters:
Anthropic and Gates Foundation pledge $200M to use AI in health and education initiatives; the foundation signed a similar, $50M deal with OpenAI in January  —  Anthropic and the Gates Foundation have pledged…

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Syria: Prosecuting Assad-era security officials

The new Syrian administration is trying to provide justice for the tens of thousands tortured and hundreds of thousands more killed by the regime of former dictator Bashar al-Assad. But is enough being done to investigate and prosecute those accused? …

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