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Notepad++ says Chinese government hackers hijacked its software updates for months

Notepad++ says Chinese government hackers hijacked its software updates for months: The developer of the popular text editor Notepad++ said hackers associated with the Chinese government hijacked its software update mechanism to deliver tainted software to users for months. Read More

OpenAI launches new macOS app for agentic coding: OpenAI has released a new macOS app for Codex, integrating many of the agentic coding practices that have become popular since Codex launched last year. Read More

Two Stanford students launch $2M startup accelerator for students nationwide: "Breakthrough’s purpose is to fill in the funding and opportunity gap that exists in many of these ecosystems because students have historically lacked access to capital and the networks required to launch their entrepreneurial pursuits," co-founder Roman Scott said. Read More

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