Scientific papers become agentic chatbots with new tool A new tool turns scientific papers into agentic chatbots, according to The Register. The tool lets readers interact with research papers as conversational agents rather than static documents. AI https://beta.theregister.com/tag/ai - Marvell pushes GlobalFoundries to light up wafer productionIt might be the next trillion-dollar company, but it'll need some help on the supply side to do it - Huawei's next-gen Ascend NPUs could become China's best option960DT is set to arrive early, boasting performance far exceeding anything the West could offer the Middle Kingdom - ai and ml AI model watermarking changes agent behaviorLasso Security sees differences in tool handling and model refusals - SYSTEMS Nvidia goes green to keep grid capacity from zapping its revenuesGPUzilla woos neoclouds into another walled garden, promising smarter, more efficient, and profitable bit barns - cyber-crime Spain gets its first taste of AI-aided cyber attackData protection chiefs call for 'immediate review' of data protection models Infosec https://beta.theregister.com/security - Security Russians are posing as Signal support to launch phishing attacksPLUS: US takes down Iranian propaganda sites; Marketing company asks 'Why Do We Have Your Information?' And more - Security Microsoft patches failed to fix on-prem SharePoint, which is now under zero-day attackPLUS: China upgrades smartphone surveillance tools; Ring eases anti-snooping stance; and more - Black Hat and DEF CON DEF CON Franklin project enlists hackers to harden critical infrastructureVoting village reports have been so successful, says Jeff Moss, that the whole of DEF CON will now be included - Security EQT buys majority share in Swiss cybersecurity biz AcronisWent at equivalent of $3.5B+ valuation for entire firm, though portion sold not specified - Malware Month Ten years since the first corp ransomware, Mikko Hyppönen sees no end in sightOn the plus side, infosec's a good bet for a long, stable career FOSS https://beta.theregister.com/tag/FOSS - Shopify extends lifeline to Tailwind as vibe coding erodes web dev platform's bottom lineAcquisition gives open source CSS framework 'a stable long-term home' - Switzerland tests a FOSS escape route from Microsoft 365Swiss Army sticks a knife in American cloud apps with its own FOSS push - Feel peak Windows was 7? You might like Kumander LinuxDebian and Xfce – solid, sensible choices – with a pretty skin - Canonical shuttering some of its legacy chat channelsThe Ubuntu Pastebin went in June, IRC gets demoted next - Audacity audio-editing app no longer looks like it's from the early 2000sThe FOSS tool for audio editing has a fresh coat of paint, and new features to boot - Haiku OS rises / Beta 6 sails open web / Virtual winds fly fastA real alternative to running some kind of FOSS Unix clone