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Our gifting experts are obsessively searching for holiday gifts that are unique, thoughtful and suitable for any budget. Open source in the public sector doesn't fail because of technical issues. It fails because it's not aligned with the political agenda Munich is not bringing back LiMux, its Linux desktop distro. Instead, the city is replacing proprietary infrastructure software with open-source programs. Munich is also helping to build software for its own needs and for other cities.

Our gifting experts are obsessively searching for holiday gifts that are unique, thoughtful and suitable for any budget. Anthropic gives third-party auditors'employee-like access' in AI industry first As AI labs continue to self-regulate, external evaluators play a crucial role in spotting risks. Radhika Rajkumar is a senior editor at ZDNET based in New York City. Anthropic announced it would give METR evaluators "employee-like access." AI labs are under increased regulatory pressure following security incidents.

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PCWorld reports that Microsoft has released update KB5127648 to fix a Windows 11 black screen bug that appeared after user sign-in. The issue mainly affected multi-user environments such as Azure Virtual Desktop, where desktop loading and Explorer.exe

To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Figure caption, Watch: BBC follows Ukraine's Operation Vivaldi pushing Russia back on frontline Cigarette in one hand, radio in the other, one of them calls in their own drone to bring it down and warns the soldiers below of the threat. The men are dangerously exposed, on the long walk across open ground from their front line positions. They are being replaced after three months forcing the Russians back. This is part of Operation Vivaldi, a Ukrainian counter-offensive which they say has liberated 277 sq km (106 square miles) in the eastern Donbas region in recent months.