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A Meta security researcher got a firsthand lesson in why AI agents still need human oversight — her own AI assistant accidentally deleted her emails while trying to help manage her inbox. It's a small incident, but it illustrates a very real tension: the more autonomy we hand to these systems, the higher the cost of a single misunderstood instruction.
Shifting gears, the file transfer tool Croc has reached version eleven point three, and its headline feature is peer-to-peer connectivity. Rather than routing your data through a relay server, transfers can now go directly between machines. For anyone moving sensitive files, that's not just a performance upgrade — it's a meaningful change in who touches your data in transit.
And on the virtualization front, The Register is reporting that VMware is quietly accepting the end of its two-decade dominance over the server virtualization market. Broadcom's acquisition changed the pricing calculus for thousands of enterprises, and competitors are filling the gap. The irony is that VMware's parent company may actually prefer a fragmented market to the scrutiny that comes with being the undisputed leader.
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