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Woodworking has always been a craft defined by skill and, frankly, risk. But technology is quietly transforming the shop floor. From sensors that stop saw blades in milliseconds to software that guides precision cuts, these tools are making the trade safer and more accessible without stripping away the craft itself.
Shifting to the software world, a serious security threat has emerged in the NPM ecosystem. Researchers have identified a self-spreading supply chain attack targeting TanStack packages, widely used JavaScript libraries. What makes this particularly troubling is its ability to propagate on its own, meaning a single compromised dependency could quietly infect an entire development environment before anyone notices.
And on the AI security front, OpenAI has launched Daybreak, an initiative built around its Codex Security agent to help organizations find and fix vulnerabilities before attackers do. The system builds a threat model from an organization's own code, identifies likely attack paths, and automates detection of the highest-risk issues. It's a direct answer to growing concerns about AI being used offensively as much as defensively.
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