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OpenAI is losing another safety voice. Johannes Heidecke, the company's Head of Safety, is departing as OpenAI moves to merge its research and safety teams more closely together. It's the latest in a string of high-profile safety exits, and it raises real questions about how the company balances speed with caution.
Shifting to a threat that's very much in the physical world, security researchers at CertiK have published a sweeping overview of so-called wrench attacks on cryptocurrency holders in two thousand twenty six. These are not software exploits — they are real-world robberies where criminals use physical force to extract digital assets. The report is a sobering reminder that the weakest link in crypto security is often the human holding the keys.
And on a more constructive note, FreeCAD, the open-source three-dimensional modeling software, is now running directly in the browser. A project hosted at magik dot net lets users load the full application without installing anything. It's a small but meaningful step toward making serious engineering tools accessible to anyone with a connection.
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