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Cornell Faculty Senate Moves Ahead With No-Confidence Vote Over Handling of Rape Case

28 October 2026 at 22:24
After fierce debate, faculty members will begin voting Thursday on a resolution to condemn the administration’s handling of campus sexual assault.

Β© Lauren Petracca for The New York Times

Protests have been held on the Cornell campus since Jane Doe filed a lawsuit alleging she had been raped at a fraternity.

A hacker stole more than 40,000 DHS employee records

By: Emma Roth
28 October 2026 at 21:57

A hacker stole a trove of personal information from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The breach exposes the names, job titles, phone numbers, email addresses, and office locations of more than 41,000 employees, including those in US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP), according to TechCrunch and Wired. The data also linked the agencies to specific surveillance tools.

As reported by TechCrunch, a hacker known as "Department of Peace" gained access to the data through Okta, an identity and access management service used by the DHS. Around 21,000 records pertain to CBP employees, and ne …

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Akai is embracing vibe-coded mods with an open-source MPC

28 October 2026 at 21:34
A screenshot of the MPC Sample Key on a table top in a conference room.
The MPC Sample Key looks like the MPC Sample just with keys instead of pads. | Image: Akai

The MPC Sample Key isn't even formally announced yet, but Akai is already showing off what the modding community is cooking up through vibe coding. Akai has decided to embrace the explosion of hackers and custom firmware developers by giving them early access to the device, which will have open-source firmware.

It will likely run some version of the same software found on the MPC Sample, but with tweaks to accommodate the traditional keyboard, pitch, and mod wheels. Unlike the higher-end MPC Key 37, however, the Sample Key doesn't have pads. Instead, you play back samples with the keys.

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