Cunning Batman-style gadget discovered on California car during traffic stop

A California driver learned that comic-book tricks don’t fly on public roads after officers discovered a device that could make a license plate vanish at the push of a button. The unusual modification was found during a traffic stop involving a black BMW, according to the California Highway Patrol, which spotlighted the case in a playful social media post. “Holy hidden licenses plate, Batman!” the agency wrote. CHP said an officer noticed what appeared to…

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To eat or not to eat? Shakespeare scholar serves up a best-of-the-Bard menu

Move over, celebrity chefs — there’s a new culinary star in town, and she’s raiding William Shakespeare’s pantry. Nearly 400 years after the Bard penned his immortal plays, one Philadelphia-area professor is bringing his menu back to life. Marissa Nicosia, a Renaissance literature expert at Penn State Abington, has penned…

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Anthropic Mythos Security Audit Found No ‘Serious’ Bugs in Zcash: Wilcox

Zcash founder Zooko Wilcox said a security audit by Anthropic’s Claude Mythos artificial intelligence model found no serious vulnerabilities in the privacy-preserving cryptocurrency’s protocol.Requested by Shielded Labs, a Swiss-based non-profit supporting the development of Zcash, the AI security audit did not find “any more serious bugs” in the Zcash protocol,…

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