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    Study Examines Privacy Risks of Conversational AI Agents▼A Privacy Analysis of Web and Mobile Conversational AI Agents [pdf]YhnTechnologyAI4232 min ago

    A new research paper analyses how web and mobile conversational AI agents handle user data, examining what information these systems collect and share. The study, titled 'Prompt Like a Butterfly, Sting Like a Tracker', draws attention on Hacker News, where readers are debating the privacy implications of popular chatbots and the tracking practices embedded in AI-powered assistants.

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    Open-source PDF parser handles layout, tables and formulas●Lightweight PDF parser with layout, tables, formulas and bounding boxesYhnSportMotorsport7951 min ago

    A developer has released an open-source PDF text extraction tool on GitHub that goes beyond plain text parsing. The tool preserves document layout, extracts tables and formulas, and provides bounding box coordinates for elements. It has drawn attention among developers looking for lightweight alternatives to heavier document-processing libraries for parsing complex PDFs.

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    How Los Alamos first ran nuclear Monte Carlo on ENIAC▼Los Alamos bets on ENIAC: Nuclear Monte Carlo simulations, 1947–1948 (2014) [pdf]YhnSportFootball5537 min ago

    A 2014 paper recounts how Los Alamos scientists turned to the ENIAC in 1947 and 1948 to run early Monte Carlo simulations of nuclear processes, helping establish a computational method now central to physics and engineering. The paper is drawing fresh attention among readers interested in the origins of scientific computing.

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    Lightweight PDF parser handles layout, tables and formulas●Lightweight PDF parser with layout, tables, formulas and bounding boxes Article URL: https:// github.com/beatrizalmeidafMmastodonBusinessStartups21 h ago

    An open-source PDF text extraction library called Paper-PDF-Text-Extractor, published on GitHub by developer Beatriz Almeida, is drawing attention for combining lightweight parsing with layout detection, table extraction, formula recognition and bounding box output. These features are typically found only in heavier, costlier document-processing tools, making the project notable for developers building document pipelines on a budget.

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    Critical Stirling PDF flaw with public exploit demands urgent patch●Details and a PoC are public for CVE-2026-85714, a 9.1 Stirling PDF RCE via crafted SQL import. Upgrade to version 2.13.MmastodonTechnologySoftware11 h ago

    A critical remote code execution vulnerability in Stirling PDF, tracked as CVE-2026-85714 and rated 9.1, has full technical details and a proof-of-concept exploit publicly available. The flaw stems from a crafted SQL import affecting the bundled H2 database. Administrators are urged to upgrade to version 2.13.2 immediately, as the public exploit makes attacks likely.

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