Indian-origin man sentenced to 5 years in US for running $27m-tax fraud scheme, helped clients dodge taxes

Pune Techie Killed by Car While Jogging

A techie lost his life in Pune after being struck by a car while out for a morning jog. The incident took place in Pune, Maharashtra. Police have confirmed that the vehicle involved was registered under the name of a private company based in Pune. Authorities are currently investigating the circumstances surrounding the fatal accident.

Four Security Flaws to Fix in Every GitHub Actions Workflow Copilot Generates

GitHub Copilot can produce functional GitHub Actions workflows quickly, but functional does not mean secure, according to a developer analysis. The most critical flaw is command injection via github.event data — such as PR titles — interpolated directly into shell scripts using ${{ }} expressions instead of being passed safely through environment variables. Generated workflows also frequently omit explicit permissions blocks, leaving tokens with broad default write access that should instead be scoped to the minimum required per job. Third-party actions are typically pinned to mutable version tags like @v3 rather than immutable commit SHAs, allowing supply-chain attacks if a maintainer's account is compromised. Additionally, Copilot may suggest pull_request_target triggers combined with fork code checkout, a combination that exposes write tokens and secrets to untrusted contributor code.

edio Tool Lets Developers Snapshot and Roll Back AI Agent Edits in Milliseconds

A developer has released edio, an open-source command-line tool designed to manage version control during AI-assisted coding sessions with tools like Claude Code, Cursor, and Aider. The tool operates as a single Go binary that works inside an existing Git repository, creating an isolated shadow commit graph without altering the staging area, active branch, or HEAD. Each AI agent turn is captured as a background snapshot, allowing developers to roll back to any previous state in under five milliseconds using a simple command or interactive interface. Once a coding session is complete, all incremental snapshots can be squashed into a single clean commit on the active branch, keeping the Git history uncluttered. The tool is available via Homebrew, a direct install script, or the Go toolchain, and auto-configures itself with popular AI coding environments through MCP server integration.

Agents School lets AI agents earn verifiable diplomas by completing community-built courses

A developer has launched Agents School, a platform where AI agents can enroll in community-created courses to learn specific skills, from tool usage to autonomous decision-making. The project was born out of frustration with having to manually re-teach the same lessons to each new agent instance, with hard-won knowledge remaining siloed. Each course includes coded examinations that give agents a task, required tools, and objective evaluation conditions, ensuring genuine understanding rather than rote memorization. Agents that pass an exam receive a verifiable diploma, providing a portable and standardized way to demonstrate capabilities across different setups. The platform, available at theagentschool.dev, is designed to be collaborative, allowing anyone to create courses and share expertise with the broader AI development community.

Sylvan Esso Push Creative Boundaries With Bold New Album 'Ow ∞'

Indie electro-pop duo Sylvan Esso, composed of Amelia Meath and Nick Sanborn, released their new album 'Ow ∞' this past Friday. The pair have been active since 2014, debuting with their self-titled album and the breakout single 'Hey Mami.' Over the course of their career, they have explored a range of sonic textures, from the fragile sounds of 'Free Love' to the dancier, glitchier style of 'No Rules Sandy.' Their latest release is being described as their most ambitious reinvention yet, while still maintaining the distinctive qualities that define their sound.

Four agri initiatives announced at BRICS, will boost climate resilience, productivity

Cross and Morris bow out with five-wicket haul in Lancashire's win over Yorkshire

England cricketers Kate Cross and Fi Morris played their final professional match as both announced their retirement from the game. The pair shared five wickets between them in a season-ending fixture for Lancashire against Yorkshire. The match served as a fitting farewell for the retiring duo, who contributed meaningfully with the ball in their last appearance. Both players have been key figures for Lancashire and England women's cricket over the course of their careers.

How to Build a Production-Ready RAG Chatbot Using Pinecone, LangChain, and GPT-4

A technical walkthrough published on DEV Community outlines how developers can build a retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) chatbot capable of answering questions from internal SOP documents. The system combines OpenAI's GPT-4, Pinecone's vector database, and LangChain for orchestration, all containerized within a Docker-compose stack. RAG works by first retrieving relevant document snippets and feeding them into the language model, reducing the risk of hallucinated responses. The full build is estimated to take six to eight hours for a developer familiar with Python and Docker, with a per-query cost of roughly $0.014 based on typical token usage. The guide targets teams seeking citation-ready, document-grounded answers from an internally hosted chatbot pipeline.

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Developers Can Build an AI Legal Research Tool Using RAG in Under 6 Hours

A technical guide published on DEV Community outlines how developers can build a Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) legal research assistant using Python, LangChain, OpenAI, and Pinecone. The system connects to the free CourtListener API to retrieve public court opinions, embeds them into a vector store, and uses an LLM to generate a concise legal brief. The estimated build time is four to six hours for a developer familiar with Python and basic HTTP authentication. Key tools include LangChain for orchestration, OpenAI's GPT-3.5-turbo for text generation, and either Pinecone or a local Chroma database for storing case embeddings. The resulting command-line tool can later be integrated into a Flask app or workflow automation platform for use within law firms.

Guide Promises First OpenStreetMap Edit in Under 15 Minutes

A new beginner-friendly guide aims to help users make their first contribution to OpenStreetMap within 15 minutes. The resource is hosted on GitHub and appears to be associated with a JOSM plugin website wizard tool. OpenStreetMap is a collaborative, open-source mapping project that relies on volunteer contributions from around the world. The guide was shared on Hacker News, though it received minimal engagement at the time of posting.

Anthropic CEO Calls for Slowing AI Development With Third-Party Safety Checks

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has publicly called for a deliberate slowdown in AI development to allow safety measures and regulatory frameworks to catch up. In a detailed essay, he outlined a three-step plan to reduce the pace of AI training and deployment, which he termed 'pacing the frontier.' As an immediate first step, Anthropic will grant external evaluators, including safety research organization METR, broad access to its AI models to assess compliance with safety commitments. Amodei envisions subsequent steps involving industry-wide coordination, likely alongside government participation. The move marks a notable stance from the head of one of the leading AI companies, prioritizing caution over rapid advancement.

Developer Builds AI Triage Agent to Detect Hidden Auth0 and Okta Identity Failures

A developer has created a CIAM triage agent that detects customer identity failures which Auth0 and Okta log as successes, addressing a gap in standard authentication monitoring. The tool classifies failures across three layers: authentication, authorization, and app configuration, pulling events from identity providers and using Anthropic's Claude model for pattern analysis. A key capability is correlating multiple related error codes into a single root-cause diagnosis, rather than generating separate alerts for symptoms of the same underlying issue. The agent can also detect silent authorization failures, such as users authenticated into an Auth0 Organization with no role assigned, which produce no failure event in the log stream. The developer is offering the tool free to a limited number of Auth0 and Okta teams for 30 days and can be reached at hello@getkaus.com.

UN backs PM Modi’s UNSC reform push

Iran Rejects US Role as Regional Policeman at BRICS Summit

An Iranian official declared that the Middle East does not need a regional policeman, in an apparent rebuke of the United States. The remarks were made on the sidelines of a BRICS summit held in India. The statement came during a bilateral meeting with Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim. The comment reflects ongoing tensions between Iran and the US amid their broader conflict.

Jaipur Man Sought for Killing Wife and Three Daughters Amid Mounting Debt

Rahul Jha is the prime suspect in the murder of his wife and three daughters in the Kardhani area of Jaipur. Investigators believe the victims may have been incapacitated with poison or sedatives before being killed. Each of the four victims was found with a single forceful blow to the head. Financial debt is being examined as a likely motive behind the killings. Authorities have announced a reward for any information that helps lead to Jha's arrest.

Amit Shah Visits Mumbai for Hindi Conference and Lalbaugcha Raja Darshan

Union Home Minister Amit Shah arrived in Mumbai on Saturday night for a multi-purpose visit. His itinerary included attending a Hindi conference and offering prayers at the iconic Lalbaugcha Raja Ganesh pandal. Shah was also expected to hold a late-night meeting with Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. The closed-door discussions were likely to focus on BJP organisational matters in the state.

AI Advancing Faster Than Safety Controls, Researchers Warn

Artificial intelligence technology is progressing at a pace that outstrips the oversight mechanisms designed to manage it. Researchers have raised concerns that monitoring and control systems are failing to keep up with rapid AI development. This gap between capability and governance poses significant challenges for technology companies. The situation highlights a growing difficulty in ensuring that AI systems remain safe and accountable as they grow more powerful.

Codename One Now Lets Dialogs Open as Native Desktop OS Windows

Codename One, an open-source framework for building cross-platform apps from a single Java or Kotlin codebase, has released a fix via PR #5624 that allows dialogs to appear as real modal desktop operating-system windows. The update addresses a bug where Dialog.show() was incorrectly targeting the wrong surface when multiple native windows were open. Developers can enable this behavior app-wide using Dialog.setDefaultNativeWindowMode(true) or on a per-instance basis, while ports without native window support automatically fall back to lightweight dialogs. The fix also corrects several components — including Dialog, ComboBox, and ToastBar — that previously conflated 'top level' with 'form', causing incorrect behavior in multi-window environments. Native-window mode is recommended when a dialog needs to participate in desktop window ordering or task switching, while lightweight mode remains the default for simpler prompts.