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operating system

[op-uh-rey-ting sis-tuhm] / ˈɒp ə reɪ tɪŋ ˌsɪs təm /


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Mythos has apparently found thousands of “high-severity vulnerabilities” in “every major operating system and web browser,” the company said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

The development of the Claude Mythos model by Anthropic has led to crisis meetings, after it found vulnerabilities in every major operating system and browser.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

For example, Anthropic said that in one popular operating system it tested, used by thousands of companies including Netflix and Sony, Claude Mythos found a flaw that had existed undetected for 17 years.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

On the other side of the business, BlackBerry’s QNX real-time operating system for cars, robots, and other physical machinery has become the company’s core growth driver.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

If the computer’s operating system was rewritten, computer scientists realized, the machine’s time could be shared; the computer could be trained to handle hundreds of tasks at the same time.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell