Cyber Security
Hackers abuse Google Ads, Bing redirects to push Claude ClickFix attacks
Hackers are abusing legitimate Bing search-result redirects as click URLs in Google search ads to direct users to fake Claude installers that deliver ClickFix attacks. [...]
AI Scramble Drives Cybersecurity M&A Boom
Welcome to another gangbuster year for strategic M&A activity in cyber, with 117 deals announced in the latest quarter. What's different: Many of the buyers are not your typical cybersecurity firms.
FBI Arrests Another ShinyHunters Suspect Reportedly Involved in Its Jobs Portal Hack
The FBI has arrested another suspected co-conspirator of ShinyHunters, FBI Director Kash Patel said on October 9 in a post on X. ShinyHunters is the extortion group that said in September it had breached the FBI's jobs portal and stolen sensitive data on almost all FBI agents and job applicants.…
AI & Automation
Is Claude Conscious? Inside Anthropic’s Quest to Instill Morality Into Its A.I. Models
Elizabeth Dias, our national religion correspondent, and Cade Metz, one of our technology reporters, discuss Anthropic’s approach for instilling morality into Claude — which has involved consultations with religious leaders, including ones at the Vatican — and why it’s raising questions.
Postman adds security controls for AI agents, APIs, and MCP servers
Postman has announced the general availability of Fabric Gateway, a protocol-agnostic control plane for governing how AI agents, LLMs, and MCP servers discover and interact with APIs, tools, and other agents. With Fabric Gateway, organizations can securely connect AI agents to their APIs while…
Anthropic upgrades Claude with new Sonnet 5.5 model, details here
Anthropic on Monday launched Claude Sonnet 5.5, the latest version of its workhorse model and the second model in the The post Anthropic launches Claude Sonnet 5.5 with near-Opus performance at half the price appeared first on The New Stack .
Privacy & Identity
Organizing in the Town at Oakland Tech Week
When No ID Means No Internet: Age Verification and the Right to Access Information
It’s DAF Day! Wait…What’s a DAF?
Site-Blocking Will Not Defend IP, No Matter the Bill’s Name
Enterprise Tech
Kubernetes on cgroup v1 is dead. Here’s what comes next.
Cloudflare acquires Node.js creator’s startup that copied its serverless playbook
Amazon ECS now auto-repairs failing GPUs and instances. Here’s why it matters for SREs.
AWS, Upstage and Ollama agree on a decision-model API. OpenAI hasn’t signed on.
Developers
Android Bench 2 Adds Support for Long-Horizon Tasks, Agentic Evaluation, and Continuous Scoring
Hack the World: Why hackathons are still the best place to learn to build
Shopify Upgrades Checkout Blocks to Polaris Web Components, Cutting Bundle Sizes up to 85%
A Treatise on Model Oriented Programming Languages
Policy & Regulation
New York Plans Stronger Sports Betting Regulation to Curb Gambling Addiction
The Pentagon Gave $350 Million in Contracts to a Firm Closely Tied to a Senior Defense Department Official
Ken Paxton’s Security for Travel Cost Taxpayers Millions. Just 1 in 6 of His Trips Had a Stated Business Purpose.
We’re Investigating Prior Authorization. Help ProPublica Understand Your Health Insurance Denial.
Markets & Economy
Country music star Zach Bryan buys $18 million, 40-acre Tennessee estate after getting married
Microsoft is nearing a big milestone that solidifies its revival
Why you need to take a closer look at your favorite stock index
More evidence that broad-market index funds remain unbeatable, even in the era of AI stock-picking
Tech Careers
EEOC’s FY 2026 was ‘historically anemic,’ but big on messaging
EEOC obtains $23K for Muslim barista denied accommodation for Ramadan
Many young working parents may struggle to find high-quality jobs
DHS proposes $70K fee for initial Optional Practical Training participation
Technology
Flock Safety is reportedly planning major layoffs now that everyone hates it
Anthropic’s AI gave Philadelphia police a fake tip about an unsolved homicide
Ohio blogger found guilty of harassment for sending Shrek nude to senator
An Anthropic AI model sent a false homicide tip to Philadelphia police
Science
Aspens ‘remember’ past drought in their leaves, 3-year experiment finds
Plant-bacteria partnership reveals how roots access iron locked in soil
Adjustable nanosensors turn water pressure into fluorescent signals, with stiffness shaping sensitivity
Climate change drives new species combinations, prompting calls to rethink conservation goals
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Flock Safety is reportedly planning major layoffs now that everyone hates it
Morale at one of the most reviled companies in America appears to be at an all time low. Read More about Flock Safety is reportedly planning major layoffs now that everyone hates it
Anthropic’s AI gave Philadelphia police a fake tip about an unsolved homicide
An Anthropic AI model provided false information about an unsolved homicide to a Philadelphia Police Department (PPD) tipline, according to a report from 6abc. In a statement released on Friday, the PPD said the… Read More about Anthropic’s AI gave Philadelphia police a fake tip about an unsolved homicide
Pixelated 120: The definitive Pixel tier list
Welcome to Pixelated episode 120. This week, Abner, Damien, and Will celebrate 10 years of Pixel by ranking all of Google’s smartphones released over the past decade. Also, we finally make the jump over… Read More about Pixelated 120: The definitive Pixel tier list
Three men found guilty of murdering two Australian surfer brothers and US friend
The bodies of Jake and Callum Robinson and their friend Carter Rhoad were found at the bottom of a well. Read More about Three men found guilty of murdering two Australian surfer brothers and US friend
UN envoy warns Yemen has returned to ‘full-scale war’, urges dialogue
Saudi Arabia and Yemen's internationally recognised gov't urge UN Security Council action amid Houthi escalation. Read More about UN envoy warns Yemen has returned to ‘full-scale war’, urges dialogue
Opinion: Can I keep the baseball I caught?
What would you do if you caught a baseball during the MLB playoffs? Give it to a kid nearby or keep it? This very scenario played out this week, with a fan deciding to… Read More about Opinion: Can I keep the baseball I caught?