Cyber Security
Railway breach leads to $740,000 in fraudulent AI charges
Cloud hosting provider Railway says hackers exploited vulnerabilities in its infrastructure to steal customer authentication secrets and generate approximately $740,000 in fraudulent AI usage, potentially exposing credentials for up to 100,000 workspaces. [...]
Japanese furniture giant Nitori says hackers stole 37.6M customer records
Nitori, a major Japanese furniture and home accessories retailer, discovered that an attacker accessed a system on its network and may have stolen 37.62 million customer records. [...]
F-Secure Identifies 26 Ways AI Can Harm Consumers, and Where to Stop Them
New AI Harms Taxonomy traces how harm moves through AI systems, from misleading chatbot answers to compromised autonomous agents, and identifies where defenses can intervene.
AI & Automation
Anthropic launches new Claude Fable and Mythos 5.2 models
Anthropic is announcing two new models today: Claude Fable 5.2 and Claude Mythos 5.2, which it says are designed to take on "daunting" technical challenges. The company claims the new models show improvements in coding, reasoning, and vision, and can generate outputs faster than the 5.1 versions…
An AI model’s false tip to Philadelphia police reveals how digital agents can do as they’re told and still cause trouble
An expert on AI governance explains why these rare mistakes may soon be common, and with much higher stakes.
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.
Privacy & Identity
We’re Asking an Appeals Court to Require a Warrant for ALPR Searches
Why Fewer People Are Challenging Bad Patents
Presenting ‘Desire Lines: Encoding Queer Digital Futures’
EFF Submission to OHCHR Consultation on Child Rights and Safety in the Digital Environment
Enterprise Tech
Grok Build coding agent leaks oodles of confidential info, some belonging to SpaceXSI
New CNCF report: 75% of cloud-native developers ship code with AI. Jonathan Bryce explains why.
A $60 billion fintech hired a 14-year-old. Its CEO explains why.
Google claims its new AI software cuts inference latency by over 90% — but there’s a catch
Developers
Cloudflare Makes Basin Serverless Analytics Generally Available
Git security vulnerabilities announced
Google Finds that Technical Debt Can Derail Coding Agents Through “Agent Distraction”
Pinterest and Intel Take Open-Source Profiling to Internet Scale
Policy & Regulation
A Natural Gas Project Off Alaska’s Coast May Be a Russian Ploy for Intel on the Arctic
The Garbage Man: Bill Gates Has Earned Billions Investing in Climate-Polluting Landfills
Watch: Where Do Our Generic Drugs Come From? We Dug to Find Out.
Firm Linked to Trump’s Sons Got Nearly $40 Million in Federal Contracts to Screen for Ebola and Other Diseases
Markets & Economy
One reason the Children’s Place is going bankrupt? Not enough children.
My friend feels trapped at her job but won’t do anything about it. Am I supposed to step in?
Retirees should be big beneficiaries of the midterms: ‘Democrats will hold every gavel that matters for aging and public policy’
Ignore the wild swings in chip stocks until they reach these ‘lines in the sand’
Tech Careers
Trump nominates another EEOC commissioner, potentially solidifying Republican control
AI leadership training tools are most effective when paired with managerial support
Holiday hiring looks different this year. Here’s why.
EEOC general counsel nominee dodges gender identity bias questions at hearing
Gadgets
CleanupBuddy 2.0 expands beyond the keyboard with new display cleaning features
I’ve waited a long time for the Boox Picco, and I’m not disappointed
Apple TV shares trailers for upcoming Snoopy and Fraggle Rock holiday specials
Today’s Android app deals and freebies: Undead Slayer, Level Come Again, Children of Morta, more
Science
Sexual violence can hide in plain sight at music festivals, according to new study
Seafloor clay reveals past dramatic ice loss in West Antarctica
Swordfish may be using deep dives to navigate the open ocean
AI-generated molecular fingerprints help identify existing compounds with therapeutic potential
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CleanupBuddy 2.0 expands beyond the keyboard with new display cleaning features
Developer Gui Rambo updated CleanupBuddy today, expanding its ability to prevent accidental inputs while cleaning your Mac from the keyboard to the touchscreen. Here are the details. more… Read More about CleanupBuddy 2.0 expands beyond the keyboard with new display cleaning features
One reason the Children’s Place is going bankrupt? Not enough children.
People might be having fewer children, but that isn’t the only thing to blame for Children’s Place filing for bankruptcy. Read More about One reason the Children’s Place is going bankrupt? Not enough children.
Sexual violence can hide in plain sight at music festivals, according to new study
The pressure to maintain an atmosphere of fun and escapism can make it harder for festival organizations to acknowledge and respond to harm, while frontline workers are left dealing with its consequences, a new… Read More about Sexual violence can hide in plain sight at music festivals, according to new study
Seafloor clay reveals past dramatic ice loss in West Antarctica
Scientists have discovered the best evidence yet to show that West Antarctica's most vulnerable ice streams—including its giant Thwaites Glacier—repeatedly collapsed and retreated far inland during natural warm periods of the last 800,000 years. Read More about Seafloor clay reveals past dramatic ice loss in West Antarctica
Swordfish may be using deep dives to navigate the open ocean
Swordfish spend much of their time hunting prey about 600 meters (1,970 feet) below the surface in the ocean twilight zone, but occasionally, they reach depths of more than 1,000 meters (3,280 feet). Now,… Read More about Swordfish may be using deep dives to navigate the open ocean
AI-generated molecular fingerprints help identify existing compounds with therapeutic potential
Health care researchers have long sought to harness the power of computing to design molecules that bind to specific receptors and can be used as targeted treatments for diseases. Even with the increasing sophistication… Read More about AI-generated molecular fingerprints help identify existing compounds with therapeutic potential