Cyber Security
Fintech platform Sageworks taken offline after suspected cyberattack
Financial technology company Abrigo has restored its Sageworks risk management application, except for borrower-facing capabilities, following an outage triggered by "irregular activity" in its environment. [...]
Polymarket pledges to give $3.9 million back to victims after site compromise
In a post-mortem on an October 29 incident, prediction market Polymarket said it will pay people back what they lost, as well as compensate them for the site's downtime.
⚡ Weekly Recap: Critical CVEs, Linux DDoS Botnet, Device-Code Phishing, Android Spyware and More
Some attacks this week didn't need much of a trick. A fake support call, a trusted extension, a shared link, or a device with no password. Small things that people barely think about. Yet each was enough to cause serious trouble. Then there were the bigger messes. Billions stolen, hidden networks…
AI & Automation
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.
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…
Privacy & Identity
Independent Digital Media Is Not a Privilege Governments Can Revoke: The Fight to Save Egypt’s Mada Masr
Rewriting Copyright Law for Generative AI Would Hurt Everyone
Why VPNs Are Worth Defending
Tech Tips for Parents this Digital Parenting Week
Enterprise Tech
Open-source security in the AI exploit era: Patch without changing a thing
A step-by-step guide for how to kill the line-by-line code review
The context problem: How Docusign built agents that understand the business behind contracts
Five years after the fork, OpenSearch is slowly stepping out of AWS’s shadow
Developers
Java News Roundup: TornadoVM 8.0, JNoSQL, Endive, JReleaser, JBang, LangChain4j, Quarkus Almanac
Google and Meta Open-source TorchTPU to Bring Native PyTorch Support to Google TPUs
Uber Builds MCP Gateway to Govern Access to 800+ Servers and 5,000+ AI Agent Tools
Podcast: Educating an Architect: A Conversation with Luca Mezzalira
Policy & Regulation
After ProPublica Investigation, House Democrats Demand Answers on U.S. Citizens Detained by Immigration Agents
“Chaos” in the Air: Five Ways Voting Could Be Disrupted on Election Day
Tribal Leaders Warned Border Wall Construction Would Disturb Native American Remains. They Were Right.
How a Secret Vote by U.N. Scientists Legitimized Carbon Capture and Skewed Decades of Climate Policy
Markets & Economy
It may take weeks to tally the midterm election results. Here’s why Wall Street isn’t worried.
The bond-market rally is defying the typical investing playbook. Here’s why.
6 dividend stocks for investors who want to cut their exposure to the S&P 500
Behind Anthropic’s 1,127% revenue surge — and the computing bill that erased its profit
Tech Careers
Settled: 5 lawsuits that ended in payouts in October
Diabetes Leadership Council
AI is changing the workforce faster than jobs can keep up
Workers are ‘habit hugging’ despite new training, survey finds
Gadgets
Monday’s Android app deals and freebies: Reigns The Witcher, Kingdom Rush 5, Apple Knight 3, more
Google will let Android & iOS apps directly integrate Quick Share next year
Here’s how to listen live to Apple’s Q4 2026 earnings call
Google rolling out gradient icon redesigns for Contacts, Messages, and Phone
Technology
New York Times and other outlets sue web browser Brave over alleged content scraping
Snap settles lawsuit accusing platform of fueling teen depression and eating disorders
Xbox’s former COO has ‘serious concerns’ about her abrupt departure
White Noise Machines Worthy of Your Nightstand in 2026: Snooz, Hatch, and More
Science
Brand enchantment: How luxury brands become a source of meaningfulness for employees
Predicting jumping genes’ roles in changing genome size
UN reports warn of large-scale damage to Earth’s ice from climate change
Scientists build whole-Earth simulation to help find life on other planets
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Trump Removes South Africa From the African Growth and Opportunity Act Trade Program
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Fintech platform Sageworks taken offline after suspected cyberattack
Financial technology company Abrigo has restored its Sageworks risk management application, except for borrower-facing capabilities, following an outage triggered by "irregular activity" in its environment. [...] Read More about Fintech platform Sageworks taken offline after suspected cyberattack