Cyber Security
Ubuntu Core Desktop returns as Canonical’s plan for an immutable default desktop
Canonical has restarted work on Ubuntu Core Desktop, the immutable and attestable version of Ubuntu that the company says will over time become the default Ubuntu desktop. Jon Seager, Canonical’s VP of engineering, laid out the plan and admitted that the 2023 developer preview “fell short” of what…
Windows 11 KB5127936 update released with 41 changes and fixes
Microsoft released the KB5127936 preview cumulative update for Windows 11 versions 25H2 and 26H2, with 41 changes, including File Explorer and Cloud rebuild improvements. [...]
Telegram Android Flaw Lets Attackers Run Code When Users Answer Voice Calls
A flaw in Telegram for Android allowed an attacker to run code on a victim's phone via a voice call once the victim answered, according to security startup NebuSec. The attacker needed only an ordinary Telegram account. Telegram fixed the flaw in version 12.10.4 of the app, released in late…
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
Court Should Curb Abuse of Grand Jury Subpoenas Targeting Social Media Users
💾 Fighting DOGE’s Data Grab | EFFector 38.19
Social Media When Elections Are Close: Doing the Impossible Better
New Records Obtained by EFF Expose More Problems with Medicare’s AI Experiment
Enterprise Tech
Why Kubernetes platforms keep rebuilding a layer they could share
“Urgency is an inherently subjective call”: Anthropic tells TNS how it grades Claude Duet
GitHub debuts Copilot Fusion, a new model selection & orchestration system that beats Claude Code for half the API cost
GitHub saw 7.4B commits in September, adding 4M CPU cores and 160 PB of storage to keep up
Developers
How to Make Artificial Intelligence More Environmentally Sustainable
QCon AI New York 2026 Program Committee Picks: Agent Identity, Context Costs, and Open-Source Infere
Datadog Builds a Specialist AI Model for SRE Investigations
GitHub Universe 2026: Evolving every layer of the stack
Policy & Regulation
Federal policy helped widen rural America’s fresh food gap, but a 90-year-old law could help close it
Detroit Could Block Billionaire-Owned Concrete Plant From Further Neighborhood Expansion
Top U.S. Health Official Backed a Medication Policy Shift That Benefited a Company She Has Stock In
“Peak Greenwashing”: Two Bills in Congress Endorse Misleading Recycling Claims
Markets & Economy
Consumer spending flattens out after inflation surge
Caterpillar’s stock heads for worst day in 7 years — and what that means for the Dow
It’s the strangest job market the U.S. has ever seen. The low-hire, low-fire economy turns 3 years old.
You can’t rely on the S&P 500 as much as you may think
Technology
Amazon updates Alexa to help you manage shopping lists, subscriptions, and update delivery instructions
Deepgram acquires Pipecat-maker Daily to bolster its voice AI infrastructure
EasySMX S10 Lite review: A Switch 2 fidget toy with a weird removable faceplate
DoorDash to Buy Instacart for $17 Billion, Uniting 2 Delivery Giants
Science
Struggling with your career? This psychological intervention may help
Amino acid boosts last-resort antibiotic’s effectiveness
Smaller ants devote more of their resting energy budget to their brains
First individual-based model of basking sharks replicates complicated social and environmental drivers of behavior
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Consumer spending flattens out after inflation surge
Consumer spending rose sharply in September, but it largely reflected households spending more on gas and transportation after an increase in energy costs. Read More about Consumer spending flattens out after inflation surge
Struggling with your career? This psychological intervention may help
Job loss and career uncertainty can take a toll that extends well beyond the workplace. New research suggests that a psychological intervention based on the principles of acceptance and commitment therapy, or ACT, may… Read More about Struggling with your career? This psychological intervention may help
Amino acid boosts last-resort antibiotic’s effectiveness
Worldwide, antibiotic resistance is associated with millions of deaths every year, and the World Health Organization warns that the number of resistant infections is rising. Colistin is a last-resort antibiotic used when other treatments… Read More about Amino acid boosts last-resort antibiotic’s effectiveness
Why Kubernetes platforms keep rebuilding a layer they could share
Ask a platform team what they built last year, and the list likely includes a Kubernetes controller that creates a The post Why Kubernetes platforms keep rebuilding a layer they could share appeared first… Read More about Why Kubernetes platforms keep rebuilding a layer they could share
Amazon updates Alexa to help you manage shopping lists, subscriptions, and update delivery instructions
The update allows you to use Alexa to create lists, register them, see what's on them, and add or edit items. You can also manage subscriptions with the AI bot. Read More about Amazon updates Alexa to help you manage shopping lists, subscriptions, and update delivery instructions
Deepgram acquires Pipecat-maker Daily to bolster its voice AI infrastructure
Deepgram said that it is committed to keep Pipecat open source. Read More about Deepgram acquires Pipecat-maker Daily to bolster its voice AI infrastructure