Cyber Security
The Biggest Threat to Your GRC Job Isn’t AI. It’s Ignoring AI.
AI agents are taking over routine governance, risk, and compliance tasks, forcing GRC professionals to rethink the skills needed to stay relevant. Anecdotes examines three essential skills for the AI-driven GRC workplace: data literacy, agent governance, and communication. [...]
Hackers abuse refrigeration controllers to send spam and route proxy traffic
Internet-exposed refrigeration controllers used in supermarkets and cold storage facilities are being hijacked and turned into infrastructure for a suspected spam botnet and proxy services, SecurityScorecard has found. The report follows a string of attacks against European refrigeration systems,…
Bitter Hackers Deploy New PapRAT Backdoor in Cyberespionage Campaign Targeting South Asia
The South Asian cyber espionage group known as Bitter (aka APT-C-08, APT-Q-37, Hazy Tiger, Orange Yali, T-APT-17, and TA397) has been observed targeting South Asian organizations with a previously unreported remote access trojan called PapRAT. "PapRAT has both C++ and Rust implementations,"…
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
Presenting ‘Desire Lines: Encoding Queer Digital Futures’
EFF Submission to OHCHR Consultation on Child Rights and Safety in the Digital Environment
When the Watchdogs Are Silenced: India’s Crackdown on Those Documenting Online Censorship
Reflecting on Digital Rights Wins and Losses in Sacramento
Developers
Cloudflare Develops Public Certificate Authority for Post-Quantum Web Security
Podcast: Distributed LLM Inference on Kubernetes with llm-d, Wasm, & TornadoVM
AWS Launches TorchNeuron to Run PyTorch Models on AWS Trainium Without Modifications
Article: Agentic AI Architecture: Current Challenges and Future Opportunities
Policy & Regulation
Firm Linked to Trump’s Sons Got Nearly $40 Million in Federal Contracts to Screen for Ebola and Other Diseases
Lawyers in This State Are Allowed to Ghost Clients for Years. Why Don’t More Judges Stop Them?
An 11-Day-Old Baby Couldn’t Stop Bleeding. For Hours, the ER Didn’t Provide a Critical Vitamin Shot.
Texas’ School Voucher Program Could Be “Unrecognizable, If Not Extinct,” Says Democratic Lawmaker
Markets & Economy
‘She can always change her mind’: Should a widow leave the family home to her stepchildren?
As AI trade falters, Goldman Sachs says this lagging region is now positioned to outperform
A failed trial for a heart drug casts shadow over rivals developing similar therapies
Retirement is now part of the affordability crisis. Politicians should pay attention.
Technology
Hold up — I had a great time talking to the RIAA guy
Waymo robotaxis kept illegally passing school buses after software fix, feds say
Giant Merger of NextEra and Dominion Could Fail Amid Anger Over Electricity Bills
Medium is launching a new note-taking app called TK
World
Los Angeles mayoral race points to growing sway of democratic socialists
KFC’s arrival at Italian ski slopes angers food and mountain purists
More than 400,000 Russians killed fighting in Ukraine war, leaked data suggests
Iran stands by demands to end the war as US ramps up military pressure
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Hold up — I had a great time talking to the RIAA guy
Today, I’m talking with Mitch Glazier, who is CEO and chairman of the RIAA. This conversation was a real full-circle moment for me: I was in college when Napster hit, and the RIAA became… Read More about Hold up — I had a great time talking to the RIAA guy
‘This is not a new story’: Legal professionals expect tide to turn on DEI
The idea that diversity, equity and inclusion is a short-lived trend ignores history and legal reality, according to speakers at an American Bar Association conference. Read More about ‘This is not a new story’: Legal professionals expect tide to turn on DEI
Waymo robotaxis kept illegally passing school buses after software fix, feds say
The update to Waymo's self-driving system was rolled out nearly a year ago. Read More about Waymo robotaxis kept illegally passing school buses after software fix, feds say
Did Life Begin in an RNA World?
The earliest life forms may have emerged from self-copying RNA. The post Did Life Begin in an RNA World? first appeared on Quanta Magazine Read More about Did Life Begin in an RNA World?
Protecting the vulnerable Y chromosome at the beginning of development
It's known that the Y chromosome, which confers male sex, plays a big role in development and health, despite its small size. As cells age they frequently lose their Y chromosomes, which is associated… Read More about Protecting the vulnerable Y chromosome at the beginning of development
Giant Merger of NextEra and Dominion Could Fail Amid Anger Over Electricity Bills
State leaders and residents in Virginia have opposed NextEra’s acquisition of Dominion Energy, fearing that it will accelerate rate increases. Read More about Giant Merger of NextEra and Dominion Could Fail Amid Anger Over Electricity Bills