Cyber Security
When the Whole Company Adopts AI: What It Does to Your SOC
Over the past year, we watched a new class of alert appear in enterprise security operations centers and grow faster than anything else in the stream: alerts that were triggered by AI tools and agents. Not attacks against AI, but the ordinary, everyday footprint of an organization using it, from…
Threat Actor Generates 1M Personalized Fraud Emails in 3 Days
Cybercriminals behind malicious email campaigns no longer have to compromise volume for credibility, or vice versa, thanks to AI.
CISA Calls for More Guidance, Less Spin, as Cyber Outages Escalate
A new joint government advisory signals a regulatory shift, pressing organizations to adopt more transparent breach notification and incident response protocols.
Privacy & Identity
Governor Newsom Signs Student-Backed Digital Literacy Bills Alongside Misguided Bans
Cold TAKE: Amazon’s New Encryption Method Still Doesn’t Deliver Real Privacy
We All Deserve a Better Internet, Not A Smaller One
Cops Play Hide and Seek About Using Spy Tech to Avoid Scrutiny and Bad PR
Developers
Presentation: From Retrieval to Reasoning: Building Production-Ready Agentic AI Systems with Knowledge Graphs
Lambda SnapStart Comes to Container Images, Ending a Packaging Tradeoff
One Decade of Rustls: Evolution, Benchmarks, and Future Roadmap
Marketing ops as code: Automating events from planning to follow-up on GitHub
Policy & Regulation
GOP anxiety grows over North Carolina Senate race
Vouchers Promise Students With Disabilities a Path to Private School. Parents Say That’s Not the Reality.
The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics
EPA to Loosen Methane Rules, Boosting Pollution From Oil and Gas Wells
Markets & Economy
China just launched a $19,170 electric vehicle
American Tower Sees 2026 Growth Trough Before 5G, AI and 6G Catalysts Lift Demand
How Much Does a 61-Year-Old Need Invested to Collect $8,600 a Month for Life?
GE Aerospace (GE)’s $12 Billion CPP Acquisition Puts Its Growth Strategy to the Test
Money & Scams
7 Reasons NerdWallet Calls Chase Sapphire a “Must-Have for Travelers”
Hilton Credit Cards Unveil New Welcome Offers Up to 200K Points
Mobile Sports Betting Is Booming — So Is the Debt That Comes With It
Should You Shop Incognito to Get Better Deals? Plus, More September Money Questions
Tech Careers
Jury should decide if university’s hiring process was tainted by diversity goals, court rules
Hemorrhoid pain can be a disability, EEOC argues to court
Poor talent retention continues to throttle company growth
This week in 5 numbers: Tech employment grew in August, despite layoffs
Gadgets
Weekly poll results: Poco F9 Ultra sizzles, Poco F9 Pro not as hot, both need a price cut
Indie App Spotlight: ‘Farwave’ lets you listen to radio stations around the world
iPhone Duo can add fake bezel to the outside screen for better case compatibility
Apple @ Work: The three prongs of software updates in the AI era
Technology
AI staff ‘genuinely frightened’ for humanity’s future, ex-Anthropic researcher tells BBC
What is the difference between a dead pixel and a stuck pixel?
Is there any benefit to restarting your gaming handheld regularly?
One problem with Android Auto can be fixed with a simple update
World
‘We started to plummet’: Turbulence rocks Turkish Airlines flight
NSW to put strict caps on screen time in classrooms while pushing for ‘pen and paper’ learning
Houthi projectile wounds two, damages mosque in Jazan region, Saudi says
Mbappe double helps Real Madrid thump Rayo Vallecano 4–1 in La Liga
Science
AI could make holiday planning easier for overwhelmed travelers
Five night sky events to look out for this autumn
Magnetic nanoparticles detect amoxicillin allergy with 98% sensitivity in early tests
Six ways people have used magic to protect their homes throughout history—from witch bottles to ‘hag stones’
Latest News in details
‘We started to plummet’: Turbulence rocks Turkish Airlines flight
Video shows passengers screaming as turbulence rocked a Tunisia-bound Turkish Airlines flight. Read More about ‘We started to plummet’: Turbulence rocks Turkish Airlines flight
Weekly poll results: Poco F9 Ultra sizzles, Poco F9 Pro not as hot, both need a price cut
From the comments under last week’s poll we know that some of you have already bought a Poco F9 Ultra. This is clearly the more popular model of the two – its F9 Pro… Read More about Weekly poll results: Poco F9 Ultra sizzles, Poco F9 Pro not as hot, both need a price cut
NSW to put strict caps on screen time in classrooms while pushing for ‘pen and paper’ learning
Screen limits will become mandatory in NSW schools from 2028 as federal education minister says students may need a ‘digital detox’ Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our new political… Read More about NSW to put strict caps on screen time in classrooms while pushing for ‘pen and paper’ learning
AI staff ‘genuinely frightened’ for humanity’s future, ex-Anthropic researcher tells BBC
Jacob Coxon tells the BBC that there's a strong chance AI could end humanity if the rate of development is not reined in. Read More about AI staff ‘genuinely frightened’ for humanity’s future, ex-Anthropic researcher tells BBC
AI could make holiday planning easier for overwhelmed travelers
Generative AI could help overwhelmed travelers organize their thoughts, compare options and complete vacation plans they might otherwise abandon, according to new research from the University of Surrey. Read More about AI could make holiday planning easier for overwhelmed travelers