Cyber Security
Judge dismisses spyware case brought by Salvadoran journalists targeted with Pegasus
The plaintiffs, who all worked for the independent and Salvadoran news outlet El Faro, failed to convince the court that their case had jurisdiction in California, according to the judge’s order.
RemoteThreat Bets Security Teams Need to Test What Happens After Defenses Fail
The offensive cyber operations startup looks to evolve red teaming beyond traditional methods to simulate attackers' increasingly advanced capabilities.
Bipartisan backlash to ALPRs grows as two high-profile bills are introduced
Republican Sen. Josh Hawley has new legislation on limiting automated license plate readers (ALPRs), while Democratic Sens. Bernie Sanders and Jeff Merkley, with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, have teed up a broader bill.
AI & Automation
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…
Anthropic upgrades Claude with new Sonnet 5.5 model, details here
Anthropic on Monday launched Claude Sonnet 5.5, the latest version of its workhorse model and the second model in the The post Anthropic launches Claude Sonnet 5.5 with near-Opus performance at half the price appeared first on The New Stack .
Privacy & Identity
Site-Blocking Will Not Defend IP, No Matter the Bill’s Name
Congress Has Another Site-Blocking Bill, And This One Targets VPNs
Victory! Court Rejects Government Effort to Dismiss Social Media Surveillance Lawsuit
Ola Bini Ordered to Leave Ecuador Under Obscure Accusations
Enterprise Tech
GitHub’s advice for its new Copilot feature is to try something else first
What Kubernetes’ “monolith” lesson means for AI agent harnesses
K3s vs. K8s: When lightweight Kubernetes distros win (and when they don’t)
Cloudflare brings paid access to MCP tools — who controls the agent’s spending?
Developers
AI is rewriting the developer career ladder. Here’s how to stand out.
Uber Eats Rebuilds Search Pipeline to Cut End-to-End Latency by 50%
Envoy Gateway 1.9.1 Tightens Security and Addresses a Difficult Upgrade Path
Presentation: Managing Asynchronous APIs at Scale
Policy & Regulation
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Her Agency Distributes Billions for Housing Projects. Her Husband’s Company Helped Develop Some of Them.
Texas’ Education Board Raised Questions About an AI Learning Tool. The State Then Helped Pilot It in Public Schools.
Markets & Economy
Why mixing politics with your stock portfolio might be costing you money
This city saw 1 in 3 home sellers slash their asking price in September to attract reluctant buyers
The best industry to change jobs to get paid more money — and the worst
Does AI have a soul? Pope Leo and Anthropic clash.
Tech Careers
Firm settles EEOC charge that it let Indian staff work remotely, but not US employees
EEOC takes aim at trans rights in investigations involving ‘biological’ pronouns, single-sex spaces
EEOC sues Harvard to obtain hundreds of documents in DEI-related investigation
Sociable: LinkedIn updates its AI-powered hiring bot
Technology
Sean Parker is rebuilding Stability AI around music
Amazon’s $1B plan to combat data center backlash draws more backlash
Netflix is pivoting away from prestige
Patient-zero drill put health facilities to the test—40% of them failed
World
Disgraced gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar removed from Michigan sex offender registry
Latin America sees China as more positive global influence than US: Poll
Iraq grants Iranian airlines 40 daily Najaf flights after US exemption
Hundreds gather in Mississippi to protest Republican redistricting: ‘This fight is familiar territory’
Latest News in details
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Sean Parker is rebuilding Stability AI around music
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Disgraced gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar removed from Michigan sex offender registry
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Mowing less, spraying smarter give pollinators a boost
Roadsides may not look like wildlife habitat, but a few simple changes to how they are maintained could turn them into much better places for pollinators. A new uOttawa-led study found that reducing mowing… Read More about Mowing less, spraying smarter give pollinators a boost
Scientists discover first type I superconductor that breaks time-reversal symmetry
Superconductors are materials that conduct electricity with no resistance and expel magnetic fields when cooled to ultralow temperatures. And depending on their quantum structure, they can also showcase strange properties like magnetic levitation. But… Read More about Scientists discover first type I superconductor that breaks time-reversal symmetry
Firm settles EEOC charge that it let Indian staff work remotely, but not US employees
Determinations on remote work should not be based on an employee’s race or national origin, a director for the agency said. Read More about Firm settles EEOC charge that it let Indian staff work remotely, but not US employees