Cyber Security
Federal bankruptcy courts dealing with outages after contractor cyberattack
The incident, which involved a government contractor, has halted all production of bankruptcy notices.
AI Slop Isn’t Just for Social Media; It’s Ruining Cyberattacks, Too
Don't buy the hype! AI has been dumbing down cyberattacks, and serious threat actors are barely touching it.
Critical PwnEscape Linux Kernel Vulnerability Lets Guest VMs Read Host Memory
A newly disclosed critical flaw in the Linux kernel allows code inside a virtual machine to read memory on the host computer it runs on. A researcher demonstrated the leak against Vercel's live cloud sandboxes, and Vercel confirmed it. The flaw, now tracked as CVE-2026-99999 and nicknamed…
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
Our Lawsuit Against the Trump Administration’s Social Media Surveillance Moves Forward. Here’s What the Court Said.
We’re Asking the Wisconsin Supreme Court to End Warrantless ALPR Searches
DHS Inspector General Finds That TSA is Not Properly Safeguarding Passenger Facial Recognition Data
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Enterprise Tech
Hackers hijacked 1,900 GitHub accounts. Then they went after 30,000 repos.
Vercel adds always-on workers to run more of your backend
OpenAI promised developers six months’ notice. GPT-4o users got three.
Nvidia squeezed a 74B agent model into 24GB so it can run on your laptop
Developers
The next developer interface is ambient intelligence
Why your platform team shouldn’t build an AI context layer (even though they probably could)
Instagram Modernized Its UI with an AI-Native Architecture, Cutting Token Costs by 33%
Optimizing Software Workflow: Exploring Fundamental Impacts in Technology
Policy & Regulation
Why the GOP’s voter fraud messaging may backfire
Trump Says the Border Is Secure. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Keeps Declaring an Emergency.
Frustrated by Losses in the Courts, Missouri Republicans Want to Change How Top Judges Are Selected
Republicans can confirm a Supreme Court justice if Democrats take the Senate, but at what cost?
Markets & Economy
This one governor’s race could derail the AI trade that’s powered the stock market
Big pharma stocks near all-time highs as tech selloff pushes investors toward safer bets
Are we spending our retirement money in the right order? Our plan is: Social Security, annuities, cash — then IRA.
Tesla may finally debut a flying car today, after testing fans’ patience for nearly a decade
Tech Careers
Employee benefits seem to satisfy workers, but gaps persist
This week in 5 numbers: Workers would spend up to $2,500 on their own training
Walmart plans to offer employees free prescriptions, paid NICU leave
CEOs want ‘enterprise CHROs’ who can talk strategy and skills, report finds
Gadgets
Apple Sports update improves Live Activity support, adds soccer leagues from around the world
Google updates Android earthquake alerts with more info, expands to 200+ regions
Verizon emphasizes its free safety, family, and AI perks
Apple is about to kick off four weeks straight of new product launches
Technology
AI Hacks Leave a Mess That AI Companies Aren’t Paying For
NY congressman to introduce bill protecting video game ownership
Amazon devices chief Panos Panay sees a future where AI devices replace the need to use apps
Withings now charges $100 per year to sync your data to other apps
World
Bus hits train stopped on French side of Channel Tunnel, with 19 injured
Robots dance the ‘Macarena’ at Japan tech expo
California faces more extreme weather as hot, windy days set to raise wildfire risk
US winter is likely to be wetter and warmer, forecasters say, with more snow in the south
Science
Baby lobster decline foreshadows major midcoast population losses, study shows
Silicon qubits surpass 99.99% gate fidelity while operating three at once
Building trust in governments through digital platforms
Molecular snapshots reveal how viral enzymes switch between inserting and removing DNA
Latest News in details
Baby lobster decline foreshadows major midcoast population losses, study shows
A steep drop in baby lobsters provided an early warning of the sharp decline in adult lobsters along Maine's midcoast, a new University of Maine study shows. Read More about Baby lobster decline foreshadows major midcoast population losses, study shows
Silicon qubits surpass 99.99% gate fidelity while operating three at once
Silicon spin qubits are a promising platform for building scalable quantum computers as they are compatible with the semiconductor manufacturing technologies used to produce today's computer chips. However, they have an important weakness: silicon… Read More about Silicon qubits surpass 99.99% gate fidelity while operating three at once
Hackers hijacked 1,900 GitHub accounts. Then they went after 30,000 repos.
Hackers accessed roughly 1,900 GitHub accounts, then used them to slip credential-stealing workflows into more than 30,000 repositories. The malicious The post Hackers hijacked 1,900 GitHub accounts. Then they went after 30,000 repos. appeared… Read More about Hackers hijacked 1,900 GitHub accounts. Then they went after 30,000 repos.
Bus hits train stopped on French side of Channel Tunnel, with 19 injured
Two people were severely injured and evacuated by helicopter but no one's life appeared to be in danger, officials said. Read More about Bus hits train stopped on French side of Channel Tunnel, with 19 injured
AI Hacks Leave a Mess That AI Companies Aren’t Paying For
Powerful AI models continue to cause chaos, but their targets aren’t widely seeking justice. Instead, they’re being encouraged to adopt those same tools. Read More about AI Hacks Leave a Mess That AI Companies Aren’t Paying For
Building trust in governments through digital platforms
Around the world, many people report distrusting their government. In some places, such as Latin America, North America and Africa, trust in government has declined in recent decades. How can governments rebuild this trust? Read More about Building trust in governments through digital platforms