Cyber Security
ShinyHunters hacker reportedly detained in Jordan, aiding FBI
A suspected ShinyHunters hacking group member known online as "Rey" has reportedly been detained in Jordan and is cooperating with the FBI to help locate other members of the extortion group. [...]
MI5 Says China’s MSS Funded Research Involving 100+ U.K.-Linked Academics
The U.K.'s domestic intelligence and security agency has warned that more than 100 academics have helped China boost its intelligence gathering efforts on behalf of Beijing's state security service. In a "Security Service Espionage Alert" issued on September 30, 2026, MI5 said the "primary purpose…
Warlock Exploits SharePoint Flaws to Disable Security Tools and Deploy Ransomware
The suspected China-linked threat actor known as Warlock is still continuing to weaponize Microsoft SharePoint vulnerabilities, likely both old and new, in attacks targeting organizations in Portuguese- and Spanish-speaking countries. The activity, observed by the Symantec and Carbon Black Threat…
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
AI is speeding up exploits. Vulnerability spreadsheets can’t keep up.
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)
Developers
GitLab Vulnerability Under Active Exploitation Enables Unauthenticated Data Exfiltration
Istio 1.31 Adds Agentgateway Waypoints and Moves Release Artifacts off Google Cloud
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%
Policy & Regulation
Watch: We Uncovered Bribery Allegations Involving Susan Collins
We’re Reporters, Not Teachers. We Were Able to Start Private Schools Anyway.
It’s Easy to Start a Private School. Take Our Quiz to Find Out Where You Can Open Yours.
Her Agency Distributes Billions for Housing Projects. Her Husband’s Company Helped Develop Some of Them.
Markets & Economy
You might be shocked by how many stocks are in a bear market right now
I made $500,000 from a stock sale in my IRA. Could this change my retirement?
I bought a $126 concert ticket for my sister and now she can’t go. Will I be able to make a profit selling the ticket?
As Treasury yields touch generational highs, investors brace for the market fallout
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
Gadgets
Gemini app limiting what models free & AI Plus users can access, AI Pro adding Deep Think
Watch F1 on Apple TV tonight, free for everyone in the US
Indie App Spotlight: ‘HEVCut’ helps you trim your photo library without deleting anything
Samsung Galaxy S25 series receiving One UI 9 stable update in the US
Technology
Federal judge calls Flock ‘indiscriminate mass surveillance’
How to check the temperature of your PC’s CPU
Ethernet cables can do more than just improve home internet
Capcom plans to use AI to speed up the game development process
World
Tories plan to expand free childcare to high earners to end ‘cliff edge’
Trump ramps up pressure on US Republicans to end US clock switching
Trump urges calls to Arkansas senator in push for permanent daylight saving time
England trounce Croatia 7-0 in Nations League as Kane goal run continues
Science
Feeling secure in a group may help dissenters make stronger arguments
How can the same El Niño cause drought in one part of the world and floods in another?
Today’s emissions choices could limit Antarctic ice loss and sea-level rise for coastal communities
New reactor design improves plastic feedstock synthesis using oxygen and electricity
Latest News in details
Tories plan to expand free childcare to high earners to end ‘cliff edge’
Kemi Badenoch says those earning more than £100,000 should not be discouraged from working more The Conservatives have unveiled a proposed £700m childcare giveaway for high earners ahead of their annual conference, saying they… Read More about Tories plan to expand free childcare to high earners to end ‘cliff edge’
Feeling secure in a group may help dissenters make stronger arguments
When everyone in a meeting voices the same opinion, an organization can miss important warning signs and new ideas. A research team from KAIST suggests that when members feel securely accepted within their group,… Read More about Feeling secure in a group may help dissenters make stronger arguments
How can the same El Niño cause drought in one part of the world and floods in another?
The Pacific Ocean is warming unusually quickly, and this year's El Niño has already surpassed previous records. Forecasters expect it to strengthen even further before approaching its usual peak around December. Read More about How can the same El Niño cause drought in one part of the world and floods in another?
Gemini app limiting what models free & AI Plus users can access, AI Pro adding Deep Think
Following the compute-based usage change in May, Google will soon introduce limits on which Gemini models free users and AI Plus subscribers can access. more… Read More about Gemini app limiting what models free & AI Plus users can access, AI Pro adding Deep Think
Trump ramps up pressure on US Republicans to end US clock switching
The US president published a lawmaker's cell phone number as he called for the passage of a bill making DST permanent. Read More about Trump ramps up pressure on US Republicans to end US clock switching
Trump urges calls to Arkansas senator in push for permanent daylight saving time
President appeared to share phone number of Tom Cotton for people to call to push him to support measure Donald Trump on Saturday put pressure on the US senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas to… Read More about Trump urges calls to Arkansas senator in push for permanent daylight saving time