Cyber Security
Nearly 1 in 10 Exposed LiteLLM Gateways Accepted the Example “sk-1234” Admin Key
Nearly one in ten of the internet-facing LiteLLM servers that Wiz Research scanned in February accepted sk-1234, the example admin key in LiteLLM's own setup guide. LiteLLM is an open-source AI gateway, the software a company puts between its applications and the model providers it pays for. That…
EU Cyber Resilience Act to Enforce New Reporting Requirements
Starting Friday, businesses operating in the EU will have just 24 hours to notify the government any time they discover serious product security incidents.
Product showcase: GitGuardian Honeytoken catches credential theft as it happens
Credential harvesting on developer machines has widened. Earlier infostealers worked from a short list of known targets, mostly browser stores and a few cloud credential paths. The families active now cast a much wider net. Shai-Hulud, for instance, ran a secret scanner across the entire…
Privacy & Identity
Cops Play Hide and Seek About Using Spy Tech to Avoid Scrutiny and Bad PR
Digital Sovereignty: What It Is, What It Could Be
2026 EFF Award Winners: Access Now, 7amleh – The Arab Center for the Advancement of Social Media, DeFlock, and New Media Rights
New Records Reveal Problems with Medicare’s AI Prior Authorization Experiment
Enterprise Tech
“AI factories are among the most complex systems ever built”: Nvidia and Palantir turn Nvidia’s supply chain into a proving ground for sovereign AI
Claude did best on a new benchmark for agents that build agents. It still passed fewer than a quarter of the tests.
OpenAI gave an AI the power to block its own engineers’ code
How much control should AI get? A CISO roundtable takes on SOC autonomy
Developers
Article: When Spec-Driven Development Pays Off
IETF Publishes RFC 10008, Adding the QUERY Method for Safe Requests With a Body
CPython Officially Adds RISC-V Support As a Tier 3 Platform
GitHub availability report: August 2026
Policy & Regulation
U.S. Postal Service Failed to Properly Handle Some Ballots During This Year’s Primary Elections, Audit Finds
Dan McKee becomes first governor in 8 years to lose primary
Republicans are partying in Dallas. Just don’t ask them about affordability.
Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.
Tech Careers
EEOC asks judge to assist in probe of San Francisco government’s DEI trainings
14-minute walk to break area didn’t necessarily create FLSA violations, DOL says
Schedule changes, transfers may be retaliation under USERRA, feds caution
Generative AI overuse may hurt leaders’ judgment, researchers warn
Gadgets
Samsung starts selling Certified Re-Newed Galaxy S26, S26+, and S26 Ultra in the UK
Google Pixel Tablet has been discontinued, out of stock everywhere
Apple AirPods 5 are better, but surprisingly also cheaper
Mid-week Android app deals and freebies: Loads of Final Fantasy games, Secret of Mana, more
Technology
Xbox picks up Kojima’s Physint after PlayStation dropped it
Xbox swoops in to publish Hideo Kojima’s ‘Physint’ after Sony dropped out
2028 Volvo XC40 First Look: Hello new tech, goodbye EV
Volvo XC40 PHEV is back with a new look, better sensors, and Gemini AI
World
The ‘Forever War’ in Afghanistan: 25 Years in Pictures
Gander Welcomed Americans in 2001. Now, U.S.-Canada Tensions Hit Home
Grace Tame apologises for comments labelling rape of Israeli women during Hamas attacks ‘propaganda’
Tourists in England face nightly levy on hotel and Airbnb stays under new plans
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The ‘Forever War’ in Afghanistan: 25 Years in Pictures
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“AI factories are among the most complex systems ever built”: Nvidia and Palantir turn Nvidia’s supply chain into a proving ground for sovereign AI
Nvidia and Palantir announced on Thursday that they’re working together to bring “sovereign AI to critical supply chains,” kicking off The post “AI factories are among the most complex systems ever built”: Nvidia and… Read More about “AI factories are among the most complex systems ever built”: Nvidia and Palantir turn Nvidia’s supply chain into a proving ground for sovereign AI
Gander Welcomed Americans in 2001. Now, U.S.-Canada Tensions Hit Home
The Newfoundland town welcomed thousands of frightened airline passengers on Sept. 11, but 25 years later, mixed emotions run through anniversary plans amid an escalating trade war. Read More about Gander Welcomed Americans in 2001. Now, U.S.-Canada Tensions Hit Home
AI pinpoints when fish reach their thermal limit
Researchers have developed an AI-based system that automatically and objectively detects the moment when fish experience loss of equilibrium (LOE) due to temperature stress. The system combines DeepLabCut, a deep-learning AI that captures animal… Read More about AI pinpoints when fish reach their thermal limit
Article: When Spec-Driven Development Pays Off
AI coding assistants have become a core part of software development. AI-generated code has shown productivity gains, but it's also contributing to security weaknesses and familiar bug patterns. In this article, author Nitin Garg… Read More about Article: When Spec-Driven Development Pays Off
As oceans warm, Florida scientists hunt for heat-resistant coral
Off Florida's coast, a team of scientists and trained volunteers in scuba gear descends to the ocean floor, planting young coral onto a reef and examining how others are faring in increasingly warm waters. Read More about As oceans warm, Florida scientists hunt for heat-resistant coral