Cyber Security
Google Cloud Warns Three AMD Turin CPU Flaws Could Leak Data Across Processes in VMs
Google Cloud VMs on AMD Turin chips need a guest OS patch and a stop-and-start to protect against three CPU side-channel flaws, Google said this week. The company has already applied mitigations against attacks between VMs, and between VMs and the host. Inside a VM, the flaws may let an attacker…
Webinar: See How Identity Blind Spots Put Your SOC at Risk and How to Close Them
Security teams have more alerts, logs, and monitoring tools than ever. Yet when an attack happens, one simple question can still take too long to answer: Who or what is behind this activity, and what can they access? A suspicious login might belong to an employee. An unusual API call could come…
New N-central Exploits Work Against Patched Servers, Enable Root RCE and Windows SYSTEM Access
N-able on Thursday said it's investigating a new public disclosure containing claims of additional vulnerabilities in on-premise versions of N-central running version 2026.4.1 HF2. "Based on our initial review, the server issue described depends on a non-default configuration in which the Legacy…
AI & Automation
Anthropic launches new Claude Fable and Mythos 5.2 models
An AI model’s false tip to Philadelphia police reveals how digital agents can do as they’re told and still cause trouble
An expert on AI governance explains why these rare mistakes may soon be common, and with much higher stakes.
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.
Privacy & Identity
🤕 Medicare’s AI Experiment | EFFector 38.20
We’re Asking an Appeals Court to Require a Warrant for ALPR Searches
Why Fewer People Are Challenging Bad Patents
Presenting ‘Desire Lines: Encoding Queer Digital Futures’
Enterprise Tech
Anthropic built a model that beats Opus. It recommends Opus anyway.
Expensive accelerators, no workload-level visibility: Introducing Amazon CloudWatch accelerated compute insights
AWS had its agents build a free and open emulator for AWS. They now maintain it, too.
Developers have been hacking around MCP’s file-upload problem for two years. A fix is taking shape.
Developers
Technical Debt is Social; it is the Price of Learning by Doing
Presentation: Opening the Black Box: Critical Explainability for AI Agent Tool Selection with Kiji Inspector
Azure Logic Apps Standard Gets a Local CLI in Preview
Google Open-Sources TPU Sync for KV Cache and Weight Transfer on TPUs
Policy & Regulation
More Than Numbers: Portraits of U.S. Citizens Detained by Immigration Agents
A Tool Built by Election Deniers Said These Voters Were Dead. We Found Them Alive.
A Newborn Died in a Faith-Healing Sect. The State — and One Ex-Believer — Stepped in to Save Her Twin.
Prophecy, Scorn and a Rejection of This World: The Forbidding Vision of a Faith-Healing Preacher
Markets & Economy
How the U.S. government’s equity holdings have surged during Trump’s second term — in one chart
The world’s most sophisticated drug companies are putting billions into vaccines — despite the political environment
Tech stocks may soon enjoy a ‘violent bounce’ — but one strategist warns investors not to take the bait
I inherited $1.4 million from my father. Am I wrong to ask my husband of 25 years for a postnuptial agreement?
Money & Scams
Car Insurance Soars for Drivers With Poor Credit; Here’s What to Do
Your holiday credit-card bills are going up. What you can do to ease the pain.
Prediction Markets Are Arriving in Your Investing App, and That Makes Us Nervous
First Look: Inside United’s New Club at Washington Dulles
Tech Careers
A wave of religious discrimination claims is coming, attorneys say
Back to Basics: Who is a ‘similarly situated comparator’ under Title VII?
L&D leaders expect bigger budgets when their strategy is directly tied to business priorities
Be proactive on pay bands, promotion ladders and performance parameters, attorneys say
Gadgets
You can get the REDMAGIC 12 Pro a day early, here is how
Here’s Apple’s new ad for the holiday season, featuring MacBook Neo
WhatsApp’s ‘View Once’ text messages feature is now available to beta users on Android
Gentler Streak 6.0 adds a new wellbeing timeline and customizable dashboard
Technology
Best Open Earbuds (2026): Shokz, Bose, Soundcore, and More
You Can Buy T-Shirts Glorifying Mass Shootings Almost Anywhere Online
Datacentres are deeply unpopular. Has Sweden made one we can all love?
Alex Karp Said He’s a ‘Progressive.’ OK! Here’s Some Other Stuff He’s Said Recently
Science
Shared e-scooter users attribute near misses to inexperience: Longitudinal study
Through NASA’s Lens: Capturing Space Shuttle Endeavour’s Move to LA
White wine drinkers help pinpoint what’s missing in no- and low-alcohol drinks
Forests in Japan shift toward trees adapted to warmer climates
Latest News in details
Millions of Ebola dollars going missing as virus spreads, medical charity warns
Medical staff are going unpaid, lack proper training and are struggling with shortages of essential supplies, MSF warns Read More about Millions of Ebola dollars going missing as virus spreads, medical charity warns
Shared e-scooter users attribute near misses to inexperience: Longitudinal study
Riders of shared e-scooters are much more likely to attribute their near misses to inexperience than riders of privately owned e-scooters, a longitudinal study led by QUT road safety researchers has found. Read More about Shared e-scooter users attribute near misses to inexperience: Longitudinal study
How the U.S. government’s equity holdings have surged during Trump’s second term — in one chart
41 companies have made deals that grant stakes to the Trump administration, and some could face probes from the new Congress Read More about How the U.S. government’s equity holdings have surged during Trump’s second term — in one chart
The world’s most sophisticated drug companies are putting billions into vaccines — despite the political environment
Look at the promising data for Moderna and Merck’s experimental cancer vaccine and the research suggesting the shingles vaccine can delay dementia. Read More about The world’s most sophisticated drug companies are putting billions into vaccines — despite the political environment
Through NASA’s Lens: Capturing Space Shuttle Endeavour’s Move to LA
As a new exhibit opens showcasing NASA’s space shuttle Endeavour, NASA photographers look back at the final mission. These photographers documented the iconic images shared around the world on Sept. 21, 2012, while millions… Read More about Through NASA’s Lens: Capturing Space Shuttle Endeavour’s Move to LA
FIFA Under-17 World Cup to kick off in Qatar despite US withdrawal
FIFA says its 'security assessments' for the 48-team tournament remain unchanged after US Soccer pulled out. Read More about FIFA Under-17 World Cup to kick off in Qatar despite US withdrawal