Cyber Security
Ghostscript flaw lets hackers hijack servers via PDF uploads
A critical heap buffer overflow vulnerability (CVE-2026-39919) in the Ghostscript interpreter and rendering engine could allow remote code execution through specially crafted PDF files. [...]
FTC: Company netted at least $60 million charging sextortion victims for help it didn’t provide
An Ohio-based company charged individuals thousands of dollars to fight sextortion scams, but the operation itself was fraudulent, according to a Federal Trade Commission complaint.
UK Housing Ombudsman Service investigates ‘security incident’
The U.K. Housing Ombudsman Service is investigating a third-party IT security incident that impacted its case management system on Tuesday. [...]
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
As Federal Court Rules ALPRs are Mass Surveillance, EFF Gets Disappointing Ruling
Privacy’s Defenders Podcast: No Privacy Without Encryption
Resisting the Menace of Federal Data Consolidation
Organizing in the Town at Oakland Tech Week
Enterprise Tech
Anthropic’s red team ran AI on 15 cheap TV boxes. Then the math got unsettling.
Workday is using TypeSafe’s Jev to build user interfaces on the fly
“A major overhaul”: OpenCode 2.0 puts its terminal, desktop, and web apps on one shared service
GPUs on Kubernetes are bring-your-own-everything, starting with the bill
Developers
GitHub’s model for secret detection: Finding more secrets with less noise
Backstage 1.55 Adds Scaffolder Task Recovery and Removes Deprecated Catalog APIs
Why Your Sandbox Never Quite Matches Production (And Why That’s Fine)
ZCS Command Injection via SNMP Handlers Enables Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution
Policy & Regulation
Social Security benefits are rising again, but probably not enough to offset healthcare costs
Scammers Are Stealing Millions From Food Stamp Recipients. Congress Could Fix It — but Won’t.
He Waited Nine Years in Prison for His Lawyer to File a Single Brief. In This State, There’s No Rule Against It.
As Trump’s Wall Closes in, DHS Intimidates a Border Tribe With Surveillance, Masked Agents and Drones
Markets & Economy
Midterm voters haven’t seen this many housing proposals on the ballot in 20 years
Fake shopping sprees and ‘happiness insurance’: The latest fintech apps reveal our financial anxieties
Gen Z renters are the only group more likely to feel successful by investing than buying a house
New SEC rules would fleece everyday investors to enrich Wall Street
Technology
OpenAI says it found a ‘sophisticated recording device’ hidden in its offices
Helix Carbon says it can make iron cheaper by recycling blast furnace pollution
F.B.I. Arrests OpenAI Employee Accused of Planting Bug in Office
OpenAI employee arrested for allegedly planting a bug in a conference room
Science
‘Carpet’ growth method yields long-sought 2D quantum material
Liquid metal dealloying creates nanoporous silicon carbide at just 800°C
Faster molecular simulations identify promising diamond defects for quantum computers and sensors
New topological microscope tip reveals evidence of 2D altermagnetism
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OpenAI says it found a ‘sophisticated recording device’ hidden in its offices
The company asked its AI models to figure out what the device was. Read More about OpenAI says it found a ‘sophisticated recording device’ hidden in its offices
Ghostscript flaw lets hackers hijack servers via PDF uploads
A critical heap buffer overflow vulnerability (CVE-2026-39919) in the Ghostscript interpreter and rendering engine could allow remote code execution through specially crafted PDF files. [...] Read More about Ghostscript flaw lets hackers hijack servers via PDF uploads
‘Carpet’ growth method yields long-sought 2D quantum material
For decades, physicists have sought a practical two-dimensional topological insulator: an ultrathin material whose interior blocks electricity but whose edges conduct it. In ordinary wires, electrons constantly bounce off imperfections, losing energy. But along… Read More about ‘Carpet’ growth method yields long-sought 2D quantum material
Liquid metal dealloying creates nanoporous silicon carbide at just 800°C
Silicon carbide (SiC) is a ceramic known for its excellent heat resistance and chemical stability, which makes it attractive for a wide range of applications like electronics, catalysts and energy-related materials. However, SiC generally… Read More about Liquid metal dealloying creates nanoporous silicon carbide at just 800°C
Faster molecular simulations identify promising diamond defects for quantum computers and sensors
A faster way of finding the best diamond-based materials for quantum computers has been developed by a researcher at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL). The new approach has… Read More about Faster molecular simulations identify promising diamond defects for quantum computers and sensors
Helix Carbon says it can make iron cheaper by recycling blast furnace pollution
The steel industry is a big polluter, but Helix Carbon can upcycle pollution from blast furnaces to drive down emissions and improve margins. Read More about Helix Carbon says it can make iron cheaper by recycling blast furnace pollution