Cyber Security
Railway breach leads to $740,000 in fraudulent AI charges
Cloud hosting provider Railway says hackers exploited vulnerabilities in its infrastructure to steal customer authentication secrets and generate approximately $740,000 in fraudulent AI usage, potentially exposing credentials for up to 100,000 workspaces. [...]
Japanese furniture giant Nitori says hackers stole 37.6M customer records
Nitori, a major Japanese furniture and home accessories retailer, discovered that an attacker accessed a system on its network and may have stolen 37.62 million customer records. [...]
F-Secure Identifies 26 Ways AI Can Harm Consumers, and Where to Stop Them
New AI Harms Taxonomy traces how harm moves through AI systems, from misleading chatbot answers to compromised autonomous agents, and identifies where defenses can intervene.
AI & Automation
Anthropic launches new Claude Fable and Mythos 5.2 models
Anthropic is announcing two new models today: Claude Fable 5.2 and Claude Mythos 5.2, which it says are designed to take on "daunting" technical challenges. The company claims the new models show improvements in coding, reasoning, and vision, and can generate outputs faster than the 5.1 versions…
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
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’
EFF Submission to OHCHR Consultation on Child Rights and Safety in the Digital Environment
Enterprise Tech
Grok Build coding agent leaks oodles of confidential info, some belonging to SpaceXSI
New CNCF report: 75% of cloud-native developers ship code with AI. Jonathan Bryce explains why.
A $60 billion fintech hired a 14-year-old. Its CEO explains why.
Google claims its new AI software cuts inference latency by over 90% — but there’s a catch
Developers
Cloudflare Makes Basin Serverless Analytics Generally Available
Git security vulnerabilities announced
Google Finds that Technical Debt Can Derail Coding Agents Through “Agent Distraction”
Pinterest and Intel Take Open-Source Profiling to Internet Scale
Policy & Regulation
A Natural Gas Project Off Alaska’s Coast May Be a Russian Ploy for Intel on the Arctic
The Garbage Man: Bill Gates Has Earned Billions Investing in Climate-Polluting Landfills
Watch: Where Do Our Generic Drugs Come From? We Dug to Find Out.
Firm Linked to Trump’s Sons Got Nearly $40 Million in Federal Contracts to Screen for Ebola and Other Diseases
Markets & Economy
CoreWeave’s stock pops as new financing playbook eases debt concerns
One reason the Children’s Place is going bankrupt? Not enough children.
My friend feels trapped at her job but won’t do anything about it. Am I supposed to step in?
Retirees should be big beneficiaries of the midterms: ‘Democrats will hold every gavel that matters for aging and public policy’
Tech Careers
Trump nominates another EEOC commissioner, potentially solidifying Republican control
AI leadership training tools are most effective when paired with managerial support
Holiday hiring looks different this year. Here’s why.
EEOC general counsel nominee dodges gender identity bias questions at hearing
Technology
X launches its own clipping feature to spur influencer engagement
What is the average lifespan of recordable Blu-ray discs?
Microsoft’s DLSS competitor is out for the Xbox Ally X and works in handheld mode
Why your Roku might be plugged into the wrong HDMI port
World
Underworld figure Mick Gatto attended CFMEU meeting after construction site assaults, Big Build royal commission told
Two white students at University of Mississippi make monkey gestures in Ring video
Stacy Keach, Mike Hammer actor whose career spanned stage and screen, dies aged 85
Protesters throw milk at Joe Biden during Hunter event in Dublin
Science
Coyotes are likely a permanent fixture on the Outer Banks of North Carolina
Simplified framework could make products’ environmental impacts easier to assess
Mental health app may help unemployed people find jobs, six-week trial suggests
A new tool makes biodiversity conservation planning more efficient and reproducible
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Underworld figure Mick Gatto attended CFMEU meeting after construction site assaults, Big Build royal commission told
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Two white students at University of Mississippi make monkey gestures in Ring video
Women are reportedly upstairs neighbors of three Black students, including one who uploaded video to TikTok Two white students at the University of Mississippi were captured making offensive monkey gestures in a widely panned… Read More about Two white students at University of Mississippi make monkey gestures in Ring video
Stacy Keach, Mike Hammer actor whose career spanned stage and screen, dies aged 85
The US actor died in Poland on Tuesday, ‘after a long and difficult battle with a serious heart condition and heart failure’, his wife said Stacy Keach, one of America’s finest stage actors who… Read More about Stacy Keach, Mike Hammer actor whose career spanned stage and screen, dies aged 85
Coyotes are likely a permanent fixture on the Outer Banks of North Carolina
A new study reveals that coyote populations on the Outer Banks persist despite ongoing removal programs, posing a continued threat to shore-nesting birds and protected sea turtles. The study is the first in-depth assessment… Read More about Coyotes are likely a permanent fixture on the Outer Banks of North Carolina
Protesters throw milk at Joe Biden during Hunter event in Dublin
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