Cyber Security
‘AgentCorruption’ Puts AWS Environments At Risk With Single Prompt
A now-patched vulnerability in AWS Bedrock AgentCore could allow an attacker to use one AI chatbot to take over an organization's entire fleet.
Lawmakers warn Google could expose Spirit Airlines data in $10 million AI training deal
The proposed sale would include about 100 million emails, 500 million Microsoft Teams messages, employment contracts, employee and timecard records and payroll and tax information, Rep. Steven Horsford (D-NV) said in a press release.
Ransomware attack disrupts Japan’s IDCF Cloud used by govt clients
IDC Frontier, a major Japanese cloud and digital infrastructure company, disclosed that its IDCF Cloud service was targeted in a ransomware attack that caused an outage at a data center cluster serving the eastern part of the country. [...]
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 .
Developers
Part 5: Operating an LLM system: observability, cost, routing, and the platform underneath
How one bug bounty researcher chooses the features they investigate
A green exit code is not evidence that the work happened
Presentation: Multi-Agent Patterns from Spotify’s AI Powered Advertising Platform
Policy & Regulation
U.S. Lawmakers Launch Sexual Abuse Probe of Youth Sports Giant AAU
Club Med, a Disney Cruise and an Exploding Starship: SpaceX Used Bystander Videos to Track Falling Debris
American Academy of Pediatrics Renews Call for Ban on Raw Milk
Homeless Shelters Around Phoenix Are Full. His Phone Is the Unofficial Hotline for Struggling Families.
Markets & Economy
Feel like a pumpkin-spice burrito? Analysts try to wrap their heads around a possible Starbucks-Chipotle tie-up.
A big AI super PAC tried to follow crypto’s playbook to influence the midterms. Critics say it’s not working out.
With mortgage rates soaring above 7.5%, the smart money rents in America
How to downsize like a pro — and free yourself from being a ‘prisoner of your possessions’
Tech Careers
AAUP gets order over Jewish employee records at Penn ‘off the books’
This week in 5 numbers: Manager-led development can aid retention
EEOC moves to rescind conviction and arrest record guidance from 2012
Even woman-presenting AI bots are ‘paid’ less, research says
Gadgets
Apple, Prosser, and Ramacciotti trade blame over delays in trade secret lawsuit
Today’s Android app deals and freebies: Ace Attorney, Star Wars, Hacking Destiny, more
Apple names new head of mergers and acquisitions, per report
Logitech brings its mouse & keyboard controller to Googlebook, supports Magic Pointer
Science
Real-time oxygen measurements expose hidden losses in solar water splitting
Nitrogen fixation ‘off switch’ discovery could one day help crops make their own fertilizer
21 Birds Are Found at Miami Airport Stuffed in Underwear and Hidden in a Belt
How enzyme activity can accelerate molecular movement inside cells
Latest News in details
Real-time oxygen measurements expose hidden losses in solar water splitting
A new technique developed at Imperial College London measures oxygen production in real time, revealing hidden losses in solar water splitting. The researchers found that electrical current did not always correspond to oxygen generation… Read More about Real-time oxygen measurements expose hidden losses in solar water splitting
SpaceX announces plan to become a ‘major mobile carrier’
SpaceX has acquired a portfolio of low-band spectrum licenses - a move the company says "will pave the way" for its Starlink Mobile service to become a "major" US carrier. When the Federal Communications… Read More about SpaceX announces plan to become a ‘major mobile carrier’
Nitrogen fixation ‘off switch’ discovery could one day help crops make their own fertilizer
Nitrogen is essential for life. It's needed to build proteins, DNA and many other components of cells. Although nitrogen gas makes up almost 80% of Earth's atmosphere, most organisms cannot use it directly. Certain… Read More about Nitrogen fixation ‘off switch’ discovery could one day help crops make their own fertilizer
21 Birds Are Found at Miami Airport Stuffed in Underwear and Hidden in a Belt
Two men, who arrived separately from Cuba days apart, each carried clutches of live birds concealed in their clothes, the authorities said. Read More about 21 Birds Are Found at Miami Airport Stuffed in Underwear and Hidden in a Belt
How enzyme activity can accelerate molecular movement inside cells
A cell sitting in fluid looks like one of the most passive things in biology. Nutrients drift toward it on the aimless currents of molecular motion, and now and then one bumps into the… Read More about How enzyme activity can accelerate molecular movement inside cells
Anthropic bans ‘sustained and needless abusive or cruel behavior’ toward its AI models
The company is also tightening its election policy ahead of the midterms. Read More about Anthropic bans ‘sustained and needless abusive or cruel behavior’ toward its AI models