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
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?
Opening trading-card packs has become a $2 billion market. New apps are trying to cash in.
Falling oil prices are no longer enough to bring down borrowing costs in the world’s most important bond market
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
Forests in Japan shift toward trees adapted to warmer climates
Researchers discover protein that could improve strangles testing in horses
The tropics weren’t always the most diverse marine environments, study finds
These Killer Female Apes Challenge the ‘Man the Hunter’ Origin Story
Latest News in details
Forests in Japan shift toward trees adapted to warmer climates
Climate change has caused substantial alterations in forest ecosystems worldwide through changes in temperature and precipitation patterns. A new study from Osaka Metropolitan University (OMU) suggests that these effects are also evident in Japan,… Read More about Forests in Japan shift toward trees adapted to warmer climates
England vs Croatia: UEFA Nations League – preview, team news, predictions
Harry Kane set to become England’s most capped player while Jude Bellingham could be joined by younger brother, Jobe. Read More about England vs Croatia: UEFA Nations League – preview, team news, predictions
Pakistan releases two sisters of ex-PM Imran Khan from jail
Uzma and Noreen released from a Lahore jail but Aleema Khan still detained nearly two months after their arrest. Read More about Pakistan releases two sisters of ex-PM Imran Khan from jail
Researchers discover protein that could improve strangles testing in horses
Strangles is one of the most common infectious diseases of horses worldwide, but accurately determining whether a horse has been exposed to the bacterium that causes it can be challenging. Researchers at the Texas… Read More about Researchers discover protein that could improve strangles testing in horses
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… Read More about Google Cloud Warns Three AMD Turin CPU Flaws Could Leak Data Across Processes in VMs
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… Read More about Webinar: See How Identity Blind Spots Put Your SOC at Risk and How to Close Them