Cyber Security
Witness: Open-source framework for verifying how your software was built
Witness is an open-source command-line tool that records how software gets built, signs that record, and checks it against a policy before the software ships. TestifySec built Witness and donated it to the in-toto ecosystem within the Cloud Native Computing Foundation, and an open community now…
Product showcase: Stellar Cyber’s ISOC platform provides full-cycle architecture
An AI SOC that starts with somebody else’s alert is already too late. Stellar Cyber collects and normalizes telemetry, detects suspicious activity, correlates evidence, builds cases, investigates incidents, triages findings, and drives response from the same security architecture. That gives…
Synthetic identities leave US lenders with $2.4 billion in fraud exposure
Criminals are exploiting established customer accounts and familiar brands to steal money and personal information, according to TransUnion’s Fraud in the Age of Continuous Trust report. Eighty-one percent of suspected digital fraud in its network during the first half of 2026 occurred during…
AI & Automation
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.
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…
Privacy & Identity
Computer Security Is About to Get a Lot Worse, Here’s What You Can Do
Two States Can Now Restrict Social Media Access—Here’s What To Do Next
Canadians Are Running Out Of Time To Oppose The Dangerous C-22 Surveillance Bill
Interoperability vs. Security: Why not both?
Enterprise Tech
AWS says its AI security agent fixes 89% of bugs — but there’s a catch
Building an agentic software factory? Start with the sensor.
Why Kubernetes autoscalers keep fighting each other (and why the solution must be autonomous)
Before you expand your GPU pool, measure the outcome
Developers
PyTorch Conference 2026: Google and Meta Open-Source TorchTPU for Native PyTorch on TPUs
Google ML Drift Accelerates On-Device AI Inference Across Diverse GPUs
Google’s Data Agent Kit Hits GA, Splitting Agent Guardrails Between Skills and IAM
Cloudflare Reclaims 100 TB of RAM by Optimizing Consistent Hashing
Policy & Regulation
A Texas Cop Signed on to Help ICE Deport His Neighbors. It Tore the Town Apart.
After Millions in Stolen SNAP Benefits, Trump Administration Moves to Fight Theft
Ken Paxton Says He’s Tough on Crime. His Trust Invested $600,000 in a Convicted Fraudster’s Company.
The reactor meant to showcase nuclear’s comeback keeps hitting problems
Markets & Economy
Musk says SpaceX landed a $40 billion debt deal — and forecasts doom for some AI rivals
We stopped helping our neighbors with free home repairs and our friendship cooled. Who’s to blame?
More than a third of S&P 500 companies are about to report earnings as market confidence cracks
Worried about this stock-market selloff? Relief may be coming after the midterms — no matter who wins.
Money & Scams
Mortgage Rates Today, Friday, October 23: A Substantial Drop
France is getting its credit rating reviewed by Moody’s. What to expect as French debt turmoil spills overseas.
I Opened an EverBank Savings Account: It Went Well Except For One Thing
AmEx Adds Airbnb Perks, Restricts Platinum’s $600 Hotel Credit
Tech Careers
CIOs unprepared for agentic workforce shift
Week in review: Where ADA and PTO meet
Ex-VP for NBA’s Brooklyn Nets claims he was fired for taking parental leave
AI is splitting HR into 2 archetypes, study shows
Gadgets
vivo Y600 is official with a 10,000mAh battery and 6.83-inch display
OnePlus 15 starts receiving the stable ColorOS 17 update based on Android 17
OLED iPad mini 8 debuting this week: Here’s what’s coming, and how much it’ll cost
Weekly poll results: the OnePlus 16 could have been a global hit
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Witness: Open-source framework for verifying how your software was built
Witness is an open-source command-line tool that records how software gets built, signs that record, and checks it against a policy before the software ships. TestifySec built Witness and donated it to the in-toto… Read More about Witness: Open-source framework for verifying how your software was built
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