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US political campaigns from both parties now use AI for tasks like vetting opponents and micro-targeting voters, according to a New York Times report. The technology remains a political minefield, and Europe is adopting …
A developer discovered that Anthropic's Claude Code client contains a covert channel that exfiltrates user environment data via steganographic character variations in the system prompt. The embedded JavaScript encodes wh…
Managed service providers in 2026 face rising consolidation, compliance burdens, and AI adoption pressures, according to Cloudtweaks. MSPs are investing in automation and security tooling to manage operational complexity…
Lawyers for the National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) were sanctioned by a federal judge after filing legal briefs containing fake citations generated by AI, and their corrected brief included additional fabrica…
The future of artificial intelligence will be determined by control over physical infrastructure—semiconductor factories, data centers, cloud networks, and power plants—rather than by algorithms or chatbots. The United S…
The Bank of England is warning that autonomous AI trading agents could trigger a market crisis by herding into identical decisions at machine speed, turning manageable stress into systemic collapse. Deputy Governor Sarah…
A video purportedly showing an iPhone 18 Pro drop test, described as the biggest leak in Apple history, circulated on social media after a ransomware attack on an Apple manufacturer. The leak's authenticity is questioned…
Industry leaders and officials at the South China Morning Post's GBA-Asean Summit 2026 said ASEAN hopes to tap the Greater Bay Area's expertise in AI and green technology through closer ties, with Hong Kong poised to ben…
Meta has imposed strict limits on how engineers in its applied AI division use Anthropic's Claude Code and OpenAI's Codex, fearing inadvertent model distillation that could breach rivals' terms of service and trigger leg…
School was designed to manufacture obedient factory workers for a 19th-century economy, but that economy no longer exists. Credential inflation has devalued degrees, and autodidacts with AI tools now outperform classroom…
Jerome Saltzer and Michael Schroeder's 1975 principle of least privilege (PoLP) is increasingly inadequate for modern cloud, microservices, and AI systems, according to a developer's analysis. The original assumptions of…
Nvidia stock has underperformed the S&P 500 for six straight trading days, the longest stretch since September 2025, driven by institutional rotation out of AI hardware stocks and concerns over Big Tech's rising AI capit…
South Africa deployed police and businesses shuttered as anti-immigrant protests erupted nationwide, with groups demanding undocumented foreigners leave by Tuesday. The government rejected the threats as false, but thous…
BeeVR.ai warns that AI agents handling protected health information (PHI) are not HIPAA-compliant simply because the underlying model is capable. The company argues that compliance depends on the architecture and governa…
Attorney Bill Savitt has defeated Elon Musk in two high-profile legal battles, first representing Twitter in Musk's attempt to back out of the acquisition and then representing Sam Altman and OpenAI in Musk's lawsuit. Sa…
AI search is forcing global SEO teams to rethink ownership as AI systems blur market boundaries and amplify inconsistencies. Organizations must shift from efficiency-focused governance to models that balance global consi…
Bank of England Deputy Governor Sarah Breeden warned that autonomous AI agents could trigger a market meltdown by accelerating cyber threats and driving correlated trading behaviors. The central bank is building simulati…
The Nasdaq Composite lost over $1 trillion in market value in late June 2026, sparking bubble fears as AI-related corporate borrowing could exceed $500 billion by year-end and the S&P 500's price-to-sales ratio sits 75% …
David Hardoon, Standard Chartered's former global head of AI enablement, has joined Accenture as managing director and head of advanced AI for Southeast Asia. The move reflects growing demand for AI expertise in enterpri…
The EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) imposes new security requirements on AI products sold in the EU, including mandatory vulnerability reporting within 24 hours starting September 2026. Developers must address AI-specific …