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Krebs on Security Sep 25 Score 0.9546820185185186

U.S. Soldier Gets 70 Months in Prison for AT&T, Verizon Extortions

A U.S. Army soldier who pleaded guilty to hacking into multiple telecommunications companies and stealing mobile call and text metadata for more than 100 million AT&T customers in 2024 was sentenced to 70 months in federal prison today and ordered to pay

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Schneier on Security Sep 25 Score 0.8786700046296295

Friday Squid Blogging: Participatory Squid Dissection in October in Tennessee

I feel like someone who reads this blog will want to go to this : Families are invited to dive into the fascinating world of marine biology during an exciting, hands-on Family Squid Dissection at the Hands-On Science Center. Designed for curious learners of al

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Foreign Policy Sep 25 Score 0.8777120314814814

Ethiopia Returns to Civil War

The Tigray People’s Liberation Front, now allied with six other armed groups, hopes to oust Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.

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Foreign Policy Sep 25 Score 0.873467124074074

The Twilight of the Francis Fukuyama Era

The famous thinker’s new memoir reveals a fateful political and intellectual blind spot.

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Simon Willison's Weblog Sep 25 Score 0.8723865763888888

Quoting John Gruber

Muse is getting a lot of attention — including mine — because it’s both groundbreaking technically (each user gets their own entire persistent Linux VM running in Meta’s cloud) and because it’s packaged in an easy-to-install easy-to-use way. It’s literally pre

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Quanta Magazine Sep 25 Score 0.8678974754629629

Gravity Seems Holographic. What Does That Mean for Reality?

The biggest breakthrough in modern theoretical physics is the discovery that gravity can collapse the dimensions of space. Physicists don’t yet understand the implications. The post Gravity Seems Holographic. What Does That Mean for Reality? first appeared on

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Schneier on Security Sep 25 Score 0.8619792638888888

On Anthropic’s AI Misuse Report

Earlier this month, Anthropic published a long report detailing all of the Claude misuses it detected. Daniel Meissler usefully summarized the report into 117 findings. A few of the highlights: AI agents increasingly handled reconnaissance, exploitation, data

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Simon Willison's Weblog Sep 25 Score 0.846971298611111

Northern Gannet, Great Blue Heron, California Brown Pelican

Northern Gannet, Great Blue Heron, California Brown Pelican, in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, CA, US, CA New 200-800mm Canon EF lens got me my best photo of Morris yet. They really like hanging out under that sign in the harbor! Tags: photography , w

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Simon Willison's Weblog Sep 24 Score 0.8426398171296295

Note on 24th September 2026

The more time I spend working with coding agents, the more convinced I am that they make software engineering even harder. We can do amazing things with them, but unlocking their full potential requires extraordinary discipline and knowledge. Tags: coding-agen

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The Guardian — World Sep 26 Score 0.8217217421296297

Lula bans fixed-odds sports betting a week before Brazilian elections

President’s ‘hard, drastic and necessary measure’, likely to attract widespread public support, polls suggest The Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has signed an order banning fixed-odds sports betting just over a week before the first round of t

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The Verge Sep 26 Score 0.8201084328703704

Can 'eSUV' e-bikes really go from trail to town?

Have you ever wanted an electric bike that easily transitions from the drudgery of urban asphalt to adventures in gravel and dirt? That's what a subclass of so-called "electric SUV" (eSUV) e-bikes claims to do, with their wide, all-terrain tires and front and

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BleepingComputer Sep 25 Score 0.8045833912037038

Kiteworks urges 6-hour server shutdown over potential zero-day attacks

Secure file-sharing software company Kiteworks is urging customers worldwide to temporarily shut down their servers on Saturday for a six-hour window after receiving threat intelligence warning of a potentially imminent cyberattack. [...]

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BleepingComputer Sep 25 Score 0.8033833912037037

ShinyHunters hacked Clop leak site using Grav CMS path traversal flaw

The Clop ransomware gang has moved its data leak site to a new Tor address after confirming its previous server was compromised and defaced through an unpatched Grav CMS flaw that BleepingComputer has learned is an unauthenticated path traversal vulnerability.

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The Verge Sep 25 Score 0.7989681550925927

Roku's first OLED TVs are up to $400 off, starting at $699

Roku recently launched its first-ever OLED TVs. The $999 starting price was already impressive for the 55-inch Pro Series model that has a 120Hz refresh rate OLED panel (with four HDMI 2.1 ports and support for Dolby Vision and HDR 10 Plus). The price is even

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BleepingComputer Sep 25 Score 0.798817650462963

Elementor WordPress flaw lets attackers create admin accounts

A cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Elementor plugin for WordPress could allow an unauthenticated attacker to create administrator accounts. [...]

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The Verge Sep 25 Score 0.7979690810185186

Phones don’t have lights

Mark Zuckerberg has a new defense of the Ray-Ban Meta glasses: They're actually doing more to signal they're taking a photo than phones do. He's brought this up in at least two recent interviews, noting that the glasses have a light that comes on to signal whe

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BleepingComputer Sep 25 Score 0.7974505208333333

CISA warns of Sharepoint, WSO2, Adobe Commerce flaws exploited in attacks

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warns that hackers are exploiting a critical authentication bypass vulnerability (CVE-2026-5430) affecting multiple products from enterprise software provider WSO2. [...]

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The Verge Sep 25 Score 0.7974278773148149

These camera apps give you more control over the iPhone 18 Pro’s aperture

One of the questionable limitations of the iPhone 18 Pro's new main camera with a variable aperture is that you're limited to just four settings in the native iOS' camera app in manual mode: f/1.48, f/1.8, f/2.8, and f/4. Those same limitations are also in pla

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The Verge Sep 25 Score 0.7968195439814816

Tesla's Optimus robot is going through growing pains

Hitting its goal of making 20,000 Optimus robots per week is reportedly proving tricky for Tesla. The Information reports that Tesla produced "several hundred robots a week" last month, after it repurposed its Model S and Model X production lines for Optimus e

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MIT Technology Review Sep 25 Score 0.7887195351851852

The Download: the Pentagon’s AI-powered lie detector and young organ limits

This is today's edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology. The Pentagon wants $30 million to build an AI-powered lie detector The US government wants to spend $30.3 million over the

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CISA Cybersecurity Advisories Sep 25 Score 0.7884412064814815

CISA Adds One Known Exploited Vulnerability to Catalog

CISA has added one new vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog , based on evidence of active exploitation. CVE-2026-87902 WordPress Core Remote File Inclusion Vulnerability This type of vulnerability is a frequent attack vector for m

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CISA Cybersecurity Advisories Sep 25 Score 0.7884412064814815

CISA Adds Two Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog

CISA has added two new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog , based on evidence of active exploitation. CVE-2026-65660 Microsoft SharePoint Code Injection Vulnerability CVE-2026-67279 Mikrotik RouterOS Improper Enforcement of Be

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GamesIndustry.biz Sep 25 Score 0.7567950833333335

Here is the full line-up for the GamesIndustry.biz HR Summit 2026

The full line-up of this year's GamesIndustry.biz HR Summit has been announced, featuring keynotes from Sarah Venables, founder of the HR Confidence Club; Jonny Hopper, CEO of Glowmade Studio; and Harvey Elliott and Carmen Martino of Playstack. The event is on

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GamesIndustry.biz Sep 25 Score 0.7526080462962964

The Xbox reset doesn't have an end date | Opinion

Asha Sharma marked the conclusion of her first hundred days as Xbox CEO with a public blog post in which she called for the next hundred days to be a "reset" of the business. Highlighting the division's low "accountability margin" and declining revenues, along

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InfoQ Sep 26 Score 0.7494970212962963

Cloudflare Details Its Migration from WordPress to EmDash

Cloudflare recently documented the migration of its main blog from WordPress to EmDash, the open source content management system developed internally. The new platform is designed to improve performance and caching, and it was tested to handle traffic of up t

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MIT Technology Review Sep 24 Score 0.7451084236111112

AI is dominating the conversation at Climate Week

This week, world leaders descended on Manhattan for the UN General Assembly. It’s also New York Climate Week—investors, policymakers, advocates, and journalists are colliding at panels, talks, and fancy dinners. With so many climate voices in one place, the di

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Eurogamer Sep 26 Score 0.7451080592592593

What we've been playing - "I curl up on my sofa and breed my army of battle cats"

Hello and welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little about the games we've been playing. This week, Bertie's still pretending to be a vampire, Kelsey's been breeding an army of cats, Mat's been melting mounted warriors, Marie's been a willing

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Schneier on Security Sep 22 Score 0.7418510231481481

GPT-6 Astra Breaks an Old Enigma Message

This is pretty amazing: However, the most astonishing thing about this break is that the GPT­6 Astra did it entirely on its own. Carter Leffer only directed GPT­6 Astra to see if it could break any of the unbroken Enigma messages published on the Crypto Cellar

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NASA News Sep 26 Score 0.7402467606481481

APOD: 2026 September 26 – Mirrored Meteor and Milky Way

APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 September 26 –… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featu

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Unit 42 (Palo Alto Networks) Sep 25 Score 0.7317875425925926

3 Consulting Myths Debunked by Unit 42 Experts

Unit 42 security experts address critical cybersecurity misconceptions, offering practical insights to help your organization reinforce its enterprise defenses. The post 3 Consulting Myths Debunked by Unit 42 Experts appeared first on Unit 42 .

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NASA News Sep 25 Score 0.7302976865740741

NASA, Boeing to Provide Update on Starliner Development

During a news conference at 3 p.m. EDT on Monday, Sept. 28, NASA and Boeing leadership will discuss Starliner’s development and plans for regular crew flights to and from the International Space Station. Learn where to watch online: https://www.nasa.gov/live T

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NASA News Sep 25 Score 0.7265814828703704

NASA Welcomes San Marino Signing the Artemis Accords

The Republic of San Marino became the 76th signatory to the Artemis Accords during a ceremony in the city of Rimini on Friday with NASA and U.S. Department of State officials present. “San Marino joins a growing coalition of like-minded nations committed to th

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NASA News Sep 25 Score 0.7261125013888889

NASA Tests Dual Mode Propulsion CubeSat Ahead of Launch

Spacecraft propulsion traditionally relies on volatile fuels and separate, bulky systems for different types of maneuvering in space. NASA is working to change that paradigm. Engineers at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, recently com

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Econbrowser Sep 25 Score 0.7247469694444444

Nonresidential Fixed Investment in the DotCom Boom/Bust

What did we think was happening back then, compared to what we know now? Figure 1: Nonresidential fixed investment from 2001Q1 advance release (blue), from 2026Q2 2nd release (black), both in logs, 1999Q1=0. NBER defined peak to trough recession dates shaded g

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GitHub Blog Sep 25 Score 0.7234414763888889

GitHub Copilot app for Beginners: How to build custom workflows with canvases

Describe the interface you need in plain English, then let the agent build a live surface you can both use and update—so you spend less time adapting to tools and more time getting work done. The post GitHub Copilot app for Beginners: How to build custom workf

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NASA News Sep 25 Score 0.7223537050925926

2026-2027 DWU: Middle School Design Challenge

2026-2027 DWU: Middle School Design Challenge Overview The 2026-2027 challenge theme is, “Fueling Flight Design Challenge: New Energy Systems.”  As more and more aircraft are a part of the US’ National Airspace System (NAS), NASA and partners at the FAA,

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GitHub Blog Sep 25 Score 0.7184414763888889

Improving site performance by shipping more CSS

How we fully migrated github.com away from CSS-in-JS. The post Improving site performance by shipping more CSS appeared first on The GitHub Blog .

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ScienceDaily — Top Science Sep 25 Score 0.716666175462963

Scientists discovered two bizarre new sea spiders that are “nightmare fuel”

Scientists discovered two strange new sea spider species in the Salish Sea, including a hairy-legged, red-eyed species that can groom itself with comb-like appendages. Another is frequently covered in tiny parasites, and researchers say many more undiscovered

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ScienceDaily — Top Science Sep 25 Score 0.7151448791666667

CERN has begun disconnecting the Large Hadron Collider

CERN has started replacing some of the Large Hadron Collider’s most important magnets as part of its High-Luminosity upgrade. The new superconducting magnets will produce fields about 40% stronger, allowing particle beams to be squeezed more tightly before the

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InfoQ Sep 25 Score 0.7150525768518519

Stateless MCP Removes Session Affinity Requirements for AWS Server Deployments

AWS details how the latest Model Context Protocol specification removes protocol-level sessions, sticky-session requirements, and session storage for remote MCP servers. The change enables independent request routing and simpler horizontal scaling while shifti

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ScienceDaily — Top Science Sep 25 Score 0.7140050643518518

Earth is tearing apart beneath the Pacific Northwest

Scientists have captured a subduction zone off Vancouver Island in the process of tearing itself apart, revealing that these massive tectonic systems may die piece by piece rather than all at once. The discovery could help explain ancient plate fragments, volc

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New Scientist Sep 25 Score 0.7134405064814815

Is China catching up to the US and SpaceX on reusable rockets?

The next space race is not about making rockets faster, bigger or more capacious, but about reusing them reliably and cheaply. The US is well ahead, but can China catch up?

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Marginal Revolution Sep 26 Score 0.7084019421296296

Should you text more?

Here, in five waves of panel data (N = 1,966 US adults), we examined associations between life satisfaction and self-reported use of ten common social technologies measured every 3 months on a six-point frequency scale from ‘I did not use’ to ‘multiple times d

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Marginal Revolution Sep 26 Score 0.7028880532407407

A doomsday scenario for American AI

That is the title of my latest Free Press column, here is the closing bit: Sick and elderly Americans will go to Chinese companies for their AI-invented and AI-tested medical devices and drugs. America still will be a wealthy country, so China will charge the

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MarketWatch Top Stories Sep 25 Score 0.6925247324074073

A ‘death cross’ is coming for the dollar. Why Trump will be happy.

Don’t look now, but there are some technical reasons to believe that U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was right when he declared to the financial markets that “I am the house now.”

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Marginal Revolution Sep 25 Score 0.6863056458333332

Good points from James Gilliland

It pains me to say this, but if we actually “get AGI,” the resulting boom in industrial capacity from robotics and massive society-wide wealth creation will look like a total vindication of neoliberalism. The discourse about financialization and offshoring bei

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TechCrunch — AI Sep 25 Score 0.6504870907407407

Anthropic to pay Akamai $11.6 billion over seven years in cloud deal

Anthropic has committed $11.6 billion over seven years to Akamai's cloud infrastructure, a bet on CPUs that could grow to about $20 billion, and in an unusual arrangement, Akamai is giving Anthropic a potential stake of up to 5% of its stock that grows as Anth

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