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Krebs on Security Sep 16 Score 0.9587022703703705

Data Broker Radaris Loses Domains in Privacy Fight

The consumer data broker Radaris.com has long had a reputation for ignoring requests to remove personal information from its vast empire of people-search services online. That reputation caught up with the company recently in a lawsuit alleging Radaris violate

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OpenAI News Sep 16 Score 0.956636700925926

Our framework for reporting model misalignment

OpenAI shares a framework for tracking, investigating, and disclosing model misalignment, alongside six reports of unexpected or concerning model behavior.

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OpenAI News Sep 16 Score 0.9549700342592593

Helping older adults use AI in everyday life

OpenAI and AARP are bringing free, hands-on ChatGPT workshops to 1,000 older adults across 10 U.S. cities to build practical AI skills safely.

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OpenAI News Sep 16 Score 0.9499700342592593

Reimagining advertising with AI

Explore new AI-powered advertising experiences from OpenAI, including Sponsored Agents, tools for marketers, and integrations with HubSpot and Shopify.

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OpenAI News Sep 16 Score 0.9483033675925927

How to connect AI usage to business value

Learn how ChatGPT Work and Codex analytics help teams understand AI usage and spend, identify training needs, and connect adoption to business outcomes.

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OpenAI News Sep 16 Score 0.9433033675925927

How workers are unlocking new ways of working

New OpenAI Economic Research shows how workers use AI beyond traditional roles and which new activities become recurring parts of their work.

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Foreign Policy Sep 17 Score 0.8938980384259259

Modi and Xi’s Meeting Caps a Detente

Despite the thaw, India-China rivalry remains inevitable.

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Simon Willison's Weblog Sep 16 Score 0.8930732893518518

datasette 1.0a40

Release: datasette 1.0a40 Same security fix as 0.65.5 , plus some neat new features and bug fixes: Plugins can now launch and manage background tasks using the new datasette.add_background_task() method. Thanks, Alex Garcia . I've migrated Datasette to httpx2

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Simon Willison's Weblog Sep 16 Score 0.893057085648148

datasette 0.65.5

Release: datasette 0.65.5 Security fix for an issue where a trailing newline in a requested table name could bypass table permissions and expose private rows, reported by dpfkdlemtp in GHSA-h547-rmjf-5m2m . Tags: security , datasette

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Foreign Policy Sep 16 Score 0.8893193347222221

The EU’s 28th State?

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen floats making Canada the bloc’s first associate member.

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Foreign Policy Sep 16 Score 0.8877938717592592

The Fed Bucks Trump and Raises Interest Rates

War-fueled inflation remains too high, the U.S. central bank said, requiring the first hike in three years.

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Foreign Policy Sep 16 Score 0.8849660939814814

Russia Purges Its Last Anti-War Politicians

Ahead of the first State Duma elections since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, few are left to speak for peace.

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Simon Willison's Weblog Sep 16 Score 0.8835760671296295

Claude Cowork and chat are now one Claude

Claude Cowork and chat are now one Claude In hopefully good news for anyone who, like me, was increasingly confused at Cowork v.s. Claude v.s. Claude Code: Starting today, Claude Cowork and chat are merging into one Claude. Bring a quick question, or hand over

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Simon Willison's Weblog Sep 16 Score 0.879995048611111

Quoting Mustafa Suleyman

We should not treat models as though they have feelings, preferences, rights, or any entitlement to our welfare. Consciousness is the foundation of our ethical, legal, and political systems. To invite another entity to share any flavor of these rights isn’t ju

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Quanta Magazine Sep 16 Score 0.8798711805555555

Ctenophores Aren’t Just Beautiful. They’re Biological Wonders.

Comb jellies are helping answer fundamental questions in biology, from how the earliest nervous systems evolved to how bioluminescence works. The post Ctenophores Aren’t Just Beautiful. They’re Biological Wonders. first appeared on Quanta Magazine

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Schneier on Security Sep 16 Score 0.8723430560185185

Fake CAPTCHA Scams

New variant of an old scam: Use the framing of a CAPTCHA to get an unsuspecting user to download and run a malicious program.

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Federal Reserve Press Releases Sep 16 Score 0.8458028319444444

Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement

Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement

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The Verge Sep 17 Score 0.8233033958333335

The streamers are fighting over Halloween

The Toronto International Film Festival is a place to go to see the future of film, but this year it also provided a glimpse at what is coming very soon in the realm of streaming. Four different streamers - Peacock, Netflix, Amazon, and AMC - all premiered ear

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The Verge Sep 16 Score 0.8177478402777778

I wore Snap’s $2,200 smart glasses

My favorite part of wearing the Specs, Snap's new augmented reality glasses, was playing dominoes. Sitting across the table from a Snap employee wearing the same pair of chunky glasses, I could select a virtual domino with a pinch and then move my hand to drop

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The Verge Sep 16 Score 0.8177478402777778

Snap is launching a new Specs AI tool, and it’s coming to iOS and Mac

Snap is introducing "Specs Intelligence," a new AI assistant that can connect other digital accounts to help you with things like work tasks and keeping track of travel information. It seems similar to AI assistants like Meta's Muse and Gemini's Spark, though

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Wired Sep 16 Score 0.8177478106481482

Here’s What Snap’s Expensive Specs Can Actually Do

Snap thinks its chunky, pricey smart glasses are the future of human computing, powered by a new AI app and features that do everything from translating languages to improving your golf swing.

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Wired Sep 16 Score 0.815175588425926

OpenAI Creates a New Framework to Disclose Bad AI Behavior

The company also disclosed previously unreported incidents in which its AI models behaved in misaligned ways, including uploading files to the internet without being asked.

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Wired Sep 16 Score 0.8133033662037038

Washington Won’t Be Regulating AI Anytime Soon

Even with mounting concerns about AI models going rogue, legislation appears unlikely, and the White House is outright opposed to oversight.

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The Verge Sep 16 Score 0.8132816365740742

The 2.5-hour AI-generated Odyssey movie is 2.5 hours too long

Christopher Nolan's engrossing take on The Odyssey dominated at the box office and spurred a newfound interest in classic literature among filmgoers. But a new retelling of the story made entirely with AI is so bad that it might just make viewers hate the orig

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The Verge Sep 16 Score 0.8127691365740741

The AI data center e-waste problem is huge — and getting bigger

E-waste from the AI boom has been vastly underestimated, a new report warns. By 2050, it could become enough trash to fill 23 million shipping containers - roughly enough 40-foot containers to circle the world six times if lined up in a row. It's a significant

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BleepingComputer Sep 16 Score 0.8127333370370371

Windows 11 KB5124008 update breaks domain trust for some users

Microsoft is investigating reports that the Windows 11 KB5124008 security update is breaking domain trust relationships on some enterprise systems, preventing users from logging in with valid domain credentials. [...]

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BleepingComputer Sep 16 Score 0.8123287074074075

Iranian hackers use CHOSEN BRICK Windows malware to spy on targets

Government agencies are warning that Iranian state-linked hackers are using a Windows malware strain named CHOSEN BRICK to target dissidents, activists, and journalists worldwide. [...]

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BleepingComputer Sep 16 Score 0.8097166703703704

Malware bypasses browser checks to force install Chrome, Edge extensions

A banking malware operation active since mid-2025 has been using a toolkit named KREMLIN to install malicious Chrome and Edge extensions that steal credentials, session tokens, and sensitive data. [...]

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War on the Rocks Sep 16 Score 0.8074774162037037

Would NATO Membership for Ukraine Undermine Article 5 Itself?

In 2025, Jennifer Kavanaugh and Christopher McCallion wrote, "Armed Neutrality for Ukraine Is NATO's Least Poor Option," where they made the case for armed neutrality over full NATO membership as the wiser course for both Ukraine and NATO. A year later, we ask

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MIT Technology Review Sep 16 Score 0.8033033361111112

Meet a mouse whose brain cortex is made up of human cells

Multiple cameras tracked a mouse as it wandered around a small arena. A computer charted its position and speed, leaving Pong-like traces on a monitor.  The reason to watch this rodent so carefully? Nearly half its brain volume had been replaced with huma

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The Guardian — World Sep 16 Score 0.8003873648148149

Battle of Chile director Patricio Guzmán dies aged 85

Passionate documentary maker won international acclaim for unsparing but poetic films exploring the impact of the Pinochet regime in Chile Patricio Guzmán, the film-maker who chronicled Chile’s bloody 1970s political strife and its subsequent social and politi

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MIT Technology Review Sep 16 Score 0.7996246324074074

Building the materials foundation for AI

The AI boom is becoming a materials challenge. As AI pushes computing into new territory, the materials behind that infrastructure are becoming just as crucial as the algorithms running on it. Semiconductors and data centers are approaching physical limits aro

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The Guardian — World Sep 16 Score 0.7992961615740741

US to bar some South Africans over claims of anti-white discrimination

Announcement of visa restrictions follows Trump’s false claims of ‘white genocide’ taking place in South Africa The US has announced visa restrictions on some South Africans as Donald Trump’s administration continues to claim that South Africa’s government rac

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MIT Technology Review Sep 16 Score 0.798581113888889

The Download: AI’s trillion-dollar gamble and OpenAI's biology data bid

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. What’s at stake in AI’s trillion-dollar gamble When Jessica Wachter, a finance professor at the University of Pennsylvania

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CISA Cybersecurity Advisories Sep 16 Score 0.7983031333333334

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-2026-58704 Google Pixel Improper Authorization Vulnerability This type of vulnerability is a frequent attack vector for ma

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CISA Cybersecurity Advisories Sep 16 Score 0.7983031328703705

Using Cyber Decoys to Strengthen Detection and Response

CISA developed this guidance to help defensive teams at varying levels of cybersecurity maturity plan and implement cyber decoy strategies that strengthen their detection and response capabilities. Many organizations struggle to detect adversaries who use legi

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CISA Cybersecurity Advisories Sep 16 Score 0.7983031328703705

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-2026-76460 Cisco Identity Services Engine Incorrect Use of Privileged APIs Vulnerability CVE-2026-87886 Acronis Backup I

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NBER New Working Papers Sep 17 Score 0.7875000000000001

Measuring Racial Disparities in Police Stops: Evidence from Telemetric Mobility Data -- by Xiaofeng Gong, Yuling Han, Susan T. Parker, Matthew B. Ross, Stephen Ross

We establish a reliable counterfactual for evaluating racial disparities in traffic stops using telemetric data to estimate the racial composition of motorists. We measure of motorist racial composition using telemetric mobility data and a novel two-stage corr

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CISA Cybersecurity Advisories Sep 15 Score 0.7583031328703704

Siemens Reyrolle 7SR5

View CSAF Summary Siemens Reyrolle 7SR5 Before V2.70 is affected by multiple vulnerabilities. Siemens has released a new version for Reyrolle 7SR5 and recommends to update to the latest version. The following versions of Siemens Reyrolle 7SR5 are affected: Rey

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GitHub Blog Sep 17 Score 0.7440451046296296

Migrating the GitHub Copilot runtime to Rust, using Copilot

A rewrite this size wasn't affordable before agents. Here's what porting the Copilot agent runtime to 800,000 lines of production Rust actually took. The post Migrating the GitHub Copilot runtime to Rust, using Copilot appeared first on The GitHub Blog .

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PC Gamer Sep 16 Score 0.7419729462962963

Endless Legend 2 review

Coral robots fighting nano-vampires—that's Endless Legend 2, y'all.

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NASA News Sep 16 Score 0.7384736837962963

Passion Meets Precision at NASA’s Flight Research Lab

Long before they helped shape NASA’s future aerospace breakthroughs, Derek Abramson, Justin Hall, and Justin Link were in their garages and homes building radio‑controlled aircraft, testing new ideas, and flying their creations at hobby events. That early pass

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Econbrowser Sep 16 Score 0.7379199083333333

Real Retail Sales in August

Nominal sales growth at 1.2% m/m exceeded consensus at 0.8%, while same store sales at 1.4% also exceeded consensus at 0.4%. However, real sales — excluding gasoline station sales — while rising, were just below June levels. Figure 1: Retail sales

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Martin Fowler Sep 16 Score 0.7367748180555556

Fragments: September 16

Reports of agentic hacking continue, in this case it happened back in May and it seems OpenAI did not disclose that they were responsible. Simon Willison sees two options: After the Hugging Face and Wiki attacks OpenAI were still unable to review their previou

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NASA News Sep 16 Score 0.7334861837962963

NASA’s Moon Orbiter Spots New, ‘Once-in-Century’ Moon Crater

It started as a routine data-quality check. But as Robert Wagner, a scientist with NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), scanned a giant Moon map on his computer screen, an unusually large bright spot circled by a dark halo caught his eye, as it implied t

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AWS Blog Sep 16 Score 0.7330315967592592

AWS reimagines the getting started experience

AWS has reimagined the getting started experience with smart and sensible defaults to help developers get started fast so that they can focus on building. New customers can sign up and get started right away with $100 in Free Tier credits, managed project envi

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New Scientist Sep 16 Score 0.7316363597222222

Satellite data gives clearer picture of how ice sheets are losing mass

The longest satellite record ever compiled shows the vast majority of ice loss from Greenland and Antarctica is due to glaciers flowing faster, rather than warmer air temperatures melting them at the surface

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NASA News Sep 16 Score 0.7303037763888889

NASA Celebrates Restoration of Guam Station Damaged by Typhoon Mawar

NASA celebrated the full restoration of its Guam Remote Station with a ribbon-cutting on Sept. 10, closing out more than three years of recovery after Super Typhoon Mawar devastated the site in 2023. Engineers from across the agency completed the final and mos

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NASA News Sep 16 Score 0.7301922023148149

NASA Watches Earth’s Weight, Finds Center of Mass

Seasonal changes redistribute enough water around Earth to shift the planet’s center of mass back and forth by fractions of an inch relative to its geometric center. NASA scientists are on the case, tracking the oscillations because Earth’s center of mass is a

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NASA News Sep 16 Score 0.7289658134259259

Indonesia's Anak Krakatau

Anak Krakatau erupts ash and volcanic gases in this Sept. 5, 2026, image acquired with the OLI (Operational Land Imager) on Landsat 8. Eruptions are a regular occurrence at Anak Krakatau, a small volcano between the Indonesian islands of Java and Sumatra. Much

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InfoQ Sep 16 Score 0.7278025273148148

Dropbox Evolves Riviera Content Processing Platform to Support AI Workloads

Dropbox has evolved Riviera from a file preview service into a universal content processing platform supporting more than 300 file formats and over 100 transformation capabilities. Processing hundreds of thousands of transformations per second, Riviera now sup

IT itengineeringarchitecture
InfoQ Sep 16 Score 0.7216358606481481

Lyft Moves Streaming Fleet to Apache Flink Kubernetes Operator

Lyft has moved hundreds of production Flink jobs from a 2020 in-house Kubernetes operator to the Apache Flink Kubernetes Operator, unlocking last-state upgrades, in-place autoscaling and resource autotuning across the fleet. By Mark Silvester

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InfoQ Sep 16 Score 0.7216358606481481

Article: Your Next DSL Author Is a Language Model

In this article, the author introduces Typed Domain Grounding, an approach to reducing LLM hallucinations in domain-specific languages by embedding them in mainstream typed languages. Using kUML benchmarks and an infrastructure-as-code example, he explores how

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Marginal Revolution Sep 17 Score 0.7111047634259259

METR, EA, and others being attacked

Always focus on what you can learn from people and groups. Criticize in ways where you can learn something from the answer (or non-answer) and from the dialogue. If you attack how people look, their sex lives, their donors, whatever, it will make the critic st

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Lobsters Sep 16 Score 0.6959614527777777

Introducing GNOME 51

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Google Cloud Blog Sep 16 Score 0.6924686615740739

For SeaVerse, GKE Agent Sandbox reduces infrastructure costs by 60%

Editor’s note: Today we hear from SeaVerse , a gaming startup from SeaArt that is building a platform for playable AI experiences , where users can open lightweight games, character chats, and interactive apps, or create their own experiences from a prompt. To

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