Security
Opengrep vs Semgrep: Rival security firms close ranks to fork open source code analysis tool
Competitors launch "coordinated industry-wide stand against commercialisation and single vendor interest".
Latest
Smartwatches can spot hidden signs of depression and predict future moods
Wearable devices could be redeployed to assess your state of mind and forecast mental health challenges.
Security
Cyber shadows: A new name for an emerging AI ecosystem threat
GenAI is amplifying threats and exposing hidden dangers, increasing organisational and systemic risk.
Existential Risk
OpenAI rumours go nuclear: Trump, p(doom) and the truth about superintelligence
Is the world about to end? Are billions of people going to be fired? Or is OpenAI just planning to release a slightly better LLM?
Crime
Will the Ministry of Justice finally admit computers are unreliable witnesses?
"A blanket ‘no questions asked’ acceptance of the accuracy of digital evidence can have a devastating impact on people’s lives."
Oracle on agentic AI: Jobs fears, "productivity multipliers" and the mindset for success
"Managing, monitoring, and interacting with AI agents will become the new normal in fast-moving early-adopter organisations."
AI
Meet the Claude Boys: Could a meme about AI-obsessed teens become reality?
"The newest thing at my school is a flock of self-proclaimed 'Claude Boys' who have Al on hand at all times."
Nvidia upgrades GenAI guardrails to control toxic or disloyal "knowledge robots"
GPU titan releases new tools to help businesses keep their know-bots from going rogue and causing catastrophic brand damage.
Security
Los Angeles wildfire phishing scammers use "cancer-stricken dogs" to defraud good Samaritans
"Natural disasters like the LA fires of 2025 let cybercriminals exploit the vulnerabilities of human psychology"
Security
The DORA explorer: A Compliance Day guide to new EU regulations
Machine speaks to experts and insiders to discuss how to respond to European rules governing the cybersecurity of financial entities.
Security
CISA's new strategy to mitigate threat of "formidable" Chinese cyber-adversaries
Cyber Defense Agency warn critical national infrastructure bodies that Beijing may be preparing to launch attacks that "induce societal panic".
Big ideas for 2025: The great data center upgrade
"The current data center infrastructure is only partly prepared for AI-driven workloads."