Pentagon Halts Chinese Coders Affecting DOD Cloud Systems Summary Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the Pentagon has halted a long-running Microsoft programme that allowed China-based coders to work on Department…
WhatsApp Fixes ‘Zero-Click’ Bug Used To Hack Apple Users With Spyware Summary WhatsApp has patched a serious vulnerability in its iOS and macOS apps that was exploited as part of…
FCC Rejects Calls For Cable-like Fees on Broadband Providers Summary The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued a Report and Order declining requests from the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) and…
Linus Torvalds Marks Bcachefs as Now ‘Externally Maintained’ Summary Linus Torvalds has updated the Linux kernel’s MAINTAINERS file to mark bcachefs as “externally maintained.” The change signals that Torvalds will…
Summary Reuters reported that Meta allowed the creation of dozens of flirtatious chatbots modelled on real celebrities without their permission. While many were user-generated via Meta’s chatbot tools, Reuters found…
The White House Apparently Ordered Federal Workers to Roll Out Grok ‘ASAP’ Summary The White House appears to have instructed the General Services Administration (GSA) to re-add xAI’s chatbot Grok…
Proof-of-Concept in 15 Minutes? AI Turbocharges Exploitation Summary Two Israeli security researchers built an AI-driven offensive research pipeline (dubbed Auto Exploit) that feeds CVE advisories, patches and repository code into…
An Audit Isn’t a Speed Bump — It’s Your Cloud Co-Pilot Summary Ravi Sharma argues that audits should be treated as strategic partners in cloud transformations rather than bureaucratic obstacles.…
Why scientists are flocking to Substack Summary Katelyn Jetelina, an epidemiologist who was targeted by anti-vaccine activists on social media, moved her public-facing work to Substack in February 2021 to…
Research posts on Bluesky are more original — and get better engagement Summary Researchers analysed 2.6 million Bluesky posts (January 2023–July 2025) that referenced 532,000 academic articles and compared engagement…
