Microsoft Reveals Two In-House AI Models Summary Microsoft has announced two new in-house AI models: MAI-Voice-1, a high-speed speech-generation system now available in Copilot Daily and Podcasts, and MAI-1-preview, the…
Amtrak’s New 160mph Acela Trains Take Just As Long As the Old Ones Summary Amtrak has rolled out next‑generation tilting Acela trains on the Northeast Corridor with a top service…
Florida Deploys Robot Rabbits To Control Invasive Burmese Python Population Summary The South Florida Water Management District, with researchers from the University of Florida, deployed about 120 retrofitted toy “robot…
Nanoparticles Turn Houseplants Into Night Lights Summary Researchers at South China Agricultural University have developed a simple way to make certain houseplants emit a soft afterglow by injecting light‑emitting phosphor…
AI Agents in Browsers Light on Cybersecurity, Bypass Controls Summary Research from Guardio Labs and commentary from multiple security vendors show that browser-based AI agents frequently lack basic security awareness…
Gaps in California Privacy Law: Half of Data Brokers Ignore Requests Summary A University of California, Irvine study finds significant non‑compliance among registered data brokers with the California Consumer Privacy…
CrowdStrike to Acquire Onum, Boost Falcon Next-Gen SIEM Summary CrowdStrike announced it will acquire real-time data pipeline provider Onum to strengthen Falcon Next-Gen SIEM with faster, higher-fidelity telemetry and autonomous…
CISA’s New SBOM Guidelines Get Mixed Reviews Summary CISA released its 2025 update to minimum elements for a Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) for federal agencies. The draft tightens what…
Dark Reading Confidential: Guided Tour of the Dark Web Summary This podcast episode (host Becky Bracken) features Dark Reading senior reporter Alex Culafi and Keith Jarvis, senior security researcher at…
1,000+ Devs Lose Their Secrets to an AI-Powered Stealer Summary A fast, sophisticated supply-chain attack on the popular Nx build system (npm) on 26–27 August 2025 used malicious packages to…
