Sexless seeds: how self-cloning crops could soon transform our food Summary Researchers are on the verge of producing crop plants that make clonal seeds — a form of asexual reproduction…
Include climate impacts when protecting infrastructure Summary In a brief Correspondence, Hongfang Lu and Y. Frank Cheng point to the broader climate consequences of infrastructure damage, using the September 2022…
AI-agent ethics should consider sentient non-human animals Summary This correspondence by Borbala Foris and Jean-Loup Rault argues that current debates on AI-agent ethics and alignment largely ignore risks to sentient…
Liquid-crystal specs refocus with the push of a button Summary Researchers have developed spectacles that can electronically switch their optical power, allowing people who mix near- and far-sighted corrections to…
WhatsApp, Apple warn of highly targeted attacks with zero-day vulnerability Summary WhatsApp says it patched a zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2025-55177) that involved “incomplete authorisation of linked device synchronization messages” and could…
Pennsylvania AG says recovery continues after office refused to pay ransomware gang Summary Pennsylvania’s Attorney General, Dave Sunday, says his office has largely restored its website, phone lines and email…
Disney agrees to $10 million settlement for collecting data from children Summary The Federal Trade Commission announced that Disney has agreed to pay $10 million to settle allegations it collected…
Nick Andersen appointed to CISA leadership role Summary The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) announced that Nicholas (Nick) Andersen has taken on the role of executive assistant director for…
Amazon shuts down watering hole attack attributed to Russia’s APT29 hacking group Content summary Amazon’s threat intelligence team discovered and disrupted a watering hole campaign in August that it attributes…
Bring your own brain? Why local LLMs are taking off Summary The piece argues that growing concerns about cost, privacy and sovereignty — plus advances in hardware and software —…
