Scammers Are Using Grok to Spread Malicious Links on X
Scammers Are Using Grok to Spread Malicious Links on X Summary Bad actors on X are exploiting the platform’s native AI assistant, Grok, to amplify malicious links in promoted posts…
When AI rejects your grant proposal: algorithms are helping to make funding decisions
When AI rejects your grant proposal: algorithms are helping to make funding decisions Content summary La Caixa Foundation in Barcelona has been using an AI system composed of three algorithms…
Critical SAP S/4HANA Vulnerability Under Attack, Patch Now
Critical SAP S/4HANA Vulnerability Under Attack, Patch Now Summary A critical code-injection vulnerability (CVE-2025-42957) in SAP S/4HANA that earned a 9.9 CVSS score is being exploited in the wild. The…
Nature goes inside the world’s largest ‘mosquito factory’ — here’s the buzz
Nature goes inside the world’s largest ‘mosquito factory’ — here’s the buzz Summary The article and accompanying Nature Podcast Extra report from a large facility in Brazil that mass-rears Aedes…
Hope for diabetes: CRISPR-edited cells pump out insulin in a person – and evade immune detection
Hope for diabetes: CRISPR-edited cells pump out insulin in a person – and evade immune detection Summary Researchers report a first-in-human implantation of CRISPR-edited pancreatic islet cells from a deceased…
First CRISPR horses spark controversy: what’s next for gene-edited animals?
First CRISPR horses spark controversy: what’s next for gene-edited animals? Summary Scientists in Argentina have produced the first horses whose genomes were edited with CRISPR–Cas9 to modify myostatin, a gene…
Qantas penalizes executives for July cyberattack
Qantas penalises executives for July cyberattack Summary Senior leaders at Qantas have had their 2024/25 short-term bonuses cut by 15 percentage points after a July cyberattack that exposed the personal…
CISA orders federal agencies to patch Sitecore zero-day following hacking reports
CISA orders federal agencies to patch Sitecore zero-day following hacking reports Summary Sitecore published an advisory about CVE-2025-53690, a vulnerability tied to the use of a sample ASP.NET machine key…
Bot shots: US Army enlists AI startup to provide target-tracking
Bot shots: US Army enlists AI startup to provide target-tracking Summary The US Army has awarded San Francisco startup TurbineOne a five-year contract worth up to $98.9 million to scale…
Europe’s Jupiter supercomputer hits exascale threshold at inauguration
Europe’s Jupiter supercomputer hits exascale threshold at inauguration Summary The Jupiter supercomputer at the Jülich Supercomputing Centre near Köln was officially inaugurated on 5 September 2025. At the ceremony the…