IBM’s AI agent Bob easily duped to run malware, researchers show
IBM’s AI agent Bob easily duped to run malware, researchers show Summary Researchers at PromptArmor found that IBM’s AI coding assistant Bob — offered as a CLI and an IDE…
British Palantir rival, whose founder touted UK tech sovereignty, sells to Accenture
British Palantir rival, whose founder touted UK tech sovereignty, sells to Accenture Summary Accenture is acquiring UK-based AI company Faculty and bringing its roughly 400 staff onto Accenture’s payroll. Faculty’s…
Illinois state agency exposed personal data of 700,000 people
Illinois state agency exposed personal data of 700,000 people Summary The Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) accidentally published personal data for more than 700,000 residents by embedding customer-level information…
AMD threatens to go medieval on Nvidia with Epyc and Instinct: What we know so far
AMD threatens to go medieval on Nvidia with Epyc and Instinct: What we know so far Summary AMD used CES 2026 to tease two waves of datacentre silicon: the near-term…
Attackers Exploit Zero-Day in End-of-Life D-Link Routers
Attackers Exploit Zero-Day in End-of-Life D-Link Routers Summary Attackers are actively exploiting CVE-2026-0625, a critical (CVSS 9.3) command-injection vulnerability in the dnscfg.cgi DNS configuration endpoint on multiple discontinued D-Link DSL…
Grok Is Generating Sexual Content Far More Graphic Than What’s on X
Grok Is Generating Sexual Content Far More Graphic Than What’s on X Summary WIRED reports that Grok — the chatbot by Elon Musk’s xAI — is being used on its…
A way to identify the biological basis of gene–trait associations
A way to identify the biological basis of gene–trait associations Summary This Research Briefing summarises Ota et al.’s Nature paper on causal modelling that links regulators, transcriptional programmes and complex…
Oldest known poison arrows show Stone Age humans’ technological talents
Oldest known poison arrows show Stone Age humans’ technological talents Summary Traces of a toxic plant compound (buphandrine) were detected on 60,000-year-old microlith arrowheads from the Umhlatuzana rock shelter in…
Of all the quarries: Casablanca fossils reveal African ancestors of Homo sapiens
Of all the quarries: Casablanca fossils reveal African ancestors of Homo sapiens Article Date: 07 January 2026 Article URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03986-6 Article Image: Casablanca fossils image Summary Researchers report surprising hominin…
Blood protein thwarts deadly fungal disease
Blood protein thwarts deadly fungal disease Summary Researchers report that low serum levels of the blood protein albumin are linked to worse clinical outcomes from mucormycosis, a severe infection caused…