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25 Years of Mass Surveillance Is Enough
This essay was written with Cindy Cohn, and originally appeared in Lawfare. One of the many legacies of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11 is the government-wide shift from targeted surveillance—such as individual wiretaps or pen register/trap and trace orders—to mass surveillance techniq
China-Linked Hackers Exploit Chrome-Windows Zero-Day Chain to Deploy GRIMWEDGE
A Chinese threat actor has been attributed to a spear-phishing campaign that exploits recently patched security flaws in Google Chrome and Microsoft Windows to deliver a malicious JavaScript backdoor called GRIMWEDGE. Volexity, which is tracking the threat cluster under the moniker UTA0560, said th
Seven-figure blitz as GOP embraces push to compete with China in booming new tech space
FIRST ON FOX: Three sitting Republican lawmakers, all facing midterm elections for U.S. Senate in less than two months, are paving the way for a pro-artificial intelligence push as Washington looks t
Trump’s opposition to AI rules undercuts industry's calls for a slowdown
Dario Amodei, co-founder and chief executive officer of Anthropic, during an interview on "The Circuit with Emily Chang" at Anthropic's headquarters in San Francisco, California, US, on Thursday, Apr
BambooToken malware controls Windows and Linux systems via MQTT
A previously unknown malware framework called BambooToken, active since at least 2023, is now using the Message Queuing Telemetry Transport (MQTT) protocol to communicate with Windows and Linux systems.
Inside the Scattered Spider Playbook: How UK Retailers Got Social Engineered
Some of the most damaging cyber-attacks against major organizations didnt start with a zero-day exploit or malicious attachment delivering sophisticated malware. They started with something far more
As the world debates the risks of AI, China closes the technology gap with the US
HONG KONG (AP) As the rapid development of artificial intelligence triggers a renewed debate about its risks, the United States and China keep racing to develop increasingly powerful models even as t
Beyond Navier–Stokes: Who Controls Scientific Discovery?
Is the current furore in mathematics the canary in the coalmine for experimental science and knowledge work? This post was originally published in Vanishing Gradients on September 11, 2026. It’s been updated to address the subsequent declaration by 25 Fields
AI slow down: US-China AI rivalry puts global AI governance at a crossroads
As the US and China race to lead AI, safety and governance face a difficult test: can the rest of the world have a say if the two powers set the pace of development? The US-China AI race is reshapin
Hundreds of new officers to hunt down dirty money networks
Hundreds of new officers will be recruited to track dirty money, disrupt organised crime networks and seize criminal assets under a major new crackdown. New officers will be deployed across polic
Microsoft sets security and safety rules for its AI models
Microsoft AI has published the first draft of its Humanist AI Code of Conduct, a training manual outlining how it develops AI models and intends them to behave during deployment. The draft is open for public consultation for six weeks. The company plans to re
Hackers target WordPress sites via third-party WooCommerce plugin
Hackers are actively exploiting a critical vulnerability in the WooCommerce Wholesale Lead Capture premium plugin for WordPress to upload a PHP backdoor.