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CISA Tells US Agencies to Fix Security Bugs in as Little as 3 Days Thanks to AI Threats
3+ hour, 43+ min ago (190+ words) Prioritizing IT and security operations attention on the most at-risk assets is particularly important now given advancements in artificial intelligence, which allow threat actors to find and exploit vulnerabilities in [federal] assets," Butera said on Wednesday. Defenders cannot afford to…...
Trump Risks Key Surveillance Authority Over "Unqualified" Spy-Chief Pick
4+ hour, 10+ min ago (387+ words) In a Truth Social post after his second White House meeting in two days with House speaker Mike Johnson, Trump called Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act "very important to our military, and keeping the American people safe" and…...
A Meta Employee Who Just Lost Their Job Was Detained by Immigration Agents
4+ hour, 49+ min ago (451+ words) A former Meta employee who lost their job during a round of layoffs on May 20 is said to have been detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement in recent days, according to communications inside the company seen by WIRED. A…...
Lloyds Is Using Agentic AI To Supercharge Its Fight Against Fraud
11+ hour, 5+ min ago (630+ words) WIRED Fraudsters are constantly evolving. From romance scams to deepfishing and "quishing" " phishing using fake QR codes " criminal gangs are becoming increasingly sophisticated in how they target victims. Fraud remains the most common form of crime in the UK, costing…...
Donald Trump Is Ready for Fight Night. So Are Donors
7+ hour, 39+ min ago (11+ words) WIRED...
Wrongful Arrest Exposes Failures in One of the Oldest Police Face-Recognition Tools in the US
10+ hour, 39+ min ago (518+ words) A Florida man was wrongfully arrested for attempting to illegally lure a child after police relied on a face-recognition match that was inaccurate, according to a lawsuit filed on Wednesday, even though he lived more than 300 miles from the scene…...
China Opens World's First Wind-Powered Underwater Data Center
10+ hour, 59+ min ago (550+ words) The initiative is the result of a collaboration between private company Hi Cloud Technology and state-owned China Communications Construction, which involved an investment of 1. 6 billion yuan, equivalent to about $236 million. With an initial capacity of 24 megawatts, the facility is submerged…...
The Battle of the $400 Digital Notebooks: Meet the Winner
11+ hour, 35+ min ago (259+ words) The final new Kindle Scribe, Amazon's e-reader that boasts'digital notebook'features and a larger screen, which was promised in 2025, has finally arrived. Maybe I'm biased, but the older $400 Kindle Scribe still landed on top for me. Here's why. The second-gen Kindle…...
Finally, Some Affordable Laptops That Won't Fail You in College
13+ hour, 39+ min ago (1174+ words) College laptops don't have to be embarrassing. Nor do they have to be overly expensive. There are a lot of great laptops for college students that combine long battery life, easy portability, and the performance needed for everyday coursework in…...
Mapping Every Flock License Plate Reader Near US World Cup Stadiums
14+ hour, 39+ min ago (491+ words) Flock Safety spokesperson Paris Lewbel acknowledged that the company works with government agencies and "other customers" in areas around World Cup venues. Lewbel emphasized that Flock's customers, not Flock itself, "own and control their data, decide if, when, and with…...