Happy Tuesday! Here’s your Tuesday Tech Drop, some of the past week’s top stories from the intersection of politics and technology.
DOJ apparently hires election hacker
The Justice Department appears to have hired someone convicted of hacking election website…
Happy Tuesday! Heres your Tuesday Tech Drop, some of the past weeks top stories from the intersection of politics and technology.DOJ apparently hires election hackerThe Justice Department appears to … [+134 chars]
Sampura Research's focus on hybrid AI oversight could enhance accountability and trust in AI systems, addressing critical evaluation challenges.
The post Former Google DeepMind researchers launch Sampura Research with $11M to build better AI oversight appeare…
The London-based nonprofit wants to combine human and AI judgment to keep increasingly powerful models in check Two former Google DeepMind researchers have left one of the world’s most powerful AI la… [+2955 chars]
As software updates cease for operating systems, they eventually begin to lose access to parts of the LAN and internet due to out of date encryption features, as well as the inability to handle fil…
As software updates cease for operating systems, they eventually begin to lose access to parts of the LAN and internet due to out of date encryption features, as well as the inability to handle file … [+1112 chars]
Yesterday’s ruling doesn’t foretell where they’ll go, but their Republican bias is an established fact.
The post Will the Republican Justices OK Trump’s Efforts to Winnow the Midterm Electorate? appeared first on The American Prospect.
Yesterday, the six Republican justices on the Supreme Courtthose mischievous scamps!opened the door just a crack to President Trumps efforts to winnow the electorate so its more to his liking. That o… [+6985 chars]
A bipartisan group says unfinished export control rules leave civilian intelligence services able to obtain U.S. cyber, surveillance and AI assistance.
A bipartisan, bicameral group of lawmakers is pressing the Commerce Department to finalize rules restricting Americans and U.S. companies from providing technology or technical assistance to civilian… [+3375 chars]
Does a multi-topic website confuse search engines? New Google Search Console data offers an unexpected look at visibility across generative search.
Can a website covering multiple topics build generative search visibility without narrowing its entire publishing strategy around one subject? And can different content pillars strengthen one digital… [+24520 chars]
I am posting a design for a quantum computer because I would like to speak with experts and people interested in hacking together physical quantum computers. This is an exploratory design and is an attempt to reason through quantum computation from first prin…
CAD model for the Pathfinder PIC chip, a photonic-integrated trapped-ion chip built to support a hybrid-locality quantum computing architecture.
Two planar ion-trap arrays sit above a silicon-nitrid… [+1136 chars]
Why do lightning bugs light up? Why do birds sing? Why do humans wear makeup and workout? It’s in every species’ nature to try and be as appealing as possible. As authors Anand Gandhi and Zain Memon will tell you in the Big Idea for their newest novel, MAYA: …
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Why do lightning bugs light up? Why do birds sing? Why do humans wear makeup and workout? It’s in every species’ nature to… [+7994 chars]
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Aug. 25, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Connected Nation (CN) is proud to partner with lead collaborator AT&T and over 25 global organizations in a first-ever attempt to set a GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ title for the "longest internet literacy live stream…
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Aug. 25, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Connected Nation (CN) is proud to partner with lead collaborator AT&T and over 25 global organizations in a first-ever attempt to set a GUINNESS WOR… [+4556 chars]
Uber faces an €825M GDPR fine for automatically suspending drivers without human review, highlighting the risks of AI decisions affecting workers. The Dutch Data Protection Authority handed Uber its largest privacy fine yet, and this one isn’t about data tran…
When the Algorithm Fires You: Uber Faces 825M Fine
The Dutch Data Protection Authority handed Uber its largest privacy fine yet, and this one isn’t about data transfers or cookie consent. The regula… [+3739 chars]
Azure SRE Agent is an AI-powered operations assistant that investigates incidents, analyzes telemetry and cloud resources, and helps automate routine site reliability engineering tasks. Azure is offering new customers a 30-day trial of Azure SRE Agent without…
Trial removes the idle-cost barrier
Each agent receives its own 30-day trial, with setup and standby time excluded from billing. Administrators can connect telemetry, source repositories, incident-m… [+1621 chars]
The 'extended look' trailer lands on Aug. 27, but Netflix subscribers get a six-hour head start. Here's when you can tune in from your time zone.
Rockstar Games is preparing to release an official extended trailer for Grand Theft Auto 6 on Thursday, but you'l…
Rockstar Games is preparing to release an official extended trailer for Grand Theft Auto 6 on Thursday, but you'll need Netflix to be among the first to see it.
Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look… [+2864 chars]
WhatsApp is strengthening 2FA and giving Android users more context about calls from unknown numbers.
<ul><li>WhatsApp is upgrading two-step verification, replacing its six-digit PIN with a stronger password that can include letters, numbers, and special characters.</li><li>Unknown callers are gettin… [+2617 chars]
Two CVSS 9.8 miniOrange SAML WordPress plugin auth bypasses were exploited while paid editions never appeared in any vulnerability database. Manual patch required. Two critical authentication bypass vulnerabilities in the miniOrange SAML 2.0 Single Sign On Wo…
Two CVSS 9.8 Auth Bypasses in miniOrange SAML WordPress Plugin Were Exploited Before Any Database Even Listed the Paid Editions as Vulnerable
Two critical authentication bypass vulnerabilities in th… [+6498 chars]
Intel's Wildcat Lake is competing in the budget laptop market, but it takes a very different approach, leveraging a UCIe interconnect and Intel's latest 18A node.
Intel's Wildcat Lake is unassuming, launching with the message that it was a cutting-edge alternative to the MacBook Neo with Intel's latest node and some trimmings around the edges. Although Wildcat… [+7022 chars]
Four of the five people named in the cyber action were also charged last week in the Justice Department’s expanded Mabna Institute case.
The Treasury Department sanctioned five Iranian nationals on Monday over alleged cyberattacks and theft targeting U.S. critical infrastructure, government offices and digital assets.
The designation… [+3166 chars]
I have spent 15 years in DevSecOps, platform engineering and offensive security. Over the last year I did most of the things HN says not to do. I wrote a lot of code alone in a vacuum and built this thing far past an MVP.It started as a way to automate my bug…
one agent, every desk
An agent crosses many desks before it runs: the developer who wrote it, security, platform, operations, compliance, and whoever owns the data it touches. Today each desk builds… [+1342 chars]
WhatsApp’s two-step verification previously relied on a six-digit PIN, but now users can choose a longer, alphanumeric password with special characters.
WhatsApp announced Tuesday that its launching new security features and updates to help users keep their accounts secure, including stronger two-step verification and the ability to add more than one… [+2174 chars]
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. How to encourage smarter AI use in the classroom Chatbots took schools by surprise. Suddenly, students carried an app in …
Showcases like this event are important because they invite the public to experience robots up close. And exposure matters, as elsewhere, humanoids progress has been slow,
Take a tour of the robot c… [+2528 chars]
The fund gives brokerage investors exposure to ZEC as Grayscale bets on demand for crypto assets beyond Bitcoin and Ethereum.
In brief
<ul><li>Grayscales Zcash fund began trading Tuesday on NYSE Arca under the ticker ZCSH.</li><li>The product began as a private placement in October 2017.</li><li>Its listing follows the dis… [+3707 chars]
For the fathers who are “really into fashion,” parenting columnist Jason Diamond writers, their outfits say more about how they parent than anything else.
Sometimes its noticeable in the little things: the father who almost exclusively wears high-quality white T-shirts and tailored olive military pants, but always some different, interesting combinatio… [+12181 chars]
Delhi Police are increasing surveillance due to intelligence about Shahzad Bhatti planning attacks. The Pakistan-based terrorist may target peripheral areas or police personnel during the summit. Authorities are monitoring over two thousand individuals as p…
New Delhi: The Delhi Police has stepped up surveillance in view of intelligence inputs that Pakistan-based terrorist Shahzad Bhatti may be planning to carry out a blast in the capital's peripheral ar… [+4363 chars]
Chinese hackers are ramping up attacks after integrating DeepSeek and other open-source artificial intelligence models into their operations, highlighting attackers’ ability to leverage basic AI tools to hit targets abroad. State-affiliated cyber groups more …
Chinese hackers are ramping up attacks after integrating DeepSeek and other open-source artificial intelligence models into their operations, highlighting attackers’ ability to leverage basic AI tool… [+4641 chars]
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In a bid to strengthen national security, lawmakers are urging the Trump administration to curb American citizen involvement with Chinese and Russian intelligence agencies. Although a 2018 law prohibited military intelligence collaboration, civilian agencies …
US lawmakers from both major parties are pressing the Trump administration to close what they describe as loopholes that allow American citizens and companies to support Chinese and Russian civilian … [+2910 chars]
