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In a segment on NBC News Monday night, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei expressed concern about “some of the things we’ve seen over the last few days,” citing violence by Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis. In both his NBC and X posts, Amodei focused on the importance of defending democracy at home, specifically calling out “the horrors we are seeing in Minnesota.” “We need to defend our democratic values at home,” he said on NBC, saying he believes in arming democracies to protect them from dictatorships. He added that Anthropic does not have a contract with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).…
Later this year, Snap will launch its latest consumer version of AR glasses, called Specs. In anticipation of that big event, the company launched a new subsidiary, Specs Inc., which will focus solely on further developing the glasses. Snap announced the new company on Tuesday, saying the move will allow for “greater focus and coordination” as it continues to develop its products. This shows that Snap, like other tech giants (see: Meta and Apple), is serious about smart glasses, but it’s worth noting that the company has been developing AR hardware for quite some time. In fact, Snap started working…
For the first time, astronomers have released a map of dark matter detailed enough to reveal the invisible framework that holds the universe together. Astronomers have created the most detailed dark matter map ever created, revealing how this invisible matter shaped the universe and influenced the formation of stars, galaxies and planets. An international team of experts from Durham University, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), and École Polytechnique de Lausanne (EPFL) has used observations from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to uncover new insights into the mysterious substances that are invisible to the naked eye but govern the large-scale structure…
A new study from Harvard University found that PFAS concentrations in the bodies of North Atlantic pilot whales have fallen by more than 60% since phase-out efforts began. Studying PFAS levels in North Atlantic pilot whales addresses long-standing challenges in detecting and measuring PFAS concentrations. While older, so-called legacy PFAS are well-understood and easy to detect, newer generations of chemicals are difficult to identify. “By using legacy PFAS, we have learned a lot more about their environmental transport and biological effects,” said lead author Jennifer Sun, a recent doctoral graduate and current postdoctoral researcher. “But we have far less information…
A newly developed sodium-ion (Na-ion) battery has the potential to charge much faster, have higher energy density and be safer than traditional lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries, scientists say.Researchers at Tokyo University of Science have used a new carbon-based electrolyte to improve the energy density and charging speed of sodium ions using sodium-ion batteries, an alternative to the lithium-ion batteries used in most of today’s devices.Scientists have been exploring Na-ion batteries as an alternative to Li-ion batteries because of their improved stability and lower cost, but several bottlenecks and limitations have hindered the technology’s progress. you may like All batteries contain an…
Ravi LakshmananJanuary 28, 2026Vulnerability/Workflow Automation Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered two new security flaws in the n8n workflow automation platform, including a critical vulnerability that could allow remote code execution. The vulnerabilities discovered by the JFrog Security Research team are as follows: CVE-2026-1470 (CVSS Score: 9.9) – eval injection vulnerability that allows an authenticated user to bypass the Expression sandbox mechanism and achieve full remote code execution on n8n’s main node by passing specially crafted JavaScript code CVE-2026-0863 (CVSS Score: 8.5) – An authenticated user may be able to bypass the Expression sandbox mechanism and achieve full remote code execution on…
If you work in security operations, you’ll be familiar with the concept of an AI SOC agent. Early stories promised complete autonomy. Vendors have seized on the idea of “autonomous SOCs” and proposed a future where algorithms replace analysts. That future has not yet arrived. We have never seen mass layoffs or empty security operations centers. Instead, we witnessed the emergence of a practical reality. Introducing AI into the SOC does not eliminate the human element. Instead, how they spend their time has been redefined. We now understand that the value of AI is not in replacing operators. It’s about…
Ravi LakshmananJanuary 28, 2026Vulnerabilities / Open Source A critical sandbox escape vulnerability has been disclosed in the popular vm2 Node.js library. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code on the underlying operating system. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2026-22709 and has a CVSS score of 9.8 out of 10.0 in the CVSS scoring system. “As of version 3.10.0 of VM2, you can bypass sanitization of the Promise.prototype.then Promise.prototype.catch callback,” said VM2 maintainer Patrik Simek. “This allows an attacker to escape the sandbox and execute arbitrary code.” vm2 is a Node.js library used to run untrusted code…
In the 2025 cyber espionage attack, Chinese-linked threat actors were observed using the latest version of a backdoor called COOLCLIENT to facilitate comprehensive data theft from infected endpoints. The activity was attributed to Mustang Panda (also known as Earth Preta, Fireant, HoneyMyte, Polaris, and Twill Typhoon), and the intrusions were primarily targeted at government agencies across the campaign across Myanmar, Mongolia, Malaysia, and Russia. Revealing details of the updated malware, Kaspersky said it is being deployed as a secondary backdoor along with PlugX and LuminousMoth infections. “COOLCLIENT was typically delivered with an encrypted loader file containing encrypted configuration data, shellcode,…
Patient: 34-year-old male living in MexicoSymptoms: Within seconds of drinking a “smoky” alcoholic beverage at a bar, a man felt severe pain in his stomach.What happened next: The man was admitted to the emergency room. In addition to abdominal pain, he was sweating profusely and feeling tired. His vital signs were a cause for concern. His heart rate was abnormally fast, at 124 beats per minute, compared to a normal resting heart rate of 60 to 100 bpm. His breathing was faster than normal, his blood pressure was low, and his body temperature had dropped to 95.7 degrees Fahrenheit (35.4…