OpenAI co-founder Andrej Karpathy joins Anthropic’s pre-training team
Andrej Karpathy, a co-founder of OpenAI and an AI researcher who previously worked at OpenAI and previously led AI at Tesla, has joined Anthropic. “I joined Anthropic,” Karpathy posted on X Tuesday. “I think the next few years at the LLM front will be a particularly formative time, and I’m very excited to join the […]
Minimalist Light Phone partners with Andrew Yang’s Noble Mobile to reward you for stopping doomscrolling
If you’re looking for a sign to try a “dumb phone”, here it is. The trendy, minimalist Litephone has partnered with Noble Mobile, the phone network founded by entrepreneur and politician Andrew Yang, to refund your money if you use less data. On Tuesday, 500 Light Phone III models will be in stock and available […]
US cyber agency CISA releases tons of passwords and cloud keys to the open web
US cybersecurity agency CISA may have been spared a major security breach thanks to an honest security researcher who identified publicly exposed credentials that allowed access to government clouds and internal agency systems. As first reported by independent security reporter Brian Krebs, GitGuardian security researcher Guillaume Valadon found a large amount of plaintext credentials listed […]
DirtyDecrypt PoC released for Linux kernel CVE-2026-31635 LPE vulnerability
Proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit code has been published that could allow local privilege escalation (LPE) for a security flaw in the recently patched Linux kernel. The vulnerability, known as DirtyDecrypt (also known as DirtyCBC), was discovered and reported by Zellic and the V12 security team on May 9, 2026, but was informed by the maintainer that […]
Forget about feeds: Status AI raises $17M to turn social media into interactive entertainment
Like many young people her age, Fainur was what she calls a “chronically online teenager.” She was obsessed with music groups, TV shows, and movies, and never missed an opportunity to talk endlessly about her interests online. When ChatGPT launched in 2022, she immediately saw the potential. “AI will finally allow any user to actually […]
‘Survivor’ stars Kyle Fraser and Camila Kartiguez launch goal-tracking app ‘Paprclip’
On Survivor 48, his alliance with Kyle Fraser and castmate Camila Kartiguez led him to victory. Now, the two are teaming up in a new field and are hoping for similar results. That means we’re building a business together. On Tuesday, the new co-founders announced Paprclip, a goal-focused “social responsibility” app they hope will become […]
How OAuth consent bypasses MFA
In February 2026, a phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform called EvilTokens went live. Within five weeks, more than 340 Microsoft 365 organizations in five countries were compromised. Platform targets received a message asking them to enter a short code at microsoft.com/devicelogin to complete a regular MFA challenge and left believing they had confirmed a routine sign-in. In […]
Drupal releases emergency core security update on May 20th, sites are told to prepare
Ravi LakshmananMay 19, 2026Vulnerabilities / Website Security Drupal has issued an alert stating that it plans to release a “Core Security Release” for all supported branches on May 20, 2026 from 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM (UTC). A maintainer of a PHP-based content management system (CMS) said, “The Drupal security team recommends that you allow […]
Solar power will dominate energy by 2035, but AI data centers will keep fossil fuels in business
Solar power will overtake coal, oil and natural gas to become the largest source of electricity over the next decade, according to a new report from BloombergNEF. A seismic shift will occur with a historic increase in energy use and the electrification of entire industries through AI. “Solar power is winning the race,” Matthias Kimmel, […]
Vulnerability in SEPPMail Secure E-Mail Gateway allows RCE and email traffic access
Ravi LakshmananMay 19, 2026Vulnerabilities / Email Security A critical security vulnerability has been disclosed in SEPPMail Secure E-Mail Gateway, an enterprise-grade email security solution. This vulnerability could be exploited to cause remote code execution and allow an attacker to read arbitrary email from the virtual appliance. “These vulnerabilities could be exploited to read all email […]