OpenAI is reportedly preparing legal action against Apple. This isn’t the first time my partner has been burned.
OpenAI is so dissatisfied with Apple over its ChatGPT integration that it didn’t achieve the subscriber numbers and visibility Apple had hoped for, that the company is now actively considering legal action against the iPhone maker, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. According to Bloomberg, OpenAI has hired an outside […]
Clawdmeter turns your Clawd code usage statistics into a small desktop dashboard
Silicon Valley’s TokenMax era has its own hardware. A new open-source project displays usage statistics for Claude code in a small desktop dashboard, allowing AI power users to monitor usage. Sure, you can track Clawd code usage directly in your device using commands and other external tools and apps, but it’s not quite as fun […]
YouTube viewers watch 2 billion hours of short videos on TV every month
Short-form video is a format built for mobile. These vertical videos are designed to fit the shape of your smartphone. But according to YouTube, this type of content has become extremely popular on the big screen. Although it seems counterintuitive, it’s hard to argue with this data. YouTube viewers watch more than 2 billion hours […]
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Controller Authentication Bypass Is Actively Abused to Gain Administrative Access
Rabi LakshmananMay 14, 2026Vulnerability/Network Security Cisco has released an update that addresses a maximum severity authentication bypass flaw in Catalyst SD-WAN controllers that it announced was exploited in a limited attack. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2026-20182 and has a CVSS score of 10.0. “A vulnerability in peering authentication for Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Controller (formerly […]
Stealer backdoor targeting developer secrets found in three node IPC versions
Ravi LakshmananMay 14, 2026Developer security/supply chain attacks Cybersecurity researchers are sounding the alarm over alleged “malicious activity” in a newly released version of node-ipc. According to Socket and StepSecurity, three different versions of npm packages have been confirmed as malicious. node-ipc@9.1.6 node-ipc@9.2.3 node-ipc@12.0.1 “Initial analysis indicates that node-ipc@9.1.6, node-ipc@9.2.3, and node-ipc@12.0.1 contain obfuscated stealer/backdoor behavior,” […]
PAN-OS RCE, Mythos cURL Bug, AI Tokenizer Attacks, and 10+ Stories
Ravie LakshmananMay 14, 2026Hacking News / Cybersecurity News Everything is still on fire. This week feels dumb in the worst way — bad links, weak checks, fake help desks, shady forum posts, and people turning supply chain attacks into some cursed little game for clout and cash. Half of it feels new. Half of it […]
Khosla Ventures bets $10 million on Ian Crosby, whose first startup Bench went bankrupt
Ian Crosbie’s previous startup, Bench Accounting, which famously closed in 2024 before being acquired for scrap, is taking on a new challenge: building a business by automating the arduous task of bookkeeping. His new startup, Synthetic, aims to build a fully autonomous AI bookkeeper that can generate accrual-based financials without direct human involvement. Although the […]
How to turn off Instagram’s new Instant feature and undo photos you accidentally shared
Yesterday, Instagram globally released a new feature called “Instant” designed to share authentic, disappearing photos. The Meta-owned social network is touting Instant as a new format for sharing real-life moments, but many users, especially those who accidentally sent images to others without fully understanding how the feature works, are looking for ways to turn off […]
Spyware Investigator Reveals Russian Government Hackers Trying to Take Over Signal Accounts
Earlier this year, Donncha Ó Cearbhaill, a security researcher investigating spyware attacks, found himself in an unusual position. Only once did he become the target of a hacker. The message I received on my Signal account said, “Dear User, this is the Signal Security Support Chatbot. We have detected suspicious activity on your device that […]
Cisco cuts nearly 4,000 jobs as it expands investment in AI, reports ‘record quarterly revenue’
Technology giant Cisco is cutting nearly 4,000 jobs, or about 5% of its workforce, despite reporting better-than-expected profits and sales in its fiscal third quarter. The network equipment maker said it was cutting headcount in order to change its “cost structure” and invest in AI and cybersecurity. Cisco’s decision follows a recent trend in which […]