We intercepted the White House app’s traffic. 77% of requests go to 3rd parties
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Mercor says it was hit by cyberattack tied to compromise of open-source LiteLLM project
The AI recruiting startup confirmed a security incident after an extortion hacking crew took credit for stealing data from the company’s systems.
How AI has suddenly become much more useful to open-source developers
More open-source developers are finding that, when used properly, AI can actually help current and long-neglected programs. However, legal and quality issues loom.
NASA is leading the way to the Moon, but the military won’t be far behind
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Florida—The US military has always been part of NASA’s human spaceflight program. The first astronauts were nearly all military pilots, and two of the four crew members set to fly around the Moon on NASA’s Artemis II…
Robotaxi Outage in China Leaves Passengers Stranded on Highways
A suspected system failure froze Baidu’s robotaxis across Wuhan, trapping passengers and reportedly causing traffic disruptions and crashes.
U.S. exempts oil industry from protecting Gulf animals, for ‘national security’
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Neanderthals survived on a knife’s edge for 350k years
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Toyota’s Woven Capital appoints new CIO and COO in push for finding the ‘future of mobility’
Woven Capital is the growth-stage venture capital arm of Toyota, focused on backing founders building in space, cybersecurity, and autonomous driving.
Apple Will Push Out Rare ‘Backported’ Patches to Protect iOS 18 Users From DarkSword Hacking Tool
As a DarkSword takeover technique spreads, Apple tells WIRED it will release fixes for millions of iPhone owners who remain on iOS 18 rather than force them to update to iOS 26 simply to be protected.
Anthropic is having a month
A human really borks things at Anthropic for the second time this week.