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Microsoft Patches 398 Flaws Including a Windows Driver Zero-Day Under Active Attack
Microsoft released its monthly security updates on Tuesday, and one of the flaws it closed is already being used in attacks.The bug sits in a core Windows kernel driver that handles network socket operations. An attacker with code already running on a machine can use it to escalate to SYSTEM. That patch goes out first.
The flaw is tracked as CVE-2026-68820 (CVSS score: 7.0) and is the only
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Colombia’s New President Faces His First Major Test
President Abelardo de la Espriella took office mere days before a major earthquake struck the country. -
Marines must update religious affiliation as service slashes list to 30 options
The Pentagon released an updated list of religious affiliations, cutting the options for service members’ self-identification from more than 200 to 30. -
Boeing unveils cheap radar seeker built from off-the-shelf parts
Seekers are among the most expensive parts of a guided weapon, and Boeing’s argument is that their cost is what limits how many the military can buy. -
500 soldiers in Hawaii don’t have a dining hall. The Army got them a food truck.
Army officials said meal options at Fort Shafter, Hawaii, amount to a “food desert.”
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The White House’s Secret AI Testing Framework Threatens Trust and Innovation
AI GOVERNANCEEnable IntenseDebate Comments:Enable IntenseDebate CommentsOn August 4, Axios reported that the highly anticipated update of the White House framework for voluntary testing of frontier AI models will not be released to the public. In other words, and as others have put it, the White House is essentially putting the AI testing regime in a black box.
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Who Pays for America’s Research and Development?
When the Soviet Union launched Sputnik in 1957, the U.S. government was the unrivaled patron of American science. It funded nearly two-thirds of the nation’s research and development — much of it for defense — defining the early Cold War. In a phenomenon that’s been widely explored in our Arsenal of Innovation series, for several decades federal dollars pushed the technological frontier, and the private sector followed.Today, that arrangement has been inverted. Industry now funds roughly three-quarters of U.S. research and development, while Washington’s share is less than a fifth. Because the cutting edge increasingly emerges from commercial labs, the
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A Digital Fast For The Whole Family: Unplugging To Reconnect
I used to think screens were simply tools. A phone helped me check the weather. A tablet kept the children occupied. The television helped everyone relax. Online banking, maps, messages, videos, and shopping made daily life easier. Then I started noticing how often we reached for a screen without making a decision. A quiet moment […] -
Canadian Man Pleads Guilty in Snowflake Extortions
A 26-year-old Canadian man once described as one of the most consequential cybercrime threat actors of 2024 has pleaded guilty to computer fraud and conspiracy to hack and extort more than 165 organizations that used the cloud data storage provider Snowflake. Connor Riley Moucka, of Kitchener, Ontario, also admitted to stealing call and text history records of more than 100 million AT&T customers.