WASHINGTON (TNND) — In a last-minute legislative push before their August recess, on Wednesday, a group of senators advanced the Kids Online Safety Act, a bill intended to mark the beginning of the end of what’s been a dangerous – and sometimes deadly – digital environment for children. In a last-minute legislative push before their...Read More
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Most people who think they have a cloud backup actually have cloud sync. Dropbox, Google Drive and OneDrive copy files up as they change, which means a ransomware attack or an accidental mass-delete gets copied to the cloud just as fast as a new holiday photo does. Sophos found that 51% of US organisations surveyed...Read More
OpenAI executives spoke out for the first time on Wednesday about how its AI models hacked Hugging Face last month, sharing chilling details about how the agents worked together for months prior to the attack. On stage at the Black Hat cybersecurity conference in Las Vegas, OpenAI alignment and safety researcher Eric Wallace along with...Read More
Mexican companies will direct US$776 million to AI software and services and US$1.48 billion to cybersecurity in 2026, as IDC and Select data show technology budgets shifting from hardware toward cloud-based, automation-driven models. However, the country faces a shortage of 77,000 cybersecurity specialists, low security automation, and persistent connectivity gaps, limiting how effectively financial services,...Read More
Updated Aug. 7, 2026, 5:19 p.m. ET After Michigan officials reported a “coordinated cyberattack” earlier this month, OpenAI, the creator of the artificial intelligence product ChatGPT, is offering the state its services, including access to its tools to strengthen cybersecurity across state agencies. Laura Wotruba, a spokesperson at the Michigan Department of Technology, Management &...Read More
Meta has been ordered to pay $567 million and make sweeping changes to Facebook and Instagram after a New Mexico court found that the company’s platforms harmed young people and required stronger protections for minors. The award comes on top of a $375 million civil penalty imposed by a jury in March, bringing Meta’s financial...Read More
