Today, Governor Inslee signed into law the Responsible Teen Communications Act (SHB 1742) which protects teenagers from felony prosecution for distribution or possession of child pornography when they make explicit messages and images of themselves (“selfies”) and share them with peers, and invests in evidence-based prevention and intervention strategies. “Washington has a responsibility to protect...Read More
The 47-year-old suspect involved in a hacking incident on August 14 who was arrested by police in Barangay Pulangbato, Cebu City, following a hot-pursuit operation. | Contributed photo CEBU CITY, Philippines — A 47-year-old man allegedly hacked his former live-in partner after she rejected his attempt to reconcile with him in Talamban, Cebu City on...Read More
During her Food and Wine demo, Stewart described how to clarify butter in some very simple terms: “You pour off the melted butter, the butterfat, and that’s your clarified butter.” Since I wasn’t familiar with the process before this experiment, I got a little more clarification with the help of this step-by-step article from Culinary...Read More
The decisions mark both a victory and a setback for President Emmanuel Macron, who had championed both policies. France’s Constitutional Council has upheld a law passed by parliament to legalise assisted dying in specific circumstances, while striking down a separate bill that sought to ban under-15s from using social media. The council, France’s highest constitutional...Read More
Reliable Technology Services co-founder and CEO Jason Denton said that geopolitics is causing asymmetric warfare, and North Texas businesses are at risk. “Some of the nations at war want to hurt the U.S., but they don’t necessarily have the kinetic, tactical weapons to make that happen,” Denton said. “So, it’s very cheap and easy …...Read More
Yuval Boger interviews Dorit Dor, co-founder of QBeat Ventures and former senior executive at Check Point. They discuss lessons quantum startups can draw from the evolution of cybersecurity, including the importance of go-to-market strategy, focus, and adherence to standards. Dorit outlines her fund’s cross-stack investment strategy, compares different quantum modalities, comments on public market dynamics,...Read More
“The Traitors” has asked the show’s fans to pull back on online harassment and bullying. In a statement posted on various social media sites over the weekend, the Peacock show acknowledged online fans negativity towards certain cast members. “We are committed to making our casts feel safe, respected, and supported — on screen and off....Read More
Agentic AI , Application Security , Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning CIOs Confront Rising Identity and Security Risks as AI Agents Gain Access to ERP Jennifer Lawinski • August 14, 2026 As AI agents gain access to ERP systems, CIOs face risks from better-equipped attackers and authorized agents that can take harmful actions....Read More
GeoServer Zero-Day Is Already Being Probed. That’s the Problem Pierluigi Paganini August 15, 2026 GeoServer faces an unpatched zero-day enabling SQL injection and potentially RCE, with attackers already probing exposed systems. A newly disclosed GeoServer zero-day is already attracting active exploitation attempts, and there is no patch available yet. Organisations running the open-source geospatial platform...Read More
[Photo: Shutterstock] Chinese AI companies are accelerating efforts to expand their influence in the cybersecurity market by promoting open-weight models. Chinese AI startup Z.ai said on Aug. 15 it unveiled GLM-5.3, an AI model specialised for cybersecurity. The company said GLM-5.3 significantly improved performance over the previous model in vulnerability detection, exploit analysis and multi-step...Read More
