(TNND) — California’s Legislature passed a bill Monday to keep kids under 16 off social media platforms with so-called addictive features. The bill targets features that have become part and parcel of social media apps: algorithms, infinite scroll, autoplay and notifications. Assemblyman Josh Lowenthal, a Long Beach Democrat and the lead author of the bill, […]
The block in Hollis, Queens, where Anita Hack and her family moved in 1992 is on the frontline of New York City’s losing battle against disastrous floods. Five years ago, two tenants drowned in a basement apartment across the street from Hack’s home when Hurricane Ida deluged the neighborhood. In May, Mayor Zohran Mamdani visited […]
Industry groups were concerned the law would lapse again amid hacks into water systems and recent advancements in AI. Justin Doubleday@jdoubledayWFED September 1, 2026 6:16 pm 2 min read Congress is kicking the can down the road again on a long term debate over reauthorizing the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015. The continuing resolution […]
The Berlin government is facing a cybersecurity crisis following the attack on its administrative network in August. The ransomware group Rhysida, which is attributed with the attack, claims to have stolen a large amount of details belonging to public bodies in the German capital and is now threatening to sell this data if the authorities […]
Australia’s world-leading efforts to keep youth off social media are a closely watched experiment that more than two dozen countries are now trying to imitate. But the early data suggests it is not going very well. More than 81 per cent of under-16s still used at least one restricted platform after the ban took effect in December 2025. Usage […]
CrowdStrike has created the Cyber Superintelligence Lab and launched its SafeMind security models, which it describes as the first frontier AI research organisation built for cyber defence and AI safety. The move brings together CrowdStrike’s AI researchers, offensive operators and incident responders in a single unit led by Dr. Bartley Richardson, Chief AI and Autonomous […]
Summary On August 28, 2026, the notorious Akira ransomware group declared responsibility for a significant cyberattack against JRT Mechanical (jrtmechanical.com), a prominent mechanical contractor based in the USA. Akira claims to have exfiltrated 46GB of sensitive corporate data, posing a severe threat to the company’s operations and client trust. Incident Report Field Details Target JRT […]
This story originally appeared in The Center Square. Federal law enforcement has seized core infrastructure reportedly used by a Chinese state-sponsored cyber platform to target high-profile U.S. government entities and critical infrastructure in a campaign dating back to 2018. Authorities said the hacking targets varied from NASA to the Federal Reserve. The U.S. Department of […]
AI’s rise is putting neocloud cybersecurity in focus. Ilya Sutskever warns neoclouds could become prime targets if rogue AI agents can autonomously replicate and hijack compute infrastructure. Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora offered help. AI cloud growth remains explosive, with CoreWeave, Nebius and IREN posting sharp revenue gains as retail traders show a preference […]
Seattle – When I joined Facebook in 2009, I believed in the mission that founder Mark Zuckerberg espoused: to connect and empower people around the world. We all know how that turned out. Meta, now the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, is focused on generating as much engagement as possible, which has led […]
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