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Code-execution flaw in UEFI firmware threatens most servers on planet Earth

DAN GOODIN

Critical flaw in EDK2 allows attackers to execute code early in the boot process.

Discord is making its public communities more searchable, and people have concerns

LAUREN FORRISTAL

In December, messages from Discord's public discoverable servers will begin appearing in search engine results.

Who’s really in charge at Anthropic after the IPO?

TIM FERNHOLZ

Here's a clear explanation of Anthropic's incredibly complex governance structure.

Bank of America kindly asks that you don’t share your banking password with your AI assistant

ZACK WHITTAKER

The banking giant reminds customers that "you're responsible for activity" resulting from your AI agents' access.

GM is embracing hybrids now

KIRSTEN KOROSEC

GM eschewed hybrids in favor of battery-electric vehicles. Now, it's gearing up to offer hybrid versions of its SUVs.

From 8VC to Benchmark, here’s what’s hiding in October SEC filings

DOMINIC-MADORI DAVIS

A whole crop of venture capital firms are raising significant new funds.

Guidewire buys Hyperexponential for $1.7B in cash

DOMINIC-MADORI DAVIS

Software company Guidewire announced Tuesday that it was buying UK agentic underwriting startup Hyperexponential for $1.7 billion in cash.

"No human at the helm": Delaware plan would let AI agents run entire businesses

JON BRODKIN

Owners of AI-run firms would evade liability for "reckless" AI, US Rep. Comer says.

China's top-secret spaceplane can't hide in low-Earth orbit

STEPHEN CLARK

The DIA's threat assessment suggests China may soon place directed energy weapons in space.

Anthropic IPO warns its AI could blackmail people, become sentient, end humanity

KYLE ORLAND

Seven potential AI nightmares pulled from Anthropic's 93-page "Risk Factor" tome.

Apple refreshes the iMac, entry-level MacBook Pro with the M6 chip

SAMUEL AXON

Additionally, the N1 chip brings Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6.

South Carolina's measles outbreak jumped to Washington state 5 times in 2 weeks

BETH MOLE

International travel used to be the main risk of measles cases in the US—not anymore.

The data center boom has an upside: innovation for the US grid

LUCAS ROPEK

As the AI boom stresses the existing power grid, all sort of new opportunities for grid modernization are also emerging as a result, industry insiders say.

Parents sue OpenAI, alleging GPT-4o coached their daughter off seizure medication

ADITYA MEHTA

A family is suing OpenAI, saying ChatGPT coached their daughter to quietly taper off her seizure medication and keep it from her doctors before she died in February.

VCs will make billions on Anthropic’s IPO, but Amazon is set to make much (much) more

MARINA TEMKIN

Massive note conversions reveal the true extent of Amazon's ownership in Anthropic.