In a quiet administrative move, the Treasury Department has delisted three executives tied to the controversial Intellexa spyware consortium. The action reverses part of the sanctions imposed by the Biden administration in March 2024.
In a stunning betrayal of their profession, two cybersecurity experts have admitted to being ransomware attackers. They used the notorious ALPHV BlackCat ransomware to target companies, including a medical device firm that paid a $1.2 million ransom.
New analysis from a California high school senior predicts a massive shakeup in the youth job market. The entry-level positions that dominate teen employment are precisely the ones most vulnerable to automation.
A comprehensive European study confirms open-access articles get more citations and help citizen scientists learn. But it found surprisingly little strong evidence that open science directly creates broad economic or societal benefits, highlighting a major measurement gap.
AI is fundamentally changing accounting by automating repetitive tasks. This shift lets accountants focus on analysis and strategy, leading to measurable gains in speed and report quality.
OpenAI is creating a new executive role, the Head of Preparedness, to predict and mitigate worst-case AI risks. The job pays roughly $555,000 annually plus equity and will focus on threats from cybersecurity to biosecurity. CEO Sam Altman admits the role will be “stressful.”
The Department of Energy is pushing a “nuclear renaissance” to meet surging power demand from data centers. Its ambitious Reactor Pilot Program has set a deadline of July 4, 2026, for at least three of eleven companies to achieve a stable, self-sustaining fission reaction. Companies like Valar Atomi
CES 2026 is set to showcase a new generation of laptops powered by Intel’s Panther Lake, AMD’s Gorgon Point, and Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X2 chips. These processors promise significant gains in performance and AI capabilities. However, a sharp increase in memory prices could force OEMs to raise laptop
The initial rush to deploy generative AI is giving way to a harsh financial reality. Organizations are realizing that scaling AI brings massive, unpredictable compute costs that can blow budgets wide open.
Andrej Karpathy, a founding member of OpenAI and former Tesla AI head, says the AI coding revolution has left him feeling behind. He describes new tools as a “powerful alien” weapon that everyone is trying to figure out how to use.
