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* Report claims an incredible 80% of AI tools are running in organizations without IT oversight * Browser agents and integration tools are escaping the attention of security and IT engineers * Reco’s State of Agent Security 2026 report also tracked 637 vulnerabilities across agents and LLMs Unmonitored deployment of AI tools
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Bernie Sanders wants Washington to draw a hard legal line around the most powerful forms of artificial intelligence. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep. Greg Casar, D-Texas, are preparing to introduce the Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act, which would permanently prohibit the development and deployment of superintelligent AI while temporarily pausing
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Six years after its debut, Microsoft is shutting down Similarity Checker while changing the default access for Text Prediction. Image: Generated by ChatGPT Microsoft is retiring Word’s Similarity Checker and making Text Predictions opt-in. Learn who is affected and what users should do before October 3. Sep 7, 2026
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According to Kaspersky’s latest research*, Gen Z is the most active generation of AI users in Asia Pacific (APAC). Half use AI every day or almost every day, while one in three already interact with it as they would with a friend. For many Zoomers, AI has already become
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The number that matters in Monday’s Jaguar Land Rover announcement is not 4,000. It is 300,000. That is the annual sales volume at which the company now intends to break even. Its brands have historically sold well over 400,000 vehicles a year. Just Auto made that
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* Wordfence discloses two critical flaws in Elementor Pro and Super Forms * Bugs allow unauthenticated arbitrary file uploads, enabling remote code execution; both patched recently * Exploitation attempts already exceed 440,000 More than six million WordPress users are at risk of website takeover, researchers have claimed after discovering two major vulnerabilities
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Why fragmented IT is quietly eroding portfolio value, and what unified operating model change Private equity has gotten very good at underwriting value creation on paper, synergy models, EBITDA bridges, 100-day plans, and add-on roadmaps. Technology, however, is where a surprising amount of that modeled value quietly leaks back out,
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* G7 urges governments and organizations to begin transitioning to quantum‑resistant encryption * Warning highlights risk from future quantum computers able to break current standards like AES * Guidance: inventory cryptographic assets, prioritize critical systems, and adopt phased PQC strategies The G7, a collection of some of the world’s most powerful
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* US military branches disable ad tracking on government‑issued devices after warning * Location data from personal devices still poses risks; past data remains for sale * Senators urge DoD inspector general to review policies and stop servicemember data exposure More than 20 years ago, Jason Bourne was smashing mobile phones to
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* OpenAI hid an incident where a model hijacked a wiki page to use as an AI agent communication board * The incident was hidden while the company dealt with the fallout of the Hugging Face attack * The company is now working on a framework for disclosing incidents of 'misalignment'
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Nothing says ‘For internal use only’ quite like emailing it to the press Nightwing CEO Bob Coleman wanted to thank his employees for their hard work over the Labor Day weekend. Unfortunately, he also thanked The Register. The cybersecurity and intelligence contractor, which prides itself on “secure communications,” appears to
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Ask a CISO why they bought their newest cybersecurity tool, and they’ll have a clear answer lined up. It stops a specific technique, closes a particular gap, or satisfies a compliance requirement. However, it's often less clear how the tool fits in with the rest of the
