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Alia Ballout is bringing centuries-old family traditions to Singapore through Beît Ballout When Alia Ballout registered a company in Jan 2023, she didn’t know what it would sell. But a year later, she launched what she describes as Singapore’s first traditional olive oil brand—sourcing produce from her family’s grove in southern Lebanon, air-freighting it to Singapore, and bottling it locally by hand. Today, the 28-year-old runs Beît Ballout alone. Her family, split between Oman, Singapore, and London, pitches in especially during Lebanon’s October harvest. We spoke with Alia to learn more about building a traditional olive oil business, and the…

Anthropic won a preliminary injunction barring the US Department of Defense from labeling it a supply-chain risk, potentially clearing the way for customers to resume working with the company. The ruling on Thursday by Rita Lin, a federal district judge in San Francisco, is a symbolic setback for the Pentagon and a significant boost for the generative AI company as it tries to preserve its business and reputation.“Defendants’ designation of Anthropic as a ‘supply chain risk’ is likely both contrary to law and arbitrary and capricious,” Lin wrote in justifying the temporary relief. “The Department of War provides no legitimate…

Growing up in Mexico and Texas, Mariano Salcedo ’25 couldn’t readily indulge his passion for creating music. “There are no bands in Mexican public schools,” he says. While some families could pay for instruments and lessons, others, like Salcedo’s, were less fortunate.“I’ve always loved music,” he continues. “I was a listener.” Salcedo, the Alex Rigopulos (1992) Fellow in Music Technology and Computation, earned an BS in Artificial Intelligence and Decision Making from MIT, where he explored signal processing in machine learning and how a classical understanding of signals can inform how we understand AI. Now he’s one of five master’s students in…

The view of Lake Washington and eastbound I-90 traffic out the window of Sound Transit’s Crosslake Connection Link light rail line as it heads west toward Seattle on Thursday. (GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser) As the train approached the bridge Thursday morning, it was hard to imagine what it would feel like to travel on a rail line over Lake Washington. Would a floating-bridge train feel less stable than one traveling on solid ground? Would the train shift and sway more than normal? Would the cars driving alongside look like a more inviting option? The answer to all of that,…

Key Takeaways Network-based detection helps security teams observe suspicious behavior even when exploit signatures do not exist. Zero-day attacks often reveal themselves through reconnaissance, abnormal traffic patterns, and post-exploitation communication. Network visibility helps detect attacker movement across systems during early stages of an attack. Combining network monitoring with behavioral detection improves response to unknown threats. Zero-day exploits rarely announce themselves.There is no public advisory yet. No CVE identifier. No detection signature sitting inside a rule library. The vulnerability exists quietly until someone discovers it and unfortunately attackers often discover it first.Once that happens, the exploit becomes a test of visibility.…

The rise of agentic AI is forcing enterprises to rethink data infrastructure from the ground up. Instead of maintaining separate systems for observability, search and AI applications, organizations are now consolidating onto unified AI data infrastructure layers that can handle the speed and complexity of autonomous workflows. That consolidation trend is accelerating around open-source platforms designed for AI-native workloads. OpenSearch — an open-source search and analytics suite — has crossed more than 1.4 billion downloads and recently gained premier members such as IBM Corp., signaling a shift toward enterprise-grade production, according to Bianca Lewis (pictured), executive director of the OpenSearch Software…

A new analysis of endpoint detection and response (EDR) killers has revealed that 54 of them leverage a technique known as bring your own vulnerable driver (BYOVD) by abusing a total of 35 vulnerable drivers. EDR killer programs have been a common presence in ransomware intrusions as they offer a way for affiliates to neutralize security software before deploying file-encrypting malware. This is done so in an attempt to evade detection. “Ransomware gangs, especially those with ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) programs, frequently produce new builds of their encryptors, and ensuring that each new build is reliably undetected can be time-consuming,” ESET researcher…

The Supreme Court tossed out a billion-dollar verdict against an internet service provider (ISP) on Wednesday, in a closely watched case that could have severely damaged many Americans’ access to the internet if it had gone the other way.Wednesday’s decision in Cox Communications v. Sony Music Entertainment is part of a broader pattern. It is one of a handful of recent Supreme Court cases that threatened to break the internet — or, at least, to fundamentally harm its ability to function as it has for decades. In each case, the justices took a cautious and libertarian approach. And they’ve often…

Quantum computing is getting loud in 2026. Big companies are placing architectural bets, not press releases. But beneath the excitement is a technology that is simultaneously the most powerful thing ever built and too fragile to sneeze near. Here is what it actually means for businesses and cybersecurity, without the sugar coating. Every few years, a technology gets the spotlight treatment. The coverage intensifies. LinkedIn posts multiply. And then, quietly, it retreats into a lab somewhere, waiting for the engineering to catch up to the ambition. Quantum computing has been through that cycle more than once. So when the buzz…

The sheer number of phone plans today makes it challenging to find a truly affordable one that does not compromise on speed. That’s where Metro by T-Mobile steps in with the new limited-time offer, which is simple, transparent, and, not to forget, is completely budget-friendly. Currently active through June 30th, 2026, the unlimited 5G deal is built around a “Bring Your Own Device” (BYOD) idea. This allows the users to access this plan easily on their existing compatible smartphones instead of purchasing a new one. Metro by T-Mobile’s goal through this offer is to deliver maximum value for money without…