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Ravie LakshmananAug 29, 2026Vulnerability / Web Security Multiple critical security flaws have been disclosed in WordPress plugins and themes, including WPMU DEV Dashboard, Avada, TranslatePress, Pods, and GiveWP, that could lead to authentication bypass, account takeover, and arbitrary code execution. The vulnerabilities, according to Wordfence and Patchstack, are listed below – CVE-2026-76581 (CVSS score: 9.8) – An authentication bypass flaw in the WPMU DEV Dashboard plugin that could allow an unauthenticated attacker, on sites connected to WPMU DEV with Hub Single-Sign On (SSO) enabled and mapped to an administrator, to obtain administrator access and achieve site takeover. (Affects all versions…
If you’re in the US and open Google Maps to go looking for Lake Ontario, something is going to look a little off. It’s now called Lake America. Google began rolling out the change after the US Geographic Names Information System formally changed the lake’s name following an executive order from President Donald Trump. Google says its longstanding policy is to reflect geographic names from official government sources. The result is a map that changes depending on where you happen to be looking at it. US Google Maps users see Lake America. Canadians still see Lake Ontario. Everyone outside those…
This week, artificial intelligence moved deeper into enterprise software, custom silicon, media creation, autonomous vehicles, and workplace planning. At the same time, failed automation experiments, infrastructure opposition, surveillance concerns, cyberattacks, and rising hardware costs illustrated the growing tension between rapid adoption and real-world consequences. Top news AI economics and the future of work Bill Gates is backing taxes on AI tokens and robots as a way to finance worker retraining. He also argues that empathy-dependent roles, including caregiving, should be reserved for humans. Critics counter that such taxes could suppress productivity or encourage companies to move AI development overseas. Enterprise…
As RAM prices surge and RAMageddon headlines multiply, Google posted new requirements for Android app developers earlier this week. Starting in 2027, apps distributed via Google Play must work within strict memory thresholds to “help protect the overall user experience from applications using excess memory and causing system-wide slowdowns.” The idea is to prevent a single misbehaving app from glitching the device, hogging RAM and degrading your entire smartphone experience. Not surprisingly, Google explicitly cited the supply shortage in memory — now a scarce, expensive resource amid booming AI demand — as one of the motivations behind the new rules. …
Lake Ontario is no more on Google Maps in the US. Google changed the name of the easternmost of the Great Lakes to “Lake America” late Saturday, days after President Donald Trump ordered its rebranding in official government databases.Trump issued the executive order on Thursday as part of an ongoing feud over tariffs with Canada, whose province of Ontario borders the lake. It followed a similar order he issued in January 2025 to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America as part of a fight with the US trading partner to the south.Google, Apple, Microsoft, and other…
For most AI startups, infrastructure isn’t the first problem to solve; speed is. At the earliest stages, success is defined by how quickly a team can move from idea to product, from prototype to traction. The constraints are immediate and unforgiving: limited runway, small teams, and the constant pressure to prove value before the next funding milestone. Startups don’t win at the earliest stage by minimizing cost per token or optimizing silicon performance. They win by compressing the cycle from idea to shipped product to customer learning – often in days or weeks, not quarters – and by repeating that…
Key executives from Anthropic, OpenAI, AWS, and Okta will tackle agentic security, ROI, and more live at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. Enterprise tech leaders want raw deployment facts, true infrastructure costs, and clear security playbooks. Something more than generic AI hype. Anthropic and OpenAI just agreed to deliver those answers live at San Francisco’s TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 this October. Senior executives will skip routine product pitches to share battle-tested enterprise lessons: Anthropic’s Cat de Jong will break down what actually works and what fails- when companies integrate Claude models into complex workflows. OpenAI’s Tara Seshan will detail how autonomous agents alter…
Bill Gates, shown here in April 2025, released a memo this week warning that the world isn’t ready for AI. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) This week on the GeekWire Podcast: Bill Gates published a new essay warning that the AI industry is crossing the safety lines it set for itself, and that nobody is preparing for what’s coming. At age 70, he also uses AI more than most people half his age, and he finds it enthralling, as you’ll hear on this week’s show, with highlights from our interview with him. Along the way, we dig into his three…
Ravie LakshmananAug 30, 2026Social Engineering / Malware Microsoft has disclosed details of a new ClickFix variant, dubbed TerminalFix, that aims to trick users into running a malicious command in Windows Terminal or PowerShell. “While traditional ClickFix campaigns direct victims to the Windows Run dialog, TerminalFix campaigns apply the same technique but direct users to Windows Terminal or PowerShell instead, increasing the likelihood that complex, multi-line scripts execute successfully,” Microsoft security researchers Sagar Patil, Suriyaraj Natarajan, and Parasharan Raghavan said in an analysis published this week. The campaign, targeting organizations across multiple sectors, leverages compromised websites as a starting point to…
Apart from the new chipset, the camera upgrades, and Gemini Intelligence, the Pixel 11 Pro shipped with something that turned a lot of heads, in enthusiasm no less: the RGB light module on the back called HiLight. Before Google announced the feature, I was actually excited about it, thinking about all the potential use cases; the light could have been a subtle notification queue for users, one that doesn’t compel them to unlock the phone right away. However, Google tied the hardware to two use cases: Gemini interactions and calls from favorite contacts. Shikhar Mehrotra / Digital Trends That is exactly…