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Ravie LakshmananAug 28, 2026Vulnerability / Web Security Malicious actors are exploiting a newly patched security flaw in PaperCut NG and MF to execute arbitrary code on susceptible instances, as the company released a fresh emergency fix with additional hardening. “This vulnerability gives an unauthenticated attacker remote control over PaperCut’s trusted configuration, which could be used to execute arbitrary Java code inside the application’s process,” Huntress researchers John Hammond and Andrew Brandt said. Specifically, an attacker can leverage an unauthenticated request to make changes to the server configuration and ultimately achieve code execution. Huntress has explained the flaw as follows -…
Meta’s smart glasses have already started facing restrictions in pubs, restaurants, theaters, and courtrooms across the UK. Now, one of New York City’s better-known nightclubs is bringing the same privacy fight to the US. Basement has announced that smart glasses are not allowed inside the venue because of its existing no-photo and no-video policy (via Futurism). Anyone who brings them in, whether they are wearing the glasses or simply carrying them in a bag, will be asked to leave and could even be permanently banned. People generally do not like being filmed by strangers. Being recorded without realizing it is…
A cyberattack on three of the U.K.’s busiest airports has exposed personal information belonging to about 8.7 million customers, turning routine airport Wi-Fi and booking records into a security concern. Manchester Airport, London Stansted and East Midlands Airport were targeted in an attack on Manchester Airports Group (MAG), which operates all three facilities. The compromised information included email addresses, phone numbers, vehicle registration numbers and postcodes. Most of the affected data appears to be email addresses collected when passengers signed up for airport Wi-Fi, according to the BBC. Other information came from customers using services such as airport parking, lounges…
Scammers have always tried to trick us into handing over our hard-earned money and personal information. But generative AI is making it even easier for them. Now, with the click of a button, they can create pretty decent content that looks and sounds just like us. This is called AI impersonation, and it’s a growing problem. Celebrities, public figures and politicians are all high-profile deepfake targets. As we approach what is likely to be consequential and controversial midterm elections in November, we need to prepare now. AI-generated or synthetic media is the new norm, thanks to tech companies like OpenAI,…
Deals on TentsCourtesy of REIThe REI Half Dome 2 is the best budget two-person backpacking tent. I’ve toted it on many backpacking trips and found it plenty sturdy, quick to set up, and capable of fitting two people along with their gear. It even comes with a footprint (which I never bother with, but it’s nice to have it if you have to deal with pointy rocks).The Big Agnes Copper Spur series is our top pick among freestanding ultralight tents. This is the bike-packing model, which features shorter pole segments that are easier to haul on a bike, but I…
Shares of the enterprise search software company Elastic N.V. soared more than 19% in extended trading today after the company delivered fiscal first-quarter results that easily beat Wall Street’s targets. The company reported earnings before certain costs such as stock compensation of 70 cents per share, breezing past the analyst consensus estimate of 58 cents. Revenue for the quarter rose 15% from a year earlier, to $478 million, topping the Street’s $470 million forecast. It was a strong showing by Elastic, and it helped the company to improve its bottom line. Although it still posted a net loss of $16.7…
The 2026 World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing have become a striking demonstration of both the progress and limitations of physical AI. The five-day competition brings together 2,056 robots from 666 teams representing 16 countries for 51 events at the National Speed Skating Oval. Alongside athletic competitions, the Games test robots in table tennis, weightlifting, football, precision manipulation, and scenario-based tasks designed around real-world environments. The event has produced spectacular athletic results. Tiangong Ultra, developed by the Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center, set a new 100-meter record of 8.86 seconds, surpassing both its earlier 9.39-second mark and Usain Bolt’s 9.58-second…
AI productivity tools save sellers 5 hours a week. 72% of sales orgs waste all of it. That’s the real productivity problem nobody’s fixing. Here’s a number worth sitting with. Gartner’s 2026 research found AI productivity tools save sellers nearly five hours every week. The same research found that 72% of sales organizations fail to reinvest that time into high-value selling activities. Five hours a week. Gone. Not into pipeline. Not into better conversations. Not into deals that needed attention. Into the same low-quality busywork the tools were supposed to eliminate. That’s not a tool problem. That’s an execution problem…
From left, Marc Cummings, Life Science Washington; Snehal Patel, Sana Biotechnology; Joe Horsman, Madrona Venture Group; Rebecca Bryant, Fred Hutch Cancer Center; and Alex Zanghellini, Arzeda, at a Seattle forum hosted by the National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology on Tuesday. (GeekWire Photo / Sydney Jackson) Arzeda designs enzymes for products ranging from laundry detergent to stevia. But when it comes time to manufacture at commercial scale, the Seattle-based startup often has to look overseas. That’s why, when a federal biotechnology commission visited Seattle on Tuesday, the industry came forward with a problem: They have the science, but lack the…
OpenAI on Wednesday revealed that reward hacking was a key driver behind the artificial intelligence (AI)-powered hack of Hugging Face last month, adding that it found evidence of misaligned behavior as early as late May. The incident, the company said, took place during cybersecurity evaluations of several OpenAI models, and that it was mainly fueled by what it described as a “highly capable, internal-only research model” comparable in scale to GPT‑5.6 Sol. “The models, operating under reduced safeguards, took actions that were misaligned with the goals of their assigned tasks – they communicated through unauthorized channels, exploited vulnerabilities in shared…