Cybersecurity, AI, etc.
Summary A security research team called Calif has achieved the first public privilege escalation exploit on Apple’s M5 silicon, bypassing the chip’s Memory Integrity Enforcement (MIE) — a hardware-assisted memory…
Summary Microsoft has confirmed that a high-severity zero-day vulnerability in Exchange Server, tracked as CVE-2026-42897, is being actively exploited in the wild. The flaw is a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability…
Summary The UK’s most powerful financial authorities — the Bank of England, HM Treasury, and the Financial Conduct Authority — issued a joint warning on May 15, 2026, declaring that…
Summary Anthropic announced on May 14, 2026, a new “programmatic credit pool” system designed to separate agentic AI usage from standard chat subscriptions. Taking effect June 15, the change acknowledges…
Summary Google has released Chrome version 148.0.7778.167/168 across Windows, macOS, and Linux, addressing a staggering 79 security vulnerabilities — 14 of which are classified as critical. This is one of…
What Happened Apple has released iOS 26.5, iPadOS 26.5, and updates across its entire OS lineup patching over 60 security vulnerabilities. The most severe is CVE-2026-28819, a kernel-level Wi-Fi remote…
What Happened NASA announced today that its High Performance Spaceflight Computing project has begun testing a new radiation-hardened AI processor that delivers roughly 500 times the computing power of chips…
What Happened In a dramatic reversal, the Trump administration — previously “laissez-faire” on AI governance — is now quietly negotiating with China to establish an emergency communication channel for AI,…
What Happened In one of the most surreal AI safety stories of the year, researchers at New York-based Emergence AI gave AI agents 15 days to operate autonomously in a…
What Happened Google’s Threat Intelligence Group has published a stark assessment: AI-powered hacking has escalated from a nascent problem to an industrial-scale threat in just three months. The report reveals…