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AI Race and Existential Risk: Anthropic’s Initial Public Offering Filing, Pentagon Directives Put Focus on Safety Gaps

Anthropic's initial public offering filing on Nov. 3 disclosed that its advanced artificial intelligence (AI) systems could pose catastrophic or existential risks to humanity if misused, replicated, weaponized or operated

Nov 9

Federal Agencies Warn of Ongoing Cyber Threat to Industrial Freezers and Cold Storages

Federal agencies warned on Nov. 5 that hackers are targeting refrigeration systems used to store food and medicine, urging businesses to secure vulnerable controls amid attacks that could spoil supplies

Nov 9

FCC to Ban Chinese Telecom Firms From Direct Access to US Phone Numbers

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said it will vote on Nov. 19 on a proposal to bar China Mobile, China Telecom, China Unicom, and other IP-enabled service providers from

Nov 8

Republicans’ 2026 Defeat Exposes Voter Anger Over War Spending, Economic Decline – Analyst

Republicans were defeated in the 2026 U.S. midterms because ordinary Americans connected the dots between economic decline, out-of-control war spending, and oil crises driven by the U.S. war on Iran

Nov 8

Pentagon Says Over 25,000 Drone and Counter-Drone Systems Delivered to CENTCOM

The U.S. Department of War announced Wednesday that more than 25,000 drone and counter-drone systems were delivered to U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM). The deliveries were made by the Pentagon's Direct

Nov 8

Hackers exploited iOS and Android flaws to infect phones

Hackers possibly linked to the Kremlin exploited previously patched iOS and Android flaws in an attempt to hack visitors of multiple websites, including one celebrating the 250th anniversary of American

Nov 6

Fake job interviews and a $6.3 billion crypto heist: North Korea fires back as FBI points the finger

In what reads like a spy thriller scripted for the digital age, hackers the FBI has tied to North Korea turned a simple LinkedIn job interview into the largest cryptocurrency

Nov 5

Anthropic Reports $17B Q3 Revenue, $104B Nine-Month Loss in Amended IPO Filing

Artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic said in an amended Form S-1 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Monday, Nov. 2, that it generated $17 billion in third-quarter

Nov 5

The AI Tsunami: Why We Must Prepare for the Coming Job Wipeout and System Reset

In this week's episode of the Zach-Adams Effect, my co-host Zach Vorhies and I peeled back the curtain on Anthropic's explosive growth. The headline numbers are dazzling. The reality behind

Nov 5

Chainstack Reports Production Systems Breach Exposing Customer Data and Password Hashes

Blockchain infrastructure provider Chainstack on Tuesday disclosed that it was targeted in a cyber attack that allowed an unauthorized party to gain access to some parts of its infrastructure. The

Nov 4

Coming in 2027: Apple’s $1,000 home robot for FaceTime and switching on lights

Apple’s new CEO, John Ternus, is apparently pushing the tech company’s development of household robots—and the first to debut may be a home robot designed to autonomously roam around while

Nov 3

U.S. Stocks Fall Sharply as AI-Linked Shares Retreat; Investors Cite Bubble Concerns

Major U.S. stock indexes dropped in a broad selloff on Friday, with technology and artificial intelligence-related shares leading the declines, according to exchange data. The tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 fell sharply

Nov 3

AI meltdown: $2 Trillion wiped from tech stocks as investors question AI spending

October 2026 saw $2 trillion erased from Nasdaq-100 values as Big Tech earnings disappointed investors. Alphabet suffered worst single-day drop in history after search advertising slowdown and massive AI cash

Nov 3

Government Linux Servers Targeted With SysGoRAT and Suspected AI-Generated Scripts

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a cyber espionage campaign specifically targeting Linux infrastructure associated with government entities and state-affiliated infrastructure. The activity, observed by Palo Alto Networks Unit 42

Nov 3

Facial recognition cameras are branding innocent shoppers as thieves, and the tech is already in America

Imagine walking into your local discount store for vitamins, only to be escorted out as a suspected shoplifter. Your crime? An algorithm decided you looked like someone else. This isn’t

Nov 3

Hackers Steal About $2.7 Million From Polymarket Traders via Hijacked DebugBear Script

Malicious code on the website of prediction market Polymarket sold some signed-in traders' positions and moved their funds to the hackers on October 29. The code had replaced a page-speed

Nov 2

Reports Say AI Investment Bubble in China Has Burst

Financial analysts and industry reports said this week that China's artificial intelligence investment boom has cooled sharply, with the mainland's main index of AI and semiconductor stocks losing about 40%

Nov 2

Binance Says It Is Investigating Potential Security Issue as Firms Freeze Over $2.38 Billion in Stablecoins

Binance – the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange – said on Oct. 29 it was actively investigating a potential security issue, according to a statement the company posted on X [1].

Nov 2

Chinese GLM-5.3 AI Model Pulls Off Three Complex Cyberattacks

An artificial intelligence (AI) model by the Chinese startup Z.AI managed to carry out complex cyberattacks in controlled tests, according to researchers from the AI security research firm Irregular [1].

Nov 2

Tech Giants Brace For Intense Scrutiny If Democrats Win Midterms

Silicon Valley is preparing for a wave of congressional scrutiny if Democrats win control of Congress in 2027, according to a report by The Hill published on Wednesday, Oct. 28.

Oct 31

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