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An increasing number of browsers are experimenting with agentic features that will take actions on your behalf, such as booking tickets or shopping for different items. However, these agentic capabilities also come with security risks that could lead to loss of data or money. Google detailed its approach to handling user security on Chrome using observer models and consent for user action. The company previewed agentic capabilities on Chrome in September and said these features will roll out in the coming months. The company said it is using the help of a few models to keep agentic actions in check.…

Cybersecurity risk management tools in cyber security software play an imperative role in securing a company’s or individual’s cyber security and preserving their privacy. Cybersecurity means protecting a network, system, or application from cyberattacks by providing additional security measures. Cyber security tools are mainly used to prevent unauthorized access to data, cyberattacks, and identity thefts from occurring regularly. Cybersecurity risk management tools greatly enhance an organization’s ability to recognize, control, and mitigate cyber risks. Risk management and data security strategies are crucial components of any strategy related to those topics. Modern businesses and organizations rely more on connected systems to…

The early years of faculty members’ careers are a formative and exciting time in which to establish a firm footing that helps determine the trajectory of researchers’ studies. This includes building a research team, which demands innovative ideas and direction, creative collaborators, and reliable resources. For a group of MIT faculty working with and on artificial intelligence, early engagement with the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab through projects has played an important role helping to promote ambitious lines of inquiry and shaping prolific research groups.Building momentum“The MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab has been hugely important for my success, especially when I was starting…

A week of “maximum uncertainty” should deliver a key opportunity for investors, according to Evercore ISI’s Julian Emanuel. “We’re getting towards an inflection point where we would want to commit capital here,” the firm’s managing director said Monday on CNBC’s ” Fast Money .” Emanuel pinpoints next Monday, April 6, the day President Donald Trump lifts the pause on attacking Iran’s energy facilities , as a potential gamechanger for energy prices and Wall Street. “The bullish case for stocks lies solely on getting the oil price down,” said Emanuel, who sees another 30 to 45 days of prices at current…

CEO and co-founder of Anthropic Dario Amodei speak onstage during the 2025 New York Times Dealbook Summit at Jazz at Lincoln Center on December 03, 2025 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty ImagesA federal judge in San Francisco granted Anthropic’s request for a preliminary injunction in its lawsuit against the Trump administration. Judge Rita Lin issued the ruling on Thursday, two days after lawyers for the artificial intelligence startup and the U.S. government appeared in court for a hearing. Anthropic sued the administration to try to reverse its blacklisting by the Pentagon and President Donald Trump’s directive banning…

Anthropic is launching Claude Code in Slack, allowing developers to delegate coding tasks directly from chat threads. The beta feature, available Monday as a research preview, builds on Anthropic’s existing Slack integration by adding full workflow automation. The rollout signals that the next frontier in coding assistants isn’t the model; it’s the workflow.  Previously, developers could only get lightweight coding help via Claude in Slack — like writing snippets, debugging, and explanations. Now they can tag @Claude to spin up a complete coding session using Slack context like bug reports or feature requests. Claude analyzes recent messages to determine the…

DDoS attacks overwhelm targeted servers, services, or networks with massive Internet traffic floods, disrupting normal operations. HTTP DDoS incidents rose 15% quarter-over-quarter despite a 35% annual decline, signaling persistent volatility. AppTrana Cloud WAAP (WAF) thwarts DDoS and bots via built-in cleaners and AI-driven auto-mitigation—dynamically adjusting based on host, IP, URI, and geography for unwavering availability. Cloudflare reports surging unpredictable HTTP DDoS complexity recently. Leveraging botnets of compromised systems, including IoT devices, amplifies their impact. Network Security Musts: The 7-Point Checklist – Download Free – E-Book. Table of Contents How Do DDoS Attacks Occur?How Do You Protect Against DDoS Attacks?How Does Cyber…

Dual jury verdicts this week have validated longstanding concerns about the dangers of social media for young people. But the U.S. lacks federal regulation that meaningfully addresses these harms.On Wednesday, a Los Angeles jury found both Meta and YouTube liable for harms to children using their services. A day earlier in New Mexico, a jury determined that Meta knowingly harmed children’s mental health and concealed what it knew about child sexual exploitation on its platforms.Although parents and children’s advocates cheered the decisions, they argue that without federal regulation to rein in the companies, platforms like Instagram, YouTube and TikTok are…

MIT researchers have spent more than a decade studying techniques that enable robots to find and manipulate hidden objects by “seeing” through obstacles. Their methods utilize surface-penetrating wireless signals that reflect off concealed items.Now, the researchers are leveraging generative artificial intelligence models to overcome a longstanding bottleneck that limited the precision of prior approaches. The result is a new method that produces more accurate shape reconstructions, which could improve a robot’s ability to reliably grasp and manipulate objects that are blocked from view.This new technique builds a partial reconstruction of a hidden object from reflected wireless signals and fills in…

A JetBlue Airways Airbus A321 airplane departs from Los Angeles International Airport en route to New York on Oct. 17, 2025.Kevin Carter | Getty ImagesJetBlue Airways is raising bag fees at least $4 as jet fuel prices soar amid the Iran war.Airfare has climbed for routes around the world since the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran on Feb. 28. The higher fees for checked bags are the most recent sign of airlines passing steeper fuel costs down to U.S. consumers. Jet fuel is airlines’ biggest expense after labor.JetBlue now lists the price to check a first piece of luggage for…