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A group of Democratic lawmakers sent a letter to several state governors, including Arizona, California, Colorado and Wisconsin, warning that their states are inadvertently sharing driver data with federal immigration authorities. The letter, first reported by Reuters, told governors that each state provides U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and other federal agencies with “fleet self-service access to the personal data of all residents” through a nonprofit called the National Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (Nlets), which is managed by state law enforcement agencies. Nlets facilitate the sharing of state residents’ personal data (in this case, driver’s license data) between state,…
Anthropic on Wednesday announced an ambitious new data center partnership with UK-based neocloud provider Fluidstack, committing $50 billion to build facilities across the United States to meet growing computing needs. The data centers will be located in Texas and New York and are expected to be operational throughout 2026. The company described these sites as “custom-built for Anthropic with a focus on maximizing workload efficiency.” “We are moving closer to AI that will accelerate scientific discovery and help solve complex problems in ways never before possible,” Anthropic CEO and co-founder Dario Amodei (pictured above) said in a statement. “To realize…
November 12, 2025Ravi LakshmananCybercrime/Malware Google has filed a civil lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) against China-based hackers behind a massive phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform called Lighthouse that has captivated more than 1 million users in 120 countries. PhaaS kits are used to run large-scale SMS phishing attacks that exploit trusted brands like E-ZPass and USPS, using decoys related to fake tolls and package deliveries to entice people to click on links and steal people’s financial information. Although the scam itself is very simple, the scale of the industry has allowed more than…
Airbnb is piloting a service with Instacart that lets guests order groceries directly through the Airbnb app before and during their stay, the company confirmed to TechCrunch on Wednesday. “We regularly test new product updates, categories, and initiatives to provide our community with the best experience possible,” an Airbnb spokesperson said in an email. “As part of this, we will be piloting groceries with Instacart in select markets across the U.S. starting in January, following the launch of our Airbnb service earlier this year.” The new kitchen stocking service is available to select hosts with qualifying listings in Phoenix, Orlando…
November 12, 2025Ravi LakshmananNetwork security/zero day Amazon’s threat intelligence team revealed Wednesday that it observed sophisticated threat actors exploiting two then-current zero-day security flaws in Cisco Identity Service Engine (ISE) and Citrix NetScaler ADC products as part of an attack aimed at delivering custom malware. “This discovery highlights a trend in threat actors’ focus on critical identity and network access control infrastructure, the systems that enterprises rely on to enforce security policies and manage authentication across networks,” CJ Moses, CISO at Amazon Integrated Security, said in a report shared with The Hacker News. This attack was alerted to by the…
Ancient DNA has revealed a mysterious indigenous group that lived in central Argentina for nearly 8,500 years, a new genetic study reports.This newly discovered “deep lineage” of people lived at the same time as two other indigenous lineages in central Argentina, but had little interaction with other indigenous lineages in the region, the researchers found.In the study, published Nov. 5 in the journal Nature, an international team of researchers analyzed 238 genomes from ancient skeletons of people who lived in what is now Argentina 10,000 years ago. Previous research has shown that distinct populations exist in the central Andes, Amazon,…
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is moving to simplify its rules for reporting PFAS, with the goal of striking a balance between protecting public health and reducing the burden on businesses. The agency’s new proposal under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) aims to make reporting requirements more practical, eliminate duplicate submissions, and focus on collecting the most important data on PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances), commonly known as the “forever chemicals.” With this approach, EPA hopes to continue to track the environmental and health impacts of these persistent chemicals while facilitating compliance for manufacturers and importers. Understand PFAS…
World Labs, a startup founded by AI pioneer Fei-Fei Li, launches its first commercial world model product. Marble will be available in freemium and paid levels, allowing users to transform text prompts, photos, videos, 3D layouts, or panoramas into editable and downloadable 3D environments. The launch of Generative World Models, which was first released in limited beta preview two months ago, comes a little more than a year after World Labs emerged from stealth with $230 million in funding, putting the startup ahead of its competitors in building world models. A world model is an AI system that generates an…
New research from Roche shows that 31% of eligible millennials have postponed or missed their cervical cancer screening appointment, which is 27% higher than the average for all age groups. The findings are based on a survey of 5,518 Internet users aged 16 to 64, conducted by GWI in six European countries and commissioned by Roche. Although screening services are widely available for free or heavily subsidized in many countries, certain challenges make it difficult for the millennials surveyed to access regular cervical screening. In addition to well-documented fears about the pain, embarrassment, and stigma associated with testing, the study…
Australian Intelligence Secretary Mike Burgess has warned that Chinese-backed hackers are “probing” and in some cases gaining access to the country’s critical infrastructure. Mr Burgess, head of the country’s main intelligence agency, the Australian Security Intelligence Agency, said at least two Chinese government-backed hacker groups were preparing sabotage and espionage operations. The comments, made in a speech at a conference in Melbourne on Wednesday, echoed similar remarks from the US government, which warned that ongoing hacking operations could pose a risk of economic and social disruption. Burgess said a group of hackers known as Bolt Typhoon is trying to break…