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Your Stomach Is Smarter Than You Think — Here's How It Picks Your Food
A new Science study reveals that when essential amino acids run low, the gut releases CNMamide signals that steer the brain toward protein and away from sugar — a mechanism shared across fruit flies and mice.
Redesigning Safety: How Canada's New Framework Tackles Youth Online Harm
Canada's proposed Safe Social Media Act (Bill C-34) marks a fundamental policy shift, moving from individual responsibility to systemic platform accountability for protecting youth under 16 from digital risks.
No Longer the Exception: How the Ingenious 'ClickFix' Hook Became Cybercrime's New Standard
An in-depth analysis of the massive surge in 'ClickFix' clipboard-injection campaigns, tracking its graduation from a novel proof-of-concept to the dominant delivery method utilized by top-tier cybercriminals and nation-state advanced persistent threat (APT) groups.
The Book Is the Boss: A Writer of Immense Imagination
An intimate exploration of a writer’s relationship with their creations — where narrative autonomy, immersive worldbuilding, and the quiet authority of the story itself shape the creative process. Based on a rare interview revealing how this author lets their books lead the way.
Kutcher's Strategic Departure: The New VC Bet on AI Infrastructure and Energy
Ashton Kutcher is departing Sound Ventures after 11 years to launch a new, early-stage venture firm with Morgan Beller, shifting focus from later-stage AI labs to the foundational infrastructure and energy systems powering deep tech.
Uncompromising Shock Therapy: Javier Milei's High-Stakes Plan to Dismantle Argentina's State Economy
An analytical breakdown of Argentine President Javier Milei's shock economic reforms, exploring the aggressive devaluations, subsidy slashes, labor strikes, and the legislative compromises that forced state oil giant YPF off the privatization block.
Amazon Agrees to $2.25M Settlement After FTC Finds It Withheld Fraud Transaction Records from Identity Theft Victims
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has reached a settlement with Amazon requiring the company to pay $2.25 million in civil penalties after finding that Amazon blocked identity theft victims from accessing records of fraudulent transactions made in their names, violating the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
The Internal Upgrade: Recalibrating Attention and Value in the Age of Algorithmic Care
Why the next boundary of tech progress is cognitive, not technical: cultivating prosocial AI requires a shift in how we direct attention and define value.
Behind the $8.3 Billion Together AI Valuation: The Rise of Specialized Open-Source AI Neoclouds
Specialized AI neocloud Together AI has secured an $800 million Series C funding round led by Aramco Ventures, valuing the startup at $8.3 billion. We analyze their $1.15 billion booking run rate and the open-source infrastructure boom.
Paul Gigot Interviews Economist Don Luskin on AI and Federal Reserve Policy
Analysis of the Warsh pivot on Federal Reserve policy and the broader implications of AI on economic forecasting.
Microsoft 365 Password Spraying Campaign Amplifies to 81 Million Login Attempts
An aggressive password-spraying campaign targeting Microsoft 365 environments generated over 81 million login attempts in two weeks by exploiting ROPC OAuth and flawed Conditional Access policies. Huntress tracked the attack from June 12–26, finding that 78 accounts across 64 orgs were compromised due to MFA gaps in Azure policies. This article breaks down how it happened, who was vulnerable, and what security teams need to lock down their conditional access today.
NASA Inspector General: Starliner Certification Delayed to 2027 — A Decade Behind Schedule
An audit by NASA’s Office of Inspector General reveals Boeing’s Starliner crew capsule is now projected to achieve human-rating certification in 2027 — a full decade after its original 2017 target — due to unresolved technical issues, schedule overconfidence, and insufficient flight simulation data.