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Palantir CEO Alex Karp Calls AI Frontiers 'Marxist' After $1.1B Quarter
Palantir's Q2 2026 delivered $1.9B in revenue and $1.1B in profit. CEO Alex Karp used Marxist terminology to criticize AI frontier labs in a shareholder letter, arguing they seek to capture enterprise intellectual property.
OpenAI's First-Ever Influencer Retreat Stirs Backlash Over AI's Growing Pains
TechCrunch report on the controversy surrounding OpenAI's first influencer brand trip "Summer Club" held at a luxury New York resort, where creators faced intense social media criticism for attending while AI data centers face growing environmental scrutiny.
CaptiveCrunch: How Russian APT29 (Midnight Blizzard) Uses AI-Developed Malware to Target Hotel Wi-Fi and Steal Microsoft 365 Accounts
Microsoft links the CaptiveCrunch campaign to Russian threat actor Midnight Blizzard (APT29/Storm-2945). The campaign uses AI-developed malware families—CornFlake and ChocoShell—to compromise hospitality Wi-Fi networks and steal Microsoft 365 credentials through DNS manipulation and ClickFix delivery.
REM Sleep Reprioritizes Sensory Processing: External Sounds Yield to Internal Cardiac Signals
Neuroscience research demonstrates that during REM sleep, the brain selectively suppresses external auditory processing while amplifying internal heartbeat-evoked neural signals, creating a physiological marker for consciousness assessment.
N-able Warns: Attackers Exploiting N-central Auth Bypass in Active Campaigns
N-able warns of active exploitation in N-central authentication bypass (CVE-2026-18577). Emergency hotfix released to defend against AI cybersecurity threats.
Purified THC/CBD Medical Oil Reduces Agitation in Late-Stage Dementia: LiBBY Trial Results
Phase 2 LiBBY trial results: purified THC/CBD medical oil suspension reduced agitation by 6.27 points on CMAI within 2 weeks, with 87.2% behavioral improvement at 12 weeks in hospice-eligible dementia patients. Safety profile matched placebo.
Cybersecurity 2026: The Year Attacks Went Mainstream — From Social Security Databases to Water Systems, Every Sector Got Hit
In 2026, cybersecurity moved from background concern to front-and-center crisis. This article examines the major breaches and cyberattacks that defined the year, including the largest potential data breach in U.S. history (DOGE's Social Security database exposure), attacks on critical infrastructure (European energy grids and water systems), ransomware campaigns (ShinyHunters affecting 30M+ students), supply chain compromises (open source tools used by OpenAI, Vercel), government breaches (FBI s
Sitting Upright Boosts Strategic Risk-Taking and Pride: What Space.com's NASA Feature Gets Right About Posture Research
Research from McGill University demonstrates that implicitly induced upright posture improves strategic risk-taking performance and elevates feelings of pride. Study used environmental constraints (desk height, tablet positioning) to manipulate posture without participant awareness. Participants in upright posture group took greater calculated risks on virtual balloon inflation task and reported higher pride levels. Published in British Journal of Psychology.
AI Code Sprawl: How Security Leaders are Taming 'Vibe Coding' Risks
As AI enables faster, more accessible code creation, security leaders face a new visibility crisis. We explore how CISOs at Datadog, Jamf, and ASOS are pivoting from gatekeepers to enablers to manage the ungoverned spread of 'vibe coding'.
Noninvasive BCI Achieves Invasive-Level Precision Through Human-AI Joint Learning
A breakthrough framework from Carnegie Mellon aligns neuroplasticity with adaptive AI to enable untrained users to control BCIs with 86% accuracy—without surgery.
When the Pain of Loss Softens, It Can Feel Like Losing a Loved One Again: A Psychologist Describes This "Second Loss" and How to Navigate It
Clinical psychology explains the "second loss"—the confusing grief that returns when pain softens and memories shift. Understanding how continuing bonds and meaning reconstruction help us rebuild relationships beyond mourning.
SK Hynix's $28B U.S. IPO Powers the AI Memory Boom — and Sparks a Geopolitical Battle
SK Hynix is raising $28 billion in a U.S. IPO backed by 200% revenue growth and AI-driven memory demand, but its capital will fund Korean fabs, not U.S. ones — igniting a clash between market forces and national security policy.