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Boston Therapist with Two Decades of Experience in Addiction Recovery
A licensed psychotherapist based in Boston, Massachusetts brings over 20 years of clinical practice, teaching, and research to help individuals overcome substance use disorders through evidence-based treatment approaches.
CISSP Exam Prep at $19.99: Covers All 8 Domains for $749 Fee
The CISSP exam costs $749, and most prep courses run thousands. This bundle covers all 8 domains with over 21 hours of content for $19.99 — how to study effectively without spending a fortune.
AutoJack: How a Localhost Bypass Turned AutoGen Studio Into a Remote Code Execution Gateway
AutoJack is a three-flaw vulnerability chain in Microsoft AutoGen Studio enabling remote code execution via AI agents through localhost trust and unauthenticated MCP endpoints.
From Shoes to Servers: Nadia Carlsten's Gamble on Sovereign AI
Nadia Carlsten left AWS and DCAI to run Smartbird — the AI infrastructure company that used to sell shoes. Here's what she's actually building, and why it might matter more than the neocloud hype cycle.
Paper Beats Tablets for Story Comprehension, Brain Scans Reveal
A University of Tokyo fMRI study using manga stories finds that reading on paper reduces frontal brain activation during narrative integration, suggesting paper's spatial and tactile cues help the brain organize story information with less cognitive effort than digital tablets.
Varonis Adds Claude Monitoring to Its Atlas AI Security Platform
Varonis has integrated Anthropic's Claude Compliance API into its Atlas AI Security Platform, giving enterprises visibility into Claude Enterprise and Claude Platform activity — including session-level monitoring, jailbreak detection, and proactive penetration testing for AI agents.
Audi's Regional Pivot: Why the Q9 Is Built for America, Not the World
Audi CEO Gernot Döllner outlines a shift from global cars to regional-specific production, highlighting the US-focused Q9, RS5 Avant possibilities, and hints at a V8-powered R8 successor.
The Startup Building Identity Infrastructure for the Age of AI Workers
Cybersecurity startup NewCore emerged from stealth with $66M in seed funding to build a platform that manages both human and AI-agent identities in one system — treating autonomous software workers as first-class employees with persistent credentials, lifecycle controls, and revocation mechanisms.
Ivanti's Sentry Just Got a New Root Access Backdoor — And It's Worse Than You Think
Ivanti patched two critical Sentry flaws: a maximum-severity command injection for root RCE and an authentication bypass for rogue admin accounts.
The ClawHub Breach: How Malicious AI Skills Are Weaponizing Agent Autonomy
Brynn Nguyen argues that the recent ClawHub malicious skill discovery highlights the severe vulnerabilities in AI marketplaces, urging a shift from static scanners to rigorous provenance verification and runtime behavior monitoring.
Why Today's College Students Are Terrified of Getting It Wrong
A 35-year analysis of 82,000 students reveals perfectionism isn't a personality flaw—it's a rational response to economic collapse and inequality.
Palo Alto Networks’ Stock Dipped 2.18% Despite a 15% Revenue Surge — Here’s Why
Palo Alto Networks reported $2.0B in Q3 revenue and raised its full-year outlook, yet shares fell as investors weighed platformization’s long-term promise against near-term valuation pressures.