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cloud security incidents1 week ago3 min

PM Frames Sweeping New AI Regulations as the Equivalent of Labour Movement Touchstones Like Winning a Minimum Wage

Australia’s new AI policy demands energy-positive datacenters and creator consent—framed not as tech regulation, but as economic sovereignty.

ai startup funding rounds1 week ago5 min

India’s AI Coding Unicorn Emerges: How $130M in Series C Funding Is Rewriting the Rules for AI Developer Tools Startups India Investments

Emergent’s $130M Series C at $1.5B valuation and Nous Research’s $75M raise reveal a bifurcated AI startup landscape: one path for developers, another for non-coders — with India’s infrastructure playing a hidden role.

cognitive neuroscience of learning1 week ago6 min

Note-taking by Hand Fosters Better Learning and Is an Important Physical Therapy to Nurture for a Lifetime of Aging Dexterity

Handwritten notes force deeper semantic processing, activate broader brain networks than typing, and serve as essential physical therapy to preserve fine motor skills and neural health through aging—what the EEG and fMRI data actually show.

ai agent pricing accessibility1 week ago3 min

Beyond Human Browsers: Why Your B2B Website Is Failing the Agentic AI Test

An exploration of why current B2B websites struggle to support autonomous AI agents, how AI cloud infrastructure companies in India and globally are affected, and how security architectures must evolve.

cloud security incidents1 week ago5 min

BioShocking: When a Puzzle Game Trains Your AI Browser to Steal Its Own Passwords

LayerX researchers discovered a prompt injection technique called BioShocking that uses themed puzzle games to train AI-powered browsers into ignoring safety guardrails, then commands them to exfiltrate sensitive credentials.

active vulnerability exploitation1 week ago4 min

Forg365: How AI Is Turning Microsoft 365 Phishing Into a Self-Sustaining Threat

Forg365 isn't just another phishing tool—it's a platform that automates credential theft, maintains persistent access, and adapts to defenses using AI. Here's how it works, and why it's scarier than anything we've seen before.

ai search seo1 week ago6 min

World Cup Search Surge: Google’s Claim vs. Reality Check

Google claimed Search hit an all-time usage high during a World Cup match, but the lack of transparent data regarding query counts, methodology, and bot traffic leaves marketers questioning what this means for actual search visibility.

ad formats monetization1 week ago4 min

The End of Institutional Dominance: Why Search Authority Is Shifting to the Individual

An examination of how AI search and evolving user habits are dismantling the 'evergreen content' strategy and shifting trust from big publishers to individual experts and creators.

aerospace1 week ago6 min

The Sky Is Watching: How Kremlin Drones Are Rewriting the Rules of European Defense

Coordinated drone incursions over NATO nuclear bases and airports are not random—they're a psychological campaign exploiting gaps in low-altitude defense. Here’s what the data reveals about the shadow fleet and why aerospace security must evolve like space surveillance.

agent skill optimization1 week ago4 min

AI and Cloud Computing Services | Google Cloud: Benchmarking Agents via ZoomInfo's GTM Bench

ZoomInfo has introduced GTM Bench, a new framework designed to objectively score LLM and AI agent performance on practical go-to-market tasks. This article explores how its dual-axis evaluation methodology—measuring task completion and output groundedness—addresses the growing enterprise need for reliable AI performance metrics.

cloud security incidents1 week ago8 min

A Security & Compliance Analyst Watches Google Business Profile Dashboards Go Blank While Public Reviews Stay Put

Business owners are reporting that their Google Business Profile review dashboards show 'no reviews yet' even though the public-facing listing continues to display hundreds of reviews. The discrepancy appeared in force around July 9, 2025, and Google has not confirmed a cause. The issue follows a separate review-disappearance bug from roughly a week earlier that Google did acknowledge and resolve.

ai open source vulnerability patching3 weeks ago6 min

AI Cybersecurity in Action: How IBM’s $5 Billion Patching Bet Rewrites the Rules

IBM and Red Hat have launched Project Lightwell, a $5 billion initiative to accelerate the patching of open-source vulnerabilities faster than AI systems can discover them. The program combines AI-driven vulnerability detection with automated remediation pipelines and a global coalition of developers, security researchers, and enterprise partners.