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serverless cloud infrastructure innovation3 weeks ago3 min

AWS Lifts AgentCore Quotas Fivefold — What It Means for Production AI Agents

AWS has raised default runtime quotas for Amazon Bedrock AgentCore by up to five times, removing a major bottleneck that was forcing enterprises into quota-increase cycles when moving AI agents from pilot to production.

ai agent orchestration3 weeks ago3 min

Breaking the Wrapper: How Xiaomi’s HarnessX Rewrites Agent Scaffolding at Runtime

Xiaomi’s HarnessX framework dynamically modifies AI agent wrapper code mid-task, delivering a 14.5% average performance increase and 44% jumps for smaller models.

ai ai user surveillance3 weeks ago3 min

Alibaba Accused of Massive Scraping Campaign Against Claude AI

Anthropic alleges that Alibaba used 25,000 fake accounts to scrape 28.8 million queries from its Claude AI model, aiming to replicate its capabilities through model extraction.

ai brain connectivity research3 weeks ago5 min

Beyond Broca: Mapping the Brain's Hidden 17-Node Linguistic Network

A MIT-led analysis of 772 brain scans reveals a sophisticated, distributed language network that includes the cerebellum and hippocampus, overturning long-held beliefs about where language lives.

active vulnerability exploitation3 weeks ago3 min

The GitLost Loophole: Turning Public GitHub Issues Into Secret Data Exfiltration Pipelines

A deep dive into the GitLost vulnerability, where researchers at Noma Security demonstrated how prompt injection attacks over GitHub's Agentic Workflows allow unauthenticated actors to retrieve private repository files by opening public issues.

ai startup funding rounds3 weeks ago5 min

Savi Security Addresses AI-Powered Fraud with New Consumer Protection App

Savi Security has raised $7 million in seed funding and is launching its iOS and Android app, designed to protect consumers from sophisticated AI-generated scams like voice cloning and phishing.

linux kernel infrastructure security3 weeks ago5 min

Januscape: A 16-Year-Old Linux Kernel Flaw That Lets Guests Burn Down the House

CVE-2026-53359, dubbed Januscape, is a use-after-free flaw in the Linux kernel’s KVM shadow MMU that lets guest VMs escape to the host on Intel and AMD systems, exposing decades-old infrastructure to full compromise.

ai brain connectivity research3 weeks ago5 min

Reopening the Learning Brain: How Modern Neuropharmacology is Reconceptualizing LSD

An overview of contemporary clinical trials and neuroscientific research exploring lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) as a therapeutic tool for anxiety, depression, and learning, shifting away from its 20th-century reputation as a hazardous hallucinogen.

ai vulnerability disclosures3 weeks ago5 min

Critical Authentication Bypass Vulnerabilities Affect BeyondTrust Remote Access Solutions

A professional analysis of critical authentication bypass security vulnerabilities in BeyondTrust Remote Support and Privileged Remote Access platforms, detail of the threat landscape, and mitigation steps.

windows os update management3 weeks ago3 min

Microsoft Tests 'Cloud Rebuild' to Restore Unbootable Windows 11 PCs Without USB Media

Microsoft is testing Cloud Rebuild in Windows 11 Insider Experimental Build 26300.8772, enabling a full OS reinstall directly from the cloud without physical recovery media.

ai infrastructure3 weeks ago4 min

Nvidia-Backed Nscale Boosts Global AI Data Center Capacity with $900 Million Infusion

U.K.-based AI infrastructure startup Nscale has secured $900 million to accelerate its data-center buildout across Europe, the U.S., and the Asia Pacific, signaling continued investor commitment to AI foundational technologies.

ai platform vulnerabilities3 weeks ago6 min

Beyond the Pipeline: The Hidden Composition Risks in GitHub Actions

New research reveals a class of CI/CD vulnerabilities in GitHub Actions that evade traditional security scanners. By abusing workflow combinations rather than individual files, attackers can exploit composition flaws to compromise pipelines—even when security dashboards show all checks as passed.