U.S. CISA Adds a Flaw in Linux Kernel to Its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added Linux kernel flaw CVE-2026-31431, dubbed “Copy Fail,” to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. The vulnerability scores 7.8 on the CVSS scale and enables an unprivileged local user to write four arbitrary bytes into the page cache of any readable file, allowing privilege escalation to root. It affects major Linux distributions—including Ubuntu, RHEL, SUSE, and Amazon Linux—and can cross container boundaries via the shared page cache. CISA mandates federal agencies to remediate the issue by May 15, 2026.
Commercial Building AI 2026: The Critical Gap Between Detection & Action
Commercial building AI is rapidly mastering detection—air‑quality monitoring, fault alerts, and security sensing—but lags in turning those insights into coordinated actions. The analysis of 454 firms shows a stark gap: few have closed‑loop HVAC control or integrated response workflows that...
A Mechanism Linking Protein Aggregation to STING Activation and Inflammation in the Aging Brain
Researchers identified S‑nitrosylation of the immune sensor STING at cysteine‑148 as a key driver of neuroinflammation in Alzheimer’s disease. The modified protein, SNO‑STING, was abundant in human Alzheimer’s brains, cultured microglia, and mouse models. Blocking this chemical change reduced microglial...
Stop Writing Emails People "Love"
The post argues that newsletter creators often mistake high engagement – emails that readers “love” – for sales success. Writers who receive the most compliments typically see the weakest revenue because their stories are self‑contained and leave no reason to...
Record-Breaking Beijing Auto Show Highlights Accelerated Shift to Smart EVs
The 2026 Beijing Auto Show set records with a 380,000 sq m exhibition space and 1.28 million visitors, including 65,000 from abroad. Automakers unveiled 1,451 vehicles, featuring 181 debut models and 71 concept cars centered on AI and electrification. LiDAR became standard on...
Day 56: Real-Time Indexing of Incoming Logs
A near‑real‑time indexing pipeline now indexes incoming logs within 100 ms, using a distributed inverted index optimized with LSM‑trees for high write throughput. An index coordination layer manages shard distribution and replication across nodes, while a low‑latency query API provides millisecond‑scale...
Why Companies Must Stop Underusing AI To Start Capturing Real Productivity Gains
Anthropic’s new labor‑market research reveals a stark AI adoption gap, coining the metric “observed exposure” to compare tasks AI could handle versus those actually assisted by AI. In computer‑focused roles, large language models could support most duties, yet firms are...
Inspired Evolution Backs CrossBoundary Energy
Inspired Evolution announced a $40 million investment via its Evolution III fund into CrossBoundary Energy, a developer of distributed renewable power for commercial and industrial clients across sub‑Saharan Africa. The capital will fund new solar, battery storage and hybrid projects, including...
OM Podcast #49: An Interview with the CEO of the Florida Semiconductor Engine About Reshoring
In the latest Heizer Render Munson OM Podcast, Barry Render interviews Dr. Ron Piccolo, CEO of the Florida Semiconductor Engine, about the strategic importance of reshoring semiconductor capabilities. The discussion highlights that while high‑volume chip fabrication will stay global, advanced...
RAM, Disk, and Network: The Speed Differences That Explain Caching, Batching, and CDNs
The post explains how the three primary data‑movement layers—RAM, disk, and network—differ dramatically in latency, shaping modern backend architecture. RAM delivers nanosecond‑scale access, while disks operate in the millisecond range, and network calls add tens to hundreds of milliseconds. These...
The Business You Build Vs. The Business That Builds Itself
Many founders equate more leads and hires with growth, but the underlying model often lacks compounding power. The article argues that simply increasing inputs leads to a perpetual cycle of revenue inflow and outflow, leaving the business feeling heavier rather...
Spring Cleaning for Your AI Tools
AI chatbots like Anthropic's Claude now retain a rolling memory of prior conversations, updating it every 24 hours to provide contextual continuity. Users can disable this memory, but doing so strips the model of useful context. Similar persistent‑memory features exist...
Cattler Raises $2 Million Led by Homegrown Capital to Scale AI-Powered Cattle Operations Platform Across the Americas
Cattler, a beef‑industry software startup, announced a $2 million financing round led by Homegrown Capital with participation from Grit Road Partners and other AgTech investors. The capital will accelerate AI‑driven product development and geographic expansion across North and South America. Cattler’s...
Artificial Stupidity in the Persian Gulf
The United States backed a $3.3 GW AI compute corridor in the Persian Gulf, promising cheap $0.10/kWh power, low‑latency connectivity and up to 70,000 Nvidia chips for American firms. The plan was intertwined with a $2 billion Trump‑linked stablecoin deal and a...
Data, AI, and the Quest for Edge in Hedge Funds
S&P Global Market Intelligence is positioning itself as the backbone of hedge‑fund data infrastructure, emphasizing accuracy, structure, and trust over sheer volume. Michael Patton outlines four competitive pillars—unique data, speed, interpretation, and behavioral discipline—that drive investment edge. The firm tackles...
Quantum’s Next Frontier: How Mining Companies Can Prepare for a Computing Revolution
Quantum computing is transitioning from research labs to industrial use, and the mining sector is emerging as a prime beneficiary. The technology promises to reshape orebody discovery, optimize complex mine operations, and accelerate materials innovation while also introducing new cyber‑risk...
Apps to Know: Save Recipes, Get Better Wi-Fi, Predict Amazing Sunsets and More
The post spotlights five niche mobile apps that solve everyday problems, from turning a daily schedule into a podcast to capturing both vertical and horizontal video at once, optimizing Wi‑Fi performance, and predicting the best sunset moments. Huxe converts calendar...
Your AI CV Just Got You Rejected
A federal court in California authorized a collective‑action notice allowing anyone over 40 who applied through Workday’s AI hiring platform since September 2020 to join a class‑action lawsuit. The case, Mobley v. Workday, alleges that the AI system systematically down‑weights older,...
€4.8m EU-Funded AI Project to Tackle Child Diarrhoeal Disease in Africa
An EU‑funded CARE‑AFRICA project will develop an AI‑driven tablet tool to identify the pathogen behind diarrhoeal disease in children under five across sub‑Saharan Africa. The €4.8 million (about $5.2 million) grant brings together six partners from Europe and Africa to train models...
Interviews with Our Editors: Albert Leung and Wenny Huang of the eBRAM International Online Dispute Resolution Centre
The eBRAM International Online Dispute Resolution Centre, founded in 2018 in Hong Kong, combines institutional governance with purpose‑built LawTech to deliver end‑to‑end online arbitration and mediation. Acting CEO/CTO Albert Leung and Deputy CEO Wenny Huang explain that eBRAM’s not‑for‑profit model embeds...
The EU AI Act Newsletter #101: Trilogue Breakdown
EU legislators failed to secure a deal to postpone key provisions of the EU AI Act until December 2027, leaving the August 2024 start date for high‑risk AI applications unchanged. The deadlock centers on whether machinery and medical‑device sectors should...
My AI Learning Journey – Part 10 – AI Assisted Coding – VSCodium and Continue
The author integrated the open‑source VSCodium editor with the Continue extension, OpenRouter, and the GPT‑5.3‑codex model to create a fully private AI‑assisted coding workflow. By prompting the LLM, a 600‑line Python utility for monitoring a Fritzbox router was generated in...
Lots of New Technology Options for Retail Investors
Retail investors are increasingly turning to AI agents to buy and sell stocks, a trend echoed by crypto‑powered exchanges that now offer AI‑driven trading bots. Transfer agents such as Computershare are pioneering tokenized equity issuance, with Broadridge providing on‑chain governance...
MAHA Vs. The FDA: Dredging up Old Anti-Regulation Revisionist History
A new essay in Science-Based Medicine denounces the “health‑freedom” narrative that seeks to dismantle the FDA. It traces the agency’s authority back to the 1962 Kefauver‑Harris amendment, which linked drug approval to rigorous safety and efficacy trials. The author dismantles...
Why Your Salesforce Lead Routing Isn’t Delivering Speed-to-Lead (and How to Fix It)
Many sales teams rely on Salesforce’s static lead assignment rules, which allocate leads without considering a rep’s real‑time availability or workload. This creates speed‑to‑lead leakage, longer response times, and uneven lead distribution, harming conversion rates and team morale. The article...
Orange to Set up AI-Driven Tourism Platform in Aragon
Orange Spain, operating as MasOrange, has been awarded a contract by the regional government of Aragon to develop an AI‑driven tourism platform. The solution will modernize the collection and management of tourism data, moving away from outdated manual processes. By...
Burundi Signs USD 6 Mln Deal to Expand 4G in Rural Areas
Burundi’s state‑owned telecom operator Onatel has signed a $5.9 million agreement with PAFEN Burundi, backed by the World Bank, to roll out 4G coverage in rural areas. The Ministry of Finance, Budget, and Digital Economy will oversee the project, which will...
Tesla Cybercab Just Rolled Through Miami Inside a Glass Box
Tesla staged an "Autonomy Pop‑Up" at Miami Beach’s Lummus Park, featuring a Cybertruck towing the Cybercab inside a glass case marked "Future is Autonomous" during the F1 Miami Grand Prix Fan Fest. Miami is one of seven cities slated for...
NTT Docomo Rolls Out New Measures to Prevent Spoofed Emails
NTT Docomo, Japan’s largest mobile operator, has deployed DMARC and BIMI across its email services to combat spoofed messages. The domain‑based authentication verifies that emails originate from authorized Docomo domains, while BIMI displays the company logo for verified senders. Emails...
How to Improve the Candidate Experience During AI Video Interviews
AI video interviews promise up to 50% faster hires and 40% lower costs, yet many candidates feel anxious, confused, and disengaged. The article argues that the technology alone isn’t enough; the candidate experience determines whether efficiency gains translate into better...
How Mongolia Is Turning Data Silos Into Cost-Efficient Governance Tools
Mongolia is converting fragmented agency data into a unified governance platform by linking its population‑housing and business registration systems. The integration enabled a mixed‑method census in 2020 that slashed costs from 15.2 billion MNT ($5.4 million) to 4.7 billion MNT ($1.7 million), with the upcoming 2025...
KISA Partners with Hyundai and Kia to Strengthen Automotive Supply Chain
The Korea Internet & Security Agency (KISA) has entered a formal partnership with Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Corporation to embed cybersecurity across their multi‑tiered automotive supply chain. The agreement expands KISA’s protective framework beyond the OEMs to include component...
The AI Battlespace: Artificial Intelligence, Civil Stability, and the Weaponization of Trust
Artificial intelligence is increasingly embedded in military, cyber and civilian systems, offering speed and analytical power but also creating new vulnerabilities. The article explains how adversaries can weaponize AI by poisoning data, manipulating trusted outputs, and automating cyber attacks, citing...
RAF Hosts Allied Drone Knowledge-Sharing Event at Waddington
The Royal Air Force hosted its first Protector RPAS knowledge‑sharing event at RAF Waddington from 16‑27 March 2026, bringing 12 personnel from Canada, Denmark and Norway together for intensive briefings. Attendees received insight into aircrew and engineer training, weapons, intelligence support and...
The Algorithm Advantage
The article warns that automation bias—over‑reliance on AI outputs—has moved from cockpits to corporate boardrooms, creating costly blind spots. It cites Apple Card’s gender‑biased credit limits and Amazon’s flawed recruiting AI as high‑profile failures. The author proposes a Symmetry Framework...
Speed Is Its Priority: KTC 24N1 400-Hz Gaming Monitor Reviewed
The KTC H25N1 is a 24.1‑inch gaming monitor that pushes a 400 Hz refresh rate and 1 ms GTG response thanks to aggressive overdrive. Built around a TN panel, it offers lightning‑fast pixel transitions and flicker‑free operation, but sacrifices contrast and viewing‑angle...
Pub.Call: AI Automation Show + Tell with Matthew Rance (April 9, 2026)
In an April 9 Pub.Call session, Matthew Rance of Immediate Media demonstrated how to embed AI into publishing workflows with a fully automated daily newsletter. The system ingests raw content, transforms data, applies generative AI to summarize and rank relevance,...
The Complete Guide to What GPT-5.5 Can Actually Do
OpenAI’s GPT‑5.5 moves beyond speed, delivering a fundamentally new interaction model. It expands the effective context window, maintains session‑wide awareness, and can reason across multimodal inputs such as spreadsheets, documents, and images. The model introduces extended coherent reasoning, flagging uncertainties...
Pub.Call: BSI Publisher Quality Utility (April 21, 2026)
The Brand Safety Institute unveiled its Publisher Quality Utility, a diagnostic platform that reveals how ad‑tech vendors, block lists, and browsers score publisher sites. Hearst Magazines has adopted the tool as an early‑warning system, flagging domains that are mistakenly labeled...
SPAR’s Distribution Network Collapsed After an ERP Rollout. Here’s What You Should Know
In early 2023 SPAR Group launched a new SAP ERP at its KwaZulu‑Natal distribution centre, aiming to speed order processing and improve inventory control. The go‑live suffered from incomplete supplier data and unrealistic lead‑time assumptions, triggering a nine‑month supply‑chain collapse...
Viewpoint: How ‘Health Care Guru’ Joe Rogan Circumvented the FDA’s Skepticism on Psychedelics
Joe Rogan directly messaged President Donald Trump about the therapeutic potential of psychedelics, prompting the president to sign an executive order that fast‑tracks FDA review of these drugs. The order creates a priority‑voucher system that accelerates approvals for psychedelic manufacturers,...
AMD’s Ryzen AI Halo Box Is Set to Launch in June – Strix Halo Apparently Gets Its Own Developer Enclosure
AMD is preparing a dedicated developer system called the Ryzen AI Halo Box, slated for a June 2026 release. The box will be built around the Ryzen AI Max+ 395 APU, which packs 16 Zen 5 cores, a Radeon 8060S iGPU with 40 RDNA 3.5 compute units, an XDNA 2...
AI-Based Tool Could Detect and Reduce Online Misinformation
Researchers at University College London have unveiled Diet-MisRAT, an AI‑driven tool that assesses the risk of online nutrition misinformation. Unlike traditional fact‑checkers, it evaluates content on four axes—Inaccuracy, Incompleteness, Deceptiveness, and Health Harm—to generate a composite risk score. The system...
Intel SGX: Old Trusted Execution Architecture Catches Up with the Embedded World – New Security Warning for Gemini Lake Systems
Intel has issued a security advisory covering SGX vulnerabilities on Gemini Lake (Goldmont Plus) CPUs launched in 2017‑18. The flaws stem from well‑known side‑channel and speculative‑execution issues that remain exploitable on systems lacking recent microcode or firmware patches. Because these low‑cost...
Gigabyte’s RTX 5090 Infinity Reappears for Its 40th Anniversary – but that Does Not Prove a Launch Yet
Gigabyte has added the AORUS GeForce RTX 5090 Infinity to its website, detailing a 32 GB GDDR7, 512‑bit card with a novel Double‑Flow‑Through cooling system and a compact 33 cm length. The model, unveiled at CES 2026, is positioned as a prestige variant for...
What 18 Years as an Advertiser Taught Me that Publishers Can Use Today
Shai Almagor, a former senior advertiser now leading Kueez’s SSP client team, shares why brands still buy on the open web and how publishers can capture that spend. He identifies three advertiser motivations—cost‑effective reach beyond walled gardens, brand adjacency with...
Workday's $2B+ AI Shopping Spree: What It Means for HR Tech Buyers
Workday has spent more than $2 billion acquiring six AI‑focused HR startups—HiredScore, Evisort, Paradox, Flowise, Sana and Pipedream—within two years, mirroring similar moves by SAP and Oracle. The acquisitions aim to plug gaps in Workday’s recruiting, learning and employee‑experience suites, but...
Hidden Ingredient in GLP-1 Tablets Raises New Gut Health Questions
Oral semaglutide tablets rely on the absorption enhancer SNAC (salcaprozate sodium) to cross the stomach lining, but only 0.4%‑1% of the drug reaches the bloodstream. A 21‑day rat study published in the Journal of Controlled Release found that the majority...
Don’t Fall for Fake IRS Letter Scam Seeking Tax-Refund Related Bank Data
The IRS has mailed CP53E notices to more than 830,000 taxpayers who lack bank accounts, asking for banking details to enable direct‑deposit refunds. Scammers are exploiting this outreach by sending counterfeit CP53E‑style letters that include QR codes to steal personal...
Practical Failure Modes in Remote IO Systems
The article outlines the most common failure modes in remote I/O systems, including network communication loss, power‑supply instability, harsh environmental exposure, and neglect of built‑in diagnostics. It explains how each issue manifests—timeouts, voltage dips, component drift, or silent faults—and why...