Vercel Breach Explained: OAuth Risk in AI + SaaS Environment
Vercel suffered a breach when an employee granted OAuth access to the third‑party AI tool Context.ai, which was later compromised. The attacker used the OAuth token to infiltrate the employee’s Google Workspace account, exposing internal code, secrets, and deployment pipelines. This incident illustrates how over‑permissioned SaaS integrations can serve as a silent backdoor, especially as AI agents demand extensive access. The breach underscores the growing danger of SaaS‑to‑SaaS attack chains and the need for tighter OAuth governance.
New Open-Source Python-Based Software Boosts Space Weather Modeling
A research team at the University of Birmingham has released an open‑source Python‑based platform that dramatically improves space‑weather modeling. The software integrates real‑time measurements from NOAA and ESA satellites and cuts simulation runtimes by roughly 50% compared with legacy tools....
Brand Mentions: Complete Guide to Tracking, Measuring & Optimizing
Brand mentions—whether linked, unlinked, or generated by AI—are now a core signal for search engines and generative AI models. Tracking these mentions helps marketers gauge awareness, reputation, and authority while uncovering gaps against competitors. Tools range from simple Google Alerts...
Keeper Security Adds Enterprise-Grade Approval Governance and Real-Time Visibility to Endpoint Privilege Management
Keeper Security has upgraded its Endpoint Privilege Manager with enterprise‑grade governance tools. The update adds a centralized, role‑based approval framework, configurable approval windows, and real‑time visibility with expanded audit logging. Automated monitoring now enforces policies across Windows, macOS and Linux...
Pinecone Makes Dedicated Read Nodes Generally Available
Pinecone announced the general availability of Dedicated Read Nodes (DRN), a new tier that offers fixed hourly pricing, always‑hot data, and scalable read capacity for vector‑search workloads. DRN delivers predictable low‑latency, high‑throughput reads by provisioning memory and local SSD, while...
EuroStack and the Kill Switch
Four European vendors—Cubbit, SUSE, Elemento Cloud and StorPool—have announced the EU’s first EuroStack‑style sovereign disaster‑recovery pack, aiming to protect businesses from a potential U.S. kill‑switch that could block access to critical digital services. The initiative is part of a broader...
Better Data Management Can Speed Facility Maintenance by 20%: InfraMappa
InfraMappa’s Vice President of Sales Katherine Pfeil warned that 60% of facility managers waste up to 20% of their time searching for equipment data, a problem highlighted by an IFMA survey. She argued that consolidating make, model, service history and location...
Volunteers Discover Rare Space Weather Events Using Their Ears
Volunteers in NASA’s citizen‑science program have detected rare space‑weather events by listening to audio recordings of solar radio emissions. Using a web‑based platform, participants flagged unusual bursts linked to high‑energy solar flares and coronal mass ejections. The effort has already...
Formbook Malware Campaign Uses Multiple Obfuscation Techniques to Avoid Detection
WatchGuard researchers identified two new Formbook phishing campaigns that continue to target organizations worldwide. One campaign uses DLL sideloading, embedding malicious DLLs in a RAR archive to trick legitimate Windows processes, while the other hides obfuscated JavaScript in PDFs and...
Gut Microbiome Can Reveal Risk of Parkinson’s, Scientists Say
A multinational study has identified a distinct gut‑microbiome signature that can flag individuals at heightened risk of Parkinson’s disease years before clinical symptoms appear. The microbial pattern is especially pronounced in people carrying known Parkinson’s risk genes and intensifies as...
[Un]prompted 2026 – Gadi Evron – Opening Words
Gadi Evron, CEO of Knostic and committee chair at unprompted, delivered the opening remarks for the unprompted 2026 AI Security Practitioner conference. The session was recorded and posted on Infosecurity.US, then syndicated through the Security Bloggers Network. The event, streamed...
Action Bronson Promotes Minute Maid Spiked For 'Good Time'
Coca‑Cola’s Red Tree Beverages has launched Minute Maid Spiked, a line of flavored wine‑cooler and ready‑to‑drink vodka cocktails, with its first campaign starring rapper‑chef Action Bronson. The creative work is handled by agency Gertrude, which emphasizes a multi‑dimensional, “no‑fuss” vibe across...
Election Officials Left in Limbo as State Leaders Contemplate Next Steps for Ballot QR Codes
Georgia’s 2024 law prohibits using QR codes on ballots after July 1, yet the legislature failed to allocate funds or extend the deadline, leaving counties without a clear path forward. Governor Brian Kemp may convene a special session, but timing conflicts...
Dext Payments Expands with Payroll and New Features
Dext, the bookkeeping automation platform, has upgraded its Dext Payments suite by adding payroll processing and a set of new controls. Since its general‑availability launch, users have moved more than £2 million (about $2.5 million) through the system. The update adds 90‑day...
Vercel Systems Targeted After Third-Party Tool Compromised
Vercel disclosed that attackers accessed internal systems after a third‑party AI tool, Context.ai, was compromised. An employee’s Google Workspace account was hijacked, exposing non‑sensitive environment variables and credentials for a limited set of customers. Vercel has notified affected clients, urged...
Tandem PV Launches Commercial Perovskite-Silicon Manufacturing in California
Tandem PV has launched a 40 MW commercial demonstration factory in Fremont, California, converting perovskite‑silicon tandem technology from lab to repeatable manufacturing. The 65,000‑square‑foot plant produces panels roughly 60 times larger than its research devices, delivering 29.7% efficiency and less than...
Moments Lab Teams With AWS To Monetize Media Archives With AI Indexing
Moments Lab has teamed with Amazon Web Services to help media and entertainment firms migrate and index massive video libraries using the startup’s multimodal AI platform. The joint solution leverages AWS migration tools and validated partners to lower cost and...
Smiths Detection Achieves Certification for AI-Driven Baggage Screening Solution
Smiths Detection announced that its iCMORE APIDS AI‑driven cabin‑baggage screening solution has earned ECAC certification. The system, paired with the HI‑SCAN 6040 CTiX, now meets ECAC/EU APIDS Standard 1 performance criteria, enabling fully automated detection of prohibited items at checkpoints. The certification follows...
Human Half-Marathon World Record Zapped by Humanoid Robot at the 2026 Beijing E-Town Half Marathon
At the 2026 Beijing E‑Town Half Marathon, Honor’s humanoid robot Lightning finished the 13.1‑mile race in 50:26, beating the human world record of 57:20. The event featured over 12,000 runners and about 300 robots on parallel courses, highlighting a dramatic...
AI: The Good and Bad News for Advisors For the Financial Planning Association (FPA) of Middle TN
The Financial Planning Association of Middle Tennessee hosted a live discussion on March 11, 2026 featuring CEO David Trainer, focusing on how artificial intelligence is reshaping asset management and financial advisory practices. Trainer outlined immediate AI benefits for advisors, growth...
SoftBank Launches Brain's Natural AI Phone
SoftBank is rolling out Brain Technologies' Natural AI Phone in Japan, priced at about $589 and available through 5,000 retail outlets. The device runs Natural OS, an AI‑native operating system that replaces traditional app‑grid navigation with intention‑based interaction. Early units...
Nacha: Same-Day ACH First-Quarter Volume Grew 23.6%
Nacha reported that same‑day ACH transactions surged to 403 million in the first quarter of 2026, a 23.6% year‑over‑year increase. The total value of these faster payments reached $1.1 trillion, up 22.1% from the prior year. Overall ACH activity grew 4.8% to...
Beyond Reporting: Realizing Continuous Safety Surveillance for Medical Devices
Regulators in the EU, UK and US have upgraded post‑market surveillance (PMS) requirements, demanding systematic analysis of device incident data rather than mere reporting. Manufacturers must now adopt analytical, pharma‑style vigilance processes to detect trends, assess risk, and feed findings...
Inside the Booking.com Data Breach—Should You Be Worried?
On April 13, 2026, Booking.com disclosed a cyberattack dubbed “reservation hijacking,” in which hackers accessed personal details such as names, email addresses, phone numbers and past booking information. The breach did not expose financial data like credit‑card numbers, according to...
RapidScale Launches Ascend Partner Program With More Structure for Channel Partners
RapidScale unveiled the Ascend partner program, creating two structured tiers—Authorized and Premier—to deepen collaboration with technology‑services distributors and channel partners. The initiative emphasizes managed and professional services, advisory support, training, incentives, and co‑selling resources, moving partners from simple referrals to...
What KubeCon EU 2026 Tells About the State of AI and Platform Engineering
KubeCon EU 2026 drew 13,350 attendees as the cloud‑native community swelled to 19.9 million, underscoring a rapid shift toward serious AI adoption. Platform Engineering emerged stronger, with teams demanding ready‑made, extensible internal developer platforms (IDPs) that can govern both human and...
7 Best Payroll Software in 2026: My Honest Take
Shreya Mattoo’s 2026 roundup identifies seven payroll platforms—RUN (ADP), Gusto, Rippling, Deel, UKG Ready, Remote, and Paylocity—as the top performers based on G2 data, user reviews, and feature breadth. The analysis highlights that automated payroll can reduce processing errors by...
Kelonia Investor Venrock Will Clear a 45-Fold Return on Startup's Sale to Lilly
Venture capital firm Venrock is set to pocket roughly $900 million after its modest $20 million seed investment in Kelonia Therapeutics paid off. Kelonia agreed to an all‑cash acquisition by Eli Lilly valued at $3.25 billion, delivering an upfront payment that triggers the windfall....
Tebentafusp Shows Durable Survival in Metastatic Uveal Melanoma, Immunocore Reports
Immunocore reported five‑year overall survival data from its phase 3 trial of tebentafusp‑tebn (Kimmtrak) in HLA‑A*02:01‑positive metastatic uveal melanoma. The study showed 16% of patients on tebentafusp were alive at five years versus 8% on standard therapy, with a hazard ratio...
Everbridge Advances High Velocity CEM™ with Dynamically Adaptive Resilience
Everbridge unveiled an upgraded High Velocity Critical Event Management (CEM) platform that adds a dynamically adaptive resilience layer. The solution blends AI‑driven automation with human oversight to detect risk across cyber, physical, operational and geopolitical domains. Customers report up to...
Guest Speakers Reveal Where AI Belongs In CX — And How Leaders Protect Trust
At CX Forum West, senior CX leaders from Nationwide, Schwab, UKG, PetSmart and others examined how artificial intelligence is moving from a buzzword to a strategic input. Sessions highlighted the shift from broad AI adoption to intentional, purpose‑driven use, emphasizing...
MCMC Issues Security Guide for Remote Work: Key Risks and What Employers Can Do to Ensure Employees Work Safely
The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has issued a security guide aimed at protecting employees who work from home under the Bekerja Dari Rumah (BDR) scheme. The advisory warns that personal devices and unsecured home networks heighten exposure to...
Salesforce’s New AgentExchange Store: Easier AI Helpers, But Still Inside Their Walled Garden
Salesforce has unified its three separate app and AI stores into a single marketplace called AgentExchange, now live with more than 13,000 ready‑made apps, AI agents, and automation components. The new store offers intent‑aware search, one‑click buying and instant activation...
AACR 2026: Revolution’s Next Prospect, Merck’s Reveal and a Lung Cancer Battle
At AACR 2026, Revolution Medicines reported that its RAS‑G12D inhibitor zoldonrasib produced a 52% response rate and a median 11.1‑month progression‑free survival in heavily pre‑treated non‑small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients, hinting at accelerated‑approval potential. Merck presented early data on...
FinSights Showcase at Google Cloud Next 2026
FinSights, an AI‑driven financial analysis platform built on Google Cloud, was showcased at Google Cloud Next 2026 by Enterprise Architect Abhilash Thumma and AI Services head Ashwin Mishra. The demo highlighted how AI agents can perform multi‑step financial analysis using...
Biotech Has Become a Good News Story. Let the Sun Shine
Biotech is back in the spotlight as Revolution Medicines reported a Phase 3 trial that doubled survival for patients with advanced pancreatic cancer, a disease with a historically low five‑year survival rate. In March, Denali Therapeutics earned the first FDA approval...
RepRisk Roundtable London: Tackling Hidden Sustainability Risk in Private Markets with AI
RepRisk is sponsoring a Sustainability Breakfast Roundtable in London on June 11, 2026, aimed at senior risk, investment, compliance and sustainability leaders. The event will explore how trustworthy AI can improve risk identification, boost visibility into private‑market exposures, and scale...
GaN Breaks the 250 W Barrier in Flyback Power Supplies
Power Integrations has launched the TOPSwitchGaN family, extending the single‑ended flyback converter’s practical power ceiling from the traditional 200‑250 W limit to 440 W. By replacing silicon MOSFETs with gallium‑nitride HEMTs, the new devices achieve lower on‑resistance, reduced gate charge and output...
Top Fintech Startups in Colombia
Colombia is poised to become Latin America’s next leader in instant payments, with a nationwide system slated for rollout within the next few years. The country’s fintech ecosystem, now ranked among the top three in the region, hosts over 200...
Court Ruling in Amazon-Perplexity Case Raises New Questions for Agentic AI in Enterprise Systems
A U.S. federal court in Northern California issued a preliminary injunction in Amazon.com Services LLC v. Perplexity AI, holding that AI agents accessing password‑protected platforms without explicit platform permission may violate the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and California’s data‑access...
Wind Installations 'Hit Record in 2025'
Global wind installations hit a record 165 GW in 2025, according to GWEC's Global Wind Report 2026. Cumulative capacity now exceeds 1,299 GW, cementing wind as a cornerstone of modern energy systems. GWEC warns installations must double by 2030 to meet net‑zero...
Honda Considers an Analog Spin for Software-Defined Vehicles
Honda Motor Co. is teaming with Texas‑based semiconductor maker Mythic to co‑develop an analog compute‑in‑memory system‑on‑chip for its upcoming software‑defined vehicles. The partnership leverages Mythic’s memory‑centric architecture, which the company claims can deliver up to 100 times the energy efficiency of...
Gilead Declines Another Arcus Option After Phase 3 TIGIT Fail
Gilead Sciences has declined another development option with Arcus Biosciences following the Phase 3 failure of their joint TIGIT immunotherapy. The setback ends a key pillar of a long‑standing collaboration and signals Gilead’s intent to trim external programs. Both companies will...
WhatsApp Leaks User Metadata to Attackers
Security researcher Tal Be'ery demonstrated that WhatsApp’s design leaks user metadata, allowing attackers to infer online status, device type, and activity patterns without sending visible messages. By exploiting silent ping messages and device fingerprinting through the WhatsApp Web protocol, anyone—from...
Safeguarding Scientific Publishing From AI Hallucinations and Fabricated Citations
A 2025 Science study found that 13.5% of biomedical abstracts published in 2024—over 200,000 papers—were drafted with AI assistance, exposing a surge in AI‑generated content. Researchers and medical‑affairs teams are now confronting AI hallucinations, including fabricated citations that can slip...
Spotter’s Brand Partnerships Director on Why Fewer Creators and Deeper Deals Win
Christian Liquigan, Spotter’s Director of Brand Partnerships, says creator marketing is evolving from one‑off influencer spots to always‑on, network‑style collaborations. Brands that treat creators as media publishers and lock in deeper, performance‑based deals with a handful of creators can reduce...
Saildrone Unveils New Spectre USV at Sea Air Space 2026
Saildrone unveiled the Spectre, a 52‑meter unmanned surface vessel capable of carrying up to 25,000 kg of payload, including two 40‑ft containers. Its hybrid diesel‑electric drive delivers ultra‑quiet cruising at 12 knots and a top speed of 27 knots with over 5,000 hp. The...
A Long-Sought Quantum Computing Milestone Arrives as Fermionic Atom Gates Top 99% Accuracy
Two independent teams at the Max Planck Institute and ETH Zurich have demonstrated collisional quantum gates using fermionic lithium‑6 atoms, achieving two‑qubit gate fidelities above 99 %. Bojović’s group reported a peak accuracy of 99.75 %, while Kiefer’s team reached a loss‑corrected...
Lilly Adds Gene Delivery Technology to CAR T in up to $7B Kelonia Deal
Eli Lilly announced an up‑to $7 billion acquisition of Kelonia Therapeutics, securing its Phase 1 lentiviral in‑vivo CAR‑T candidate KLN‑1010 and the iGPS gene‑delivery platform. iGPS uses lentiviral particles to program a patient’s own T‑cells, potentially eliminating ex‑vivo manufacturing and pre‑treatment chemotherapy. The deal...
RS and Festo Make Smart Electric Motion Accessible
RS, a global industrial‑service provider, is now offering Festo’s Simplified Motion Series electromechanical actuators to small and mid‑sized manufacturers. The series bundles motor, drive and servo functions into a plug‑and‑work unit that can replace traditional pneumatic cylinders. While upfront costs...