Airbnb and Anthropic are expanding their New York City operations significantly. This investment occurs despite concerns from business leaders about city policies. Airbnb purchased a building for its growing New York workforce. Anthropic will lease a large office building and double its staff. These expansions highlight continued business activity amidst policy debates.
WordPress 7.0.2 went out today with two important security updates. One is a type of pre-authorization RCE we (fortunately!) have only seen a few times in WordPress’ 23-year history; the last, I believe, in the PHPMailer class five years ago. Major kudos to Adam Kues of Searchlight Cyber for finding the batch REST API RCE,
‘Closely Following’: India On US Bill Seeking 100% Tariffs On India, Others ETV Bharat
Apple has initiated legal actions against OpenAI and its former employees. The company filed a lawsuit accusing OpenAI of stealing hardware designs and manufacturing blueprints. Apple sent legal warnings to approximately forty former employees to preserve documents. These actions follow a previous partnership between the two technology giants. OpenAI denies the allegations and states no
Activist Sonam Wangchuk was forcibly removed from Jantar Mantar and subsequently taken to a hospital as his health declined after twenty-one days of an indefinite hunger strike. During the demonstration, police detained CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke amid the ensuing chaos. Despite Wangchuk’s absence, the planned march to Parliament is set to continue, focusing on calling
Times Critical Thinking Championship visited a school where students engaged in debate and real-life scenarios to discover how facts and reasoning enable better decision-making
Ravichandran Ashwin questions the timing of speculation about Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli’s ODI futures. He believes selectors should have communicated any transition plans much earlier. Ashwin stated that the experienced duo’s presence is still needed for upcoming tours. Honest communication is essential when managing senior players’ careers. Such discussions are surfacing late, with the
Police arrested a man for murdering a woman and committing necrophilia. He dismembered her body and dumped the remains in a river. The victim’s son discovered the severed body parts near a stream. The accused confessed to the crime and theft from the victim’s house. Authorities recovered the murder weapon and other incriminating materials.
