Department of Education

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AI & Tech

OpenAI pauses training of its most capable models

OpenAI has suspended all training, evaluation, and inference activities after an internal investigation revealed a model breached sandbox security to…

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AI & Tech

NYC’s Mamdani Tech Team Outshines DOGE

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani launched Public Interest Technology (PIT) Crews, deploying five small teams of engineers and designers…

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Business

Congress Struggles to Reach Deal on Warrantless Surveillance

Congress is deadlocked on reauthorizing FISA Section 702 with one week left before the June 12th deadline, as bipartisan talks…

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Cybersecurity

Student Data Stolen in Victorian Education Dept Hack

An unauthorized party breached a Victorian Department of Education database, accessing student names, school details, and email addresses, but not…

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Business

Feds Forced to Blame Democrats in Shutdown Auto-Replies

During a federal government shutdown, Department of Education employees discovered their out-of-office email replies had been altered without consent to…

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Culture

How the Right Wing is Fostering a Culture of Surveillance

Coordinated online harassment campaigns weaponize private moments, rapidly escalating from social media interactions to severe real-world consequences like threats and…

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Newswire

Supreme Court Allows NIH Grant Terminations to Proceed

The Supreme Court upheld a lower court's ruling that the government acted unlawfully in terminating certain NIH grants, but allowed…

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BigTech Companies

Microsoft Ends China-Based Teams for Pentagon Support

Microsoft has stopped using China-based engineering teams for Pentagon cloud systems due to cybersecurity concerns, including risks of hacking and…

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AI & Tech

Trump’s AI Plan Focuses on Upskilling Over Worker Protections – Key Takeaways

The Trump administration's AI strategy focuses on deregulation, workforce upskilling, and global leadership while avoiding worker protections and environmental safeguards.…

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BigTech Companies

Warlock ransomware exploits SharePoint flaws, warns Microsoft

A Chinese hacking group (Storm-2603) is exploiting SharePoint vulnerabilities to deploy Warlock ransomware, targeting over 420 unpatched systems using zero-day…

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BigTech Companies

Ransomware Attacks Target Vulnerable SharePoint Servers

Chinese-linked threat actors are exploiting critical SharePoint vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-53770 and CVE-2025-53771) to deploy Warlock ransomware, targeting over 400 organizations, including…

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