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jpost.com - TOBIAS HOLCMAN - How does Israel's AI education revolution actually work
How does Israel's AI education revolution actually work
The Jerusalem Post

Israel's Program 720, which aims to incorporate artificial intelligence into the education system, will be powered by key players in the AI world, such as Microsoft, Google, and Amazon, The Jerusalem Post learned, with the Education Ministry saying…

securityweek.com - Eduard Kovacs - ReliaQuest Confirms ShinyHunters Hack, but Says Impact Was Limited
ReliaQuest Confirms ShinyHunters Hack, but Says Impact Was Limited
SecurityWeek

Cybersecurity firm ReliaQuest has confirmed being targeted by hackers affiliated with the notorious ShinyHunters group, but claims the impact of the attack was limited. ReliaQuest revealed on August 17 in a post on X that it had been tracking a…

securityweek.com - Associated Press - Uber Fined Nearly $1 Billion by Dutch Regulators Over Automated Suspensions of Driver Accounts
Uber Fined Nearly $1 Billion by Dutch Regulators Over Automated Suspensions of Driver Accounts
SecurityWeek

Dutch data protection authorities have fined Uber nearly $1 billion, saying the ride-hailing company used automated software to suspend driver accounts, sometimes permanently, with no human review to check for mistakes. The Dutch Data Protection…

securityweek.com - Eduard Kovacs - 91 Vulnerabilities Patched in Spring Application Framework
91 Vulnerabilities Patched in Spring Application Framework
SecurityWeek

The developers of Broadcom's Spring application development framework last week announced the release of updates that patch 91 vulnerabilities. Spring is an open source application framework for the Java platform that simplifies the creation of…

securityweek.com - Eduard Kovacs - Venezuelan Gets Record Federal Prison Term for ATM Jackpotting
Venezuelan Gets Record Federal Prison Term for ATM Jackpotting
SecurityWeek

A Venezuelan national has been sentenced to 8 years in prison for his role in an ATM jackpotting scheme that caused millions of dollars in losses, the US Justice Department announced on Friday. According to the DOJ, 27-year-old Juan Manuel…

chitika.com - Michelle Kalahari - Best AI Chatbot for Industrial Documentation Search in 2026
Best AI Chatbot for Industrial Documentation Search in 2026
Chitika: Explore Retrieval Augmented Generation Trends

Industrial companies rarely have a shortage of documentation. The problem is finding the right information when someone actually needs it. Equipment manuals may live in shared drives. Standard operating procedures may sit in SharePoint. Maintenance…

securityweek.com - Associated Press - TikTok Reaches $400 Million Settlement With US Justice Department Over Children's Privacy
TikTok Reaches $400 Million Settlement With US Justice Department Over Children's Privacy
SecurityWeek

TikTok has reached a $400 million settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice, ending a 2024 lawsuit alleging the company violated federal children's privacy laws. The DOJ said Friday that TikTok will pay $300 million immediately and another…

forbes.com - Steve Durbin - What The Ransomware Business Model Means For Your Risk Strategy
What The Ransomware Business Model Means For Your Risk Strategy
Forbes

Steve Durbin is Chief Executive of Information Security Forum. He is a frequent speaker on the Board's role in cybersecurity and technology. The threat landscape keeps evolving, and we see this evolution playing out in AI-driven attacks. Old attack…

securityweek.com - Eduard Kovacs - Personal Information Exposed in Apollo Global Data Breach
Personal Information Exposed in Apollo Global Data Breach
SecurityWeek

Private equity giant Apollo Global Management has disclosed a data breach that exposed sensitive personal information. According to a data breach notice sent to affected individuals, a social engineering attack enabled threat actors to access some…

newsweek.com - Andrew Stanton - Trump-backed Darline Graham's chances of losing to Ralph Norman-Final odds
Trump-backed Darline Graham's chances of losing to Ralph Norman-Final odds
Newsweek

South Carolina Republicans are set to choose between Senator Darline Graham and Representative Ralph Norman in the special runoff on Tuesday to pick a new nominee in the Senate race following the death of Senator Lindsey Graham. Darline Graham was…

businessinsider.com - Lloyd Lee - Genesis wants to move like a startup. Hyundai gives it the muscle to scale like an auto giant.
Genesis wants to move like a startup. Hyundai gives it the muscle to scale like an auto giant.
Business Insider

Genesis is, by now, a nearly 20-year-old name. When Ted Mengiste joined the Hyundai brand five years ago as an executive director of sales operations, he described the internal workings of Genesis as 'ground floor.' His team was about 37 people…

itweb.co.za - Kimberly Guest - Top ICT tenders: Inmates to get telecoms upgrade
Top ICT tenders: Inmates to get telecoms upgrade
www.itweb.co.za

The inmate telephone system will be rolled out to 243 correctional centres (Image source: iStock) It is a good week for the IT industry, with National Treasury's eTenders Portal offering a mix of requests for targeted, specialised or wide-reaching…

securityweek.com - Eduard Kovacs - Anthropic Expands Mythos 5 Access to More Defenders, Unveils $35M Open Source Fund
Anthropic Expands Mythos 5 Access to More Defenders, Unveils $35M Open Source Fund
SecurityWeek

Anthropic is broadening access to the cybersecurity capabilities of its advanced AI models through a mix of partner integrations, an updated Claude Security offering, a new open source funding program, and plans to expand its Cyber Verification…

securityweek.com - Kevin Townsend - Iran-Linked Hackers Shut Down UK Power Plant for Four Days
Iran-Linked Hackers Shut Down UK Power Plant for Four Days
SecurityWeek

Iran-linked hackers managed to shut down a British power plant for four days in July 2026. The story was broken by the Telegraph newspaper on August 22, 2026. That it took so long to become public knowledge immediately says two things. Firstly, it…

securityweek.com - Sravish Sridhar - Hired for One Job, Judged on Another: The CISO's Real Problem
Hired for One Job, Judged on Another: The CISO's Real Problem
SecurityWeek

Industry surveys have long put CISO tenure below that of other C-suite roles, and part of the reason is a double standard. During recruitment, the focus is technical depth, security experience, and leadership. But when budget season arrives and the…

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