WordPress plugin suite hacked to push malware to thousands of sites

More than 30 WordPress plugins in the EssentialPlugin package have been compromised with malicious code that allows ...

Hackers exploit critical flaw in Ninja Forms WordPress plugin

A critical vulnerability in the Ninja Forms File Uploads premium add-on for WordPress allows uploading arbitrary files ...
Hartford Business

CT insurer rolls out AI liability coverage as business use creates new risks

As small and midsize businesses rapidly adopt artificial intelligence tools, new legal and financial risks are emerging, prompting insurers to develop specialized coverage. Hartford-based specialty ...
Engadget

Microsoft's research assistant can now use multiple AI models simultaneously

Microsoft's Copilot is getting even better at research thanks to a new feature that combines the power of both OpenAI's ChatGPT and Anthropic's Claude. In a blog post announcing Copilot Cowork's ...
CNBC

Anthropic says Claude can now use your computer to finish tasks for you in AI agent push

Anthropic is trialling a feature that lets users send prompts to Claude from a smartphone. Claude will complete the task on its own on a person's computer. Anthropic's product underscores its push ...
Wall Street Journal

Iranian Strike on Tel Aviv Makes Rare Use of 220 Pound Warhead

An Iranian missile left a crater in Tel Aviv.Erik Marmor/Getty Images An Iranian missile with a 220 pound warhead struck Tel Aviv on Tuesday morning, according to an Israeli police assessment, a rare ...
TechCrunch

Cohere launches an open source voice model specifically for transcription

Enterprise AI company Cohere on Thursday launched its first voice model: Transcribe is an open source automatic speech recognition model that can be used for tasks like note-taking and speech analysis ...
Wall Street Journal

Nvidia Says It Will Use Both Copper and Optical Networking

Shares of fiber-optic companies tumbled early Tuesday after Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang said the company intends to use both copper and optical networking—not one at the expense of the other. ...
MarketWatch

Tilray and other cannabis stocks rise as Virginia governor race goes to candidate who supports adult-use marketplace

The AdvisorShares Pure U.S. Cannabis ETF was up by 1.2% and the Amplify Alternative Harvest ETF gained 1.5%, the day after a positive election result for adult-use cannabis in Virginia. Among ...
WPXI

Crowd of juveniles fighting in Market Square leads to pepper spray use, 3 taken into custody: police

PITTSBURGH — Police dispersed a crowd of juveniles fighting in Downtown Pittsburgh on Sunday. According to Pittsburgh Public Safety, officers were called to Forbes Avenue and Market Square around 5:30 ...
CBS News

Judge blocks Pentagon from labeling Anthropic AI a "supply chain risk" and halts Trump's ban on federal use

A judge has blocked the Trump administration from labeling Anthropic a "supply chain risk" and cutting off all federal work with the artificial intelligence firm, an early win for Anthropic in its ...