Mediahuis head of AI strategy Ana Jakimovska speaking at the FT Strategies News in the Digital Age event in London on 12 February 2026. Picture: FT Strategies Belgium-based news publisher Mediahuis …
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The Minnesota Star Tribune homepage showing news on ICE crackdown on 11 February 2026. Picture: The Minnesota Star Tribune The Minnesota Star Tribune saw triple-digit month-on-month growth in visits …
Stephen Wright interviewing member of notorious Latin Kings mob, who help Albanian gangs supply cocaine to Europe Former Daily Mail crime editor Stephen Wright has said he was “devastated” by …
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Top 50 English-language news sites in the world: Substack leads YoY growth for seventh months as most down in January
The sites with the biggest year-on-year growth in visits in January: Substack (Photo For Everything/Shutterstock), The Hill and Al Jazeera (both homepages on 11 February 2026) Just seven of the 50 …
Irish Times editor Ruadhán Mac Cormaic in the newsroom. Picture: Irish Times Revenue generated by subscribers to The Irish Times is now fully funding its journalism for the first time. That milestone …
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⚡ Weekly Recap: SD-WAN 0-Day, Critical CVEs, Telegram Probe, Smart TV Proxy SDK and More
** Ravie Lakshmanan ** Mar 02, 2026 Cybersecurity / Hacking This week is not about one big event. It shows where things are moving. Network systems, cloud setups, AI tools, and common apps are all …
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New Chrome Vulnerability Let Malicious Extensions Escalate Privileges via Gemini Panel
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a now-patched security flaw in Google Chrome that could have permitted attackers to escalate privileges and gain access to local files on the …
** Ravie Lakshmanan ** Mar 02, 2026 Cryptography / Browser Security Google has announced a new program in its Chrome browser to ensure that HTTPS certificates are secure against the future risk posed …
It’s Friday, let’s have a look at another simple piece of malware to close a busy week! I received a Fedex notification about a delivery. Usually, such emails are simple phishing attacks that redirect …
Organizations face challenges in quickly detecting and responding to user account security events, such as repeated login attempts from unusual locations. Although security data exists across multiple …
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Building specialized AI without sacrificing intelligence: Nova Forge data mixing in action
Large language models (LLMs) perform well on general tasks but struggle with specialized work that requires understanding proprietary data, internal processes, and industry-specific terminology. …
Transcript [MUSIC] DOUG BURGER: AI is going to reshape the future. I don’t think there’s any question about that now. How we reshape it depends on the choices we make, and so it’s important to …
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How Lendi revamped the refinance journey for its customers using agentic AI in 16 weeks using Amazon Bedrock
This post was co-written with Davesh Maheshwari from Lendi Group and Samuel Casey from Mantel Group. Most Australians don’t know whether their home loan is still competitive. Rates shift, property …
In this first post in a two-part series, we examine how retailers can implement a virtual try-on to improve customer experience. In part 2, we will further explore real-world applications and benefits …
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As crypto industry expands, U.S. slashes office examining dirty money safeguards of cryptocurrency exchanges
As cryptocurrency use in the United States surges , the number of federal investigators assigned to review safeguards against dirty money in the industry plummeted last year to the lowest level since …
Traders in Hong Kong and mainland China are supplying Russia’s war machine with European electronics and military technology, exploiting loopholes in international sanctions, according to a new report …
In early January 2026, KrebsOnSecurity revealed how a security researcher disclosed a vulnerability that was used to build Kimwolf , the world’s largest and most disruptive botnet. Since then, the …
Why Tehran’s Two-Tiered Internet Is So Dangerous Iran is slowly emerging from the most severe communications blackout in its history and one of the longest in the world. Triggered as part of January’s …
Phishing Attacks Against People Seeking Programming Jobs This is new. North Korean hackers are posing as company recruiters, enticing job candidates to participate in coding challenges. When they run …
** Ravie Lakshmanan ** Feb 27, 2026 Endpoint Security / Windows Security Threat actors are luring unsuspecting users into running trojanized gaming utilities that are distributed via browsers and chat …
Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Fishing in Peru Peru has increased its squid catch limit. The article says “giant squid,” but they can’t possibly mean that. As usual, you can also use this squid post to …
Leeds city centre. Picture: Christopher Chambers/Shutterstock Mill Media is set to expand to Leeds on the condition that it hits 500 paying subscribers for the new, unnamed title. “If we can get 500 …
Google’s Sulina Connal speaking at the FT Strategies News in the Digital Age conference on Wednesday 11 February 2026. Picture: FT Strategies Allowing publishers to opt out of AI Overviews without …
The Washington Post building. Picture: Shutterstock/Phil Pasquini The Washington Post’s evisceration at the hands of its billionaire owner, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, didn’t have to happen. Following …
** Ravie Lakshmanan ** Feb 27, 2026 Malware / Surveillance The North Korean threat actor known as ScarCruft has been attributed to a fresh set of tools, including a backdoor that uses Zoho WorkDrive …