Security News This Week: Moltbook, the Social Network for AI Agents, Exposed Real Humans’ Data

Plus: Apple’s Lockdown mode keeps the FBI out of a reporter’s phone, Elon Musk’s Starlink cuts off Russian forces, and more.
Le Lézard

Atombeam Receives Expanded Contract to Improve Data Transmission for the U.S. Space Force's Space Development Agency

Atombeam, whose innovative technology redefines how data is used, moved, stored and secured, today announced it received an expanded contract from the U.S. Space Force's Space Development Agency (SDA) ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Google Researchers Say Their New A.I. Tool AlphaGenome Can Help Decode the Human Genetic Instruction Book

Scientists at Google DeepMind —the company’s artificial intelligence research arm—say they’ve created an A.I. tool that can ...
Wall Street Journal

Boston Scientific to Buy Penumbra for $15 Billion in Cash, Stock

Boston Scientific has agreed to buy thrombectomy company Penumbra for about $15 billion in cash and stock in a deal that bolsters its cardiovascular portfolio. Boston Scientific on Thursday said the ...
Pew Research Center

Do Americans Think the Country Is Losing or Gaining Ground in Science?

This Pew Research Center report looks at Americans’ views on scientists and scientific research. Why did we do this? Pew Research Center does research to help the public, media and decision-makers ...
insideHPC

Rethinking Compliance and Integrity in Scientific Data Management

In an era when research data is intellectual capital, the notion of security and compliance as an afterthought is not only outdated, it’s dangerous. Scientific credibility now hinges as much on the ...
Seeking Alpha

Core Scientific to lease 400 MW of data center capacity to new clients in 2026, investor says: report

A primary investor in Core Scientific (CORZ), who was among those that blocked its acquisition by CoreWeave (CRWV) last year, believes the company is on track to deliver 400 MW of data center capacity ...
Star Tribune

NDAs, code names and shell companies: How Minnesota officials support data center secrecy

As the development firm Oppidan explored building a large-scale data center in North Mankato, they emailed a request: “Can the city sign an NDA?” Five minutes later, North Mankato said yes. The city’s ...
Princeton University

NASA's IMAP instruments gather ‘first light’ data

A month before arriving at its destination, the Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) has already begun to collect science data from each of its 10 instruments, NASA announced this ...
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DOE Should Develop AI-Based Foundation Models Fused with Traditional Computational Methods to Bring Paradigm Shift to Scientific Discovery

WASHINGTON — A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine examines how the U.S. Department of Energy could use foundation models for scientific research, and finds ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Crypto Winter Squeezes Bitcoin Miners as AI Pivot Gains Urgency

The crypto downturn has pushed a slew of Bitcoin miners to the brink of unprofitability, prompting operators to scale back the energy-hungry machines that keep the blockchain running. A closely ...
Wired

America’s Biggest Bitcoin Miners Are Pivoting to AI

One afternoon in June 2024, I stood up against the fence of a sprawling industrial facility a few miles outside of Corsicana, Texas. Over a metal gate, I watched a bright yellow excavator claw at the ...