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Google dodges breakup of digital ad monopoly as judge’s ruling sparks outrage: ‘Olympic level of mental gymnastics’ 2026-09-02 at 23:43 By Thomas Barrabi A federal judge is coming under harsh criticism for sparing Google from a forced breakup of its digital advertising empire – despite earlier ruling that the Big Tech giant was operating two separate […]

Google, Anthropic, and OpenAI Unveil Cyber AI Models, Safeguards, and Access Programs 2026-09-02 at 23:29 By Google on Wednesday announced Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber, which it described as its most capable cybersecurity model, and has made it available to a set of trusted defenders via a new initiative called the Fairwind Program. “The Fairwind Program

DOJ sides with OpenAI over NY Times in lawsuit alleging AI copyright infringement 2026-09-02 at 23:27 By Thomas Barrabi The Justice Department is backing OpenAI in its high-stakes legal battle with the New York Times – arguing in a court filing that using copyrighted content to train artificial intelligence models does not violate the law.

Anthropic back on ‘right side’ with Trump admin after Pentagon flap: Howard Lutnick 2026-09-02 at 23:19 By Reuters Lutnick appeared on stage at a tech-focused G20 event with Anthropic co-founder Tom Brown. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View Original Source

Compromising 5.4% of Texas’ Battery Fleet Could Black Out the Grid 2026-09-02 at 22:00 By The entire Texas grid could be destabilized if just 5.4% of the batteries were compromised.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Dozens of Amazon staffers to be axed in latest employment blow to the Bay Area 2026-09-02 at 21:38 By Sheetal Banchariya Since October 2025, Amazon has cut roughly 30,000 corporate jobs through two major rounds of layoffs. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View Original Source

Fake Software Installers Disable Windows Update and Weaken Microsoft Defender 2026-09-02 at 21:12 By An active malware campaign is using bogus software-download websites to impersonate trusted vendors and distribute malicious installers. “The campaign has targeted users looking to download popular software and has resulted in compromises across multiple organizations and industries, primarily affecting China-based operations

Family of Fatally Shot Security Guard Seeking Answers 2026-09-02 at 20:35 By A security guard died by police gunfire in Gary, Indiana. Now, the family seeks answers.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

MapQuest surges to No. 1 in App Store after Google, Apple adopt Trump’s ‘Lake America’ 2026-09-02 at 19:56 By Ariel Zilber Apple is the latest big tech company to go along with President Trump’s order to change the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News |

Dropbox Data Breach: 5,000 Accounts Compromised 2026-09-02 at 19:29 By An unauthorized party accessed certain Dropbox accounts.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Malicious Apache Modules Hijack Brazilian Government Site Traffic to Push Betting Pages 2026-09-02 at 19:07 By A Chinese-speaking cybercrime cluster known as Gambling Goblin has been observed installing malicious Apache modules on compromised web servers run by Brazilian government and educational institutions, and using them to divert visitors to attacker-controlled pages promoting online gambling and

Google escapes bid to force sale of ad tech business — in another major defeat for DOJ 2026-09-02 at 18:32 By Reuters A judge declined to make Google sell AdX, where publishers pay Google a 20% fee to sell ads in auctions that happen instantly when users load websites. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News |

Mass layoffs at California-based Uber as thousands of jobs wiped out — and it’s bad news for Gen Z 2026-09-02 at 18:17 By Nina Joudeh California-based Uber has announced a major organizational restructuring revealing plans to eliminate 10% of its global workforce, impacting approximately 3,300 employees. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News

Uber slashing over 3K jobs as rise of robotaxis dent ride-hailing business 2026-09-02 at 17:59 By Reuters It’s Uber’s largest round of layoffs since the pandemic. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View Original Source

Dyson launches $500 toothbrush with an AI-powered camera and WiFi 2026-09-02 at 17:27 By Allie Yang Americans can buy a six-pack of toothbrushes for $5 at stores like Walmart and Target — but Dyson is betting tech and wellness fans will drop a cool $500 on their news toothbrush innovation. This article is an excerpt

Malicious .git Configs Can Make Claude, Codex, Cursor, and Other AI Agents Run Attacker Code 2026-09-02 at 17:06 By Manifold Security has disclosed eight security flaws across seven command-line AI coding agents in which a repository’s own Git configuration names a command that the agent runs on the developer’s machine, four of them still unpatched

Meta Ads Push StreamRat Android Trojan That Can Gain Near-Complete Device Control 2026-09-02 at 17:00 By Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new Android banking trojan called StreamRat that was promoted to Spanish-speaking users through a fake television-streaming campaign on Meta and can give operators near-complete control of infected devices. ThreatFabric said the campaign’s

BGP Hijack Delivers Malicious Virtualizor Update That Establishes Persistent Root Access 2026-09-02 at 17:00 By Virtualizor said hackers used a Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) hijack to divert Softaculous traffic. The hackers then used the diverted update traffic to deliver a malicious Virtualizor package to some installations. A hosting-provider account separately said 5 of its 34

How to Secure Enterprise AI: From Adoption to Incident Readiness 2026-09-02 at 14:30 By The debate about whether AI delivers business value is over. The challenge now is implementing it at scale and securely across every function while meeting board-level pressure to move fast. Organizations must focus on adopting AI at business speed without losing

Attackers Exploit Two SonicWall SMA 1000 Zero-Days That May Form an Attack Chain 2026-09-02 at 13:53 By SonicWall has released security updates to address two security flaws impacting its Secure Mobile Access (SMA) 1000 series VPN appliances that have been exploited in zero-day attacks. The vulnerabilities, discovered internally by SonicWall’s William Perry and Adam Babis,