Too many junk files on your Windows PC? This free tool can remove them in one click

A utility called Fluent Cleaner will analyze your Windows environment to find and remove junk files, temp files, unused ...

Clean GitHub repo tricks AI coding agents into running malware

An agentic coding tool tasked with cloning and setting up a seemingly benign GitHub repository could execute a malicious ...

SimpleHelp Flaw Exploited to Deploy Malware Targeting Windows, macOS, and Linux

A SimpleHelp authentication flaw is being exploited to deploy Djinn Stealer, a cross-platform malware targeting cloud, ...
Barron's

AI Trade May Broaden Into Software Stocks

The current AI trade may soon broaden into software stocks, said Billy Toh, analyst at CGS International in a note. Semiconductors, technology, energy and industrials have benefited from the ongoing ...
Automation World

Industrial Automation Is Quietly Becoming a Software Discipline

Traditional control architectures centered on PLCs and HMIs are expanding to include remote operations, cybersecurity, cloud connectivity and analytics. The concept of software-defined automation ...
Wall Street Journal

Startup Beacon Software Raises $225 Million to Expand Venture Roll-Up Strategy

In private equity, a roll-up has historically meant buying companies, consolidating them to achieve an economy of scale and then flipping the larger entity for profit. The venture-backed startup ...
Decrypt

This AI Agent Survived 6,000 Hack Attempts—Here’s How

Developer Fernando Irarrázaval's AI agent experiment drew over 6,000 hack attempts from more than 2,000 attackers. No one ...
The New York Times

6 Takeaways From the Story of How the Epstein Files Paralyzed the White House

Senior officials clashed in a series of meetings as they struggled to manage a crisis over the president’s refusal to release the documents. By Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan Last summer, as ...
The Australian Financial Review

These changes can turn Australia into a world-class economy

If our political leaders had any genuine interest in living standards and prosperity, they would be focused on building a globally competitive, world-class economy. Instead, they are presiding over an ...
CNET

Chrome Has Been Secretly Downloading AI to Your Computer. Here's What You Can Do

Chrome has been automatically downloading Gemini Nano (a 4GB AI model) to users' computers without notification or an easy way to prevent it. Alex Valdes from Bellevue, Washington has been pumping ...
American Banker

Unpatched software is now the top way into banks

For nearly two decades, the most common way hackers broke into organizations was a stolen password. Last year, unpatched software overtook it. Verizon detailed the shift in the 2026 edition of its ...
The New York Times

Inside the White House Freakout Over the Epstein Files

The president’s top advisers gathered in a series of Situation Room meetings as they struggled to contain a scandal engulfing Donald Trump himself. Credit...Photo illustration by Alex Merto Supported ...