Meta admits Muse’s likeness to OpenClaw isn’t a coincidence

TechCrunch - Sep 22, 2026

Meta says Muse was built from scratch, but acknowledges the AI assistant was "heavily inspired" by OpenClaw — down to some of its workspace filenames and content.

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The company released a cheaper, faster model that it said was the strongest performer on its most rigorous internal safety tests to date.

WordPress Issues Patch for Critical Flaw That Can Enable Code Execution on Some Servers

Sep 22, 2026

WordPress Issues Patch for Critical Flaw That Can Enable Code Execution on Some Servers

WordPress has fixed a critical flaw in its core software that lets an attacker with no account make a site load a PHP file from outside its theme folders. On some servers, that can go further, allowing the attacker to run their own code. The fix shipped on September 22 in WordPress 7.1.2, with fixes for every branch the project still supports, back to 4.7, and WordPress is telling site owners

Malicious npm Package Poses as Twilio Bug-Bounty Probe, Can Exfiltrate Credentials

Sep 22, 2026

Malicious npm Package Poses as Twilio Bug-Bounty Probe, Can Exfiltrate Credentials

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a malicious npm package named "tw-pkgprobe-7731" that masquerades as a security tool targeting developers integrating Twilio into their applications, while stealthily attempting to harvest sensitive data. The package, named "tw-pkgprobe-7731," was first uploaded to the npm registry in mid-August 2026 by an npm account named "twdepprobe7731."

Microsoft Takes Down EvilTokens Device-Code Phishing Service Tied to 12,000 Inbox Compromises

Sep 22, 2026

Microsoft Takes Down EvilTokens Device-Code Phishing Service Tied to 12,000 Inbox Compromises

Microsoft on Tuesday announced the takedown of the EvilTokens device code phishing service that it said used artificial intelligence (AI) "at every step of the attack chain." The action, carried out with authorization from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, involved the efforts of Health-ISAC, alongside Cloudflare, Coinbase, OpenAI, Railway, SpyCloud, The Shadowserver

Critical Bifrost AI Gateway Flaw Lets Attackers Run Commands Without Credentials

Sep 22, 2026

Critical Bifrost AI Gateway Flaw Lets Attackers Run Commands Without Credentials

A critical vulnerability in Bifrost, an open-source AI gateway that routes requests to more than 20 LLM providers, allows an unauthenticated attacker to run arbitrary commands on the gateway server with a single HTTP request. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-90898 (CVSS score: 9.8), affects all versions of the Bifrost HTTP transport before 2.1.0 when management authentication is

The Big Threat Has Been Climate Change. Now Comes A.I.

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The Big Threat Has Been Climate Change. Now Comes A.I.

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At least one olive ridley sea turtle has laid its eggs on the sand in Huntington Beach.

Researcher Drops BigDiskBuster Zero-Day PoC That Blocks Microsoft Defender Updates

Sep 22, 2026

Researcher Drops BigDiskBuster Zero-Day PoC That Blocks Microsoft Defender Updates

A zero-day proof-of-concept tool that stops Microsoft Defender from installing platform and signature updates by filling all available disk space was published on GitHub on September 19. The tool, called BigDiskBuster, has no patch, no CVE, and no Microsoft advisory. Its author, Abdelhamid Naceri, is a former Microsoft security researcher whose earlier Defender exploits were used in

C.T.E. Can’t Be Detected in the Living. New Brain Research Offers Hope.

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C.T.E. Can’t Be Detected in the Living. New Brain Research Offers Hope.

Scientists are developing imaging techniques and blood tests that one day may enable doctors to identify the disease definitively in living patients.

Mathematics Isn’t Just a Game to Let A.I. Solve. History Shows Why.

Sep 22, 2026

Mathematics Isn’t Just a Game to Let A.I. Solve. History Shows Why.

In our field of applied mathematics, the long, human process of trial and error — not just the solutions themselves — is often what has led to progress.

Man vs robot: Influencer takes on 6ft humanoid in a terrifying cage fight - and it doesn't end well for him

Sep 22, 2026

Man vs robot: Influencer takes on 6ft humanoid in a terrifying cage fight - and it doesn't end well for him

It might sound like the plot of a bonkers sci-fi film, but the world has now witnessed the very first human vs robot boxing match.

Gen Z are in a sex RECESSION, study reveals - with a fifth reporting they've never had a partner

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Gen Z are in a sex RECESSION, study reveals - with a fifth reporting they've never had a partner

Despite being the generation that grew up with Tinder, Hinge and Bumble at their fingertips, a study has revealed Gen Z is in a sex recession.

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