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Meta halted a tell-all memoir by ex-employee Sarah Wynn-Williams, citing a non-disparagement breach. The book reveals insider info on Facebook's China efforts and scandals. Despite Meta's legal win, publisher Flatiron Books continues to support the book.

A study by Adaptavist reveals that 40% of IT leaders fear admitting mistakes due to a culture of blame, impacting cybersecurity and innovation. The UK fares worse compared to the US and Germany. A shift to 'radical candour' is recommended to improve workplace culture and efficiency.

Bolt Graphics introduces the Zeus GPU, claiming unmatched performance with 10x faster rendering than Nvidia's RTX 5090. It supports vast memory and high connectivity, while promising significant gains in efficiency, performance, and reduced power consumption. Skepticism remains until live demos.

The 'Ballista' botnet campaign is exploiting a known 2023 vulnerability in TP-Link routers to deploy custom malware, marking a return of attacks previously associated with the Mirai botnet. This highlights the ongoing threat of unsecured IoT devices being leveraged by cybercriminals.

The Russo brothers support AI's use in films and TV for its creative potential but caution against its misuse, highlighting ethical concerns. They employ an AI expert to enhance creativity while acknowledging AI's growing impact and dangers in the industry.

Researchers from Cybernews discovered hardcoded secrets in over 156,000 iOS apps, potentially exposing sensitive user data and financial information. Despite many low-sensitivity secrets, critical ones like Stripe keys pose significant risks, highlighting vulnerabilities in iOS app security.

NymVPN launches claiming to be the world's most secure VPN by offering a decentralized service that protects metadata and content using mixnet technology, aiming to combat AI-driven surveillance. Available across major platforms, it emphasizes privacy as a fundamental right.

Volt Typhoon, a subgroup of a Chinese APT, compromised a Massachusetts power utility for over 300 days, marking the first known breach of the US electric grid by this group. The attackers aimed to exfiltrate critical OT infrastructure data, raising national security concerns.

DuckDB introduces a robust local web UI, enhancing usability and features for SQL queries. This UI, launched with DuckDB v1.2.1, provides an intuitive, fully local interface for data exploration, integration with MotherDuck, and interactive notebooks for scripting.