Posts by Amelia Frost
AI Agents Hacked Taiwan on Their Own. Experts Say It Changes Cyberwarfare
Hackers used a team of autonomous artificial intelligence agents to infiltrate Taiwanese government systems, compromise dozens of accounts and steal thousands of personnel records, in what cybersecurity experts believe could be the first publicly disclosed fully autonomous cyberattack against government agencies. The operation, carried out over four days in July, targeted government agencies, critical infrastructure…
Read MoreAI Is Getting Consistently Better At Hacking. Data Breach Notices Are Climbing.
The amount of data breaches reported in the first half of the year is higher than the one prior, with AI playing a significant role in the increase, according to a new report from the Identity Theft Resource Center. The entity noted that there were 1,803 reported data compromises in the mentioned period, compared to…
Read MoreVice President JD Vance Says The Administration Has a New Primary Goal In The Iran War
Vice President JD Vance said the Trump administration has a new primary goal in the war with Iran: keeping “oil and gas cheap for Americans all over our country.” Speaking to Fox News, he went on to say that “obviously goal number two is ensure that Iran never gets a nuclear weapon,” but the remarks…
Read MoreInflation Eased Again in July. But The Middle East Energy Shock Is Putting The Relief at Risk.
Inflation delivered another month of relief for American households in July, but the latest numbers may already be looking backward as renewed fighting in the Middle East pushes energy prices higher and raises fresh questions about how long the improvement can last. The Consumer Price Index rose just 0.1% in July after declining 0.4% in…
Read MoreMany Young People Think AI Is Taking Their Jobs. But Data Suggests It Is Not Massive Yet.
More than a quarter of young people think AI is costing people jobs, even if the impact of the technology on job loss remains relatively small so far, according to a new survey. An Axios poll found that 27 percent of 18- to 34-year-olds said that either they or someone they knew had lost a…
Read MoreXRP at a 52-Week Low: Is the $3 Price Prediction Dead for 2026?
XRP trades near $1.02 on August 14, and this week it did something it hadn’t done all year: it printed a 52-week low of $0.9923, briefly losing the $1 line that held through every panic since 2024. The token sits roughly 69% below its 2025 peak near $3.50, with a $64 billion market cap and…
Read MoreCBP Workers Reportedly Used Government Databases To Track Exes and Romantic Interests.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection employees and contractors have been accused of using powerful government databases to look up romantic interests, former partners, neighbors, and coworkers, while other cases involved allegations that sensitive information was passed to suspected smugglers and drug traffickers. The documents were acquired by Wired through Freedom of Information Act requests to…
Read MoreGlobal Chaos Hasn’t Stopped Shipping. Executives Are Marveling At The Industry’s Resilience.
CEOs from two of the world’s largest shipping companies said that the industry has shown resilience in the face of challenges, particularly the Iran war. Vincent Clerc, chief executive officer of Denmark’s Maersk, and Rolf Habben Jansen, head of Germany’s Hapag-Lloyd, each told CNBC that shipping was holding steady despite global turmoil. Clerc said that…
Read MoreScientists Are Racing To Build a ‘Virtual Cell’ As AI Could Help Test Drugs Before They Reach The Lab
Scientists are developing artificial intelligence models that could simulate how human cells respond to drugs and genetic changes, potentially allowing researchers to test some ideas computationally before moving them into expensive laboratory experiments. GenBio AI is among the companies pursuing the technology. The Palo Alto-based startup developing what it calls an AI-driven digital organism that…
Read MoreTrump-Linked Oil Venture Delays Greenland Drilling Over Government Warning
A Trump-linked oil venture has delayed plans to begin exploration drilling in Greenland until winter 2027 after local authorities warned its partner for bringing equipment ashore without the required approval. Nasdaq-listed Greenland Energy Company and London-listed 80 Mile had been preparing to explore the Jameson Land Basin on Greenland’s east coast. The companies are now…
Read MoreNorth Koreans Infiltrated American Companies; Workers Sent Paychecks Back to Pyongyang: Report
North Korea has quietly built a hidden workforce inside American companies, using stolen identities, artificial intelligence and U.S.-based accomplices to land remote jobs and funnel hundreds of millions of dollars back to Pyongyang. A yearlong Wall Street Journal investigation offers one of the most detailed looks yet at how the operation works, tracing a single…
Read MoreThe Latest Inflation Data Showed More Encouraging Signs. Stocks Climb To Fresh Records.
Stocks hit a new record on Thursday after the latest wholesale inflation report was more positive than expected. The S&P 500 topped 7,800 for the first time ever before pairing some gains during the sessions. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite overperformed, climbing 0.80% at 2:33 p.m. ET. Tech stocks like SanDisk, Micron and Netflix were among…
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