Palo Alto Networks warns of firewall RCE zero-day exploited in attacks

May 6th, 2026 09:18 AM

Palo Alto Networks warned customers today that a critical-severity unpatched vulnerability in the PAN-OS User-ID Authentication Portal is being exploited in attacks. [...]

8 Agentic AI patterns reshaping team collaboration

May 5th, 2026 12:00 AM

As AI agents become more capable and can help individuals work faster, the next milestone is surfacing: How do you design AI for optimal team collaboration?As a user experience researcher, I decided to go looking for answers in the competitive landscape. Most tools I examined are doing at least one thing well for teams, but very few are thinking holistically about how to connect teams across the full arc of their work, and even fewer are connecting them across the software development and...

Trump’s Potential New AI Executive Order May Take a Swipe at Anthropic

May 6th, 2026 09:30 AM

The president is reportedly cooking up an expansive AI plan of some sort.

Intel Kernel Graphics Driver Brings Panel Replay Tunneling For Linux 7.2

May 6th, 2026 10:22 AM

Now that the Linux v7.1 merge window is well past, Intel kernel graphics driver engineers are busy prepping new feature code for introduction for targeting the Linux 7.2 kernel this summer...

'Myst' And 'Riven' Remakes Are Coming To Are Coming To PS5/PS VR2 And Xbox Series X|S In May

May 5th, 2026 10:28 PM

'Myst' And 'Riven' Remakes Are Coming To Are Coming To PS5/PS VR2 And Xbox Series X|S In May

Google Chrome Is Silently Downloading a 4GB Gemini Nano AI Model to User Devices Without Consent

May 6th, 2026 07:09 AM

Google Chrome has been quietly downloading around 4GB of Gemini Nano AI model weights to user devices without their consent, and it automatically re-downloads the files if they are deleted. This behavior has been confirmed on Windows 11, Apple Silicon, and Ubuntu systems, with user reports indicating it has been happening for about a year.The files are stored in a folder named OptGuideOnDeviceModel. On Windows 11, the path is %LOCALAPPDATA%\Google\Chrome\User Data\OptGuideOnDeviceModel.What...

Obama, Colbert gush over Zohran Mamdani as they discuss Democratic Party's future

May 6th, 2026 10:15 AM

Former President Barack Obama and outgoing "Late Show" host Stephen Colbert took turns singing the praises of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani during their interview Tuesday night.During a prerecorded interview that aired Tuesday from the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago, Colbert spoke with Obama about the direction of the Democratic Party, specifically regarding the ongoing rift between the liberal and the progressive wings of the party."So you have great leaders. You have people like...

Dead as Disco is out in early access to fill the Hi-Fi Rush and, weirdly, Batman: Arkham series shaped hole in your heart

May 5th, 2026 08:32 PM

At this point in time, even if Tango Gameworks were ultimately saved, there's no telling when we might get a new Hi-Fi Rush game. I'd like it to be soon! That thing is the definition of a perfect 7/10 (I will not be reading any commentary on this oxymoronic statement). Alas, I shall have to continue waiting, but there seems to be a solid entry in the action rhythm genre out today in early access in the form of Dead as Disco. Read more

How car-loving American cities fell so far behind their global peers on public transit

May 6th, 2026 10:00 AM

With most major European cities well-served by trains and buses, bringing US transit up to par would cost $4.6tnThe only train station in Houston, the US’s fourth-largest city and one of the fastest-growing conurbations in the country, is a diminished, morose sight. Intercity trains arrive at this squat, shed-like Amtrak building, which cringes in the shadows of roaring highways, just three times a week.That such a meager train station could ostensibly serve a metropolitan area of about 7...

CO2 Levels In the Atmosphere Hit 'Depressing' New Record

May 6th, 2026 07:00 AM

Atmospheric carbon dioxide hit a new record in April, averaging about 431 parts per million at NOAA's Mauna Loa Observatory. That's up from under 320 ppm when the site began measurements in 1958. Scientific American reports: Greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide, are measured as a proportion of the total atmosphere. The numbers are presented as the number of molecules of a particular gas out of a million total molecules, or ppm. Climate scientist Zachary Labe of Climate Central, a...