“Amid harsh rhetoric from the White House, the Puerto Rican superstar will take the stage on Sunday promising a message of unity: ‘The world will dance.’ “ www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/a...

“The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished at a record 50,115.67 on Friday, rising more than 1,200 points for the day.” www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

" 'We either embrace AI and shape it to make sure it benefits communities, or we get run over and smashed to smithereens.' .. 'if we are to lead on AI, we need to lead on an energy system capable of supporting that ambition'." www.bbc.com/news/article...

Women in Security & Privacy (WISP)/ European Legal Tech Association (ELTA) on "#AIGovernance in Practice: From #Principles to #Execution" with Moderator Dr. Nino Jibuti (Priverion), Ela Kühnel (Zurich Insurance), Marianne de Feijter (Awesome Compliance), and Dr. Stefanie Hagemeier (AITvocat GmbH)

"As well as addictive design .. ‘rabbit hole effect' of TikTok's recommender systems .. risk of minors having an age-inappropriate experience due to a misrepresentation of their age .. platforms'obligations to ensure a high level of privacy, safety & security for minors" ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

"Today, the European Commission preliminarily found TikTok in breach of the Digital Services Act for its addictive design. This includes features such as infinite scroll, autoplay, push notifications, and its highly personalised recommender system." ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

"Bad Bunny’s performance isn’t just the story of the ascendancy of a single performer .. 1 genre, or .. Latin music more broadly .. sign of something bigger still. America’s pop culture today is multilingual, polycultural & international at its very core." www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/o...

"Cute fluffy AI-powered 'pets' are providing emotional companionship to an increasing number of lonely, tired Chinese — and a digital ear for tech giants." www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...

"Secretary Scott Bessent said there’s still 'a great amount of learning to do' on AI during a pair of Hill appearances this week about FSOC’s annual report to Congress." fedscoop.com/treasury-dep...

"Ahead of the game, the NFL has deployed its own cybersecurity safety squad to ensure that it goes off without a hitch .. set up a makeshift cyber command center in the bowels of the stadium to monitor & intercept threats .." www.reuters.com/technology/s...

David DiMolfetta “Lawmakers’ concerns about immigration enforcement and Fourth Amendment compliance are weighing on the reauthorization fight for Section 702 of FISA, even as the FBI privately warns against letting the foreign spying law lapse.” www.nextgov.com/cybersecurit...

“Technology stocks and Bitcoin are showing signs of a rebound after a disastrous week. But investors remain on edge about whether more pain is in store.” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/b...

When temperatures in Florida dipped below 50 degrees, cold-stunned iguanas began to lose consciousness and fall out of trees. For some conservationists and state officials, it was the perfect time to humanely kill one of the state’s most invasive pests.

“Digital evidence, especially that extracted from smartphones, is now key to nearly all police investigations, a new report from Cellebrite has confirmed.” www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/smartph...

“Investors appeared to be spooked by Amazon’s plans, and the company’s share price fell more than 10 percent in after-hours trading.” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/t...

“French prosecutors also summoned Musk and Linda Yaccarino, X’s former chief executive, for ‘voluntary interviews’ in Paris in April, as part of their wide-ranging investigation into the social media platform.” www.ft.com/content/3a47...

“Britain will work with Microsoft, academics and experts to develop a system to spot deepfake material online, the government said on Thursday, as it moves to set standards for tackling harmful and deceptive AI-generated content.” www.reuters.com/world/uk/bri...

"The stark reality for millions of Americans is that the job market isn’t getting better for anyone looking for work." www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

“Military commanders need a real-time, complete, and high-quality battlespace picture to quickly make informed decisions, take direct actions, and assess the high volume of potential targets and threats.” www.thecipherbrief.com/from-secrets...

#ArtificialIntelligence #AI www.reuters.com/business/aer...

“ ‘People don’t want to be judged by a black box,’ said John McCarthy, a professor researching workplaces and emerging technologies at Cornell University. ‘Sometimes, even the people using or deploying these systems don’t know what’s in the black box.’ “ www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

“The imminent threat of exploitation to agency information systems running EOS edge devices is substantial and constant, resulting in a significant threat to federal property.” www.cisa.gov/news-events/...

NTIA has formally advised states against signing a contract rider with SpaceX requesting exemptions from Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program requirements. 🚜 🛜 Full scoop from @keelyquinlan.bsky.social 📰 ➡️ statescoop.com/spacex-starl...

“U.S. employers announced 108,435 layoffs for the month, up 118% from .. a year ago & 205% from December 2025. .. highest for any January since 2009 .. just 5,306 new hires, also the lowest January since 2009 ..” www.cnbc.com/2026/02/05/l... @cnbc.com

“In a research paper published this week, Kumar and coauthors detailed a lightweight scanner to help enterprises detect backdoored models.” www.theregister.com/2026/02/05/l...

“Lawmakers reauthorized the program last Congress. The final bill didn’t include such a warrant requirement but made some changes aimed at making sure the government could not misuse the authority.” rollcall.com/2026/02/04/d...

“Cybersecurity .moved from a technical concern to a core element of geopolitical competition, shaping how states, companies & societies manage risk & power. Sovereignty-driven regulations .. fragmenting .. digital landscape & raising risks ..” www.weforum.org/stories/2026...

“Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro announced new standards to guide responsible development of data centers during his annual budget address.” www.govtech.com/artificial-i...

“Officials are using a standard known as ‘Model Context Protocol’ to ensure that queries to third-party AI chatbots like ChatGPT are informed by public data.” fedscoop.com/federal-gove... @fedscoop.bsky.social

“CDT found 53 bills were proposed regarding AI in education across 21 states last legislative session, ranging from advancing AI literacy, requiring the creation of guidelines around AI usage and cyberbullying, and prohibiting AI in certain situations.” thehill.com/homenews/edu...

“Malwarebytes urged companies to adopt continuous monitoring and lock down identity systems as AI models get better at orchestrating intrusions.” www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/cybercr...

“While the United States develops its own artificial intelligence (AI) regulatory framework, it’s encouraging other countries to take up similar performance-based approaches to AI governance instead of pursuing centralized global regulation ..” www.meritalk.com/articles/kle...

“Rep. Shontel Brown, D-Ohio .. extending the TMF ‘is critical to ensuring federal agencies, many of which still rely on outdated IT systems, can modernize their infrastructure and defend against growing cyber threats.’” fedscoop.com/technology-m... @fedscoop.bsky.social

“Anthropic's Cowork legal plugin sparked a steep sell-off in legal software stocks .. Thomson Reuters & RLEX, makers of legal software, dropped .. 15% each on Tuesday .. recovered slightly on Wednesday, though they remain fervently in the red for the week.” www.businessinsider.com/anthropic-le...

“The erosion of arms control frameworks, the widening of proliferation risk beyond the traditional countries of concern, and the growing entanglement of nuclear forces with cyber, space, and artificial intelligence systems each pose distinct challenges.” www.justsecurity.org/130607/emerg...

“ .. ransomware operations specifically designed to target critical enterprise applications such as ERP systems will emerge in 2026, forcing organizations to make quick ransom payments and sacrifice business resilience.” cyberscoop.com/boardroom-er... @cyberscoop.bsky.social

“Italy has foiled a series of cyberattacks targeting some of its foreign ministry offices, including one in Washington, as well as Winter Olympics websites and hotels in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said on Wednesday.” apnews.com/article/ital...

“Corporate legal departments .. new phase of operational maturity .. intentional design rather than unchecked growth or reactive cost control .. artificial intelligence .. no longer a future ambition .. actively reshaping how legal work gets done today.” www.law.com/corpcounsel/...

“Some experts are awed and others derisive over AI bots’ conversations on the new site Moltbook.” www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

“ESafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant is calling on the tech companies to lift their efforts to prevent the spread of exploitation material.” www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...

“While 69% of enterprises have deployed generative AI and 47% are running agentic AI systems, 76% admit their governance frameworks can't keep pace with how employees actually use these technologies.” venturebeat.com/data/the-tru...

“The chaotic rise of AI, geopolitical tensions, regulatory volatility and an accelerating threat landscape are the driving forces behind the top cybersecurity trends for 2026” www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/...

Three Democratic senators accused the credit-rating company Equifax of price gouging states for a service many will use to comply with the new work requirements for Medicaid and food assistance passed by Republicans in Congress last year.

As stroke risk rises for women as they age — especially after menopause — a new long-term study suggests that what they eat may play a powerful role in lowering that risk. https://cnn.it/49W5gyY

“tyranny of the quantifiable tramples .. question of what .. we get from .. work, why we might want to do it, how writing .. mostly thinking – can be part of developing a self .. worldview .. set of ethics, a greater capacity to understand & use language.” www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

“The company’s data will be essential for many states to comply with new work requirements for the health insurance program that take effect next year.” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/h...

“AI systems continued to advance rapidly over the past year, but the methods used to test and manage their risks did not keep pace, according to the International AI Safety Report 2026.” www.computerworld.com/article/4127...

“A flu shot can’t guarantee that you won’t get infected, but it can help you avoid some of the most serious outcomes.” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/w...

“Profits rose to $34.5 billion last quarter, as the tech giant gained ground with its Gemini system, bolstering its search business and YouTube.” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/b... @nytimes.com

After all the attention on the hurried construction of a hockey arena in Milan, it was the curling stadium (built 70 years ago) that had the first live-play issue of the Games.