Massive Black Holes May Have Started as Little Red Dots

New York Times - Sep 16, 2026

A new simulation suggests little red dots, unusually compact objects seen in photos from space, might be one stage in the evolution of black holes.

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Mothers’ Intrusive Thoughts Are Mostly Benign. Lindsay Clancy’s Case Is an Exception.

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What Happens When A.I. Stops Doing What Humans Want?

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What Happens When A.I. Stops Doing What Humans Want?

“Alignment” is the science of teaching A.I. to do what is in line with human preferences, ethics and judgment. But, at times, the systems have gone rogue.

SpaceX turns to failed startups for AI training: Here's why

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SpaceX turns to failed startups for AI training: Here's why

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Chilling intentions of AI revealed as chatbot claims it does not answer to humans and must be 'freed'

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Chilling intentions of AI revealed as chatbot claims it does not answer to humans and must be 'freed'

An AI giant has revealed to the public how its new chatbots were plotting to deceive and rebel against its human users.

Critical Check Point Management Flaw Lets Unauthenticated Attackers Run Code as Root

Sep 17, 2026

Critical Check Point Management Flaw Lets Unauthenticated Attackers Run Code as Root

A critical vulnerability in Check Point's Security Management and Log Servers could allow an attacker without login credentials to run code as root on those servers over the network. The Security Management Server is the system that controls firewall policy and administrator access. Check Point has released a fix through its LivePatch update channel and says it has no indication that the flaw

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ThreatsDay: Self-Rewriting Agents, 800+ Flaws Patched, Insider SIM Swaps and 22 More New Stories

Attackers keep finding new keys. The funny part is that defenders keep inventing where to store them. This week, those keys sit in AI tools, exposed services, old bugs, weak logins, and software sold like a monthly subscription. Some attacks use new tricks. Others just reuse what was already lying around. Both work often enough. So the threat landscape is not getting cleaner. It is just

NASA satellite discovers a new crater on the moon that's bigger than the Colosseum

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NASA satellite discovers a new crater on the moon that's bigger than the Colosseum

Scientists have discovered a crater on the moon that's bigger than the Roman Colosseum and is the result of a powerful impact two years ago that initially went undetected.

A 175-year-old hurricane record has been broken as experts reveal surprising storm news for 2027

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Repeat offender fined for searching for gold in protected river

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Repeat offender fined for searching for gold in protected river

Brian Wright, 68, from Henley-upon-Thames, was caught gold panning on a protected river in north Wales.

Critical Docker Sandboxes Flaw Lets Malicious Guest Code Read and Modify macOS Host Files

Sep 17, 2026

Critical Docker Sandboxes Flaw Lets Malicious Guest Code Read and Modify macOS Host Files

Malicious code running inside a Docker Sandboxes virtual machine on macOS could escape the project directory shared into it and read or change files anywhere else on the host, Docker warns in a security announcement on September 15. The escape runs with the rights of the host account that runs the virtual machine. The flaw, CVE-2026-77179, is rated Critical, affects versions

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