Feds call out New York as ‘worst offender’ of illegal CDLs
A federal audit has found that New York State is routinely issuing unlawful or illegal commercial driver’s licenses – which are valid for up to eight years – to foreign applicants with expired visas or work authorizations. The audit, conducted by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, revealed that 53% of more than 32,000 nondomiciled CDLs – close to 17,000...
House approval of digital financial disclosures would impact USPS mail
A capital markets reform bill passed by the House on Thursday includes a provision that would allow electronic delivery to become the default mechanism for providing certain regulatory documents to investors, further reducing the amount of physical mail handled by the financially beleagured U.S. Postal Service. The legislation is the latest example of the federal government...
CRISPR Streamlines Goldenberry Growth to Enable Large-Scale Farming
Many people have never heard of the Goldenberry fruit (Physalis peruviana) before; it is a sweet tasting, minor crop that some consider to be a superfood because of its high nutritional value. However, it is underutilized and grown in only a few regions. Primarily grown in South America, goldenberry growers still rely on bushy crops that are “not really domesticated,” says...
Hospitals look to manage expenses as uncertainty looms: report
Only 30% of hospital leaders expect balance sheets to improve next year as health systems grapple with costs and changes to federal healthcare policy, according to Kaufman Hall. Continue reading →
Texas sues Epic over alleged EHR monopoly
The suit also accuses Epic of restricting parents’ access to children’s medical records. Epic called the complaint “flawed and misguided.” Continue reading →Agility deploys its Digit humanoid robot in Texas fulfillment center
Automation vendor Agility Robotics will deploy its humanoid robot, Digit, into fulfillment operations in Texas with future expansion capabilities for Latin America through a commercial agreement with Mercado Libre, a provider of e-commerce and financial technology services.Mercado Libre will integrate the Digit humanoid robot into operations at its facility in San Antonio,...
Truckers support Wreaths Across America Day
A convoy of semi-trailer trucks left Columbia Falls, Maine, last weekend on its way to Arlington National Cemetery, where volunteers will honor veterans in a wreath-laying ceremony, known as Wreaths Across America Day, this Saturday, December 13.The annual event depends on volunteers, and the trucking industry is a major player in those efforts. This year, 400...
New React RSC Vulnerabilities Enable DoS and Source Code Exposure
The React team has released fixes for two new types of flaws in React Server Components (RSC) that, if successfully exploited, could result in denial-of-service (DoS) or source code exposure. The team said the issues were found by the security community while attempting to exploit the patches released for CVE-2025-55182 (CVSS score: 10.0), a critical bug in RSC that has...
Securing GenAI in the Browser: Policy, Isolation, and Data Controls That Actually Work
The browser has become the main interface to GenAI for most enterprises: from web-based LLMs and copilots, to GenAI‑powered extensions and agentic browsers like ChatGPT Atlas. Employees are leveraging the power of GenAI to draft emails, summarize documents, work on code, and analyze data, often by copying/pasting sensitive information directly into prompts or uploading...
New Advanced Phishing Kits Use AI and MFA Bypass Tactics to Steal Credentials at Scale
Cybersecurity researchers have documented four new phishing kits named BlackForce, GhostFrame, InboxPrime AI, and Spiderman that are capable of facilitating credential theft at scale. BlackForce, first detected in August 2025, is designed to steal credentials and perform Man-in-the-Browser (MitB) attacks to capture one-time passwords (OTPs) and bypass multi-factor...
Step forward in quest for norovirus vaccine
Original story from The University of Osaka (Japan). Researchers have developed a simple and efficient system for understanding the functions of specific norovirus genes, providing new avenues for developing antivirals and vaccines. Norovirus is the leading cause of gastroenteritis and is responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths every year. However, research progress...
