The Industry Expert

December 22, 2025

Carol’s board game collection in Pluribus is terrible. We’re here to help.

After 40 days in total isolation, Carol Sturka (Rhea Seehorn) breaks down at the end of Pluribus episode 7 and asks the hivemind to come back. When her chaperone, Zosia (Karolina Wydra) answers the call, Carol weeps in her arms with relief. But in episode 8, the reunion turns awkward. Carol doesn’t know what to talk about, and Zosia suggests a board game as an icebreaker,...

December 22, 2025

Potbelly focuses on growth under RaceTrac

Putting a Potbelly in every RaceTrac location isn’t on the agenda, but c-store adjacent locations could become part of the sandwich chain’s expansion plans. Continue reading →

December 22, 2025

USDOT: $33MM for UTC Program

The grant program, USDOT says, “has been refocused to prioritize innovative ways to increase safety on American transportation, including through automated vehicles and driving systems, artificial intelligence and machine learning, digital infrastructure, and human-machine interface technologies.” UTCs are competitively selected based on the quality of proposed research...

December 22, 2025

Docker makes hardened images free open and transparent for everyone

Docker has made its open source Docker Hardened Images project available at no cost for every developer and organization. The catalog contains more than 1,000 container images built on open source distributions such as Debian and Alpine and is released under the Apache 2.0 license. The images are accessible through Docker Hub and related distribution points. “Security has...

December 22, 2025

WatchGuard Firebox firewalls under attack (CVE-2025-14733)

More than 115,000 internet-facing WatchGuard Firebox firewalls may be vulnerable to compromise via CVE-2025-14733, a remote code execution vulnerability actively targeted by attackers, Shadowserver’s latest scanning reveals. About CVE-2025-14733 WatchGuard Firebox firewalls, which also incorporate VPN and unified threat management capabilities, are used by...