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1. Maximum-severity GitLab flaw allowing account hijacking under active exploitation

   The threat is potentially grave because it could be used in supply-chain attacks.

2. Hacker free-for-all fights for control of home and office routers everywhere

   How and why nation-state hackers and cybercriminals coexist in the same router botnet.

3. Anthropic releases Claude AI chatbot iOS app

   Anthropic finally comes to mobile, launches plan for teams that includes 200K context window.

4. The BASIC programming language turns 60

   Easy-to-use language that drove Apple, TRS-80, IBM, and Commodore PCs debuted in 1964.

5. Here’s your chance to own a decommissioned US government supercomputer

   145,152-core Cheyenne supercomputer was 20th most powerful in the world in 2016.

6. Health care giant comes clean about recent hack and paid ransom

   Ransomware attack on the $371 billion company hamstrung US prescription market.

7. AWS S3 storage bucket with unlucky name nearly cost developer $1,300

   Amazon says it's working on stopping others from "making your AWS bill explode."

8. Mysterious “gpt2-chatbot” AI model appears suddenly, confuses experts

   Mystery LLM highlights transparency issues in AI testing.

9. Critics question tech-heavy lineup of new Homeland Security AI safety board

   CEO-heavy board to tackle elusive AI safety concept and apply it to US infrastructure.

10. UK outlaws awful default passwords on connected devices

    The law aims to prevent global-scale botnet attacks.