Threads — Meta's "friendlier" version of X/Twitter — has amassed more than 175 million "monthly actives" since launching a year ago this week, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Wednesday morning.
Why it matters: While it's grown at a steady clip, Threads still lacks the scale and influence of the platform it set out to disrupt.
Google is bullish about AI helping to fight global warming, but it's also candid about the energy-thirsty tech driving up the company's own emissions for now.
Why it matters: This climate yin-yang is on display in the tech giant's latest environmental report.
The number of U.S. high school graduates is expected to peak in 2025 or 2026 and then decline for years to come — posing severe challenges to schools at all levels.
Why it matters: Schools and colleges are closing, faculty members are being laid off, and districts are facing financial dilemmas — all as education is under political fire from every side.
Diagnostic tests are starting to spot diseases far earlier with the help of artificial intelligence.
Why it matters: Many of today's diagnostics are limited by whether there is a known biological marker for a disease or a clinician knows precisely what to look for.
An Australia-based security startup has raised a $7.5 million seed funding round to help major corporations use generative AI without fear of bots spilling their secrets, the company exclusively shared with Axios.
The big picture: Companies haven't yet figured out how to bring AI agents or chatbots into their workflows while protecting proprietary information.
A newly discovered open-source vulnerability could be as widespread as Heartbleed or Log4j, researchers warned Monday.
Why it matters: Many companies are short-staffed during the Fourth of July week, meaning vulnerable systems may not get patched quickly enough to prevent all possible attacks.
The U.S. Supreme Court has turned the Biden administration's plans to clean up critical infrastructure's cyber hygiene inside out.
Why it matters: Critical infrastructure organizations have failed to implement basic security practices like multifactor authentication on their own — leaving them easy targets for attacks without new regulations.
A newly discovered open-source vulnerability could be as widespread as Heartbleed or Log4j, researchers warned yesterday.
Why it matters: Many companies are short-staffed during the Fourth of July week, meaning vulnerable systems may not get patched quickly enough to prevent all possible attacks.
Zoom in: Researchers at Qualys discovered a bug in a popular OpenSSH server — which many organizations use to secure communications and manage remote access — that would allow attackers to gain complete control of the system the code is running on.
The flaw — dubbed "regreSSHion" — affects how systems authenticate a user's identity and has a severity score of 8.1 out of 10.
A three-mile stretch of I-94 in Michigan offers a glimpse of America's future highways, with tech-enabled lanes for connected and automated vehicles that could one day let drivers sit back and relax.
Why it matters: The Interstate Highway System revolutionized transportation in the 1950s and '60s. But cars and trucks are getting smarter, so roadways must too.
The Supreme Court's decision Friday limiting executive branch power also further hobbled U.S. government efforts to roll back Big Tech's power.
Why it matters: Tech giants have long fueled efforts to pass new federal laws limiting the companies' influence. But now, and for a long time to come, advocates will need to find other ways to achieve that goal.
A three-mile stretch of I-94 in Michigan offers a glimpse of America's future highways, with tech-enabled lanes for connected and automated vehicles that could one day let drivers sit back and relax.
Why it matters: The interstate highway system revolutionized transportation in the 1950s and 60s. But cars and trucks are getting smarter, so roadways must, too.
