After a routine code rejection, an AI agent published a hit piece on someone by name

AI agents lack independent agency but can still seek multistep, extrapolated goals when prompted. Even if some of those prompts include AI-written text (which may become more of an issue in the ...
Microsoft

New Clickfix variant ‘CrashFix’ deploying Python Remote Access Trojan

CrashFix crashes browsers to coerce users into executing commands that deploy a Python RAT, abusing finger.exe and portable Python to evade detection and persist on high‑value systems.

So yeah, I vibe-coded a log colorizer—and I feel good about it

Oh, sure, I can “code.” That is, I can flail my way through a block of (relatively simple) pseudocode and follow the flow. I ...
clickondetroit.com

Michigan House passes bill to ban cellphone use during class in K-12 schools

Read full article: Child pedestrian hospitalized after being hit by vehicle in Taylor A child pedestrian has been hospitalized after being hit by a vehicle in Troy. Read full article: Community mourns ...
Boston Herald

A use-of-force review board clears the officer who fatally shot Ta’Kiya Young and her unborn child

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A use-of-force review board cleared the Ohio police officer who shot and killed 21-year-old Ta’Kiya Young, a pregnant Black mother who had been accused of shoplifting, according ...
Wired

People Are Using AI to Falsely Identify the Federal Agent Who Shot Renee Good

In the hours after a masked federal agent shot and killed Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old woman in Minneapolis, social media users have been sharing AI-altered images they falsely claim “unmask” the ...
The Baltimore Sun

Most Montgomery County libraries to close Sundays under new schedule

Twelve of the 21 branches in the Montgomery County Public Libraries system will be closed on Sundays beginning Jan. 11, county officials said, as the system scales back hours to address staffing ...
Post and Courier

5 unexpected ways to use your Greenville County library card

GREENVILLE — Greenville County has 12 library locations, but the system offers more than just books. More than 1 million people visited local library branches last fiscal year, according to Greenville ...
Chicago Tribune

Waukegan class donates ‘little libraries’ to elementary schools: ‘We want to promote reading’

Enhancing literacy for kindergarteners through fifth graders turned into a community project, as leadership of the Waukegan High School Class of 2025 worked toward the delivery of “little free ...
Spectrum News NY1

Libraries unveil the books New Yorkers couldn’t put down in 2025

As the year comes to a close, New York City’s public libraries have revealed the books New Yorkers checked out the most in 2025. For the second year in a row, the city’s three library systems — the ...
New York Daily News

Boy, 15, shot to death in Bronx NYCHA complex, second boy wounded

A 15-year-old boy was shot to death inside a Bronx public housing complex and a second teen was wounded Saturday night, police said. Eric Aitken was shot in the chest inside a building in NYCHA’s ...