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Dark Reading has named a new editor-in-chief, succeeding the three founding editors who had led the cybersecurity publication since its launch 20 years ago. The incoming editor, a longtime contributor since 2012 who first began reading the site in 2007, will now oversee a team of staff writers covering security research, CISOs, and incident responders.
Journalist James Marriott's book 'The New Dark Ages: The End of Reading and the Dawn of a Post-Literate Society' argues that reading built modern civilization, including science and democracy, and that its decline threatens rational thought. Marriott contends that even popular fiction engages readers with complex ideas in ways film, television and video games cannot replicate.
Jordanian authorities detained a suspected member of the ShinyHunters hacking group this month, following the gang's unverified claim that it stole data on nearly all FBI employees and applicants via a third-party jobs portal, which it also defaced. The suspect is reportedly cooperating with investigators, and the arrest follows a Dutch-FBI operation last month that netted another alleged member of the group.
Researchers led by professor Michal Irani at the Weizmann Institute of Science built an AI model called Brain-IT that reconstructs images a person was viewing based on functional MRI data, and can also predict what a brain scan would look like for a given image. The team reports it needs only about one hour of fMRI data from a new subject to match results that other methods achieve using 40 hours of recordings, and claims improved accuracy on composition, color and detail compared to prior models. The work has been shared on GitHub and presented at a scientific conference.
Dark Reading's editor-in-chief has revealed her decision to leave the publication after two decades, including five years in her leadership role. She reflected on the publication's growth and her personal journey, highlighting its expanded scope and her contributions. Her departure marks a new chapter for both her and the media outlet, which has become a prominent voice in cybersecurity.
A property in Tilehurst, Reading, is going to auction with over 1,300 square feet of underground space built by hand over decades, including tunnels reaching more than 15 metres deep, a railway, a one-tonne goods lift and a hidden entrance disguised as a rocket by the pool. The tunnels were dug by former aerodrome construction worker Tony Deane and his six children using only buckets and wheelbarrows, starting in the 1960s with underground changing rooms and continuing through the 1980s and 90s.
Scientists led by Michal Irani at the Weizmann Institute built an AI 'brain decoder' that analyzes fMRI scans to reconstruct images a person is viewing. The system was trained on high-resolution public brain scan data from eight subjects and uses a diffusion model to generate visual recreations of what the person saw, with the work presented at two recent conferences.
New research from IANS, discussed by senior director Nick Kakolowski, finds that most CISOs are using AI to automate routine security tasks rather than reduce staff. Instead, security leaders are reskilling junior employees and freeing senior professionals to focus on more complex problems, while also leveraging AI momentum to justify budget requests.
Researchers are developing AI tools that can reconstruct images and mental content from brain activity, with hopes of aiding locked-in patients and studying dreams. Separately, startups are deploying small, distributed batteries in devices like induction stovetops and food carts as an alternative to large utility-scale installations facing community pushback over fire risks.
A passage from Augustine's Confessions describing Bishop Ambrose reading silently, without moving his lips, is cited by scholars including William A. Johnson and Alberto Manguel as evidence that silent reading was uncommon in the ancient world. Johnson analyzed the passage in a 2000 journal article, while Manguel devoted a chapter of his 1996 book 'A History of Reading' to the topic of silent readers.
Computer scientist Manuel Blum's essay outlines strategies for succeeding in graduate school, covering reading, studying, research and writing. He compares finite automata to Turing machines to illustrate how tools like paper and pencil can dramatically expand problem-solving power, and encourages students to read non-linearly and annotate texts as they learn difficult material.
Amazon is selling the TCL NXTPAPER 70 Pro for $279.99, a $50 cut from its $329.99 list price and a match of its lowest price so far this year. The US model includes a 6.9-inch 120Hz NXTPAPER 4.0 display with reading-focused modes, 8GB of RAM, 512GB of storage, and a large battery, and it holds a 4.5-star rating.