Avalanche’s 11 Million Degree Plasma Is a Compact Fusion Milestone, Not a Power Plant
Avalanche Energy says its compact Jyn fusion device reached apparent ion temperatures above 1 keV, roughly 11 million degrees Celsius. That is a meaningful plasma milestone, but it is still a long way from net power.
State AI Laws Keep Moving as Washington Tries to Stop the Patchwork
States are still advancing AI rules for hiring, lending, chatbot safety, disclosures, and automated decisions even as the White House pushes back against a fragmented regulatory map.
Grok Build Plugin Marketplace Makes Coding Agents a Toolchain Problem
xAI launched a built-in plugin marketplace for Grok Build, turning coding-agent setup into a packaged ecosystem of skills, commands, hooks, MCP servers, and language-server integrations.
Splunk Enterprise Flaw Hits CISA’s Exploited-Vulnerability List
CISA added CVE-2026-20253 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog after evidence of active exploitation, and Splunk now says it is aware of limited exploitation. Affected self-managed Splunk Enterprise 10.0 and 10.2 systems should upgrade or carefully apply the PostgreSQL sidecar mitigation.
FCC Burner Phone Proposal Would Turn Phone Privacy Into a KYC Fight
The FCC’s proposed know-your-customer rule would push voice providers to collect and retain more identity data before activating service. The anti-robocall plan also raises a direct fight over prepaid phones, anonymous numbers, and mobile privacy.
Android Fake Call Detection Uses RCS to Fight AI Voice Scams
Google’s Android fake call detection uses an encrypted RCS signal in Phone by Google to warn when a saved contact’s number may be spoofed. The protection is useful, but only works when both phones meet the requirements.
OpenAI Probe Puts ChatGPT’s User Safety Claims Under State Scrutiny
A multistate attorney general investigation is asking for records on ChatGPT safety, advertising, retention, health data, minors, seniors, and model sycophancy. The probe turns consumer AI design choices into a legal and policy test.
The FBI’s Fake Town Shows Cyber Response Has Become Real-World Training
The FBI’s 22,000-square-foot Kinetic Cyber Range turns ransomware, digital forensics, hospitals, vehicles, and data centers into live exercises for cyber investigators. The lesson for defenders is that incident response now has to practice people, places, and systems together.
U.S. Order Forces Anthropic to Pull Fable 5 and Mythos 5 Offline
Anthropic disabled Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 after a U.S. export-control directive covering foreign-national access. The abrupt shutdown turns frontier AI access into an operational risk for developers and enterprises.
CISA’s New Patch Directive Makes Three Days the High-Risk Deadline
CISA’s BOD 26-04 replaces flat federal vulnerability deadlines with a risk-based model that can require three-day remediation and forensic triage. The lesson for security teams is that exposure, exploitation, automation, and impact now matter more than CVSS alone.