WordPress has officially triggered an emergency security update after researchers uncovered a catastrophic vulnerability in its core system. The flaw allows completely anonymous, unauthenticated attackers to take full control of a default WordPress installation using just a single HTTP request. Given that WordPress powers roughly 40% of the entire web, the security community is urging administrators to check their sites immediately. When a core remote code execution (RCE) bug

The AI industry is currently racing to move beyond simple chatbots and deploy AI agents—autonomous systems that can plan, browse the web, and execute complex multi-step tasks like booking a flight or managing a budget. However, a groundbreaking new study from South Korea’s Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) warns that this transition carries a massive, hidden environmental cost. Led by Professor Rhu Min-soo, the first-of-its-kind study reveals that AI

The AI race is no longer defined solely by Silicon Valley. With the release of GLM-5.2, Beijing-based Zhipu AI has demonstrated that open-weight models are rapidly catching up to—and in some areas matching—the world's most advanced proprietary AI systems. Originally spun out of research at Tsinghua University, the company has introduced a 744-billion-parameter model that is drawing significant attention from researchers, developers, and cybersecurity professionals alike. More