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SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Two high school students have turned themselves in to police in connection with a fatal stabbing in front of a Southern California high school, authorities said.Santa Ana Police Officer Natalie Garcia said the 15-year-old and 17-year-old boys came forward hours after the Wednesday afternoon attack that killed one student and wounded two others.Garcia could not confirm arrests have been made. She said there are no other suspects believed to have been involved in the violence at Santa Ana High School.“The entire stabbing appears to be gang related,” Garcia said.The stabbing happened in the afternoon as…

Hims & Hers, the telehealth and wellness company, has hired a veteran of the autonomous vehicle industry as its next chief technology officer. The move, according to Hims & Hers co-founder and CEO, Andrew Dudum, was intentional. Hims & Hers on Thursday said its next CTO would be Mo Elshenawy, the former president and CTO of self-driving car company Cruise. Elshenawy left Cruise earlier this year after its parent company GM shut down the autonomous vehicle program. The jump from AVs to health may seem unlikely, but Dudum told TechCrunch he purposefully turned to the autonomous driving sector to find…

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — The World Video Game Hall of Fame on Thursday inducted four honorees, paying tribute to games that challenged players and changed the industry.Making up the Class of 2025 are: Defender, the 1981 arcade game that raised the bar on difficulty; Tamagotchi, the digital pets that bridged toys and video games; GoldenEye 007, whose four-person mode influenced multiplayer games that followed; and Quake, which debuted in 1996 with a 3D engine that became the new standard for the industry.The winners emerged from a field of 12 finalists that included Age of Empires, Angry Birds, Call of Duty…

The patches for an exploited Samsung MagicINFO content management system (CMS) vulnerability appear ineffective as threat actors are exploiting it against updated systems, security firm Huntress warns. The issue, tracked as CVE-2024-7399 (CVSS score of 8.8) and described as the improper sanitization of user input, allows unauthenticated attackers to upload JSP files and execute arbitrary code on the server with system privileges. Fixes for the flaw were announced in August 2024, while its in-the-wild exploitation was flagged earlier this week, after proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit code was made public. Cybersecurity firm Arctic Wolf, which warned of the bug’s exploitation, urged users…

esure, a prominent UK-based provider of motor and home insurance, has teamed up with London InsurTech firm Caura to release a new mobile insurance app, available on iOS and Android platforms.The development of the app aligns with esure’s commitment to enhancing digital capabilities and delivering better customer experiences, according to InsurTech Insights.The insurer’s objective is to simplify how policyholders engage with their insurance and vehicle management needs, reflecting the growing demand for integrated digital services in the insurance space.esure chief commercial officer Peter Martin-Simon said, “The launch of our all-in-one insurance app is a major milestone in esure’s digital transformation…

CLARA Analytics has launched a new AI-powered claims feature designed to tackle the insurance industry’s estimated $15bn subrogation gap.The newly introduced subrogation detection capabilities in CLARA Triage use advanced GenAI and machine learning to automatically identify and prioritise subrogation and risk transfer opportunities.According to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), approximately $15bn is lost each year due to missed subrogation opportunities stemming from manual processes and documentation gaps. CLARA’s new tools aim to recover a portion of this figure by automating and enhancing detection methods.The feature also includes built-in alert mechanisms to notify users when opportunities surpass key thresholds.CLARA…

MAPFRE, a leading Spanish insurer and the largest multinational insurance group in Latin America, has announced the release of its Manifesto for a Humanistic, Ethical, and Responsible AI. The company also debuted its AI Center, becoming the first IBEX 35 company to formally establish guiding principles for AI development and usage.The Manifesto and the AI Center—was launched in response to the growing need for responsible, transparent, and human-centred AI deployment in the insurance sector.The Manifesto outlines five core commitments: a hybrid AI model blending human and machine intelligence, responsible governance aligned with strategy, trust and transparency in data and systems,…

Cisco on Wednesday announced patches for 35 vulnerabilities, including 26 as part of its semiannual IOS and IOS XE security advisory bundle publication. The IOS updates fix one critical-severity and 16 high-severity bugs. The critical issue, tracked as CVE-2025-20188 (CVSS score of 10/10), is described as an arbitrary file upload flaw in the Out-of-Band Access Point (AP) image download feature of IOS XE software. A hard-coded JSON Web Token (JWT) allows attackers to upload files by sending crafted HTTP requests to the AP image download interface. “A successful exploit could allow the attacker to upload files, perform path traversal, and…

Updates released recently by SysAid for its IT service management (ITSM) software patch vulnerabilities that can be chained for unauthenticated remote command execution. Details of the vulnerabilities were disclosed on Wednesday by security firm WatchTowr. The company’s researchers discovered several XXE vulnerabilities that could be exploited by unauthenticated attackers using specially crafted requests. They enable hackers to obtain local files containing sensitive information (including for full admin access to SysAid), access other systems on the network, and cause a DoS condition.  However, WatchTowr researchers were unable to achieve remote command execution until they noticed that the SysAid update containing fixes…

Cardstream, a UK-based FinTech providing white-label payment solutions, has partnered with Mastercard, a global payments technology giant, to enhance Cardstream’s Payment Facilitation-as-a-Service (PFaaS) platform.The collaboration will enable businesses across the UK to offer open banking payments to merchants and retailers, according to FF News.The partnership is aimed at expanding payment options for merchants and their customers. With the integration of Mastercard’s Open Banking technology, Cardstream’s clients—acquirers, payment facilitators, and payment channels—can now include open banking as a payment method alongside traditional card payments.This move supports growing demand for secure, bank-based digital payment alternatives.Cardstream’s PFaaS platform provides white-label services that enable…