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✓ Human-authored analysis; AI used for formatting and proofreading. Scott Piper published a twenty-year retrospective on cloud security research in March 2026. It's the most useful structural history of the field I've seen — four eras, each with defining milestones, each with the tools and research that shaped cloud security. If you work in cloud security, read it first. What follows is a question about what the history reveals when you examine one detail it doesn't discuss. The four eras Piper divides two decades into four eras: 2006–2016, Foundational. Cloud providers built the security primitives — IAM (2011), CloudTrail (2013), Organizations and SCPs (2016). Before these existed, there was no mechanism for least privilege, no audit trail, and no organizational boundary. Security research in this era was part-time work from people with broader careers. 2016–2021, CSPM. Cloud security became a full-time job. CIS Benchmarks standardized what to check. Open-source tools proliferated — Prowler, CloudMapper, Pacu, Cloud Custodian, ScoutSuite. Cloud security during this time largely meant deploying a CSPM. 2021–2025, CNAPP. Point solutions gave way to platforms. Vendors integrated CSPM with container scanning, vulnerability management, and workload protection into a single product category. Research teams at vendors began finding cross-tenant vulnerabilities in the cloud providers themselves. 2025–present, AI. AI accelerates both attack and defense. Exploits that required deep language expertise are generated in minutes. A CTF challenge was solved by an AI within minutes of release. The industry is speed-running the cloud eras. This is a well-evidenced narrative. Every era is defined by a change in what tools could do and who was building them. The verb that didn't change Look at what each era's defining tools do. The direct action each tool performs on its direct object. In the CSPM era, the defining tools match API responses against rule databases. Prowler, ScoutSuit

I'm wondering if there exists a US equivalent of Anabin[0] -- a German portal and database for evaluating foreign educational certificates. [0]: https://anabin.kmk.org/cms/public/startseite

Private buyers are increasingly outbidding museums for fossils. That’s making it difficult—or even impossible—for researchers to improve our understanding of the past.

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In response to a public records request, HUD has withheld documents about DOGE’s use of AI—in part by citing a privilege that doesn’t exist.

AI makes the first 80% of development feel fast, but hides architectural complexity until it's too late. To prevent system instability, engineering leaders must shift from raw throughput to systemic comprehension. By unifying spec-anchored SDD, TDD, and automated fitness functions into a repo-bound "Context Store," teams can ensure AI agents and human reviewers evolve code safely. By Stella Berhe, Stephan Bragner, Vikram Maran, Anand Jayaraman

New hyperscale data centers can't set up shop in New York for up to a year now that Governor Kathy Hochul (D) has signed the nation's first statewide moratorium. But a bill passed by the state legislature that could restrict even more developments still awaits her signature. The order blocks new environmental permits for data […]

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The FCC authorized Reflect Orbital to launch the mirror satellite Eärendil-1. “For optical astronomy, this poses an existential threat,” the European Southern Observatory said.

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Drawing from the enduring adaptability of HTML and HTTP, Seph Gentle proposes embedding self-contained schemas directly into file headers, ensuring data remains readable without external definitions. His experimental format prioritises forward, backwards, and sideways compatibility, enabling data format evolution without central coordination or data loss By Olimpiu Pop

The machine that could change the world will be housed in a room that looks like a data center crossed with an ice cream factory. Inside will be some 100 stainless-steel cabinets, each about six feet tall and connected to a supply of liquid helium that keeps them only a few degrees above absolute zero.…