Edition #91

The One Thing

• The Fed Just Raised Rates Again: Here’s What It Means for Freight

Signals

• 16 trucking companies hit bankruptcy court in less than a month
• FBI, Coast Guard probe suspected cyberattacks on ships entering US waters
• Softbank’s mega junk-bond deal shows capital for the AI race is getting more expensive
• New Anthropic, OpenAI models make same promise: A little more for a lot less money
• Microsoft disrupts AI-assisted platform that compromised 12,000 accounts
• Your company needs a pricing constitution.
• Fed's Collins warns inflation could be 'notably' higher after backing rate hike
• Wendy’s Has Closed 245 Restaurants This Year. The Reason Should Worry Every Franchise Owner
• HR leaders worry about the loss of critical leadership skill development
• DoorDash Will Pay $131.5 Million in a Settlement. The Median Driver Payment Will Be Less Than $100

Watch Your Back

• F5 Patches Critical BIG-IP APM Zero-Day Exploited for Unauthenticated RCE on OAuth Servers
• Ryuk ransomware member sentenced to 24 months in prison
• Critical Next.js ImageResponse Flaw Can Lead to Server Code Execution via Crafted SVG Input
• Rogue external MFA providers can steal passwords during logins
• Two arrested in UK after Microsoft takedown of ‘Eviltokens’ AI-chatbot for cybercriminals

Antics

• Elon Musk: Elon Musk's X brings crypto and stock trading via Coinbase, Kraken and Interactive Brokers partnership
• Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang: ‘Irresponsible’ AI leaders are scaring people for ‘ulterior reasons’
• Doctors Told GitLab’s Co-Founder He Was Out of Options. So He Switched to ‘Founder Mode’

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