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DOD has no anti-corruption protocols for Trump children

DOD has no anti-corruption protocols for Trump children

Published by Sam Flores

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., talks with reporters after a Senate Armed Services Committee closed briefing on the Iran war, in the Capitol Visitor Center on Tuesday, March 10, 2026. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Sen. Elizabeth Warren said the Department of Defense has no plan to stop President Donald Trump’s family from profiting on lucrative defense contracts in a Tuesday letter to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, shared exclusively with CNBC. The letter comes after the Pentagon sent Warren a response to a January inquiry the Massachusetts Democrat sent to the department seeking answers about the agency’s contracting with the Trump children. CNBC has also reviewed the previously unreported Defense Department response, which Warren said failed to answer her questions about potential Trump family involvement in the agency’s contracting decisions. Read more CNBC politics coverage “It failed to provide answers to the vast majority of questions that we asked regarding DoD’s decision making process for the contracts and loan guarantees referenced in our January 22, 2026 letter,” Warren wrote of the Defense Department’s …

The 4 most secure VPN protocols you can self-host in minutes

The 4 most secure VPN protocols you can self-host in minutes

Published by skeptic

Who doesn’t use a VPN at this point? There are plenty of reasons to use one, be it geo-restricted content or privacy, and there are a plethora of VPN services to choose from. Free, paid, a package including cloud and a password manager, you name it. They all come with different features, but then, there’s one VPN feature that matters the most: privacy. What’s the best way to take back your privacy? I’ll tell you that it’s not outsourcing it to a corporate VPN. It’s making your own. Setting up your own VPN is ridicuoulsly easy now, and there are plenty of protocols that are at the frontiers. Related After 10 years of owning a smart TV, I finally installed a VPN—and it changed everything Installing a free VPN on a smart TV is a game-changer for Netflix and YouTube power users. But be warned: not everything will work as expected. OpenVPN The modular veteran OpenVPN came into being in 2001. It was created by James Yonan, and as the name implies, it’s an open-source …

Businesses are deploying AI agents faster than safety protocols can keep up, Deloitte says

Businesses are deploying AI agents faster than safety protocols can keep up, Deloitte says

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Nikada/E+/Getty Images Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET’s key takeaways The adoption of AI agents among businesses is growing rapidly. Meanwhile, the development of safety protocols is lagging. Deloitte recommends implementing oversight procedures. Businesses are ramping up their use of AI agents faster than they’re building adequate guardrails, according to Deloitte’s latest State of AI in the Enterprise report. Published on Wednesday and based on a survey of over 3,200 business leaders across 24 countries, the study found that 23% of companies are currently using AI agents “at least moderately,” but that this figure is projected to jump to 74% in the next two years. In contrast, the portion of companies that report not using them at all, currently 25%, is expected to shrink to just 5%. Also: 43% of workers say they’ve shared sensitive info with AI – including financial and client data The rise of agents — AI tools trained to perform multistep tasks with little human supervision — in the workplace isn’t being supplemented with adequate guardrails, …