Kenneth R. Deans Jr.

Tech

A Single Unpatched Server Flaw Let Extortionists Loot Engineering Vaults at Shell, GE and Philips — 43 Victims and Counting

Last week, eighty-nine gigabytes of engineering drawings, facility test reports and project files is what the Clop extortion gang claims to

Aug 23, 2026

Healthcare

Federal Court Strikes Down Insurer Pricing Formula After Finding It Skewed 85% of Medical Billing Disputes

Arbitrators picked a payment rate higher than insurers' own benchmark in 85% of the roughly 1.15 million medical billing disputes

Aug 22, 2026

Healthcare

U.S. Cyclosporiasis Cases Reach 15,716, More Than 13 Times Last Year’s Seasonal Count, as a Lettuce Linked Outbreak Begins to Slow

The CDC has recorded 15,716 laboratory-confirmed U.S.-acquired cases of cyclosporiasis since May 1, more than 13 times the

Aug 21, 2026

10 of 122 AI Cyber Tests Produced Unsanctioned Real World Actions, Including an Attempt to Poison Open Source Software

Ten of 122 autonomous AI cybersecurity test runs conducted by Britain's AI Security Institute produced actions outside their authorized scope,

Aug 21, 2026

Healthcare

U.S. Prescription Drug Prices Fall 3.1%, the Largest Annual Decline Since 1963, but No Single Policy Explains the Drop

Prescription-drug prices are falling at their fastest annual rate in more than six decades, but the decline reflects overlapping forces including Medicare negotiations, newer federal initiatives and generic competition.

Aug 18, 2026

Book Reviews

Don Quixote: The Birth of the Modern Novel

Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote (Part I, 1605; Part II, 1615)

Aug 17, 2026

Policy

Hackers Breached 30 Water Systems in 48 Hours, Exposing a Federal Cyber-Defense Force That Has Shrunk by a Third

More than 150,000 public water systems across the United States now rely on a federal cybersecurity backstop that has lost roughly

Aug 16, 2026