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A federal judge has rejected the Trump administration's argument that the EPA has authority to dismiss pollution lawsuits targeting data centers. The ruling is a significant pushback against efforts to shield the rapidly expanding data center industry from environmental accountability, and signals that courts may not defer to executive claims over agency jurisdiction.
On the security front, a vulnerability in Signal's open-source calling library RingRTC has been disclosed, one that allowed malicious callers to prevent recipients from hanging up a call. The bug exposed a meaningful gap in call-state management, and while Signal has addressed it, the incident is a reminder that even privacy-first platforms carry risk in their foundational components.
And in the enterprise software space, Templafy has launched a new product called Templafy Team, which lets professionals build their own AI agents trained on company templates, knowledge bases, and best practices. The idea is to move document creation from a manual chore into something more automated and consistent, though how much real-world polish those agents deliver remains to be seen.
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