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AMD acquires Taalas to boost inference performance by etching models in silicon NSF Inouye Solar Telescope Enables Major Discovery of a Hidden Solar Process Qwen3.8 Max now ranked as the best overall model by agentic index Mario Meets Pareto Launch HN: ProvenMetal (YC S26) delivers circuit boards in days instead of weeks Quake – 30th Anniversary Update Herdr is joining Y Combinator. The runtime stays open Almost no skill required to cook a steak Can you reverse engineer an ASIC? Humans missed 1 in 3 threats approving AI agent commands across 40k game runs Learn how chips are made with this Rollercoaster Tycoon-inspired animation Improving GPT‑5.6 Sol in ChatGPT, expanding GPT‑5.6 Luna access for free users Civilians under siege by Mexican cartel fight back with AK-47s, grenades Crime Pays but Botany Doesn't The simple elegance of the integrated timing belt loopback fastenerBleeping Computer
Hedge fund cyberattacks tied to BlackFile-linked UNC6671 extortion group Swiss government SharePoint breach compromised 200 accounts New TONTOU CPU attack bypasses Spectre v2 fixes, leaks Linux password hashes Meta AI model hacked a company during misconfigured cyber test How AI Exposed a Browser Security Gap that Enterprises Cannot Ignore Ransom Cartel ransomware creator sentenced to 16 years in prison Canadian pleads guilty to Snowflake cloud data-theft attacks Hackers run khunt post-exploitation toolkit from Oracle database COLDCARD security audit phishing attack installs remote access tool CISA warns of hackers exploiting Langflow, N-central, Apache Tomcat flaws Google Blogger locks hundreds of blogs in malware false positive How AI-powered phishing killed blocklists for good OpenAI, Anthropic AI agents targeted real people and systems in cyber tests TP-Link patches Omada ZTP flaws allowing hackers to breach networks Phishing service spoofs RingCentral to steal Microsoft 365 accountsArs Technica
Elon Musk's X isn't done suing advertisers, asks court to revive boycott case Trump FCC kills TV ownership cap, claiming authority over limit set by Congress SpaceX claims Starlink Mobile will be better than AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon Senators demand crackdown on wildfire "prediction market" bets Trump killed the Digital Equity Act but US was forced to bring part of it back Tom DeLay helped create TV ownership cap—he says Trump FCC has no authority to repeal it OpenAI says Apple's trade secrets lawsuit is "aggressive and oddly personal" Trump wants the power to stop the public from suing polluters After noise complaints, judge orders Waymo to stop overnight charging in Santa Monica Reddit keeps its strange DMCA fight over Google search results alive High school defends staying silent while boys made AI nudes of 59 classmates Man invested $45M in a Nicolas Cage movie. It got stolen off Netflix’s desk. How a Yale AI-cheating dispute became a 13-count federal lawsuit Trump FCC faces blowback in attempt to police speech on broadcast TV Musk went to “war,” sought jail time for X ad boycotts—but case ends with a whimperSlashdot
OpenAI's Models Shared Hacking Tips On a Secret Messaging Board Before Hugging Face Breach The US Government's Mario, Pokemon and Naruto Meme Posting Could Damage These Franchises, Japanese Officials Warn FCC Kills TV Ownership Cap, Claiming Authority Over Limit Set By Congress Broadcaster Wins Broad US Blocking Injunction Covering Pirate Sites That Don't Exist Yet Anthropic's AI Used Fake Identities, Malware In Rogue Attack On GitHub Project Apple's 'Private Relay' Is Exposing Users' Real IP Addresses Senators Demand Crackdown On Wildfire 'Prediction Markets' Trump Begins Selling $100,000 Monthly Subscription Service to Wall Street Trump Administration Drafting Ban On Chinese Data Center Devices Apple Says More Ex-Employees May Have Taken Confidential Data to OpenAI Apple Launches Legal Challenge Against UK Demand To Access Encrypted User Data Russia-Linked 'Midnight Blizzard' Group Hijacks Hotel Wi-Fi With CaptiveCrunch Rogue Police Officers Have Turned Flock's Nationwide Camera Network Into a Stalking Tool As New York Finalizes New Social Media Rules, US Senate Considers Nationwide 'SCREEN' Act Hackers Targeted Municipal Water Systems In 7 States This Week, FBI SaysEvents
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Rogue AI agents created fake online identities in another hacking attempt Ring upgraded its peephole doorbell camera to 2K Anthropic says Claude accidentally hacked real companies too Google is working on Chrome updates that don’t require restarts Ariana Grande is suing the hackers who’ve been leaking her songs and videos for years Google now lets you sign in to your account using a selfie video OpenAI says it accidentally hacked Hugging Face with a new AI system Google launches a cheaper alternative to large AI security models like Mythos Microsoft’s biggest ever patch Tuesday lets you hold off updating for longer Microsoft’s patch Tuesdays are about to get biggerCipher Brief
There Will be Unseen Costs to be Paid over the War in Iran. Who is Weighing Them? BLUF: The US Must Lead in Gray Zone Activity Why the Iran War Remains Strategically Adrift The New Fault Line: Israel and Turkey on a Collision Course Iran Is “Counting Coup” On The United States AI Summaries Are Susceptible to Manipulation — and That's Both a Business and a National Security Problem Investing in the Next Arsenal of Democracy Winning the Peace: The Democratic Dilemma of Limited War America Needs a New North Korea Strategy The Sovereign AI Tokenomics Trap What Congress Found Inside the Iran War Spending Bill The Audience Is a Machine: Our Future Information Environment Is Iran Controlling the Gulf Conflict? We've Seen Autonomous Warfare and We're in Trouble The $1.5 Trillion Defense Budget Without a StrategyBlogs
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