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FBI seizes hacking tools it says China used to attack NASA, DOE, US Senate and other critical networks
The Register - 27 Aug 2026 02:06AI Startup DeepSeek Poised to Reach $74 Billion Valuation
Wall Street Journal - 27 Aug 2026 05:18OpenAI explains how its naughty AI agents attacked Hugging Face
The Register - 27 Aug 2026 01:45Cisco Gave All 90,000 Employees Their Own AI Agent
Wall Street Journal - 27 Aug 2026 13:09CISA Adds Six Exploited Flaws to KEV, Including NetScaler, Linux, and SQL Server Bugs
The Hacker News - 27 Aug 2026 12:35
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Wednesday added six flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, including a high-severity security vulnerability impacting Citrix NetSca...
How Facebook and Instagram will change after Meta's $18B settlement - and where the money is going
ZDNet - 27 Aug 2026 12:00
The suit alleges that Meta designed its platforms to be addicting to young people.
The Large Hadron Collider Is Getting a Major Upgrade. But What Would Actually Surprise Physicists?
Gizmodo - 27 Aug 2026 10:00
Some were disappointed at the lack of "new physics" from the LHC. Could forthcoming updates be the accelerator's redemption arc-assuming it needs one?
NASAs Webb Telescope Rules Out Two New Dyson Sphere Candidates
Universe Today - 27 Aug 2026 03:32
Recent searches for the technosignatures of hypothetical Dyson Spheres again turn up empty.
Bill Gates Proposes Major Limits On AI Development
Slashdot - 27 Aug 2026 03:30
An anonymous reader quotes a report from CNN: Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates argued on Wednesday that artificial intelligence needs significant limits or else the harm to humans will outweigh any potential good. "AI...
AI Spots Hidden Solar Storm Signs 9 Hours Early
Universe Today - 27 Aug 2026 01:16
When we think of weather forecasts, we instinctively think of weather on Earth like rain or shine. However, we rarely consider weather forecasts from outside of the Earth, also called space weather. While space weather o...
Republican Senator Launches Investigation Into Flock as Backlash Sweeps Country
Gizmodo - 27 Aug 2026 00:15
The company reportedly scans 20 billion vehicles each month.
LM Studio adds GLM-5.3-Flash to Bionic, with image support and 1M-token context
9 to 5 Mac - 27 Aug 2026 00:10
LM Studio has added Z.ais new GLM-5.3-Flash model to Bionic, its AI agent platform, bringing multimodal input, a 1 million-token context window, and significantly lower pricing than GLM-5.2. Here are the details.
Scientists find a huge hidden ice reservoir beneath Utahs mountains
Science Daily - 27 Aug 2026 23:48
Beneath the rocky slopes of Mount Timpanogos lies far more ice than anyone walking across the surface might suspect. Researchers used gravity measurements to map the buried glacier in 3D and found it is about 83% ice, wi...
Lifehacker Deals Live Blog: The Best Tech Sales, All in One Place
Life Hacker - 27 Aug 2026 23:31
Keep up with all of the best deals that Lifehacker publishes, including laptops, speakers, TVs, security cameras, and more.
CRPx0 hacking service for dummies claims victim count more than quintupled
The Register - 27 Aug 2026 23:24Incoming Apple CEO John Ternus meets with Tim Cook's friend Pikachu & Pokemon CEO
AppleInsider - 27 Aug 2026 23:19
The Pokemon team visited Apple Park on their way to the Pokemon World Championship starting on August 28 in San Francisco, giving Pikachu a chance to explore and meet the next CEO of Apple.Pikachu wonders around Apple Pa...
Did A New Google 'Pulse' App Just Appear On Your Android Phone? Here's What It Does
BGR - 27 Aug 2026 23:17
The company's quietly installing Pulse on people's phones, with the Play Store saying it's been downloaded more than 10 million times.
Anthropic and OpenAI are joining the AI stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
TechCrunch - 27 Aug 2026 23:16
At TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, the AI Stage is back to dig into the single hottest topic in the community for the past few years, presented by Google for Startups.
Overcooked? Why robotic pizza makers are failing
BBC - 27 Aug 2026 23:16
A string of failures has sapped confidence that robots will take over production at pizza restaurants.
Anthropic was illegally blacklisted by the Trump administration, court rules
The Verge - 27 Aug 2026 23:14
On Thursday, a judge ruled that the Pentagon's blacklisting of Anthropic earlier this year was unconstitutional, delivering the AI lab a win in a monthslong rollercoaster of a battle with the Trump administration. Th...
GTA 6 Trailer Gives Us First Glimpse At New Race Tracks (And One May Be Based On This Real Florida Track)
Slash Gear - 27 Aug 2026 23:09
Developer Rockstar has said GTA 6 will be the biggest entry in the series, and recent rumors suggest that includes a raceway with real-world inspiration.
OpenAI renews push to get Apples trade secret theft lawsuit tossed
9 to 5 Mac - 27 Aug 2026 23:08
Chang Liu, Tang Tan, OpenAI, and io Products filed a new petition asking the court to dismiss Apples trade secret misappropriation complaint with prejudice. Heres what that means.