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“Will I be OK?” Teen died after ChatGPT pushed deadly mix of drugs, lawsuit says

Teen trusted ChatGPT to help him “safely” experiment with drugs, logs show.

New AI Usage Report: Enterprise AI Risk Is Heavily Concentrated Among a Small Group of AI "Power users"

State of AI Usage Report 2026 (full report here) by LayerX Security reveals the extent of the enterprise AI visibility gap and why most organizations still don'

Microsoft warns of new Defender zero-days exploited in attacks

On Wednesday, Microsoft started rolling out security patches for two Defender vulnerabilities that have been exploited in zero-day attacks. [...]

Extracting Concepts from GPT-4

Using new techniques for scaling sparse autoencoders, we automatically identified 16 million patterns in GPT-4's computations.

InkPoster Tela 28.5 Review: A Luxe Home Digital Frame

It’s the world’s best E Ink picture frame, but you’ll need Monet money to make the most of it.

Spotify is celebrating its 20th birthday with a Wrapped-like feature that covers your entire time on the app

This will display joining date, first song streamed and more.

What’s behind Europe’s efforts to ditch US software in favor of sovereign tech

Governments across Europe are looking to rely less on American tech providers.

Twin brothers wipe 96 gov't databases minutes after being fired

A case study in why credentials are revoked before firings.

Microsoft Slams Public Zero-Day Disclosures Amid GitHub Researcher Account Removal

Microsoft has come out strongly in favor of Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure (CVD), urging the research community to share their findings and give affected

GitHub links repo breach to TanStack npm supply-chain attack

GitHub says the hackers who breached 3,800 internal repositories gained access via a malicious version of the Nx Console VS Code extension, compromised in last

Extensions and limitations of the neural GPU

Acer Swift 16 AI (2026) Review: Where Do Your Hands Go?

Sporting the largest touchpad I’ve ever seen, this ambitious laptop is better in theory than in practice.

Lotus will return to combustion engines for its cars

It's part of yet another ambitious pivot for the UK car maker.

OpenAI could be making a phone with AI agents replacing apps

The phone could go in mass production in 2028, an analyst says.

Microsoft will lean on your CPU to speed up Windows 11's apps and animations

"All modern operating systems do this, including macOS and Linux."

JINX-0164 Targets Cryptocurrency Firms with Fake Recruiter Lures and macOS Malware

A new campaign orchestrated by a previously undocumented threat actor has targeted cryptocurrency organizations with an aim to facilitate digital asset theft us

Hackers bypass SonicWall VPN MFA due to incomplete patching

Threat actors brute-forced VPN credentials and bypassed multi-factor authentication (MFA) on SonicWall Gen6 SSL-VPN appliances to deploy tools used in ransomwar

Extending single-minus amplitudes to gravitons

A new preprint extends single-minus amplitudes to gravitons, with GPT-5.2 Pro helping derive and verify nonzero graviton tree amplitudes in quantum gravity.

The Bloomberg Terminal Is Getting an AI Makeover, Like It or Not

WIRED spoke with Bloomberg's chief technology officer about the big, chatbot-style changes coming to the iconic platform for traders.

Digg is back again, this time to aggregate AI news

Kevin Rose says Digg will introduce new topics in the future.

Critical infrastructure giant Itron says it was hacked

The American technology giant provides water and energy monitoring and utility meters to hundreds of millions of homes and businesses.

eBay rejects GameStop's $56B offer: "Your proposal is neither credible nor attractive"

eBay board doubts GameStop's ability to buy and operate the much larger firm.

Malicious npm Package Stole Files From Claude AI User Directory via GitHub

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new malicious package on the npm registry that comes with information stealing capabilities. According to OX Securit

Identity Alone Isn't Enough: Why Device Security Has to Share the Load

Identity checks alone can't stop attackers using stolen session tokens and compromised devices. Specops Software outlines why Zero Trust strategies increasingly

#Exploration: A study of count-based exploration for deep reinforcement learning

Adidas’ Lightest Shoes Ever Were Behind the First Sub-2-Hour Marathon

Weighing 97 grams with a stiff carbon-fiber plate in the sole, Adidas’ new shoes helped Sabastian Sawe beat the two-hour mark in the London Marathon, a time bar

Gemini for Google Home will no longer freak out if you ask it how to make a margarita

Google has rolled out updates to make Gemini for Home faster and more useful.

China blocks Meta’s $2B Manus deal after months-long probe

China has ordered Meta to unwind its multibillion-dollar Manus acquisition, dealing a potential setback to Zuckerberg’s push into AI agents.

Google's Android-powered laptops are called Googlebooks, and they're coming this year

Google has revealed its vision for the AI laptop of tomorrow.

Grandoreiro Malware and BTMOB RAT Campaigns Target Windows and Android Users

Latin America and Europe become the target of two banking trojan campaigns that are designed to infect Windows and Android devices with Grandoreiro and BTMOB ma

Grafana breach caused by missed token rotation after TanStack attack

The Grafana data breach was caused by a single GitHub workflow token that slipped through the rotation process following the TanStack npm supply-chain attack la

Expert Council on Well-Being and AI

OpenAI’s new Expert Council on Well-Being and AI brings together leading psychologists, clinicians, and researchers to guide how ChatGPT supports emotional heal

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Sony's new wearable air conditioner runs even cooler

And it should be more comfortable, too.

Spotify’s next frontier: fitness content

Spotify is adding fitness as its next major category, launching workout videos, playlists, and Peloton classes inside the app for free and Premium users.

Android is getting a big AI overhaul in 2026

Google has big plans for Android in 2026, and most of it is AI.

GlassWorm Malware Takedown Disrupts Developer Supply Chain Attack Infrastructure

CrowdStrike, in partnership with Google and the Shadowserver Foundation, has announced the simultaneous disruption of all command-and-control (C2) channels asso

Drupal critical update to fix bug with high exploitation risk

Drupal has announced a "core security release" scheduled for later today, warning that threat actors might develop exploits within hours of the update disclosur

AI powers Expedia’s marketing evolution

A conversation with Jochen Koedijk, Chief Marketing Officer of Expedia Group.

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Daybreak is OpenAI's response to Anthropic's Claude Mythos

OpenAI has launched a cybersecurity initiative called Daybreak, powered by GPT-5.5 and Codex Security.

Meta inks deal for solar power at night, beamed from space

Overview Energy's first contract with Meta is a small step toward a future of space-based solar power.

Amazon employees are "tokenmaxxing" due to pressure to use AI tools

Workers are using an internal AI tool to automate non-essential tasks.

3 SOC Steps that Shut Down Incident Risks Early

Most organizations still picture cyber defense as a fortress problem: build stronger walls, add more guards, buy another detection engine. But modern incidents

Exploit released for new PinTheft Arch Linux root escalation flaw

PinTheft, a recently patched Linux privilege escalation vulnerability, now has a publicly available proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit that allows local attackers t

Expanding Stargate to Michigan

OpenAI is expanding Stargate to Michigan with a new one-gigawatt campus that strengthens America’s AI infrastructure. The project will create jobs, drive invest

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Astronomers use the Webb telescope to improve our map of the cosmic web

Adding significantly more detail means better future investigations into the universe's past.

Truecaller faces mounting pressures as its growth matures

As growth slows, Truecaller is leaning on subscriptions, business services, and new features to sustain momentum beyond India.