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Sysdig Documents First Agentic Ransomware 'JadePuffer'
Researchers at Sysdig have documented 'JadePuffer,' what they call the first fully autonomous agentic ransomware operation, which exploited an unpatched Langflow vulnerability to run an end-to-end ext
US Voters Turn to AI as Nonpartisan Research Shortcut
Some US voters are turning to AI tools as nonpartisan researchers, viewing them as a viable alternative to traditional news coverage, voter guides, and social media, per the New York Times.
Even Realities Raises $150M for Camera-Free Smart Glasses
Shenzhen-based Even Realities closed a $150 million pre-Series B round led by Meituan and Tencent to develop smart glasses without cameras, bucking an industry push toward camera-equipped AI eyewear f
TrojPix Hits 8.1 Mbps Pulling Data Off Air-Gapped PCs
Researchers at Shandong University have demonstrated TrojPix, a covert channel that encodes imperceptible pixel changes into radio signals emitted by a PC's video cable, hitting 8.1 Mbps peak throughp
HKUST: SkillCloak Bypasses AI Agent Scanners 90%+ of Time
Researchers at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology showed that scanners meant to block malicious add-on 'skills' for AI coding agents can be systematically bypassed, with their stronges
This humanoid robotics company is going public, but its CEO isn’t promising a robot in your home anytime soon
Agility Robotics will become the first pure-play humanoid robotics company on public markets through a roughly $2.5 billion SPAC merger with Churchill Capital Corp XI, raising over $620 million.
AI Firms Trigger Philosophy 'Brain Drain' From Academia
AI companies are pulling philosophy PhDs out of academia in what researchers describe as a 'brain drain,' hiring them to tackle alignment, hallucination, and consciousness questions that code alone ca
SemiAnalysis: Nvidia delays its next-gen AI rack system Kyber NVL144 by 12+ months to 2028 due to PCB manufacturing issues, and cancels its NVL72x2 architecture (Anniek Bao/CNBC)
Nvidia has delayed its next-generation Kyber NVL144 AI rack system by 12+ months to 2028 and canceled its NVL72x2 architecture due to PCB manufacturing issues, according to SemiAnalysis.
Biren Raises $892.5M to Boost GPU Production
Shanghai-based AI chipmaker Biren Technology is raising approximately HK$7 billion (US$892.5M) in a new share sale to expand GPU production, with shares up more than 150% since its January Hong Kong I
Nvidia, Neura Robotics Build Humanoid Robot Safety Systems
Nvidia and Neura Robotics are building safety systems for humanoid robots using electronics, sensors, and engineering to let them work alongside people and prevent failures like a bipedal robot losing
Ottawa Preaches Sovereign AI While Buying Palantir Quietly
Canada's federal 'AI for All' strategy vows to make Ottawa the 'strategic anchor customer' for sovereign Canadian AI, even as Defence and provincial police have quietly spent tens of millions on U.S.
Some of the nation’s rich are letting AI teach their kids
Wealthy American families are paying tens of thousands of dollars to enroll their children in AI-driven schools like Alpha School and Forge Prep, making their kids beta testers for unproven educationa
ByteDance's Doubao and Alibaba's Qwen will disable humanlike and user-created agents before July 15, as China's anthropomorphic AI interaction rules take effect (Wency Chen/South China Morning Post)
ByteDance's Doubao and Alibaba's Qwen will disable humanlike and user-created AI agents before July 15 to comply with China's new rules governing anthropomorphic AI interactions.
Jim Keller's startup is building a factory to mass-produce small chip fabs
Atomic Semi rebranded as Fab2 and relocated to Texas, positioning itself as a 'fab fab' that mass-produces small semiconductor fabrication facilities and the tools inside them.
1M Investors Lost $3.8B on Trump Memecoin
A cryptocurrency analytics firm's report, analyzed by the New York Times, found that roughly one million retail investors lost a combined $3.81 billion on the $TRUMP memecoin, while approximately 500,
Zuckerberg tells Meta staff AI agents underdelivered
Mark Zuckerberg told Meta employees at an internal town hall that AI agent development hasn't accelerated as executives expected, months after the company cut and reassigned roughly 15,000 corporate r
Autonomous Umbrella Drone Follows Users With 3D Tracking
Maker John Tse upgraded his remote-controlled flying umbrella into a hands-free autonomous version that hovers over and follows users, keeping them shaded via 3D depth-camera person tracking.
Mid-year reality check on work: Anxiety is up, trust is down, AI is everywhere
Glassdoor's mid-year check on its 2026 workplace predictions confirms sustained worker anxiety and eroding leadership trust, while conceding it badly underestimated AI's rapid emergence as a net-negat
What should a 'Google Home Display' be now that Google Home Speaker has set the stage? - 9to5Google
Multiple outlets are weighing in on Google's new Home Speaker, with 9to5Google asking what a future Google Home Display should be while The Verge and SMH.com.au argue Gemini AI isn't ready or sufficie
AI Ports Command & Conquer: Generals Zero Hour to iOS in Hours
AI coding tools Claude Code and Fable 5 were used to port the 2003 PC real-time strategy game Command & Conquer: Generals Zero Hour to native iOS for iPhone and iPad, with the port reportedly complete
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