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Kimsuky Builds Offline AI Stack to Boost Phishing and Automate Malware Development
North Korea's Kimsuky espionage group has been running AI offline on its own servers and assembling tools to integrate AI across its phishing and malware development workflow, according to South Korea
CEVA Logistics breach exposes Steam customer data in Europe
Valve's European shipping partner CEVA Logistics suffered a data breach between July 29 and August 1 that likely exposed the names, addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses of customers who order
Monarc's Gneiss Fork Uses a Reverse-Arch Design
Monarc's Gneiss fork on its flagship e-bike looks installed backward but actually uses a reverse-arch suspension design—originally patented by Manitou—that the company engineered in-house for a lighte
Head Mare Exploits TrueConf Server Flaws Against Russian Firms
Russian cybersecurity vendor Kaspersky reports that the threat actor Head Mare is once again weaponizing unpatched TrueConf Server vulnerabilities to attack Russian companies across six industrial sec
The AI Slop Backlash Is Actually Having an Impact
Public frustration with generative AI is no longer just online noise — platforms like Meta and Google are walking back AI features within days of launch as backlash produces measurable consequences.
Ceva Logistics Breach Hits Steam Hardware Customers in Europe
A data breach at shipping firm Ceva Logistics has exposed personal data of Steam Machine and Steam Controller customers in Europe, with Valve warning affected users to expect phishing attempts.
Meta Unveils Muse Glimmer 30B Model, $1B Data Center Fund
Meta introduced Muse Glimmer, a 30-billion-parameter AI model designed to run on a single GPU, and announced a planned $1 billion fund for US communities near its data centers.
Zuckerberg Attacks 'Closed' AI Labs, Defends Distillation
Mark Zuckerberg publicly attacked "closed" AI model makers, accusing labs of a "doom"-saturated discourse while defending distillation and pitching for AI to remain broadly available.
Trump keeps AI testing framework behind closed doors
The Trump administration kept its new framework for government AI testing out of public view, blindsiding the tech policy community that had spent months waiting for the controversial process to be fi
Chinese Firms Capture 97% of Humanoid Robot Shipments
Chinese humanoid robot makers commanded more than 97% of global shipments in the first half of 2026, with worldwide unit volumes nearly quadrupling year-over-year to approximately 19,100.
Chinese AI Labs Stick With Nvidia Over Huawei CANN Code Rewrites
Chinese AI labs remain locked into Nvidia chips for training their most advanced LLMs because migrating from Nvidia's CUDA platform to Huawei's CANN requires extensive code rewriting.
AI agents, not AlphaFold, will accelerate science
Eric Schmidt and Suhas Mahesh argue that AI agents — not AlphaFold-style foundation models trained on massive curated datasets — will be the template for accelerating scientific discovery across all f
Four Startups Target the Transformer Bottleneck
MIT Technology Review profiles four startups — Subquadratic, Manifest AI, Liquid AI, and Inception — racing to build what comes after the transformer, the neural network architecture that has powered
AI Becomes Video Game Industry's New Cheat Code
AI has become the video game industry's defining trend, with outlets framing it simultaneously as a production shortcut and the foundation of next-generation game development.
A profile of Founders Pledge, which has recorded $4B in pledges from founders so far in 2026, as the AI industry now accounts for a third of its lifetime total (Joel Khalili/Wired)
Founders Pledge has recorded $4 billion in charitable pledges from startup founders so far in 2026, with AI-industry founders now accounting for roughly a third of the organization's lifetime total, a
OpenAI Pauses Astra Over Critical Cyber Capabilities
OpenAI is pausing some internal activities on its upcoming AI model Astra after preliminary evaluations indicated it may possess 'Critical' cyber capabilities under the company's Preparedness Framewor
King's Cross Is London's AI Hub After DeepMind Move
London's King's Cross has become a major AI hub after DeepMind's 2016 arrival sparked a wave of tech investment, transforming the once-seedy neighborhood into a sought-after base for leading AI firms.
Tech leaders say AI means less work - their staff say they work up to 90 hours a week
Tech executives have spent years promising AI will shorten the work week, but employees inside OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, and Google describe the opposite: sprints exceeding 90 hours, involuntary reassi
Chinese Banks Balk at Regulator Push to Fund Tech
Chinese regulators have directed banks to increase lending to tech companies, but lenders remain reluctant to fund loss-making startups, preferring borrowers with stable cash flows and profitability.
Zvi: OpenAI Delays Astra But Doesn't Get It
Zvi Mowshowitz delivers an in-depth critique of OpenAI's model training decisions and cluelessness before the HuggingFace hack, arguing the company still doesn't understand its failures despite delayi
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