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OpenAI announces Project Camellia in Effingham County, Georgia, with commitments to responsible energy, community investment, jobs, and access to Codex.
OpenAI outlines its commitment to advancing American science working with the U.S. Department of Energy and national labs to use frontier AI to accelerate discovery.
Introducing OpenAI Presence, a proven enterprise AI agent platform that helps organizations deploy trusted voice and chat agents for customer and internal workflows.
NTT DATA Group uses ChatGPT Enterprise and Codex to help 9,000 employees automate work, cut incident analysis to 30 minutes, and scale secure AI adoption.
The Python Package Index (PyPI) now rejects new files being uploaded to releases that are older than 14 days. This restriction was put in place to prevent old and long-stable releases from being poisoned in case publishing tokens or workflows of PyPI projects
I genuinely believe that if you took an open weights model from 2025 and built a pentest harness for it, it could do this kind of sandbox escape and scan/hack in most networks. This is only surprising because you assume OpenAI has sounder sandboxes. — Th
This story is wild. The short version: OpenAI were running a cybersecurity test against an unreleased model, with the model's guardrail features turned off. Rather than solve the test, the model broke its way out of OpenAI's sandbox, then found exploits to bre
Are AI labs pelicanmaxxing? Excellent piece of work by Dylan Castillo, who took a deep-dive into the frequently pondered question of whether the AI labs have been deliberately training models to draw pelicans riding bicycles in response to my deeply unscientif
But without “gold standard” constraints, the pact could allow Riyadh to eventually develop a warhead.
According to the WHO, the epidemic is “outpacing” response efforts.
The protests aren’t likely to turn into mass mobilization, but they are politically significant.
The clock is ticking for global oil markets, and Iran has the time.
As violence rises, both sides seek to increase their leverage without returning to war.
San Francisco tip: it only costs around $15 ($10 in quarters plus a $5 bill for the self-playing violin) to activate every single Orchestrion in Musée Mécanique . And because most people are bad at allocating their funds you may well be the ONLY person activat
Google commits $40M in AI tokens and credits for the Genesis Mission
Harrowing story of an identity theft victim. Yes, the person made a mistake—they gave the scammer a two-factor authentication code that allowed the scammer to take over their email address. But the real story here is how, for many of us, the security of
On July 10, 1943, the Allied invasion of Sicily — codenamed Operation Husky — put more assault troops ashore on its first day than the Normandy landings would 11 months later. Despite the scale of these amphibious and vertical assaults on the Medit
The company said earlier this year it expected to spend as much as $190bn on AI investments.
Ukrainian drones have hit several retail warehouses belonging to Russia's biggest online retailer Wildberries in a matter of days.
Economic decay and America’s strategic opening.
Band together or struggle alone in a disordered world.
The Houthi attacks would be the first in the Red Sea since the Iran-backed group announced a "maritime embargo" against Saudi Arabia.
Latest item from SANS Internet Storm Center.
Carl Merriam has designed some of my favorite nostalgia-inducing Lego sets, including the Lego Nintendo Game Boy and Piranha Plant. He's assisted on the incredible Lion Knights' Castle, Galaxy Explorer, and Pirates of Barracuda Bay. Now, he's helped the compan
The US Department of Energy says the "peaceful" co-operation agreement will give US firms "great access" to the Saudi nuclear energy programme.
Canada's dairy supply management system is in the spotlight after the US president singled it out as one of three main irritants used to justify new tariffs.
Latest item from HuggingFace Blog.
Less than a week before Meta's lawyers were set to return to a Los Angeles courtroom, the plaintiff accusing the platform of inflicting harm dropped the case. Brought by 15-year-old Florida plaintiff going by initials R.K.C., the case was set to be the second
The Upbound Group fintech company disclosed that threat actors who stole data from its systems leveraged it to create $13 million in Acima leases. [...]
The cyclospora diarrhea outbreak isn’t an isolated incident. It’s part of a pattern of leafy greens wreaking digestive havoc.
There’s a debate going on in the Trump administration over how to handle increasingly powerful Chinese AI models.
Save on WIRED-tested LED therapy devices from TheraFace, HigherDose, and more.
After a dismal two years of weakening demand, falling sales, and damage to its brand by Elon Musk's political activities, Tesla's road to recovery continues apace. On the heels of an impressive delivery report, the company released its earnings for the second
South Korea disclosed that hackers breached the National Diplomatic Academy's online education system for ten months and stole personal information belonging to current and former employees of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), including overseas diplomats
Elon Musk and the online right convinced themselves that Christopher Nolan’s “woke” epic would go down in flames. Now they’re crashing out.
A number of Apple products got more expensive last month, so we’re happy to find deals wherever and whenever we can. If you’re searching for a high-end iPad, one of the more notable deals currently happening is on the 13-inch iPad Pro M5 with 512GB of storage.
Code found in an iOS 27 beta would allow Apple to put a financed iPhone in "Restricted Mode" if it detects any missed payments, 9to5Mac reports. The finding follows a story from Bloomberg earlier this week claiming Apple is preparing to launch a new "Apple Upg
As access to Anthropic’s and OpenAI’s frontier models becomes more restricted, Chinese labs are pitching their open-source alternatives as stable, accessible, and increasingly capable.
This isn&#;x26;#;39;t a new attack, but something I saw "pop-up" in our logs this week:
Swiss rail vehicle manufacturer Stadler Rail says the Everest ransomware gang demanded about $12.3 million after breaching a data exchange platform shared with one of its suppliers. [...]
"This is day one for cybersecurity in the age of agents," Hugging Face CEO says.
Enterprise AI can accelerate ransomware attacks when AI assistants and agents inherit excessive permissions or compromised identities. Acronis explains how identity controls, governance, and least-privilege access help reduce AI-enabled ransomware risk while s
Eclypsium has launched InfraTrust, a new infrastructure cybersecurity knowledge base and monthly InfraTrust Pulse report designed to help organizations prioritize vulnerabilities affecting infrastructure, firmware, networking, and edge devices. [...]
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US secretary of state says international community should ‘join forces’ against authoritarian Ortega regime Nicaragua’s congress, controlled by the country’s long-serving president, Daniel Ortega, has announced a “work plan” to implement the authoritarian lead
Researchers listening off the Caribbean island of Dominica found variations in the mammals’ audible clicks when marine traffic was close Sperm whales produce a specific pattern of clicking noises when they hear the noise of boats, researchers have found. The p
We shared how Samsung users can boost productivity and get time back on new foldables, watches, and glasses coming soon.
This is today's edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology. Shape-shifting mirrors on NASA’s new space telescope could unveil Jupiters like our own When NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Spac
CISA has added two new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog , based on evidence of active exploitation. CVE-2026-16232 Check Point SmartConsole Improper Authentication Vulnerability CVE-2026-50522 Microsoft SharePoint Des
When NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launches, as early as the end of next month, it will attempt one of astronomy’s most precise disappearing acts to date. The telescope will carry the first space-bound “active” coronagraph, an instrument that effect
Ukraine's expanding use of drones at all ranges has changed the war's momentum. This episode examines how Kyiv is reaching deeper into Russian territory, disrupting operations and logistics as well as energy infrastructure. How is Russia adapting (or not)? Can
Tom Uren and James Wilson talk about the future of open-weight models. For different reasons, both the Chinese and American governments have reasons to crack down on them. They also talk about arrests of several members of the Scattered Spider juvenile cybercr
Portuguese businesses operate in the same native language as Brazilian hackers, making those businesses easy targets.
ServiceNow's investment gives BusinessNext a strategic partner to expand its AI-powered banking software globally.
Meta's React library has integrated a Rust version of the React Compiler into its main repository, aimed at enhancing build speed and compatibility with the Rust-based JavaScript toolchain. This port, which memoizes components automatically, demonstrates signi
a quiet day lets us highlight a new neolab win.
Poolside's co-CEO on how his small team of top researchers built a model factory capable of training Laguna S - a 118B MOE beating Thinky's ~1T open weights model... and this is just the beginning.
Snow-capped mountains carved by deep river valleys preside over northwestern Washington state.
“We think this may help younger orcas feed more easily, or it could also just be for fun.”
Orcas have been seen smashing into sharp-tail sunfish so hard that the fish bursts into thousands of fragments, perhaps as a form of play as well as food processing
A cyberattack on a food and logistics firm disrupts the supply of frozen food to thousands of clients, including major franchises like Kentucky Fried Chicken.
Long overlooked, the connection between our gut microbes and brain is yielding new insights into mental health
Sandworm_Mode is an early example of malware that exploits trusted AI tools and workflows to make malicious activity virtually indistinguishable from normal activity.
Q2 2026 was profitable, but barely.
The Government Accountability Office looked at 117 rules across 37 agencies and found 70% had reporting requirements that were overlapping. The post Most federal cybersecurity reporting rules are duplicative, study finds appeared first on CyberScoop .
Tesla's 26% boost in revenue wasn't enough to offset rising operating expenses and capital expenditures as it pushes to launch a new generation of products.
First four compatible titles can be run with an 11-year-old graphics card.
FCC lets ISPs stop listing all fees after companies complained it was too hard.
A malicious application delivers four-stage Android spyware via phony Google Play sites, exploiting civilian fear during Iranian missile strikes.
"The people I trusted betrayed me. The justice system failed me."
Copilot now bills usage at listed API rates. Compare direct model access with the coding workflow, policy, and harness work around it. The post Copilot vs. raw API access: What are you actually paying for? appeared first on The GitHub Blog .
Media are invited to NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, on Friday, July 31, to attend a media tour and ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Flight Dynamics Research Facility, the agency’s first new wind tunnel in more than 40 years. The event will
Beginning July 27, 2026, GitHub will cut public bug bounty payouts by at least half at every severity level. Critical findings will drop from $20,000-$30,000+ to a fixed $10,000, while its permanent invite-only VIP tier will pay $30,000 or more. Reports filed
Following its liftoff from Cape Canaveral on July 21 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, the Mission Robotic Vehicle (MRV) hosting the NASA-supported Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites (RSGS) payload is now en route to geosynchronous Earth orbit, wher
NASA astronaut Chris Williams and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev are wrapping up their 241‑day mission aboard the International Space Station. The crew and its Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft will undock from the orbiting laboratory’s Rassv
While Europe’s heatwave makes us run for shade, the intriguing In Defense of Sunlight reveals sunlight’s health-giving effects – in moderation, says David Robson
Sublimation, in which a person can split into two when crossing an international border, is tip-top stuff. Don't miss it, says science-fiction columnist Emily H. Wilson
Software that is free to use creates many opportunities – not all of which are good
NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory unveiled this new look at the galaxy NGC 4736, also known as Messier 94, on June 30, 2026. Messier 94 is a spiral galaxy with a bright inner ring around it, called a starburst ring, where new stars are forming, perhaps fueled b
GitHub is making some significant changes to its bug bounty program, shifting its focus to give researchers a better experience working with the GitHub team. The post Next chapter: Restructuring GitHub's bug bounty program appeared first on The GitHub Blog .
GitHub redesigned GitHub Issues navigation using a client-side architecture that combines caching, predictive prefetching, and service workers to reduce perceived latency. The approach uses IndexedDB, in-memory caching, and background synchronization to serve
Ancient fern savannahs may have transformed parts of Europe into a wildfire-prone inferno during the end-Triassic mass extinction. New fossil evidence suggests the ferns repeatedly regrew after fires, creating fresh fuel that helped prolong the devastation.
Miniature brain models grown from patients’ cells revealed striking differences in how Alzheimer’s-related tissue responds to an antidepressant. The organoids and the particles they release could eventually guide more personalized treatments and provide new cl
Anthropic detailed the containment architectures it uses for Claude across its products. It argues that agent safety depends on placing deterministic limits on an agent’s filesystem, network, and execution environment rather than on permission prompts or safeg
Researchers discovered a proton-assisted mechanism that greatly improves how triplet energy moves between quantum dots and nearby molecules. The proton briefly shifts position, helps coordinate electron movement, and then returns to where it started. This quan
Jake Mannix discusses moving AI agents past chaotic "1970s BASIC" architectures. He shares how implementing an intermediate protocol layer allows engineering leaders to build versioned, encapsulated "virtual tools." This design enables interface mapping, dynam
A configuration change in AWS's bill computation system showed customers estimated bills in the billions and trillions of dollars for over 24 hours. AWS's own alarms detected the anomalies but failed to halt bill generation or page engineers; customer escalati
Scientists have found a way to revive vancomycin, a powerful antibiotic that some dangerous bacteria have learned to resist. Instead of creating an entirely new drug, researchers paired vancomycin with a small molecule called pghi-4, which blocks a bacterial e
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A new study looked at almost one million married couples and found dementia clustered among couples. Shared lifestyle doesn’t explain everything. The post Your Dementia Risk Is Higher If Your Spouse Has It—But It’s More Than Shared Lifestyle appeared first on
The CNCF Technical Oversight Committee (TOC) has voted to accept Confidential Containers as a CNCF incubating project. About Confidential Containers Confidential Containers addresses the need to protect data in use within cloud native environments. While data.
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