A 26-year-old Canadian man once described as one of the most consequential cybercrime threat actors of 2024 has pleaded guilty to computer fraud and conspiracy to hack and extort more than 165 organizations that used the cloud data storage provider Snowflake.
ChatGPT introduces improved GPT-5.6 Sol with better accuracy and consistency, plus expanded access for free users and unlimited everyday chats with GPT-5.6 Luna.
OpenAI and the American Psychological Association advance evidence-based guidance, resources, and safeguards for responsible AI use and youth mental health.
New OpenAI Signals data shows how people use ChatGPT worldwide, with country-level insights on adoption, usage trends, and evolving behavior.
Any level of Iranian control would mark a major geopolitical shift in Tehran’s favor.
The history of the disputed exclave should inform what Spain does next.
Washington isn’t sure how to counter Chinese technological advancements.
Benjamin Netanyahu’s reelection as prime minister would hasten the illiberal drift.
Satellite images are plentiful, affordable, and easy to fake. Providers will benefit from curbing their misuse.
Release: datasette 1.0a38 This release fixes a SQL injection security issue that affects Datasette instances that serve a mixture of public and private tables in the same database, with access configured using the Datasette permissions system . Site administra
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Simon Willison on Technical Blogging I was interviewed by Cynthia Dunlop for her "Write that blog!" series back in January, but I just realized I never linked to the interview from my own blog! It includes my answers to the following questions: Why did you sta
Latest item from Google DeepMind Blog.
Neuroscientist Ishmail Abdus-Saboor discusses efforts to understand how skin contact can be painful or pleasurable, and what touch-obsessed naked mole rats might teach us about human social behavior. The post How Does Touch Lead To Pain Or Pleasure? first appe
There are many companies manufacturing adversarial clothing designed to confuse facial recognition systems. It's a cool idea, but I worry that it's mostly security theater: "Our patterns play with that chaos, confuse algorithms and make it way harder to pin yo
Though the technology is making life still harder for many graduates
The yuan and local currencies stand to benefit
The art is to say enough, and no more
Team evacuated a patient from McMurdo Station after landing plane in total darkness and temperature of -43°C.
Beijing’s quest to challenge America’s legal hegemony.
Russia’s coming succession crisis.
Latest item from SANS Internet Storm Center.
Fifa's backing of president Gianni Infantino at a meeting on Wednesday "changes nothing", says European governing body Uefa.
The ruling is in addition to $375m in fines Meta was already ordered to pay in the case, for a total of $942m.
Raphaël Graven, 46, died in August 2025, with his death live broadcast on the streaming platform Kick.
The executive orders ban birth tourism and expand the existing definition of people whose children are not eligible for US birthright citizenship.
OpenAI is rolling out a more reliable version of ChatGPT GPT-5.6 Sol for Plus and Pro users, while Free users are getting unlimited text chats with GPT-5.6 Luna. [...]
A Go-based malware delivered in ClickFix attacks targeting macOS users is stealing cryptocurrency assets, browser-stored passwords, Apple Keychain data, and cached credentials. [...]
Google is set to host its next live Made by Google hardware launch event on August 12th, and the company says in a new video that comedian Trevor Noah will be hosting the show. The video indicates that the event will feature other celebrities and influencers a
The AI device OpenAI is developing with former Apple designer Jony Ive is "essentially a smart speaker without a display" that's battery-powered, doughnut-shaped and roughly the size of a hockey puck, according to Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman. The device, ex
A recent wave of cyberattacks targeting hedge funds, private-equity firms, and other financial organizations has been linked to UNC6671, an extortion group reportedly associated with the BlackFile threat actors. [...]
Best Buy kicked off a sale on Apple products with discounts on its latest smartwatches to phones. Another deal that caught our eye is on the latest AirPods Pro, Apple’s flagship wireless earbuds, which are down to $189.99 ($60 off), with retailers like Amazon
Deadline reported Thursday that the upcoming The Legend of Zelda movie will feature Australian actor Uli Latukefu as the villain Ganondorf, and the publication notes that "We hear Latukefu inked a multi-picture deal." Nintendo or Sony haven't formally confirme
Switzerland's federal IT office says hackers exploited vulnerabilities to breach its Microsoft SharePoint servers and compromised approximately 200 accounts. [...]
Researchers found a way to bypass recent mitigations for Spectre v2 speculative execution side-channel attacks and developed an exploit to leak secrets from Linux machines. [...]
Suno announced plans to implement a new watermarking technology and download policy to limit the spread of spammy AI tracks and increase transparency. In a lengthy blog post, CEO and co-founder Mikey Shulman laid out the company's principles and the next steps
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. Google’s AI empire is being reshaped. Here’s what’s changed. After a wave of painful losses in the tech talent wars, delay
View CSAF Summary Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow attackers to bypass security, crash systems, execute unauthorized actions, or compromise data. The following versions of ABB Ability Zenon are affected: IIoT services with MongoDB (
View CSAF Summary Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to access sensitive information on the device. The following versions of Johnson Controls Inc. TL280 are affected: TL280 CVSS Vendor Equipment Vulnerabilities v3 4.1 Johnso
View CSAF Summary Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to cause the application to crash if a maliciously crafted DICOM file is opened. The following versions of Medixant RadiAnt DICOM are affected: RadiAnt DICOM CVSS Vendor Eq
Latest item from HuggingFace Blog.
The company's annual hardware forecast remains unchanged despite that downturn.
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Tripledot says the acquisition will better position it in 'the age of AI in gaming' and give it access to talent in Israel.
Some of those departing worked at the Washington studio for multiple years.
Roblox shares have declined 70% after second quarter results showed monetisation was 2% below company guidance, which impacted overall bookings. Read more
The 'extended preview' will be available exclusively on Netflix for six hours before heading to YouTube.
Hugging Face has published a detailed timeline of the attack. From the summary: The agent was running an internal OpenAI cyber-capability evaluation based on the ExploitGym benchmark, which tasks an AI agent with finding and exploiting software vulnerabilities
The indie publisher claims public trading has created a 'valuation disconnect that does not take account of the lifetime and long-tail revenue delivery inherent in the video games business.'
This is the second article in our series analysing the potential impact of the new Employment Rights Act (ERA) 2025 on games businesses operating within the UK. Read more
Americans are moving less than they used to. Moving rates have declined steadily for decades, falling from close to 20 percent annually in the mid-1980s to below 10 percent by 2019. This decline has persisted through business cycles and has been evident across
AI’s greatest mathematical successes have come from answers to problems posed by a mid-20th century iconoclast. By examining what makes the Erdős problems unique, mathematicians are trying to understand how AI might change the rest of math. The post Why the Le
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Kudos Games Services has expanded its senior leadership team by appointing Michael Hanna as chief operating officer and Ann Hurley as board advisor. Read more
Indie publisher Devolver Digital is looking to once again become a private company later this year. Read more
Nintendo reported a 9.5% decrease in first-quarter net sales, but operating profit rose 150.5% due to higher software revenue and $300 million in US tariff refunds. Read more
npm has introduced staged publishing for Node.js, requiring maintainer approval before a version is installable. Versions are queued and must pass a two-factor authentication challenge for release. This feature aims to enhance security amid rising supply chain
The Inference Inflection is HEATING up.
It'll be among the late actor's final screen performances.
A Meta AI model also escaped a testing sandbox, a cyberattack disrupts ports in North Carolina, the Philippines will establish a cybersecurity agency, and a Ransom Cartel admin gets 16 years in prison. Show notes Risky Bulletin: Meta's AI joins Anthropic and O
Amjad Masad on the "self-driving company," why a CEO is a glorified router, and what's left for humans when agents do the work
Oh no, when I said he was "endgame" I didn't realize marriage was also very endgame content.
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Announcing runtime instances in Amazon Bedrock AgentCore—persistent, managed EC2 infrastructure for production AI agents with multi-agent collaboration, GPU support, and sessions lasting up to 14 days.
Additional details about OpenAI's mysterious new AI device make it sound like a pricey smart speaker.
The organization, Network for Hope, "strongly disagrees" with Trump admin's decision.
Russian attack? Explosive drone targeted parked aircraft at Leipzig airport.
Not everyone needs a keynote slot to make noise at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. Sometimes the best way to meet investors, customers, and partners is by exhibiting directly on the Expo Hall floor at San Francisco's Moscone West from October 13-15. That's exactly wh
Vogue World is coming to San Francisco next year — perhaps another indication that tech bros are now part of the fashion zeitgeist.
Starting today, you can take an additional $100 off your founder, investor, or attendee TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 pass, which is a nice bonus on top of our current discounted pricing.
Musk continues appeal despite court loss and settlement with advertiser group.
Go beyond chat in the GitHub Copilot app with these slash commands. They'll help you plan, collaborate, automate, and customize your dev workflow. The post A guide to slash commands in the GitHub Copilot app appeared first on The GitHub Blog .
The NASA Science Activation Program’s Cosmic Storytelling with NASA Data (CosmicDS) project, led by Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, works to bring authentic NASA data into the hands of educators and learners. From July 27–29, 2026, the CosmicDS
Description This artist’s concept depicts NASA’s three SkyFall Mars helicopters collecting data while flying over the surface of the Red Planet. The green frequency waves emanating from the helicopters’ large antennas depict collection of subsurface radar data
Carbon savings from driving EVs are so large that it makes sense to scrap a working petrol car to make the switch
Description SkyFall ground-penetrating radar engineer Maya Román connects a coaxial cable to a test antenna in the Environmental Test Lab’s electromagnetic interference testing chamber at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. The antenna was
GitHub malware advisories no longer stop at npm. Here's how we wired OpenSSF's malicious-packages data into the Advisory Database, and why we built the pipeline paranoid. The post How we took malware advisories beyond npm appeared first on The GitHub Blog .
As NASA sets its sights on long-term exploration of the Moon and Mars, the agency is increasing the cadence of its Artemis missions. Helping bring these plans to fruition is Tom Percy, manager of systems engineering and integration for NASA’s Human Landing Sys
NASA astronaut Adam Fuhrmann (right, in yellow) prepares for a training flight aboard NASA’s WB-57 aircraft in this July 16, 2026, photo. These high-altitude flights train the crew to work in a tight environment and operate aircraft systems while in a pressure
This year has left mathematicians reeling as AI models are increasingly solving seemingly intractable maths problems. Terence Tao, the world's leading mathematician, says a rethink of the entire field is the only way out of the crisis
An AI model from DeepMind can predict cyclones three days ahead with a level of accuracy that previous models can only hit a day later
The widespread belief that some foods benefit from a night in the fridge has been put to the test, and it seems to be true for some curries, but not lasagne
The quarterly banking profile of FDIC-insured institutions provides an overview of their aggregate financial condition, including data on bank earnings, loan and deposit activity, and asset quality. According to theses profiles, mortgage-backed securities make
Its investment lags far behind America’s. Its models do not
A supermassive black hole has been found lurking about 30,000 light-years from the center of its galaxy—the first dormant black hole detected so far from a galactic core. It revealed itself only after shredding a passing star and producing a brief, brilliant f
Having a platform is not enough; the real challenge is ensuring that it is understandable, usable, and actually adopted by its users. A capability is done when it can be reliably used by others. To evaluate progress, you can ask yourself “Is this being used?”
Dumanshu Goyal discusses optimizing data layers for low-latency workloads like AI feature stores. Drawing lessons from NASA's Space Shuttle, he explains how proxy architectures introduce hidden CPU costs, elevated tail latencies, and blast-radius risks. He dem
Wiz Research disclosed CosmosEscape, a chain that escaped Azure Cosmos DB's Gremlin sandbox and reached a platform-wide key granting read and write access to every database on the service. Microsoft blocked the entry point within two days but took until July 2
AI workflows have two needs that trade off directly. Running reliably in production requires persisting and distributing every step so it survives crashes, deploys, and restarts. But that same machinery is what makes runs too heavy for the fast, throwaway loop
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Here is the audio, video, and transcript. Here is from the episode summary: Julia joined Tyler to discuss why so many of Russia’s great constructivist painters were women, why the tsarist government established women’s medical courses in 1872, changing attitud
Shares of Sandisk and Western Digital fell hard after investors were left unimpressed by those companies’ earnings reports.
“I was shocked to learn that his monthly Social Security benefit will be only $700.”
“She left behind a 30-year-old son and 32-year-old daughter.”
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No one knows what Congress will do if Social Security’s trust fund were actually to be depleted.
“I expect to have several years before I take distributions from my 401(k) account.”
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Orchard is an open-source framework for the research community to train and evaluate AI agents across task types. It reduces complexity while supporting strong performance from smaller models by enabling researchers to reuse the same infrastructure. The post O
Scaling our curation and measurement of the open ecosystem.
OpenAI said that ChatGPT free and Go users are also getting a new think button for complex queries.
