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OpenAI News Aug 25 Score 0.9370243157407409

The full stack behind abundant intelligence

OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar explains how advances across chips, compute, models, and products compound to deliver more useful intelligence at greater scale and lower cost.

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OpenAI News Aug 25 Score 0.9252187601851852

Disrupting a new covert influence campaign from Russia

OpenAI banned Russia-origin accounts using AI to promote a fake Israel-based think tank and a “sovereignty” index praising Russia and criticizing the West.

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Simon Willison's Weblog Aug 25 Score 0.8885381425925925

EVE Online: The Move to Python 3 Begins!

EVE Online: The Move to Python 3 Begins! EVE Online has been one of the most interesting case studies in Python at scale for over twenty years now. They've been running on Stackless Python since their launch in 2003, and their last major upgrade was 16 years a

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Schneier on Security Aug 25 Score 0.8684087944444443

Black Hat State of Security Vendors

Andy Ellis has a roundup of the security vendors at Black Hat this year. Key Takeaways: We have entered into an AI world. While nearly half of booths didn't directly mention AI or agents in their taglines, the effects of AI are everywhere. Multiple spaces (Ide

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The Economist — Finance & Economics Aug 25 Score 0.8414732611111111

What makes a great investor?

A big dose of luck, and a distinctly odd character

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Foreign Affairs Aug 26 Score 0.8218857583333334

The Future of Ukraine’s Drone Democracy

Transforming the military has changed the war—and upended politics.

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The Verge Aug 25 Score 0.8124486717592593

Garmin’s new Fenix 9 adds brighter screens and smoother map panning

Garmin just took the wraps off its new line of rugged Fenix 9 smartwatches, with the base model featuring an OLED display with a brightness of up to 3,000 nits, making it twice as bright as its predecessor. Starting at $999.99 for the 43mm case option, the Fen

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The Verge Aug 25 Score 0.8114685791666667

Trump is upping the price of Big Tech’s favorite visa

In the span of a few hours on Monday, the Department of Homeland Security announced that it would be implementing a fee of over $103,000 on H-1B visas, and news broke that the State Department plans on revoking the visas of up to 200,000 asylum seekers - which

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BleepingComputer Aug 25 Score 0.811302751851852

Hackers abuse npm mirrors to host phishing redirect pages

Threat actors are abusing npm and its mirrors to host malicious HTML pages that impersonate Cloudflare CAPTCHAs to redirect visitors to attacker-controlled websites. [...]

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MIT Technology Review Aug 25 Score 0.8102185592592593

AgeLab research inspires an A I startup

When Don Yansen ’63 arrived at the MIT AgeLab for a study on technology in care­giving for older adults, he didn’t plan to launch another company. But when he heard participants talk about how hard modern devices can be to use, he decided to develop an alterna

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MIT Technology Review Aug 25 Score 0.8102185592592593

A new stamp on cyberfraud prevention

For Rupert Young ’95, SM ’95, his career in data science and cybersecurity began when his grandfather gifted him thousands of stamps: He built intricate databases to catalogue them, displaying the “precise eye” for detail and nuance that his MIT application es

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MIT Technology Review Aug 25 Score 0.8102185592592593

Launching youth entrepreneurship

Even as a teenager, Laurie Stach ’06 says, she had a “crazy ambition to take on the world and solve problems.” At MIT, she realized she wasn’t the only one. “Adults always see these youth who are good at math and science and say, ‘You’re going to do great thin

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MIT Technology Review Aug 25 Score 0.8102185592592593

YouTuber finds niche as college admissions mentor

As a first-generation student from a small town, Gohar Khan ’21 had to navigate the college admissions process largely on his own. He founded his YouTube channel, Gohar’s Guide, to make things easier for other young people. Today, more than 10 million people f

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MIT Technology Review Aug 25 Score 0.8102185592592593

Addressing a sticking point in sustainable adhesives

Petroleum-based adhesives are everywhere: bonding the wood and drywall in a construction project, holding together the joints of furniture, and even sticking labels to otherwise recyclable containers. “The labels on a container are held up with petroleum-based

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The Verge Aug 25 Score 0.8096245976851852

At just $8, you owe it to yourself to grab Inscryption

If you watched the Gamescom 2026 announcements, you might have caught a trailer for the bizarre, frenetic Pony Island 2: Panda Circus, a game from Daniel Mullins. In case you haven’t heard of him, get a crash course with a fantastic discount on Inscryption. Hu

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BleepingComputer Aug 25 Score 0.8092587703703704

AnonyMousKIT PhaaS uses voice AI agents to phish iPhone passcodes

A newly uncovered phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform called AnonyMousKIT automates the retrieval of codes used to unlock stolen Apple devices and disable the Activation Lock feature. [...]

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The Verge Aug 25 Score 0.8092296902777778

The Witcher 3 is getting a remaster

CD Projekt Red is remastering The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, the hit RPG that first launched in 2015, and the updated game will be available starting September 29th. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Remastered will bring improvements to visuals and combat, a "reimagined"

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The Guardian — World Aug 25 Score 0.8092167842592594

Wife of US soldier deported after Trump rollback on military family protections

Cristy Maryori Villafranca-Trejo, deported to Honduras, is latest military spouse to face removal amid Trump 2.0 The wife of an active-duty US soldier was deported on Monday to her native Honduras , according to her family and the federal Department of Homelan

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The Verge Aug 25 Score 0.8066875606481482

Dreame’s dream of a rocket-powered car is dead

Dreame, the Chinese vacuum company that aspires to be a global technology giant, is reportedly shutting down its automotive project after funding from the government dried up. According to CarNewsChina, the company's automotive division called "Project Starry

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The Guardian — World Aug 25 Score 0.8045320620370371

At least 47 killed and dozens kidnapped in gang attack near Haiti capital

Gang leader threatens to kill hostages after attack in Kenscoff in which homes were also set alight ‘A massacre’: Haiti gangs carrying out mass killings At least 47 people were killed and more than 50 others kidnapped when armed men attacked a once peaceful co

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BleepingComputer Aug 25 Score 0.8016800666666667

Massive DDoS attack disrupts Norway’s government digital services

A large distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack has disrupted Norway's shared government digital infrastructure since Monday, affecting services used by the public sector. [...]

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SANS Internet Storm Center Aug 25 Score 0.8003174800925926

Obfuscating IP Addresses as Hostnames, (Tue, Aug 25th)

It is pretty obvious that hostnames can replace IP addresses. Pretty much any software accepting an IP address will also accept a hostname as an argument. Last week, I wrote about scans for the cloud metadata service listening at 169.254.169.254. These scans a

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BleepingComputer Aug 25 Score 0.7997819185185185

Hospital operator Nutex Health says data stolen in cyberattack

Healthcare and services provider Nutex is investigating a data breach incident where an unauthorized third party exfiltrated information from company servers. [...]

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CISA Cybersecurity Advisories Aug 25 Score 0.7952188439814816

Ebyte NE2-D11

View CSAF Summary Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to gain unauthorized administrative access, disclose sensitive information, modify device configuration, hijack authenticated sessions, and disrupt device operation. The

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CISA Cybersecurity Advisories Aug 25 Score 0.7952188435185186

PayRange API

View CSAF Summary Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote, authenticated or unauthenticated attacker to disclose sensitive information, arbitrarily modify the device to cause a denial of service, or alter a devices displayed image. T

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CISA Cybersecurity Advisories Aug 25 Score 0.7952188435185186

CISA Adds One Known Exploited Vulnerability to Catalog

CISA has added one new vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog , based on evidence of active exploitation.   CVE-2026-60004 Gitea Code Injection Vulnerability This type of vulnerability is a frequent attack vector for malicious

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CISA Cybersecurity Advisories Aug 25 Score 0.7952188435185186

Rently Smart Home

View CSAF Summary Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to access sensitive information and override user permissions. The following versions of Rently Smart Home are affected: Smart Home CVSS Vendor Equipment Vulnerabilities v3

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CISA Cybersecurity Advisories Aug 25 Score 0.7952188435185186

A Tale of Two SOCs: Insights From Two Red Team Assessments

Advisory at a Glance Title A Tale of Two SOCs: Insights From Two Red Team Assessments Original Publication  August 25, 2026 Executive Summary The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) conducted simultaneous red team assessments at two or

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GamesIndustry.biz Aug 25 Score 0.7766959273148148

The highlights of Gamescom Opening Night Live 2026

GamesIndustry.biz was at Gamescom Opening Night Live on Tuesday night, the eighth instalment of the digital showcase. The hall was packed, without an empty seat in sight, and there were plenty of gaming celebrities in attendance: Xbox head Asha Sharma could be

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GamesIndustry.biz Aug 25 Score 0.7706440754629631

Schell Games reportedly lays off staff

Schell Games, co-developer of Among Us 3D and studio behind the I Expect You to Die series, has reportedly laid off staff. Read more

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Game Developer Aug 25 Score 0.7612196074074075

W4 Games raises $18M to expand its international team

W4 Games has also signed a multi-year strategic partnership with Tencent to scale its business and the Godot ecosystem in Asia.

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NASA News Aug 26 Score 0.7470246231481481

APOD: 2026 August 26 – JWST Images The Lion’s Head Nebula

APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 August 26 – JWST… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is fea

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ScienceDaily — Top Science Aug 26 Score 0.742443999537037

Three forgotten kings could rewrite the history of ancient Assyria

Three forgotten Assyrian kings may have been hiding in plain sight for more than 2,700 years. By piecing together clues from tablets, inscriptions, and an ancient statue, researchers argue that these rulers were omitted from the famous Assyrian King List.

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NASA News Aug 25 Score 0.7376792527777778

New Next-Gen Dish Adds Muscle to NASA’s Deep Space Network

NASA’s Deep Space Network facility in California is marking the addition of a brand new 34-meter-wide (114-foot-wide) radio frequency antenna to the agency’s deep space communications and navigation system. The network uses giant dish antennas located at three

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GitHub Blog Aug 25 Score 0.7361962078703703

How to evaluate LLMs before production

These are the lessons we learned evaluating LLMs for real-world secret scanning. The post How to evaluate LLMs before production appeared first on The GitHub Blog .

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NASA News Aug 25 Score 0.7341348083333333

NASA Invites Media to LunaRecycle Challenge Finale Event in Alabama

NASA will announce the winners of the final phase of its LunaRecycle Challenge on Friday, Aug. 28, at The University of Alabama (UA) Lee Styslinger College of Engineering in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Launched in 2024, the challenge incentivizes the invention of new

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NASA News Aug 25 Score 0.7331334194444444

NASA Ames’ Contributions to Roman’s Mission

Set to launch on Sunday, Aug. 30, NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will empower astronomers to explore vast regions of the cosmos and settle essential questions in the areas of dark energy, dark matter, planets outside our solar system, and the formati

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NASA News Aug 25 Score 0.7315250861111111

NASA Ames Experts Available for Roman Space Telescope Interviews

NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley invites media to learn more about NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, scheduled to launch Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026, from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Roman telescope will provide a wi

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Econbrowser Aug 25 Score 0.7298753907407407

What the Heck Is "Structural Excess Capacity"?

The US is going to expand the trade war against a whole slew of countries, using Section 301 charging "structural excess capacity", caused by government intervention. China is up on the block, according Bloomberg: The US is set to impose a 7.5% tariff on Chine

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ScienceDaily — Top Science Aug 25 Score 0.7289069625

Forces deep inside Earth helped Antarctica freeze before the Arctic

Scientists may have solved the mystery of why Antarctica froze millions of years before the Arctic. Slow-moving waves deep inside Earth gradually lifted East Antarctica, building mountains and a high plateau where snow and ice could survive even in a much warm

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Econbrowser Aug 25 Score 0.7282207611111111

August Consumer Confidence Downside Surprise

Conference Board indicator registers decline relative to downwardly revised July confidence: Figure 1: U.Michigan Economic Sentiment (blue), Conference Board Confidence Index (brown), Gallup Confidence (green), all demeaned and divided by standard deviation 20

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AWS Blog Aug 25 Score 0.7271919652777777

Happy 20th Birthday, Amazon EC2

On the 20th Anniversary, we recognize how AWS has continued to push the boundaries of what cloud computing can deliver, building custom silicon for general-purpose and AI workloads and expanding EC2 into new form factors and deployment models that our customer

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New Scientist Aug 25 Score 0.7252186412037037

The engineer racing to run the world’s most dangerous algorithm

Craig Gidney is largely unknown outside of quantum computing, but his pioneering work on quantum circuits could have huge consequences for us all, ushering in both useful quantum computers, and the end of digital privacy and security as we know it

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InfoQ Aug 25 Score 0.7228297347222222

Presentation: Continuous Delivery for Foundational Platforms

Ian Nowland discusses why conventional CI/CD practices break down for stateful, core infrastructure. Drawing from his leadership at AWS and Datadog, he shares actionable techniques for safe progressive deployments, synthetic testing in production, and mitigati

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InfoQ Aug 25 Score 0.7202186236111111

BMC Vulnerabilities Put Thousands of Servers at Risk of Hardware-Level Compromise

Security researchers are warning that thousands of enterprise servers could be exposed to compromise through vulnerabilities in their Baseboard Management Controllers (BMCs) - specialized processors embedded in server motherboards that provide administrators w

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InfoQ Aug 25 Score 0.7195519569444444

Nuxt 4.5: Experimental SSR Streaming, Vite 8 and an Rsbuild-Powered Rspack Builder

Nuxt has released version 4.5, featuring updates such as a switch to Vite 8, a new Rspack 2 builder, and experimental SSR streaming. This streaming enhances Time to First Byte by flushing the HTML shell instantly. The release also includes a stable error code

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ScienceDaily — Top Science Aug 25 Score 0.7171426106481481

Atomic catalyst unlocks the hidden value of plant waste

Scientists have created a highly efficient catalyst that breaks down stubborn lignin from plant waste into useful chemicals under relatively mild conditions. By revealing exactly how the catalyst works at the atomic level, the discovery could help turn forestr

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New Scientist Aug 25 Score 0.7152186412037037

Will muscle-boosting meds be the next big thing after GLP-1 drugs?

A number of drugs designed to prevent muscle loss and boost muscle growth are being tested in clinical trials. Columnist Michael Le Page looks at whether building and maintaining muscles is about to get a whole lot easier

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InfoQ Aug 25 Score 0.7135519569444444

Cursor Releases Origin as an Agent-Native Alternative to GitHub

AI coding agent Cursor has launched Origin, a git based code hosting platform embedded inside its AI-powered editor, positioning it as an alternative to GitHub for teams that already work in Cursor. Origin is rolling out in early beta on Pro, Teams and Enterpr

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Marginal Revolution Aug 26 Score 0.7116032629629628

Emergent Ventures winners, 58th cohort

Jethro Elsden, London area, to study the regulatory structure of the UK using AI. Paula Benedetti, Buenos Aires, marine biology work in Brazil. Nyida Gyal, 17, northern Virginia, AI and data. Gabe Sekeres, Cornell, what if an economist just lets AI run?, Ollie

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Marginal Revolution Aug 25 Score 0.7024287259259259

Dolly Parton, RIP

The post Dolly Parton, RIP appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION .               Comments In reply to Randall. My Introduction to her were the duets ... by surfie In reply to Kieran. Possibly. Competitive mating predates ...

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Marginal Revolution Aug 25 Score 0.6927217814814814

Tuesday assorted links

1. How to run a start-up with AI agents and zero employees (video talk). 2. Elon of the bird world (Times of London). 3. Swiss judge using AI to help set sentences (in German). And in French. 4. Arguably EA philanthropists should obsess over fertility decline

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Marginal Revolution Aug 25 Score 0.690688911111111

AI and constitutions (from my email)

"Dear Tyler, I enjoyed reading your notes on visiting Anthropic to advise on Claude’s constitution. Framing AI governance around the common law, case law ("Talmud"), and independent adjudication is a much more adaptive approach than relying on a static, top-do

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Google Cloud Blog Aug 25 Score 0.6893849976851851

Bringing gVisor sandboxes to distributed Ray clusters

The reinforcement learning (RL) ecosystem is rapidly adopting Ray as the unified compute runtime for complex post-training workflows. Across Google Cloud, we see customers using Ray for workloads ranging from multimodal data pipelines to frontier RL. But as ag

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