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| Ari Natter / Bloomberg: |
Source: the US National Nuclear Security Administration was among those breached by a hack of SharePoint; no sensitive information is known to be compromised — The US agency responsible for maintaining and designing the nation's cache of nuclear weapons was among those breached by a hack …
More: Windows Central, CRN, New York Post, Neowin, Metacurity, Engadget, Telegraph, PC Gamer, implicator.ai, The Verge, Gizchina.com, and Cyber Security News
Bluesky: @gregotto, @troynovaunt, @peark.es, and @liz.sheshed.rocks
X: @jordihays, @geiger_capital, @aidangomez, @ddimolfetta, @ericgeller, and @arinatter. Forums: r/cybersecurity
| Ryan Gallagher / Bloomberg: |
Eye Security: hackers have breached ~400 government agencies, corporations, and other groups via the SharePoint flaw, up from an estimated 60 on July 22 — The number of companies and organizations compromised by a security vulnerability in Microsoft Corp.'s SharePoint servers is increasing rapidly … | Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
| Samantha Kelly / Bloomberg: |
Apple launches AppleCare One, an insurance plan covering up to three devices for $20 per month, including battery replacements, accidental damage, and more — Apple Inc. is launching a new product-insurance plan that bundles coverage for as many as three devices, part of a broader effort to drum up subscription revenue.
More: Apple, The Verge, 9to5Mac, Ars Technica, Thurrott, Macworld, AppleInsider, Engadget, MacRumors, CNET, PCMag, TechCrunch, Neowin, Android Authority, iDownloadBlog.com, Stuff, Mashable, MacStories, The Apple Post, Cult of Mac, BGR, Tom's Guide, Yahoo Finance, and TechRadar
| Anthropic: |
Anthropic and other researchers detail “subliminal learning”, where LLMs learn traits from model-generated data that is semantically unrelated to those traits — We study subliminal learning, a surprising phenomenon where language models learn traits from model-generated data that is semantically unrelated to those traits.
More: The Verge, The Decoder, Digit, Analytics India Magazine, arXiv.org, Simon Willison's Weblog, and GitHub
X: @anthropicai, @owainevans_uk, @garymarcus, @jameschua_sg, @owainevans_uk, @dhadfieldmenell, @saprmarks, @anderssandberg, @betleyjan, @byrnehobart, @jacobhhilton, @fabiendroger, @owainevans_uk, and @nrehiew_
Forums: Hacker News, r/artificial, and r/ClaudeAI
| Joseph Cox / 404 Media: |
A hacker claims to have compromised Amazon's Q coding assistant for VS Code via a GitHub pull request; Amazon says “no customer resources were impacted” — A hacker compromised a version of Amazon's popular AI coding assistant ‘Q’, added commands that told the software to wipe users' computers … | Bloomberg: |
The White House unveils the AI Action Plan, seeking to assert US dominance over China, including proposals to ease permitting for AI infrastructure projects — The Trump administration called for boosting artificial intelligence development in the US by loosening regulations and expanding energy supply …
More: The White House, TechCrunch, AI.Gov, and Politico
| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
Ukraine arrests the suspected administrator of Russian-speaking hacking forum XSS.is at the Paris public prosecutor's request, with help from France and Europol — The suspected administrator of the Russian-speaking hacking forum XSS.is was arrested by the Ukrainian authorities yesterday …
More: Europol, Reuters, The Record, Reuters, CyberInsider, Hackread, and Help Net Security
Bluesky: @metacurity.com. Mastodon: @zackwhittaker@mastodon.social and @campuscodi@mastodon.social. X: @europol
| Carl Franzen / VentureBeat: |
Alibaba releases its new Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 model on Hugging Face, improving on Qwen 3's reasoning, accuracy, and multilingual understanding — Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has made waves globally in the tech and business communities with its own family of “Qwen” … | Qwen: |
More: Hugging Face, South China Morning Post, Unite.AI, Qwen on GitHub, Benzinga, Computerworld, Moneycontrol, WinBuzzer, MarkTechPost, Reuters, Verdict, Livemint, and Analytics India Magazine
Bluesky: @quinnypig.com and @timkellogg.me
X: @alibaba_qwen, @awnihannun, @sigkitten, @aravsrinivas, @clementdelangue, @mitsuhiko, @simonw, @yuchenj_uw, @bindureddy, and @huybery
Forums: Hacker News, r/LocalLLaMA, r/singularity, and r/LocalLLaMA
| Natalie Lung / Bloomberg: |
Uber plans to launch a pilot ride type to match female riders and drivers in LA, San Francisco, and Detroit over the next few weeks, called “Women Drivers” — Uber Technologies Inc. is piloting a new ride type in the US that will match female riders and drivers …
More: Uber Newsroom, CNBC, TechCrunch, The Verge, Bloomberg Law, CBS News, Axios, Inc42 Media, and The Rideshare Guy
| Clare Duffy / CNN: |
In an interview at the Federal Reserve, Sam Altman warns of an impending “fraud crisis” because of how AI could enable bad actors to impersonate other people — New York CNN — — OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says the world may be on the precipice of a “fraud crisis” …
More: Benzinga, PYMNTS.com, Federal Reserve Board, The Guardian, Associated Press, Federal Reserve on YouTube, The Decoder, Wall Street Journal, Axios, and American Banker
Bluesky: @quinnypig.com, @spencerdailey, and @newnarrative. Mastodon: @zackwhittaker@mastodon.social. X: @federalreserve
Forums: r/technology and Slashdot
| Financial Times: |
AWS shuts down its Shanghai AI research lab, following similar moves by Microsoft, IBM, and other US tech companies, to scale back China-based R&D efforts — US ecommerce group follows IBM and Microsoft in China pullback amid geopolitical tensions — Ecommerce group Amazon is shutting … | Zach Vallese / CNBC: |
Meta introduces new safety features for teens, including enhanced DM protections, and removed 600K+ Instagram and Facebook accounts linked to predatory behavior — Meta on Wednesday introduced new safety features for teen users, including enhanced direct messaging protections to prevent “exploitative content.”
More: Meta Newsroom, Engadget, 9to5Mac, Moneycontrol, TechCrunch, Neowin, PetaPixel, The Indian Express, and WinBuzzer
| Muvija M / Reuters: |
The UK CMA proposes giving Apple and Google “strategic market status” in mobile platforms after an investigation and finds “opportunities for more innovation” — Britain's competition regulator said it plans to designate Apple (AAPL.O) and Google (GOOGL.O) …
More: Bloomberg, CNBC, Finextra, Competition …, Wall Street Journal, Benzinga, 9to5Mac, The Standard, The Economic Times, AppleInsider, MacRumors, Ars Technica, BBC, Cryptopolitan, iClarified, Politico, GOV.UK, GOV.UK, MacTech.com, TechRaptor, Cult of Mac, Mobile World Live, GOV.UK, News Media Association, City A.M., Yahoo Finance, UKTN, Eurogamer.net, CCIA, GOV.UK, GOV.UK, and MLex
X: @cmagovuk and @timsweeneyepic
| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Amazon acquires Bee, which sells a $50 device that resembles a Fitbit, is always listening, transcribes conversations, and serves up daily AI summaries — Bee is a Fitbit-like device that transcribes your conversations and serves up daily summaries. … Amazon is acquiring Bee, a startup that puts AI on your wrist.
More: TechCrunch, Barron's Online, 9to5Mac, Reuters, Wall Street Journal, TechSpot, PCMag, Fortune, Reuters, CNBC, Business Today, The Overspill, Notebookcheck, PhoneArena, Moneycontrol, The Indian Express, Digit, Verdict, WinBuzzer, SiliconANGLE, SmartCompany, The Independent, The Information, Engadget, and Seattle Business Journal
Bluesky: @ironyuppie.com, @carnage4life, @quinnypig.com, @ryanrussell1982, @werd.io, @amysundberg, @cathleencrudden, @jamiesiggy, @fatalnyc, @brandondoughan, @michaelcichon, @blowdart.me, and @thibaultmol.en.osm …
Forums: r/technology, r/artificial, r/technews, and Slashdot
| Pew Research Center: |
A survey of 900 US Google users: of ~69K searches, 18% gave AI Overviews; of those, users clicked a link 8% of the time, compared to 15% with no AI summary — Last year, Google introduced “AI Overviews,” a feature that displays an artificial intelligence-generated result summary at the top of many Google search pages.
More: Mercury News, Platformer, Ars Technica, Bloomberg Law, ZDNET, The Register, The Decoder, WinBuzzer, Search Engine Roundtable, implicator.ai, Search Engine Journal, Press Gazette, Australian Financial Review, TechSpot, Business Today, CNET, and NZ Herald
Bluesky: @nickstatt, @carnage4life, @drewharwell.com, @tongli, @bloodravenlib, @kylenne.etheirys.social, @ammonjohns, @doubleagentxv, @yunessa, @suwisuwii, @aedwardslevy, and @johngramlich. Mastodon: @acdha@code4lib.social. Threads: @crumbler
X: @serpalerts, @simonjharris, @itsmelissabrown, @zigityzagity, @gaganghotra_, @mannyfidel, and @maxwelltani
Forums: r/technews, r/technology, and Slashdot
| Jonathan Greig / The Record: |
A US federal jury gives five Nevada men varying prison sentences for their roles in running Jetflicks, one of the largest illegal TV streaming services — A federal jury slapped five men from Nevada with varying sentences for their roles in running Jetflicks, one of the largest illegal TV streaming services …
More: BleepingComputer, US Department of Justice, and TorrentFreak
| Mistral AI: |
Mistral releases a study on the environmental impact of its LLMs, conducting what it claims is the first comprehensive lifecycle analysis of an AI model — At Mistral AI, our mission is to bring artificial intelligence in everyone's hands. For this purpose, we have consistently advocated …
More: Simon Willison's Weblog, Digit, and CoinDesk
Bluesky: @simonwillison.net. Mastodon: @gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green. X: @sophiamyang, @emollick, @sophiamyang, and @emollick. LinkedIn: Hyoun Park. Forums: Hacker News
| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Proton launches Lumo, an AI chatbot to summarize documents, generate code, and more and says it will protect users' information via “zero-access” encryption — Proton says it protects Lumo's chats with ‘zero-access’ encryption while storing them on users' devices.
More: Proton, 9to5Mac, Thurrott, Engadget, TechCrunch, PCMag, How-To Geek, implicator.ai, Neowin, Fast Company, BGR, CyberInsider, Notebookcheck, and The Independent. Forums: r/technology
| Chris Welch / Bloomberg: |
Sonos names interim CEO Tom Conrad as CEO, effective immediately, as it works to restore confidence after its app disaster; Conrad took the job in January 2025 — Sonos Inc. named interim leader Tom Conrad as its next chief executive officer, expressing confidence in the turnaround effort he's pursuing at the embattled audio brand.| OpenAI: |
OpenAI details how its tools have boosted US worker productivity and says its chief economist is leading a 12-month study to assess AI's impact on productivity — Analysis provides insights into ChatGPT's impact on the economy. OpenAI also launches new research collaboration …
More: OpenAI, Constellation Research, The Verge, and Business Insider. LinkedIn: OpenAI Global Affairs
| Financial Times: |
The UK partners with Deliveroo, Just Eat, and Uber Eats to curb illegal food delivery work, share more data, and combat a secondary market in rider accounts — Increased data sharing between government and companies follows concerns checks are being flouted| Cade Metz / New York Times: |
Meta debuts a prototype wristband to read electrical signals from forearm muscles, letting users control devices without touch, trained on 10K peoples' EMG data — When you write your name in the air, you can see the letters appear on your smartphone. — The prototype looks like a giant rectangular wristwatch.
More: Nature
| Ryan Christoffel / 9to5Mac: |
Apple's new iOS 26 beta 4 adds more “liquid” back to Liquid Glass design, after dialing it back in beta 3 following social media criticism — iOS 26 beta 4 has just been released, and one of the biggest question on many testers' minds has been answered.
More: Moneycontrol, MacRumors, T3, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, 9to5Mac, PCMag, The Mac Observer, TechCrunch, MacRumors, The Hans India, anderegg.ca, Business Today, Cult of Mac, Business Standard, Digit, The Indian Express, Financial Express, Brandon Butch on YouTube, iDeviceHelp on YouTube, zollotech on YouTube, Beta Profiles Community, Brandon Butch on YouTube, 9to5Mac, Ainvest, bolha.us, Appleosophy, YTECHB, Michael Tsai, iPhone in Canada, Forbes, The Verge, AppleInsider, ZDNET, and MacDailyNews
Bluesky: @hilli.tech and @hilli.tech
Mastodon: @marcoarment@mastodon.social, @viticci@mastodon …, @david@cosocial.ca, @gruber@mastodon.social, @siracusa@mastodon.social, @simonbs@mastodon.social, @louie@pdx.social, @stroughtonsmith …, @louie@pdx.social, @marioguzman@mastodon.social, @Sonikku@techhub.social, @marcoarment@mastodon.social, @bigzaphod@mastodon.social, @viticci@mastodon …, @drdrang@fosstodon.org, and @viticci@mastodon …
X: @anxiousholly, @itsjakeperry, @anxiousholly, @snazzylabs, @markgurman, @vnchocotaco, @andrewjclare, and @markgurman
Forums: Hacker News and r/apple
| Zac Bowden / Windows Central: |
Microsoft launches the 13.8-inch Surface Laptop 5G for business customers, featuring Intel Core Ultra series 2 processors, shipping on August 26 for $1,799+ — The Surface Laptop 7 with 5G is now available to order, but only for business customers and with an Intel Core Ultra chip.Sponsor Posts
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