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UK cops say arrest of two young hackers disrupted the operations of an infamous hacking group; plus, why is OpenAI selling a ChatGPT basketball?

Owen Flowers and Thalha Jubair, two members of the prolific Scattered Spider hacking group, pleaded guilty and were sent...

July 17, 2026 6 min
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OpenAI’s first hardware device is reportedly a screenless speaker that can move; plus, Realta Fusion is building a fusion reactor at an old hot dog factory

OpenAI's first hardware device is reported to be a screenless, AI-guided smart speaker that can move. Weird enough for y...

July 16, 2026 6 min
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The real AI race may no longer be at the frontier

Hugging Face CEO Clem Delangue says enterprises increasingly want open models, due to cost, accessibility, and ownership...

July 15, 2026 7 min
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Apple says former employee exploited ‘rare’ bug to download confidential files after leaving for OpenAI; plus, Sam Altman’s space data center trash talk is what most experts already believe

Apple would not comment on the "security breach," which allegedly allowed a former employee to download sensitive files ...

July 14, 2026 8 min
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Character.ai enters the microdrama arena with its own productions, but with a twist; plus, ‘Slow-cial’ app Roost forces you to slow down to the speed of a carrier pigeon

In an interesting twist that takes advantage of the company's core product, users can chat with these shows' characters,...

July 10, 2026 9 min
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Venus Williams-backed WeWard can now lock your apps until you hit your steps; plus, Apple to produce Made in America wireless chips with Broadcom

With funding from tennis star and angel investor Venus Williams, the French app WeWard says that it increases walking ti...

July 9, 2026 8 min
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The ‘first’ AI-run ransomware attack still needed a human; plus, hacktivists call out Trump by hacking and defacing US Army websites

An AI agent carried out the technical execution of a real-world ransomware attack for the first known time, but new deta...

July 8, 2026 7 min
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Amazon will stop accepting new customers for Mechanical Turk; Canadian spy agency says it hacked drug traffickers, extremists and a ransomware gang last year

These may be the last days of Amazon’s Mechanical Turk. Also, the hacking operations disclosed in a Canadian spy agency'...

July 7, 2026 7 min
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What is Bending Spoons? The little-known AOL and Vimeo owner that’s now public

Bending Spoons remains largely unknown, even as its portfolio of products has served more than a billion people. Learn m...

July 6, 2026 10 min
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Jersey Mike’s IPO illustrates how bad the AI hype has become; plus, Mark Zuckerberg said AI agents haven’t progressed as quickly as he’d hoped

Just for kicks, I took a look at Jersey Mike's IPO documents. Surely a sandwich shop would have no need to mention AI. B...

July 3, 2026 5 min

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