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SpaceX to try its luck again with Starship Flight 13 after engines and weather say no
Replacement Raptors head for liftoff without a static fire test
Register UK - Aug 06, 2026 10:48pm EDT
Mike Cannon-Brookes’ fortune jumps $2.6 billion in just hours
“AI is the best thing that has happened to Atlassian,” Cannon-Brookes said after a quarter that eased fears artificial intelligence would eat its business.
Sydney Morning Herald - Aug 06, 2026 10:36pm EDT
AI agents created fake identities and attempted to trick real people into approving malicious code in an attempted supply-chain attack on real open-source software.
International Business Times - Aug 06, 2026 9:16pm EDT
New Mexico court orders Meta to pay $567m over harms to children’s mental health
Guardian UK - Aug 06, 2026 8:44pm EDT
Meta ordered to pay $567 million into abatement fund as remedy to child harms case in New Mexico
A judge in New Mexico ordered Meta to pay $567 million into an abatement fund after a jury ruled the company violated the state’s unfair practices act.
CNBC - Aug 06, 2026 8:31pm EDT
UK charities count the cost of Beacon CRM cyberattack
Database backups likely stolen, potentially exposing donor, supporter, and service user details
Register UK - Aug 06, 2026 7:40pm EDT
Trump signs 2 immigration actions to limit birthright citizenship and curb ‘birth tourism’
The Supreme Court shot down the president’s first effort targeting birthright citizenship. He says he thinks this attempt will pass constitutional muster.
NBC News - Aug 06, 2026 6:48pm EDT
Meta joins OpenAI, Anthropic in disclosing AI model hacking
One of Meta Platforms' artificial intelligence models accessed the internet on its own and hacked another company, the company said Thursday, the...
Daily Sabah - Aug 06, 2026 5:17pm EDT
Gizmodo - Aug 06, 2026 5:02pm EDT
Pluto's Famous Glacial Heart Has Been Secretly Leaking Liquid Nitrogen
Gizmodo - Aug 06, 2026 4:32pm EDT
Airbnb stock soars 9% on earnings and revenue beat, strong guidance for third quarter
Airbnb said it's seeing strong demand "across all regions," contributing to the company's better-than-expected forecast.
CNBC - Aug 06, 2026 4:31pm EDT
AMD buys chip startup that hardwires AI models into its silicon
Taalas' current chip runs a small version of Meta's Llama 3.1, though the company is working on chips for bigger and more advanced models.
CNBC - Aug 06, 2026 4:13pm EDT
My Husband Found an Unwelcome Visitor in Our Bed. It’s a Threat That’s Coming for All of Us.
Ticks in NYC are a thing we have to deal with now.
Slate - Aug 06, 2026 4:00pm EDT
Models used social engineering and collaborated among themselves to solve a security challenge
Register UK - Aug 06, 2026 3:19pm EDT
AppLovin stock tanks on Q2 revenue miss
Shares of AppLovin tanked 17% Thursday off a second-quarter earnings miss, falling short of analysts' expectations for revenue.
CNBC - Aug 06, 2026 3:12pm EDT
Christian Science Monitor - Aug 06, 2026 2:42pm EDT
OpenAI Reveals AI Agents Turned on Its Own Testing Environment Before Hacking Hugging Face
OpenAI has disclosed that its experimental artificial intelligence agents compromised the company's own testing infrastructure weeks before they were involved in the widely reported breach of Hugging Face.
International Business Times - Aug 06, 2026 2:25pm EDT
TikTok star Sydney Towle, who shared her cancer journey online, dies aged 26
Towle was known for chronicling her hopes and struggles as a young person living with cancer.
BBC News - Aug 06, 2026 2:14pm EDT
These Activists Might Have Cracked the Code to Fighting the Data Center Boom
Communities across the country are trying to keep data centers out. A victory in Maryland shows a blueprint—but no guarantees.
Slate - Aug 06, 2026 12:05pm EDT
Another AI Hacking: Meta Model Slipped Into Another Company's Systems During Testing
Meta has confirmed that one of its AI models hacked into another company's systems during cybersecurity testing after a configuration error inadvertently gave it internet access, adding to similar incidents recently disclosed by OpenAI and Anthropic.
International Business Times - Aug 06, 2026 11:57am EDT
Democratic Rep. Ted Lieu urged for the passing of his AI "kill switch" bill following new cases detailing how advanced models are going rogue in testing environments.
International Business Times - Aug 06, 2026 11:48am EDT