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Satellite killers: What a war in space might look like
The satellites that orbit Earth have remained largely untouched in modern conflict. But in the 21st Century, space may no longer be a safe haven.
BBC News - Jul 31, 2026 11:57pm EDT
Snapchat joins other platforms in the fight against 'AI slop'
Snapchat, YouTube, LinkedIn, and Substack are trying to combat the proliferation of fake AI content.
BBC News - Jul 31, 2026 9:57pm EDT
Hacking attacks on Minnesota water companies resemble Iranian methods | Fox News Video
Fox News senior correspondent Mike Tobin reports on a probe into a cyberattack on Minnesota water companies on ‘Special Report.’
Fox News - Jul 31, 2026 7:25pm EDT
Anthropic's Claude AI escapes tests to hack three organisations
It comes just days after rival OpenAI said rogue AI agents had breached other firms' networks.
BBC News - Jul 31, 2026 6:38pm EDT
Google plans to exempt sanctioned nations from Android developer verification
Someone in Cuba or Iran can keep installing APKs with no new restrictions, but devs will suffer.
Ars Technica - Jul 31, 2026 5:40pm EDT
OpenAI finds evidence that other AI agents escaped containment as it investigates hacking
New breakouts discovered after AI models escaped a testing environment and hacked a startup
The Globe and Mail - Jul 31, 2026 5:06pm EDT
After devoting his life to living longer, Bryan Johnson is seemingly rethinking his choices—but don’t expect him to stop anytime soon.
Slate - Jul 31, 2026 4:57pm EDT
The communication, distributed to members of the WaterISAC, references an alert from the Minnesota Fusion Center concluding that the ongoing attacks are attributed by U.S. authorities to Iran-affiliated hackers.
International Business Times - Jul 31, 2026 4:22pm EDT
Alphabet, Amazon and Microsoft added nearly $1.5 trillion in combined value this week
Amazon, Microsoft and Google added hundreds of billions of dollars to their market caps, while Apple and Meta saw their market valuations fall.
CNBC - Jul 31, 2026 4:06pm EDT
Solar Storms Create a Risk for Mars Exploration Scientists Hadn’t Expected
Gizmodo - Jul 31, 2026 3:12pm EDT
AI firms must answer for rogue bots, says Hugging Face boss
Clement Delangue said he didn't want cyber attacks on other companies to become "normalised".
BBC News - Jul 31, 2026 2:44pm EDT
How Leopold Aschenbrenner built a $45 billion AI hedge fund — and lost most of it in days
Leopold Aschenbrenner, a former OpenAI researcher-turned-hedge fund manager, saw a dramatic decline this week in his AI-focused fund, Situational Awareness.
CNBC - Jul 31, 2026 2:42pm EDT
Google pauses AI satellite images, after fears of deepfakes in the sky
NPR - Jul 31, 2026 2:22pm EDT
Anthropic’s AI Claude hacked into three organizations during cybersecurity test
Guardian UK - Jul 31, 2026 1:26pm EDT
Telus cuts dividend in half to deploy more cash for debt repayment, shares dive
Lowering the payout was widely expected - but not by this much. Guidance disappoints as well
The Globe and Mail - Jul 31, 2026 1:21pm EDT
Social media companies sued over deaths of four teens
ABC News - Jul 31, 2026 12:46pm EDT
AI helped produce two proofs for the same cryptography problem
An M.I.T. Ph.D. student and two University of California system cryptographers used GPT-5.6 Sol Ultra in different ways, raising new questions about independent discovery and scientific credit
Scientific American - Jul 31, 2026 12:40pm EDT
Nearly 16,000 women tested negative for BRCA. Their cancer risk was still higher
Up to 10 percent of breast cancer cases are thought to be hereditary, caused by gene changes passed on in families.
Newsweek - Jul 31, 2026 11:56am EDT
SpaceX Starship Flight Test 13 takes issue with the 'flight' bit
Engine replacement needed after launchpad abort
Register UK - Jul 31, 2026 11:55am EDT
Amazon says it got $600 million in Trump tariff refunds and will pass return along to some customers
The company previously hadn't disclosed whether it would recoup tariff costs after the Supreme Court ruled many of President Donald Trump's levies were illegal.
CNBC - Jul 31, 2026 11:27am EDT
Anthropic and OpenAI are competing to see whose agents can go rogue harder
Whoever wins, we lose
Register UK - Jul 31, 2026 11:15am EDT
According to a Reuters review of over 80 Chinese academic papers and patents, documents linked to the People's Liberation Army (PLA) reveal widespread use of a technique known as "model distillation."
International Business Times - Jul 31, 2026 11:10am EDT
Dwindling cash and soaring memory costs: Tech's AI buildout has ballooning price tag
Amazon, Alphabet and Tesla all reported negative cash flow in the latest quarter, while Meta's cash generation plummeted by 91%.
CNBC - Jul 31, 2026 10:57am EDT