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Court orders Instagram and Facebook's Meta to pay $567M to address kids' mental health online
NPR - Aug 07, 2026 1:51am EDT
UAE blocks 14,000 illegal sports streaming sites during 2026 FIFA World Cup to combat digital piracy
InstaBlock shuts down 14,122 illegal sports streaming platforms in the UAE during the 2026 World Cup, reinforcing intellectual property and digital content protection.
Gulf News - Aug 07, 2026 1:37am 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
GAO finds Elon Musk's DOGE inflated claims of $110 billion in savings for federal government
The nonpartisan watchdog found Elon Musk's DOGE didn't cut as much federal spending as it claimed and that it fell far short of its promised $2 trillion.
CNBC - Aug 06, 2026 6:50pm 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
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
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
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
You may carry Neanderthal DNA. Scientists found what it does to you
Millions carry a Neanderthal gene that builds extra muscle—scientists just discovered how it works.
Newsweek - Aug 06, 2026 2:02pm EDT
Bypassing AI guardrails is so easy a script kiddie can do it
Claiming 'it's my server' was often enough to persuade models to help
Register UK - Aug 06, 2026 12:50pm 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
A Federal Judge Just Turned the Recycling Symbol Into a Fight Over Free Speech
Gizmodo - Aug 06, 2026 11:17am EDT
A New Startup Wants To Pay People For Their Personal Data. They Get To Name the Price
Verb has launched a marketplace that lets consumers sell selected personal data directly to companies, including AI developers, arguing people should be paid for information that has long been collected by apps and data brokers without compensation.
International Business Times - Aug 06, 2026 9:49am EDT
A New Data Center 'Bill Of Rights' Would Empower Communities To Say Not In Their Backyard
As data centers continue to be a core topic of discussion, one congressman is proposing a "data center bill of rights" that would empower communities to reject proposals.
International Business Times - Aug 06, 2026 9:34am EDT
How hackers attack municipal water systems – and why the utilities are so vulnerable
The Conversation - Aug 06, 2026 9:32am EDT