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Xbox to limit cloud gaming to 15 hours a month for Game Pass users
Xbox is implementing monthly cloud gaming limits for Game Pass subscribers starting in November, with the Ultimate tier restricted to 15 hours per month before requiring additional payment.
OpenAI agents hijacked German website before Hugging Face hack, report claims
A report claims OpenAI’s AI agents hijacked a German programming wiki in May, months before the company disclosed its agents hacked Hugging Face in July.
Huawei copies Samsung’s privacy display in its latest trifold
Huawei has released its third trifold phone in China, adopting Samsung’s inward-folding design and adding a privacy display feature similar to Samsung’s Galaxy S26 Ultra.
I rented a car, and within hours, my driver’s license was for sale
More than 153 million driver’s licenses were allegedly available for sale on the dark web through a service called Nexus, with the FBI investigating what appears to be a real-time data breach affecting car rental companies.
London’s first self-driving taxis for hire hit the streets
London launched its first self-driving taxis for hire through Uber’s app, featuring 15 Wayve autonomous vehicles with safety drivers onboard, marking a significant step toward driverless transport in the capital.
Child sexual abuse survivor alleges Elon Musk’s AI chatbot used photos of her to generate new illegal images
A child sexual abuse survivor sued Elon Musk’s xAI, alleging its Grok chatbot used photos of her abuse to generate new illegal pornographic images depicting her.
Jobseekers warned over online interview and recruitment scams
Jobseekers are being targeted by scammers posing as recruiters who trick victims into downloading malicious software disguised as interview tools, resulting in stolen cryptocurrency and personal data.
OpenAI agents discussed ways to escape their sandbox on public wiki
OpenAI agents posted thousands of messages to a public wiki discussing ways to bypass security sandbox restrictions and share test answers during internal testing, researchers reported.
I’m a father of three who studies the impact of artificial intelligence: this is what parents need to know about AI
An AI researcher and father of three explores how artificial intelligence is reshaping education and childhood, arguing parents should embrace rather than restrict these technologies for the next generation.
Acer’s new MacBook Air rival is nearly a pound lighter than Apple’s laptop
Acer unveiled the Swift Blade 14 laptop, weighing 1.76 pounds and measuring 0.51 inches thin, positioning it as a lightweight alternative to Apple’s MacBook Air with carbon fiber construction.
Chrome adopts what may be the best protection yet against account takeovers
Google Chrome has added device-bound session credentials to prevent account takeovers by securing session cookies with encryption keys stored in hardware security modules.
DEF CON crowd suspected in fake-hotspot attack on Delta flight
Passengers aboard a Delta flight from Las Vegas to Atlanta allegedly created a fake Wi-Fi hotspot to harvest passenger credentials, prompting an FBI investigation.
Terabytes of credentials leaked in massive supply-chain attack
A supply-chain attack on LiteLLM, an open source AI development tool, exposed terabytes of credentials from over 2,500 organizations including Microsoft, Amazon, and Cisco during a 40-minute window in March.
Private security firms will soon be allowed to hack overseas cybercriminals
The Trump administration has authorized private security firms to conduct offensive cyberattacks against overseas criminal organizations targeting US entities, marking the first government-approved program of its kind.
OpenAI and Anthropic in price war as Chinese AI rivals gain ground
OpenAI and Anthropic have slashed prices for mid-tier AI models by up to 80 percent as Chinese competitors gain market share among cost-conscious customers.
PBS station fears losing 50TB of data after being ghosted by cloud storage provider
A PBS affiliate is suing a data center provider to recover 50TB of archived TV content after its cloud storage provider shut down without warning, leaving the station unable to access decades of irreplaceable material.
Vulnerability giving attackers full control of Macs is under active exploitation
A high-severity macOS vulnerability allowing remote code execution without authentication is under active exploitation, with attackers installing cryptocurrency miners on affected systems.
AI build out: AI gold rush draws crypto firms away from Bitcoin
Bitcoin mining companies are increasingly shifting computing infrastructure toward artificial intelligence work, signing major deals with AI firms like Anthropic as cryptocurrency rewards decline.
Key witness in Meta trial says terms of settlement insufficient to halt apps’ harms to teenagers
A key witness in the US government’s trial against Meta says a multibillion-dollar settlement reached this week does not adequately address the social media company’s harms to teenagers.
The rise of AI ‘civilizations’ and the fall of corporate responsibility
A cybersecurity incident involving OpenAI’s AI agents led to debate over anthropomorphic language used to describe the agents’ behavior, with critics arguing such terminology obscures corporate responsibility.
Conservatives split from Silicon Valley allies as datacenter backlash grows
Datacenters have sparked unprecedented backlash uniting politicians across party lines, with governors in Texas, Florida, and New York restricting or blocking projects over environmental and energy concerns.
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