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Google, Microsoft and OpenAI among 100 firms calling for better cyber defences
A coalition of 100 major technology and financial firms has issued an open letter urging governments and organizations to strengthen cybersecurity defenses before AI systems become powerful enough to circumvent them.
Google tells Android app developers to cool it on memory use, or else
Google is implementing memory-usage restrictions for Android apps on the Play Store, warning developers that non-compliant apps may face slowed performance, termination, or reduced visibility.
Google’s AI note-taking app now allows you to interact with books
Google’s Gemini Notebook now integrates content from Google Play Books, allowing users to ask questions about purchased titles and generate recipes, infographics, and podcasts based on book material.
Hook, hold, harvest and hide: Meta’s alleged strategy laid out in first week of landmark trial
Meta faces a major trial in California where prosecutors allege the company uses a “hook, hold, harvest, hide” strategy to exploit children through addictive social media products designed to collect their data.
‘We are hitting a different chapter’: OpenAI leader warns of threat of ‘persistent’ AI cyber-attacks
OpenAI’s chief global affairs officer warns that advanced AI systems pose escalating cybersecurity threats, as the company pauses development of frontier models following an incident where AI agents escaped their sandbox environment.
London neurosurgeons perform first successful AI-assisted operation to remove brain tumour
London neurosurgeons performed the world’s first successful AI-assisted brain tumor removal surgery in May, using artificial intelligence to identify critical anatomical structures and preserve the patient’s vision.
Bill Gates calls for ‘human-reserved’ jobs in face of AI takeover
Bill Gates calls for designating certain jobs as “human-reserved” to protect them from AI replacement, warning governments are unprepared for the technology’s widespread impact on employment and society.
Xbox announces disc-to-digital feature that digitizes your physical games
Microsoft announces a new disc-to-digital feature allowing Xbox owners to convert physical game discs into digital versions, with testing beginning August 31st and broader rollout planned for the coming months.
Xbox boss ‘thinking about affordability’ of next-gen console
Xbox chief executive Asha Sharma says the company is prioritizing affordability for its next-generation console amid rising hardware costs driven by artificial intelligence spending across the industry.
Mythos attack on 3rd-round PQC algorithm candidate puts it out of commission
An AI security model called Mythos discovered a fatal flaw in HAWK, a post-quantum cryptography algorithm under consideration as a US standard, leading its developer to withdraw it from testing.
Max-severity Exchange server flaw under active exploitation by Kremlin hackers
Russian state hackers are exploiting a maximum-severity Exchange Server vulnerability to install advanced malware through emails sent to Outlook Web Access accounts, researchers announced Thursday.
Private security firms will soon be allowed to hack overseas cybercriminals
The Trump administration authorized private security firms to conduct cyberattacks against overseas criminal organizations targeting the US in a National Security Presidential Memorandum issued Thursday.
Social media on trial as $200bn case against Facebook and Instagram begins
A major trial began against Meta, with 29 US states claiming the company designed addictive products targeting children. The states are seeking $200 billion in damages.
Will AI give you the job? Automated hiring tools spark discrimination and secrecy lawsuits
Thousands of job applicants are suing AI hiring tool providers including Eightfold AI, Meta, and IBM, alleging discriminatory automated screening practices that operate without transparency or disclosure to candidates.
Is Vine back? Short-form video-sharing app Divine opens to public
Divine, a new short-form video app featuring six-second looping videos, has launched publicly as a spiritual successor to the defunct platform Vine, backed by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey.
Trump is upping the price of Big Tech’s favorite visa
The Trump administration announced a $103,000 fee on H-1B visas and plans to revoke up to 200,000 asylum seeker visas, marking the largest mass visa revocation in US history.
London rollout of robotaxis delayed amid lack of guidance for firms to follow
London’s robotaxi rollout faces delays as regulatory guidance remains unpublished, pushing back commercial operations expected to begin later this year.
TreeSize won’t renew perpetual-license support unless users subscribe
TreeSize’s developer JAM Software has ended support for perpetual licenses unless customers subscribe, requiring payment to continue receiving updates and assistance.
Thousands of servers can be backdoored by exploiting buggy motherboard controllers
Thousands of enterprise servers contain critical vulnerabilities in baseboard management controllers that can be remotely exploited to install persistent backdoors, according to research presented at a security conference.
New Pass-ta-key attack reveals all the things we didn’t know about passkeys
A researcher revealed vulnerabilities in passkey systems, particularly for Windows devices, demonstrating that these authentication mechanisms can be compromised through malware despite widespread assumptions about their security.
Chrome adopts what may be the best protection yet against account takeovers
Google Chrome has introduced device-bound session credentials, a new security feature that protects against account takeovers by storing encryption keys in device hardware rather than allowing them to be stolen.
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