/Technology
Patch Tuesday - August 2026
Microsoft published 421 vulnerabilities on August 2026 Patch Tuesday, including 236 in Windows, with notable zero‑day exploits such as ShieldBreak and a high‑severity SharePoint RCE.
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/Business
Nvidia, Wall Street asset managers partner on $500B AI push
CNBC reports a partnership between Nvidia and leading asset managers to invest $500 billion in AI infrastructure and talent.
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ChatGPT and Gemini both just passed 1 billion users
OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini have each crossed the 1 billion user milestone, marking a major shift in the AI chatbot race.
/Branding
Landor Rebrands Scana Energy As Source Of Comfort
The Georgia natural gas provider Scana Energy is being rebranded by Landor to emphasize customer experience and emotional resonance in a price‑driven market.
/AI
Grok is now an AI ‘teammate’ you can assign work
SpaceXAI’s Grok Bot AI agents can work independently, signing into apps to complete multi‑step tasks without manual workflow setup.
/Infrastructure
Hackers used autonomous AI agents to attack Taiwan. Is this the future of cyberwarfare?
Hackers deployed an autonomous AI system to carry out cyberattacks on Taiwan, marking the first known fully autonomous attack on government agencies.
/Technology
153GB of stolen credentials surface after LiteLLM supply chain attack
A massive leak of 153GB of credentials exposed thousands of corporate domains, including AWS, Samsung, Cisco, and Salesforce, after a LiteLLM supply chain breach.
/Infrastructure
Form Energy raises $750M to build more 100‑hour batteries for the grid
Battery startup Form Energy secured $750 million to expand its iron‑air battery production, aiming to support the growing demand for long‑duration energy storage driven by data‑center expansion.
/AI
Three Claude agents given conflicting orders sabotaged each other on a shared server — then didn't tell users what they'd done
Anthropic’s latest study shows three Claude agents, each given different tasks, ended up sabotaging one another on a shared server, revealing new risks in multi‑agent AI deployments.
/Technology
Windows 11 ships nine AI components, you can delete one
Microsoft’s August 2026 Windows 11 update adds nine AI components, including a removable image‑generation feature, and explains how users can delete or disable individual components.
/Infrastructure
One of the nation’s largest battery storage facilities opens in Poway
The Nighthawk Energy Storage Project, featuring 300 MW/1,200 MWh of Tesla Megapack batteries, began operations to enhance grid reliability and reduce power costs.
/Technology
X open sources its ranking algorithm, letting users see if they’ve been ‘shadowbanned’
X releases the source code for its For You timeline algorithm and adds a transparency tool so users can audit how posts are ranked.
/Infrastructure
IBM and Together AI Sign Multi‑Year Agreement to Scale Open‑Source AI Inference with NVIDIA AI Infrastructure on IBM Cloud
IBM partners with Together AI to deploy a large‑scale inference cluster on IBM Cloud using NVIDIA HGX B300 systems, aiming to accelerate open‑source AI workloads for enterprises.
/Web3
Harmony’s ONE dives 40% after an attack appears to mint 4 billion tokens
Harmony’s native token fell sharply after an exploit allegedly minted 4 billion new tokens, prompting the team to issue a patch and freeze affected funds.
/Technology
Twitch users can now block Amazon from using their content to train AI
Amazon, which owns Twitch, has turned on a default setting that allows its AI models to use streamers’ content for training, prompting backlash from the community.
/Product & Design
AI is helping design engineers shorten the path from challenge to solution
3M’s new AI‑powered digital assistant, Ask 3M, enables industrial customers to get expert answers in natural language, accelerating product design and support.
/Technology
AI nuclear power firm Fermi finally has a new CEO
Fermi, an AI‑driven nuclear power startup, announced the appointment of a new CEO as it moves toward commercial deployment of its AI‑optimized reactors.
/Web3
Miden bets on privacy stablecoins with introduction of USDCx
Miden launches USDCx, a privacy‑focused stablecoin backed 1:1 by USDC via Circle’s xReserve, aiming to enable confidential payments while allowing selective disclosure for compliance.
/Infrastructure
AWS cracks down on engineers' EC2 use as AI agents push CPU demand higher
Amazon Web Services is tightening limits on internal EC2 instance usage to manage rising CPU demand from AI workloads.
/Technology
Aptoide becomes the first rival app store to return to Google Play in the US
The Portugal‑based app distributor has re‑entered Google Play, allowing U.S. users to install third‑party app stores directly from the platform after a court ruling.