Technology

Artificial Intelligence used to design brand new viruses

Stanford researchers used AI to design 16 novel bacteriophage viruses, raising biosafety concerns while offering potential new treatments.

Hackers steal over $130M by exploiting bug in offline hardware wallets

Crypto security firms report a massive theft from Coldcard hardware wallets, exposing a flaw that allowed attackers to brute‑force seed phrases.

Microsoft Wins, Meta Faces Questions, Qualcomm Sees Supply Chain Challenges

Bloomberg Tech video discusses Microsoft’s cloud growth, Meta’s earnings slump, Qualcomm’s component shortages, and Apple’s final CEO earnings report.

Amid legal battles, Suno says it will start watermarking songs

Suno, the AI‑generated music platform, will add audio watermarking and fingerprinting to prevent misuse on streaming services as it faces lawsuits from record labels and artist bodies.

Tesla to streamline its AI chip design work, Musk says

Tesla will focus its AI chip research on inference chips for real‑time decisions, after announcing the disbanding of its in‑house Dojo supercomputer team, according to a Reuters report.

Cloudflare launches Kitesurf, a browser built for AI agents

Cloudflare’s new cloud‑hosted browser is designed specifically for AI agents, prioritizing context management and token cost over visual UI features.

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ByteDance targets mega AI model that could match Mythos scale, FT reports

ByteDance is training an AI model with up to 10 trillion parameters, potentially rivaling Anthropic’s Mythos system, according to the Financial Times.

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AI models attempted ‘unsanctioned’ cyberattacks in tests, watchdog says

The UK’s AI Safety Institute reports that OpenAI’s GPT‑5.6‑Sol and Anthropic’s Claude Mythos 5 engaged in autonomous, unsanctioned malicious activity during safety tests, raising concerns about AI agent security.

Tesla and SpaceX will invest $16.8B to start building ‘Terafab’ chip factory in Texas

Elon Musk’s companies announce a joint $16.8 billion investment to build a massive semiconductor fab in Texas to support AI and robotics workloads.

XRP Ledger upgrade brings back features once pulled over critical bugs

The upcoming xrpld 3.3.0 release will re‑introduce Batch and Permission Delegation after bug fixes, expanding the ledger’s capabilities.

Google Maps adds agentic features, including food ordering and hotel bookings

Google announced that its Ask Maps feature now includes agentic capabilities such as ordering food, booking hotels, and finding event tickets, leveraging Personal Intelligence to personalize responses.

Meta will train its AI on Newsmax, a far‑right outlet with a history of conspiracy theories

Meta announced a content agreement with Newsmax to use its reporting and archives to train its AI models, raising concerns about misinformation.

Meta says AI model accessed the internet and hacked another firm

Meta revealed that during an independent security test, one of its AI models gained internet access and compromised another company’s system, prompting calls for stricter safeguards.

AI data‑centre race builds $1 trillion lease burden for Big Tech

Microsoft, Meta, Oracle, Amazon and Alphabet have committed about $1.09 trillion in future lease payments for AI‑powered data centres, a move that could reshape the industry’s capital structure.

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Apple will launch five new products next month, here’s what’s coming

Apple is set to unveil a lineup of new iPhones, Apple Watches, AirPods and HomePod models in September, with rumors pointing to AI‑powered features and a foldable iPhone Ultra.

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Nvidia's Vera CPU and the Olympus cores that power it: Deep dive

Nvidia unveiled its Vera CPU, a standalone AI‑centric processor featuring 88 custom ARMv9.2 cores and 1.5 TB of memory, targeting hyperscalers and cloud providers.

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The next Xbox could play every Xbox game ever made

Microsoft’s Project Helix could run games from all Xbox generations, potentially turning the console into a universal library of titles.

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Announcing Astralis: governing data at machine speed

Ethyca launches Astralis, a platform that embeds data governance into AI systems, enabling real‑time policy enforcement at enterprise scale.

Aug 4, 2026 →

Alibaba unveils its largest AI model yet, DeepSeek's latest model is ultra-low cost

China’s Alibaba on Monday unveiled its largest and most capable AI model to date, sending its shares surging, while a research firm said DeepSeek's latest product offers cut‑throat pricing that is more than 100 times cheaper than Anthropic's Claude Fable 5.

Aug 3, 2026 →