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F5 hack 🥸 M5 devices 🐉 247 Pokémon reported missing
Apple launches first M5 MacBook Pro 🚀
The new 14-inch MacBook Pro is Apple’s first laptop to use the just-announced M5 chip, available for pre-order...
AI can do lots of things (as usual) 🎃 Horrendously good games for this Halloween 🥷 More Fatalities coming to the big screen
AI gives earthquake detection a clear view 🧐
AI improves earthquake tracking, helping scientists spot smaller and earlier tremors that were hidden in background noise...
Brace for the AI bubble 🫧 AI biosecurity fears 🦠 What’s the deal with F8?
AI-designed proteins evade safety checks 🧬
A new study shows that biosecurity tools may fail to spot risky AI-designed proteins, raising concerns about biological “zero-day”...
Apple wants Siri to be your next search engine 🔎 Reddit wants Reddit to be your next search engine 🤩 Star Wars search returns 404
Apple rumoured to build AI answer engine 🤖
Apple is reportedly developing a new in-house answer engine that could rival ChatGPT, signalling a fresh push...
Party like JD on Spotify 👯♂️ Norway + OpenAI = 💖 Netflix looking to cash in on K-pop Demon Hunters
Spotify privacy glitch reveals VP’s playlists 🎧
Spotify’s lax privacy controls appear to have let the public view personal playlists from figures like US Vice...
Zucks may not open-source superintelligence models 🚀 Meta and Microsoft shares up 📆 New games and shows to look out for in August
Zuckerberg hints Meta AI may become less open 🤖
Zuckerberg signals Meta won’t open source all of its ‘superintelligence’ models as the company takes a...
Australian teens banned from YouTube ⛔ ChatGPT study mode (for bored Australian teens?) 😈 K-pop Demon Hunters fail to vanquish Trump tariffs
Apple earnings hit by tariffs and AI delays 📉
Apple's latest earnings are under pressure as higher US tariffs and slower-than-expected AI feature rollouts weigh...
Sony sues for more than Tencent 🪙 Tencent releases Hunyuan 3D world AI builder 🗺️ Why AI chatbots cost waaay more than Tencent
Sony sues Tencent over Horizon clone 🎮
Sony has launched legal action against Tencent, claiming its new game Light of Motiram is a near-identical copycat...
Lightyear buzzed to take on Robinhood 🚀 Nikola Tesla’s final words, last BLACKPINK comeback?
Lightyear lands $23M to take on Robinhood 🚀
Lightyear raises $23M to challenge Robinhood in Europe, using AI to help investors and aiming to grow...
GPT-5 gets closer, NVIDIA boom times, YouTube 💔 AI content
Artificial intelligence
GPT-5 August release gets closer 📤
OpenAI is reportedly preparing to release GPT-5 in August, with Sam Altman confirming the model is coming 'soon'.
The next-generation...
SharePoint ransomware attacks 🥷 Tesla profit problems, Wednesday gets 3rd season
SharePoint hackers now hitting with ransomware 🔒
Microsoft warns that cyber groups exploiting recent SharePoint server flaws have started using ransomware attacks, raising the stakes...
SharePoint vulnerability fallout 🤯 iOS 26 beta 4, no-thanks to foldables
Microsoft allegedly left SharePoint open to hackers 🛡️
A report alleges that Microsoft knew of a major SharePoint security vulnerability but failed to fully patch...
Zero-day SharePoint attacks ⚠️ AI muddies legal waters, Google Pixel 10 leaked by Google
Microsoft SharePoint server flaw exposes 10,000+ organisations to attack 🛡️
A newly discovered Microsoft SharePoint server vulnerability is being actively exploited, potentially putting more than...
Trump tarrifs (again), Musk backlash (still), best drone in 2025
Arch Labs raises $13M Series A to bring native smart contracts to Bitcoin 🪙
Blockchain startup Arch Labs has raised $13 million in Series A...
Pokémon-AI: 1-0, Apple Watch flirts with AI, Assassin’s Creed milestone, and more…
Browser Use raises $17M to help AI agents navigate websites 🌐
Browser Use has secured $17 million in seed funding to develop tools that simplify...
Discord ‘enshittification’ worries, lots of AI startup news, Civilization VII about to get competition, and more…
Digg gets another shot at life with AI boost 🔄
Digg is being revived by its original founder Kevin Rose and Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian,...
NVIDIA troubles, crypto laundering, new iPad, Mickey 17 reviews, and more…
🤖 Artificial intelligence
OpenAI launches $50M consortium to boost AI research and education 🤖
OpenAI has announced NextGenAI, a $50 million initiative partnering with 15 top...
Cyber truce, MWC 2025 updates, Super Mario benchmarking AI, and more…
US suspends cyber operations against Russia as Trump seeks deal 🖥️
The US has halted offensive cyber operations and planning targeting Russia, according to a...
Crypto rally, Dutch privacy concerns, indie game stolen and resold, and more…
Trump's crypto reserve announcement sends Bitcoin soaring 💹
Bitcoin surged more than 10% to nearly $95,000 after US President Donald Trump announced plans for a...
1B podcast *viewers*, big new lens, ‘you’re dying’ alerts and more
YouTube hits 1 billion monthly podcast viewers 📺
YouTube's latest milestone marks a significant shift in how people consume podcasts, with over 1 billion viewers...