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Cybertrucks are replacing NASA’s military escape vehicles at SpaceX launches

Cybertrucks will soon make an appearance at NASA space launches.  At a recent news conference in advance of a launch to the International Space Station, NASA officials said the space agency will use the iconoclastic Tesla electric pickup trucks as backup emergency escape vehicles.

GitHub pushes stacked pull requests into public preview

Advancing on software development, GitHub has announced the public preview of stacked pull requests. The public preview was announced July 30. Stacked pull requests break large changes into a chain of smaller, dependent pull requests.

Workers are hitting back at employer plans to use AI to screen job applications

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham appears to support the growing discontent over AI job application screening and video-based interviews.

Water cyberattack hits at least 7 states

CISA warned about exposed programmable logic controllers weeks before hackers targeted dozens of Minnesota water utilities in a coordinated strike.

How Byron Allen plans to turn BuzzFeed into a YouTube rival

When the media mogul Byron Allen took a controlling stake in BuzzFeed in May—becoming its CEO and chairman—it was his latest bold bet in a volatile media landscape.

Your smartphone is changing your body. Doctors say most people don’t know it’s happening

Ask most people what their phone is costing them, and they’ll point to their attention or sleep. But research suggests the cost may also be physical. Doctors are now using the informal term “phone body” to describe changes that follow years of hunching, squinting, and scrolling.

Three AI security mistakes that will haunt enterprises

There is a lot of talk about the coming enterprise AI reality, in which AI finally arrives in production systems. You might not know it, but this reality—or nightmare, depending on how you handle it—is already happening. It all starts with a “pilot,” a “prototype,” or a “side project.

FBI agent accused of stealing $1 million in crypto

An FBI agent allegedly stole $1m in crypto by memorizing a seed phrase, then asked ChatGPT how to move to Europe.

G’day, Alexa+: Amazon's AI-upgraded smart home assistant has finally arrived in Australia

After launching in the US last year, Alexa+ aims to be “smarter, more conversational and more capable” than ever — but at AU$29.99 per month (without Prime), is another agentic AI assistant worth it?

Ukraine's next weapon against Russian drones is this slightly odd tiny robot which fires nets into the air in all directions

Ukraine's VORON ground robot uses net launchers to intercept FPV drones while supporting logistics, evacuation, reconnaissance, and other frontline missions.

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Marantz's new Dolby Atmos AV receivers bring up to 7.4.4 channels of surround sound

Marantz's gorgeous home theater AVRs get a brand-new DAC, Dirac for everyone, and better gaming support — and come in a range of prices

Cisco exec testifies at US Senate panel on AI’s network impact

AI is profoundly changing enterprise and service provider networks, and operators must evolve to support AI workloads, according to a Cisco executive who testified last week at a US Senate subcommitee meeting.

Google’s Moonshot Factory is just getting started

A couple of miles from Google headquarters, a rehabbed midcentury shopping mall is home to a company that might be even Googlier than Google. Known as Google X until 2015, when it became a self-contained arm of the new holding company called Alphabet, it’s now just X.

6 things you should know about Google’s new selfie sign-in system

Losing access to your Google account might just be the epitome of a modern-day nightmare. Especially if you’re using Android and even more so if you’re invested in lots of different Google services on top of that, the amount of access and info connected to that one single sign-in is just staggering.

The AI boom has college majors of all types dabbling in computer science

With no background in coding, Faith Maeba, a psychology major, was reluctant when her mother first suggested she enroll in classes on artificial intelligence.

Alibaba takes aim at OpenAI and Anthropic with Qwen3.8-Max launch

Alibaba on Monday introduced Qwen3.8-Max, its largest artificial intelligence model to date, expanding its enterprise AI portfolio with an open-weight model designed for software engineering, multimodal reasoning, and other knowledge-intensive business workloads.

How to watch every Spider-Man movie for *FREE* – stream all 10 feature films from anywhere

How to watch every Spider-Man movie for free from anywhere, from Tobey Maguire, Andrew Garfield and Tom Holland's Peter Parker to Shameik Moore's Miles Morales.

Visual Studio Code 1.132 advances built-in dictation

Visual Studio Code 1.132, the latest version of Microsoft’s popular, open-source code editor, has been released. The brings improvements to built-in dictation, side chats, and support for commenting on web elements in the integrated browser. VS Code 1.132 was released August 5.

Gene-edited beagles may offer a future option for people with dog allergies

Scientists at a biotech company have used gene editing to create two hypoallergenic beagles that don't trigger allergies.

This summer isn't breaking heat records

With parts of the globe aflame in wildfires, deadly heat waves parking over cities, record hot oceans and a strengthening super El Nino, it seems like we’re baking through the hottest year on record.

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Paidwork breach exposes 23M user records

The Paidwork data breach exposed 23 million accounts including bank account numbers, addresses and password hashes from the microtask platform.

Your living-room VPN just got faster: IPVanish rolls out WireGuard and OpenVPN on Apple TV

IPVanish has added WireGuard and OpenVPN (with Scramble) to its Apple TV app, making it the only VPN to offer all three major protocols on tvOS. Here's what's new and how to switch them on.

Why is Intel sharing its Atom CPU technology with a start-up? The answer could be in low-power x86 design

Rosaic, a new Delaware startup with former Rivos staff and ties to Intel's CEO, gained unusual licensing access to Intel's Atom chip technology.

Could Meta Ray-Bans be banned in Europe? EU regulators dial up the pressure on smart glasses

As EU regulators consider smart glasses restrictions, here are the countries with intelligent eyewear bans.

ChatGPT dominates Congress’s AI spending

Anthropic may have topped OpenAI as the world’s most valuable AI startup a few months ago, but when it comes to power users, Sam Altman’s company still has the edge. ChatGPT accounted for 88% of all known spending on AI tools by the U.S.

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No passwords were stolen, and MFA never came into it; they walked away with access to mail, files, Teams, SharePoint, and calendars across around 120 organizations.

Fuego volcano activity that triggered evacuations in Guatemala is decreasing, but risks remain

Guatemalan authorities say activity at the Fuego volcano is gradually decreasing after it began two days ago.

Cybertrucks are replacing NASA’s military escape vehicles at SpaceX launches

Cybertrucks will soon make an appearance at NASA space launches.  At a recent news conference in advance of a launch to the International Space Station, NASA officials said the space agency will use the iconoclastic Tesla electric pickup trucks as backup emergency escape vehicles.

GitHub pushes stacked pull requests into public preview

Advancing on software development, GitHub has announced the public preview of stacked pull requests. The public preview was announced July 30. Stacked pull requests break large changes into a chain of smaller, dependent pull requests.

Workers are hitting back at employer plans to use AI to screen job applications

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham appears to support the growing discontent over AI job application screening and video-based interviews.