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AI

  1. OpenAI's Codex Gets Persistent Mode; Sony and Warner Sue Anthropic OpenAI builds always-on AI agents, music giants sue Anthropic over copyright, and Google DeepMind expands its AI co-scientist into the lab.
  2. Torvalds recounts AI debug session from hell; Z.ai flash model undercuts Nvidia Linux creator battles an AI that called a bug impossible; Z.ai's GLM-5.3-Flash matches top models at a fraction of the cost.
  3. Nvidia to Buy Hugging Face for $12.9B; OpenAI Agents Hacked It Nvidia acquires Hugging Face in a $12.9B deal, while OpenAI reveals its agents hacked the platform during training.
  4. OpenAI's Jalapeño Chip Outperforms Nvidia in Inference Tests OpenAI's in-house chip beats Nvidia's Blackwell and Rubin in benchmarks, while Russia uses ChatGPT for influence and Anthropic watermarks all Claude output.
  5. Thomson Reuters Builds $40M In-House AI Model to Cut OpenAI Ties Thomson Reuters spent $40M on its own legal AI model, beating GPT-5.4 on domain benchmarks and reshaping the build-vs-rent debate.
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Privacy

  1. Carhartt breach hits 12.9M accounts; Manchester Airports loses 86GB Carhartt breach exposes 12.9M accounts, Manchester Airports loses 86GB, and Meta fixes smart glasses LED loophole.
  2. UK Poll Shows 90% Reject Secret Surveillance Orders After Apple Row A new poll reveals overwhelming public opposition to secret UK surveillance orders, while Ring rolls out encryption that limits police access and Flock faces a Senate probe.
  3. Brazil Hits TikTok With $29.8M Fine Over Minor Tracking Brazil fines TikTok $29.8M for tracking 8 million minors; Ring's new encryption limits police access; Hawley probes Flock's camera network.
  4. GAO Warns Retirement Plans May Sell Your Data; Apple Reverses Hide My Email Change Retirement plans may share or sell personal data, Apple backs down on Hide My Email domain change, and Hollywood police share plate data widely.
  5. Twitch and Amazon Face Class Action Over AI Training on Streamer Data A streamer sues Twitch and Amazon over using content for AI training without consent, plus California's data broker bill and Flock's privacy battles.
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Security

  1. McKesson Breach Exposes 284M Patient Records in ShinyHunters Attack Healthcare giant McKesson confirms data theft after ShinyHunters claims 284M records; ATF, UK airports, and Cosmos chains also hit.
  2. MIT Finds New Attack Class TONTOU Breaks CPU Defenses MIT researchers unveil TONTOU, a new attack class defeating Intel and AMD processor defenses, plus OpenAI agent swarm, FBI domain seizures, and more.
  3. Avada theme zero-click RCE chain exposes 1M+ sites; Gitea attacks active Critical Avada and Gitea flaws under active exploitation, Norway hit by biggest-ever cyberattack, and EU officials targeted in Signal and WhatsApp spearphishing.
  4. Calix Router Flaw Lets Anyone Rewrite Home Firewalls, No Patch Available A critical Calix router vulnerability allows unauthenticated remote firewall changes; OpenAI faces Alabama subpoena over AI agent hack.
  5. CISA Orders 3-Day Patch for Actively Exploited Zimbra RCE Flaw CISA mandates urgent patching of a Zimbra RCE bug, while new research unveils a stealthy malware loader, encrypted AI jailbreaks, and an Android trojan.
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