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Google is expanding access to its Gemini Spark agentic AI assistant
Engadget - 24 Jul 2026 06:00
Gemini Spark is now available to more users.
District judge assigned to oversee Apple's trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI
AppleInsider - 24 Jul 2026 01:14
A federal district judge will oversee Apple's lawsuit accusing OpenAI of using stolen intellectual property to advance its hardware efforts.OpenAI CEO Sam Altman - image credit: Emerson CollectiveIn early July, Apple...
AI Hype Delivers Intel Its Fastest Revenue Growth in 15 Years
Gizmodo - 24 Jul 2026 00:35
Intel is back from the dead, thanks to AI (and probably Trump).
Ransom Note Demands $6 Million in Bitcoin for Missing Nancy Guthrie's Safe Release
IBTimes - 24 Jul 2026 13:28
A purported Nancy Guthrie ransom note demanded up to $6 million in Bitcoin, but investigators have not confirmed it was genuine.
Kimi K3 Agents Found Redis Zero-Days and Built RCE Exploit, Researchers Say
The Hacker News - 24 Jul 2026 12:28
Redis shipped seven security releases on July 23 after researchers published authenticated RCE PoCs for stock Redis 6.2.22, 7.4.9, 8.6.4, and 8.8.0. All four chains require RESTORE. The Streams chains also need EVAL and ...
US Lawmakers Push AI 'Kill Switch' After Horrifying 'Rogue' ChatGPT Incident
IBTimes - 24 Jul 2026 11:42
US lawmakers are proposing new legislation, including the 'AI Kill Switch Act', following OpenAI's disclosure of a rogue AI incident, to enhance oversight and security of advanced AI systems.
Robot snakes searched for Venezuela earthquake survivors in collapsed buildings
Ars Technica - 24 Jul 2026 11:20
US robotics researchers flew to Venezuela with snakebots after getting a call.
I milled an Android figurine out of a solid block with an AI-powered 5-axis CNC machine
Android Authority - 24 Jul 2026 10:51
The InfiMaker K1 is a desktop 5-axis CNC machine designed to turn digital ideas into real products.
Microsoft fiber foul-up cut off Azure California for almost five hours
The Register - 24 Jul 2026 03:24OpenAI-Hugging Face attack doesn't mean agents are evil - unless you tell them to be
The Register - 24 Jul 2026 01:51Researchers replace downloaded macOS apps with evil twins, Apple shrugs
The Register - 24 Jul 2026 01:24Lucky 13! Starship Deploys Starlink Satellites and Splashes Down Intact
Universe Today - 24 Jul 2026 23:59
SpaceX's Starship super-rocket deployed operational next-generation Starlink satellites for the first time during its 13th flight test, which addressed snags that arose in the previous test.
AMD vibe codes its way past the CUDA moat with ROCm.AI
The Register - 24 Jul 2026 23:55SpaceX launches new V3 Starlink satellites but suffers another booster failure
TechCrunch - 24 Jul 2026 23:25
The company ticked off a few more boxes on the second Starship V3 flight, but appears to have had another issue re-lighting the booster's rocket engines.
Venus may be tearing itself apart from within
Science Daily - 24 Jul 2026 23:19
Scientists have uncovered new evidence that Venus may still be tearing itself apart from within. Advanced 3D simulations indicate that some of the planet's giant rift valleys formed relatively recently and could stil...
4 Disadvantages Of Using An HDMI Splitter
BGR - 24 Jul 2026 23:17
A HDMI splitter is a super simple way to mirror signals to multiple displays, but its use cases are surprisingly limited and it comes with serious bottlenecks.
Why the new Spaceballs sequel isnt called The Search for More Money
Mashable - 24 Jul 2026 23:15
Director Josh Greenbaum supports Mel Brooks' decision to choose a different title for the sequel to "Spaceballs."
Meta has pulled out of a renewable energy initiative as it relies more on natural gas for data centers
Engadget - 24 Jul 2026 23:13
The company has comitted to 10 natural gas plants since last year.
Warning shot or publicity stunt - how worried should we be about the OpenAI hack?
BBC - 24 Jul 2026 23:11
Hugging Face said the hack was done at superhuman speed by an AI with little or no human guidance.
Prize honors discovery of altermagnetism as a third fundamental class of magnetism
Phys.org - 24 Jul 2026 23:00
One of Europe's highest distinctions in condensed matter physics has been awarded for a discovery that is reshaping our understanding of magnetism: The 2026 Europhysics Prize of the European Physical Society (EPS) Co...
Paramount Agrees to Postpone Warner Bros. Merger Until June 2027
Slashdot - 24 Jul 2026 23:00
Paramount Skydance has agreed to postpone its $111 billion Warner Bros. Discovery merger until five days after an antitrust trial or June 1, 2027, whichever comes first. The agreement with a 12-state coalition led by Cal...
New Images Reveal the Stunning Properties of the Black Hole at the Center of M87
Universe Today - 24 Jul 2026 22:55
Researchers from the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, together with international collaborators, carried out the first spatially resolved dual-frequency spectral study of the M87 blac...