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The LAPD said the breach affected “a digital storage system” belonging to the city’s Attorney's Office. The World Leaks extortion gang was reported to be behind the attack.

OpenAI's new Child Safety Blueprint aims to tackle the alarming rise in child sexual exploitation linked to advancements in AI.

The maker of the popular open-source file encryption software VeraCrypt said Microsoft locked his online account, which may prevent device owners from booting up their computers.

Matei Zaharia has won the top honor from the Association for Computing Machinery. Now he's working on AI for research and says AGI is simply misunderstood.

YouTube's hiring across roles, partnerships, and a Bengaluru hub shows how it is building out its TV strategy.

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Confluence users can now create visual assets within the software in addition to new third-party agents working with Lovable, Replit, and Gamma.

New automatic translations and photo editing on X are powered by the company's flagship AI model.

Avalanche Energy is working on an DARPA project to build a new class of materials capable of turning damaging radiation into electricity.

Google's new offline-first dictation app uses Gemma AI models to take on the apps like Wispr Flow.

Arcee is a tiny 26-person U.S. startup that built a high-performing, massive, open source LLM. And it's gaining popularity with OpenClaw users.

Eclipse will put some of that money towards incubating, or building startups.

A joint FBI, NSA and CISA advisory warns that Iranian hackers have 'escalated' their tactics in response to the ongoing U.S.-Israel war with Iran.

Nvidia-backed Asia AI data center provider Firmus has now raised $1.35 billion in six months.

The partnership brings semiconductor experience to Musk's latest high-tech project.

The new model will be used by a small number of high-profile companies to engage in defensive cybersecurity work.

The news follows a report from Nikkei Asia on Tuesday that raised concerns the company’s foldable iPhone could be delayed due to challenges during the phone’s engineering test phase.

Fancy Bear, also known as APT28, has taken over thousands of residential home routers to steal passwords and authentication tokens in a wide-ranging espionage operation.

Google Chrome's latest update brings vertical tabs and a cleaner Reading Mode to help manage cluttered browsing.

The app uses iPhone Live Activities to alert you when scary scenes are about to happen, while also tracking what to watch and where to stream it.

Uber is expanding its AWS contract to run more of its ride-sharing features on Amazon's chips. This is a thumb-of-the nose at Oracle and Google.

Anthropic bulked up its compute deal with Google and Broadcom as the company has seen its run-rate revenue surge to $30 billion.