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OpenAI explains recent third-party cybersecurity evaluation incidents and outlines new safeguards to strengthen AI model testing and evaluation.

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OpenAI released ChatGPT Work on July 9th, 2026 as an agent for knowledge work that connects to Slack, email, Drive, CRMs, and hundreds of plugins, running on the Codex harness inside a cloud computer. It reportedly crossed 10 million users in three weeks, and Greg Brockman confirmed Work and Chat modes will merge by end of year—making Work a preview of how ChatGPT's ~1B weekly users will soon interact with the product. The article is an external reconstruction of Work's architecture: Memory, Proactivity, Scheduling, Browser Use, Plugins, Skills, and Tools, with the author poking around inside the product to reverse-engineer its design choices and tensions.

Japanese technology supplier and distributor confirms that the Gigabyte graphics card will cost between 20% and 40% more due to a new price increase.

Tesla's Shanghai factory is busier than ever but might be cut loose.

Waymo has dropped the waitlist for its robotaxi service in Dallas, the latest step in the company's bid to scale its self-driving technology across the United States, U.K., and Europe.

The commercial phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) toolkit known as Greatness has become the latest crimeware solution to add support for device code phishing, a rapidly growing cyber threat that abuses the legitimate OAuth 2.0 Device Authorization Grant to bypass Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) and seize control of user accounts. "Greatness supports AiTM [adversary-in-the-middle] credential and

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Claiming 'it's my server' was often enough to persuade models to help

Bingers is a new TV and movie tracker that revives the social features fans loved with TV Time, while adding support for importing their viewing history.

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Sources say that the FCC is drafting a ban on optical transceivers for data centers. These components, which convert electrical signals into light signals, are said to pose a risk as they can be used to steal data, install malware, or disrupt data center operations in the U.S.

Gov. Greg Abbott (R) instructed PUCT and ERCOT to pause all data center applications until they complete an audit on all the information that data center developers must submit. The move reportedly came after PUCT asked 377 data center operators to submit water and power use, of which only 28 complied.

What to expect as BSides, Black Hat, and DEF CON descend on Las Vegas

Mistral released Shieldstral, a 3B open-weights multimodal safety classifier under Apache 2.0 that processes both text and images. It accepts plain-language policies at inference time, allowing developers to update moderation rules without retraining, and runs on a single 16GB GPU while outperforming models up to 7x its size.

The complaint alleges Amazon's third-party delivery model leads to lower wages, unfair working conditions and a lack of competition.

A security vulnerability in the cryptocurrency hardware wallet Coldcard is allowing hackers to drain the crypto from victims’ wallets. The total losses amount to more than $130 million, according to blockchain-monitoring firms.

Kioxia and Sandisk introduce BiCS10 3D QLC NAND device with a record areal density of over 37 Gbit/mm^2.

The camera flash will evolve into a multicolor LED that illuminates when your phone is face down.

The Investing Club holds its "Morning Meeting" every weekday at 10:20 a.m. ET.

Congress set ownership limit at 39%, but FCC claims authority to kill the rule.

Spotify says Merlin, which represents more than 30,000 independent labels and distributors, has joined Universal Music Group in backing its upcoming AI-powered remix and covers product. The paid tool will let fans create AI-generated covers and remixes of participating artists’ music while ensuring artists opt in, receive credit, and are compensated.

Tech companies and developers have been scouring the U.S. for places to build data centers, and they’ve been drawn to Texas’ loose regulations and seemingly abundant power supply. But even Texas can be pushed to the brink.

The acquisition, which was announced in June, brings Vibe.co into Walmart Connect, Walmart's connected TV advertising platform.