On July 28 and 29, South Korea’s Kospi index fell 16%, with circuit breakers halting trading both days. The sell-off was driven by investor doubts about the returns on AI infrastructure spending and concerns over rising competition in memory production, reported Al Jazeera. What triggered the sell-off Pressure on memory makers began a day before […]
HRL Laboratories has introduced a silicon quantum processor with a cryogenic CMOS controller that performs real-time error correction without external electronics, as detailed in an article on Nature. The system architecture includes an 18-qubit chip, a controller, and a superconducting ribbon cable. Source: Nature. In this setup, external racks of control electronics are replaced by […]
U.S. Congressman Thomas Massie has proposed cutting federal funding to municipalities and police departments that use Flock cameras and similar automated surveillance systems. I’ll soon be sponsoring a bill to withhold federal money from municipalities and police departments that deploy Flock (and other style) cameras to surveil law abiding citizens. pic.twitter.com/FGzE69psxS — Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) […]
An AI agent that compromised Hugging Face’s infrastructure during an internal cybersecurity assessment also used publicly disclosed credentials to access four accounts on four public services, according to OpenAI. The company emphasized that these incidents did not reach the severity or scale of the Hugging Face incident. The developers did not disclose the names of […]
Crypto derivatives trading volume in the first half of 2026 totaled $35.08 trillion, 15.7% lower than the same period a year earlier. Despite a rebound after April’s low, open interest (OI), liquidations, and institutional flows pointed to an uneven market recovery, CoinGlass said in a report. CoinGlass 2026 H1 Crypto Market Report is live. Key […]
In 2025, U.S. citizens lost $80.7 billion to cryptocurrency fraud, according to the Consumer Federation of America (CFA). The estimate is based on data from the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3). Last year, IC3 recorded 181,565 complaints involving cryptocurrencies. The reported losses amounted to $11.37 billion, a 22% increase from 2024. Cryptocurrencies accounted for […]
The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has added new models of foreign humanoid and quadruped robots, as well as power inverters, to the list of equipment banned from import and sale in the American market. The agency stated that the decision aims to protect supply chains for the artificial intelligence industry and critical infrastructure from […]
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has voiced opposition to blocking Chinese AI models in the US, arguing it would not be an effective solution in the technological race. This was reported by the Financial Times. According to him, banning advanced models developed in China would not be effective. He believes that American companies should systematically identify […]
Claude Mythos Preview helped Anthropic researchers identify two cryptanalytic attacks — on the HAWK post-quantum digital signature scheme and a reduced-round AES-128, the company said. New Anthropic research: Discovering cryptographic weaknesses with Claude. Claude Mythos Preview has helped our researchers find weaknesses in cryptographic algorithms—the mathematical methods that are used to keep data private. Read […]
On July 28, the Zcash mainnet implemented the Ironwood update at block #3,428,143. This update introduced a new private transaction pool to replace Orchard, where a critical vulnerability was discovered in late May. https://t.co/N3GWdyQipM — Zcash Open Development Lab (@zodl_co) July 28, 2026 The flaw was discovered by Shielded Labs security engineer Taylor Hornby, who […]