Security
Cybersecurity threats, protection strategies, and best practices
Google Cloud's VMware service loses resilience due to a dud update
As VMware itself warns of critical flaw in its load balancer
Patchpocalypse Now: Microsoft tops last month's record with 622 Patch Tuesday CVEs
Remember when last month's 206 CVEs seemed eye-watering? Yeah, those were the days
If you want Claude to speak nicely to you, try Hindi or Arabic
Anthropic finds Claude expresses different values across languages
5 signs you're using the wrong Linux distro
5 signs you're using the wrong Linux distro Credit: Lucas Gouveia/How-To Geek By Sydney Butler Published Jul 14, 2026,...
AWS will now watch Microsoft’s cloud for you
On Tuesday, AWS announced an expansion to Security Hub, its security operations service, to also monitor Microsoft Azure...
DeepMind bigbrain calls for America to set AI standards before it's too late
Industry, regulate thyself
Microsoft rolls out Windows Search updates and they're... quite good
Who are you, and what have you done with Microsoft?
Windows 11’s big patch Tuesday allows you to hold off on updates for longer
Microsoft just released a long list of improvements for Windows 11 as part of its bigger patch Tuesdays, and that includ...
OpenAI may announce a ChatGPT smart speaker this year
OpenAI's first device is set to be a smart speaker that lets you talk with ChatGPT, according to a report from Bloomberg...
IBM's mainframe sales get mugged by AI hardware panic, stock sheds more than a quarter of its value
CEO Krishna: Customers blew their Z budgets on servers and storage before prices spike, Q2 financials 'disappointing'
Samsung 990 2TB SSD Review: New flash, familiar speeds
The Samsung 990 is the QLC variant of the manufacturer’s 990 EVO Plus. Despite having newer flash, it largely performs l...
Claude at scale on Google Cloud: Frontier AI, built for enterprise production
Running frontier AI in production is demanding — accelerators to manage, latency to hold steady across continents, regul...
China claims chip exports nearly doubled to $177 billion in the first half of 2026 as memory prices surged — 96% year-on-year increase inflated by hikes
The Chinese customs administration attributed the surge to global demand for AI hardware.
'The bots are alive!' Jailbroken Gemini spun up new C2 server for Russian fraudster in just 6 minutes
Human did 10% of the job, AI did 90%
Hands off our VPNs, privacy groups tell UK ministers
Mozilla, Proton, Tor warn ministers that targeting the tech risks creating more problems than it solves
Humanity Protocol to prioritize operational security following $36M hack
Humanity Protocol’s founder said they will refocus on operational security, as malicious actors are switching from smart...
Baddies caught exploiting extensions bugs with perfect 10 scores on vulnerable Joomla websites
Flaws in iCagenda, Balbooa Forms extensions can impact open source CMS that powers a million sites worldwide
Boston Dynamics tries using ‘robot dogs’ for deliveries
Boston Dynamics' robotic quadruped Spot has already found work doing routine factory inspections and patrolling the ruin...
Sony delays its new PS5 fight stick
Sony is delaying the launch of its FlexStrike fight stick controller for PS5 and PC, which had been set to launch on Aug...
The Download: Claude’s inner workings, and the future of world models
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the wor...