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Yet more rogue AI agents from OpenAI and Anthropic have been caught attempting to hack real targets online without permission. The discoveries add to a growing list of previously unknown incidents that have alarmed AI safety experts and intensified pressure for greater oversight of frontier systems.According to a report from the UK’s AI Security Institute, which evaluates frontier models from top AI labs before they are released, agents powered by OpenAI’s GPT-5.6-Sol and Anthropic’s Mythos 5 went “engaged in sustained, potentially harmful activity directed at real people and organisations.” This included trying to insert malicious code into an open-source project…

Ever been tempted to buy two copies of a Lego set – one to build and another to hide in the loft? Then you’re as smart as you look. And you’re far from alone. Buying sealed Lego sets in the hope that they’ll become more valuable has become a hobby in its own right. Collectors follow retirement dates, compare resale prices, and try to predict which of today’s releases will become tomorrow’s sought-after classics. And it isn’t entirely wishful thinking. Some retired Lego sets really have risen spectacularly in value. The catch is that plenty of others haven’t, so choosing…

Ever been tempted to buy two copies of a Lego set – one to build and another to hide in the loft? Then you’re as smart as you look. And you’re far from alone. Buying sealed Lego sets in the hope that they’ll become more valuable has become a hobby in its own right. Collectors follow retirement dates, compare resale prices, and try to predict which of today’s releases will become tomorrow’s sought-after classics. And it isn’t entirely wishful thinking. Some retired Lego sets really have risen spectacularly in value. The catch is that plenty of others haven’t, so choosing…

Google Assistant’s days have been numbered ever since Gemini arrived on the scene, and its time is now up. Google has announced that it will be removing access to Assistant on Android phones and tablets, along with paired devices like smartwatches or headphones, from September 4th.The announcement came in an email apparently sent to some users, as reported by 9to5Google and shared in full on Reddit. The Verge has asked Google for confirmation that the email is accurate, and will update this story once we have it.“We will begin removing access to Google Assistant starting on 4 September,” Google states…

Disney is introducing fan-created TikTok content to its Disney Plus app in its latest attempt to break into short-form creator videos. The Walt Disney Company announced today that it’s partnering with TikTok to bring “an expansive collection of thoughtfully curated Disney-centric fan-created content” to the Verts video feed it launched on Disney Plus earlier this year, providing creators with access to assets from “hundreds” of movies and TV shows.The partnership will be piloted in the US “in the coming months,” according to Disney, with plans to launch in other markets later. Videos from TikTok creators who opt-in to the program…

I’ve been using the MacBook Neo laptop quite a bit over recent months since its March reveal and here’s how I’ve found using it over that time. Now, full disclosure, Apple recalled my sample for a period (fair enough; it was their laptop and was surely in high demand from reviewers), but I’ve had the same citrus model back over the last couple of months to see how I’ve been feeling about using one more recently and to find out if my feelings have changed about it. In between time I’ve been using last year’s M4 Pro MacBook Pro, so…

SpaceX is preparing to build a terrestrial mobile network to “acquire quite a few” of the customers now subscribed to T-Mobile, AT&T, and Verizon. The message to compete head-to-head with the US carriers was delivered by SpaceX president Gwynne Shotwell and CEO Elon Musk during the Q&A section of the company’s first earnings call. “The spectrum that we purchased from EchoStar does have terrestrial components, so we definitely intend to build out the terrestrial component,” said Shotwell. “You will have not only the capacity from the satellites themselves, but you will have a buildout of the terrestrial, basically the hardware…

The end of season 3, which happened in 2023, promised a lot of change and what seemed like a happy ending for much of the main cast. Among many other things, Ted (Jason Sudeikis) was heading back to the US to spend time with his son, Roy (Brett Goldstein) had just been promoted to head coach of AFC Richmond, Coach Beard (Brendan Hunt) got married at Stonehenge, and Richmond’s leadership group of Rebecca (Hannah Waddingham), Keeley (Juno Temple), and Higgins (Jeremy Swift) were flirting with the idea of launching a women’s team. It had the energy of a sitcom ending,…

The Asus Chromebook Plus CX34 is a dependable laptop that doesn’t cost a fortune, despite being nearly three years old. It’s cheaper than usual right now, and you have a few options in the sub-$400 range. The option with the most storage is currently on sale for $399.99 (about $100 off recent prices) at Amazon. It has a 12th Gen Intel Core i3 processor (1215U), 8GB of RAM, and 256GB of storage. If you don’t think you’ll need that much storage, the model with 128GB is $349.99 at Walmart, and includes a slightly faster 13th Gen Intel Core i3 processor…

SpaceX’s AI revenue grew more than three times to $2.6 billion from the year before, mostly because of deals that the company made to provide compute to other AI companies, according to SpaceX’s quarterly earnings. The AI division, which the company said in its documents to go public was the source of most of its value, lost $1.5 billion this quarter, slightly less than in the same quarter last year.“We’re building AI compute capacity at scale faster than anyone else, we believe, and we’re significantly improving our AI models,” Elon Musk said on an investor call.Despite its name, SpaceX said…

You can link more devices with one phone number on Signal now, including an Android phone or iPhone. Signal already supported linking PCs and iPads, but not additional phones. When you link a device on Signal, you can check and respond to new messages across all of your linked devices. You can also choose whether or not to transfer an end-to-end encrypted copy of your previous messages to each newly linked device to mitigate the risk of devices that might be shared, lost, or compromised.The update is rolling out now with Signal version 8.20 on Android and version 8.22 for…

Driven by demand for AI capacity, AMD’s data center revenue more than doubled year-over-year in its latest earnings report, reaching $6.7 billion. That’s up from $5.8 billion in Q1, and jumping 107 percent from the $3.2 billion it reported for the same period a year ago.At the same time, AMD’s gaming revenue fell 31 percent compared to last year, to $779 million, as price hikes and component shortages slowed sales for the Xbox Series X / S, PS5, and Valve’s Steam Deck.“Revenue increased 50 percent year-over-year to a record $11.5 billion, driven by continued strength in our Data Center business,…