Tech

Sandworm hackers target IT pros with trojanized WireGuard VPN client (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-8-12 VPN

Google Gemini Hits 1 Billion Users In Record Time (tech.slashdot.org)
2026-8-12 Google

Sources: former OpenAI Chief Product Officer Kevin Weil is aiming to raise $150M for a new AI science startup, seeking a valuation of at least $750M (www.businessinsider.com)
2026-8-12 Startup AI

Researchers find that feeding a frontier model's encrypted reasoning traces to a weaker model from the same provider can make it output the traces in plaintext (www.wired.com)
2026-8-12

Super Micro reports Q4 revenue up 93% YoY to $11.1B, vs. $11.3B est., and forecasts Q1 and FY 2027 revenue above estimates; SMCI jumps 9%+ after hours (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-8-12 4Q

CoreWeave reports Q2 revenue up 112% YoY to $2.58B, vs. $2.56B est., and a $104B revenue backlog, with 1.5 GW of contracted power; CRWV jumps 9%+ after hours (www.cnbc.com)
2026-8-12

A Zoom Screen-Sharing Bug Let Anyone Take Over Other Devices On a Call (it.slashdot.org)
2026-8-12

Filings show Uber divested from long-time partner Serve Robotics in Q2, as the companies clash over how to deploy delivery robots; Serve has a DoorDash deal (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-8-12 Uber Robot

Cisco warns of ASA and FTD VPN flaw exploited to crash devices (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-8-12 Cisco VPN

Similarweb: Bluesky's mobile MAUs fell 27% YoY to 10.4M in June and DAUs fell 26% to 3M in July; X's mobile MAUs fell 3% to 302M and DAUs fell 7% to 123.7M (techcrunch.com)
2026-8-12 Mobile

Spotify Will Label 'AI Persona' Profiles, Exclude Their Music From Recommendations (entertainment.slashdot.org)
2026-8-12 AI Spotify

Sources: David Sacks' Craft Ventures is targeting around $1B for a new fund, its first since Sacks stepped down as the White House AI and crypto czar (www.theinformation.com)
2026-8-12 AI

Royal Bank of Canada and Bank of Montreal agree to sell payments company Moneris to PE firm Francisco Partners for CA$2B in cash, splitting proceeds equally (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-8-12 Canada

Microsoft August 2026 Patch Tuesday fixes 400 flaws, 3 zero-days (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-8-12 Microsoft

Windows 10 KB5120249 cumulative update released with fixes (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-8-12

Delta probes Wi-Fi deauth attack on flight carrying DEF CON attendees (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-8-12

Protect your phone for 15 months with this $20 Norton subscription (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-8-12

Paramount Considers Leaving California Amid Antitrust Suit (slashdot.org)
2026-8-12 California

SpaceXAI rolls out Grok Bot AI agent app in beta on Mac, iOS, Windows, and Linux, initially for SuperGrok Heavy, Cursor Ultra, and Cursor Teams Premium users (9to5mac.com)
2026-8-12 IOS Linux AI

Windows 11 KB5121003 & KB5120240 cumulative updates released (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-8-12

Sundar Pichai says Gemini has hit 1B+ MAUs, the company's fastest-growing product ever and its 14th product to hit the 1B-user mark (x.com)
2026-8-12

Sources: Nvidia is developing a Nemotron 4 model with 1T+ parameters, up from Nemotron 3 Ultra's 550B parameters but smaller than leading Chinese open models (www.theinformation.com)
2026-8-12 China Nvidia

France Bans Unsolicited Telemarking Calls (mobile.slashdot.org)
2026-8-12 France

Wesco confirms security incident after ExfilSquad claims data theft (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-8-12

Brad Lightcap, who most recently led OpenAI's special projects division and formerly was its COO, says he is leaving the company “to start something new” (www.theinformation.com)
2026-8-12

Flight tracking platform FlightAware sues Kalshi in New York, alleging Kalshi is using its data without permission to let users bet on flight cancellations (www.wsj.com)
2026-8-12 New York

England Set To Eliminate Hepatitis C (science.slashdot.org)
2026-8-12

Sources: Phia co-founders Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kianni pushed for and were aware for seven months of using “cookie stuffing” to claim affiliate commissions (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-8-12

Zuckerberg's Superyacht Reportedly Declined To Help Stranded Boat (tech.slashdot.org)
2026-8-12 Zuckerberg

eToro agrees to acquire US-focused online brokerage TradeZero for up to $231M in cash and stock; TradeZero had ~$80M in revenue over the 12 months ended June 30 (www.theblock.co)
2026-8-12

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