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Former Richard Stallman Colleague Now Argues for Open AI Models Too (news.slashdot.org)
2026-7-20 AI

Hackers abuse ViPNet software to target Russian govt agencies (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-7-20 Russia

Alibaba launches preview of 2.4T parameter Qwen3.8 Max, says it's comparable to frontier AI models and second only to Fable 5, will make it “open-weight soon” (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-7-20 Alibaba AI

Are There Cybersecurity Risks in Over-the-Air Tech Used in Autos? (tech.slashdot.org)
2026-7-19

Get pro-level edits with little effort—this Luminar Neo deal is $80 (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-7-19

AI is reshaping entry-level professional services jobs, as companies redesign hiring, training, and workplace culture rather than simply cut junior roles (www.ft.com)
2026-7-19 AI

New Study Links Teen Boys' ADHD Symptoms To Addictive Social Media Use (science.slashdot.org)
2026-7-19 Social Media

Sources: Kimi developer Moonshot told investors it is preparing for a Hong Kong IPO in as early as six months; its ARR hit $300M in June, up from $200M in April (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-7-19 Hong Kong IPO

Analysis: OpenAI and Anthropic employees are donating to campaigns more heavily and cohesively than Google, Meta, and Airbnb employees did post-IPO (sfstandard.com)
2026-7-19 Google IPO Airbnb

A profile of businessman Sebastian Rucci, whose past ventures were subject to legal probes, as he bids to build California's biggest data center, a $10B project (www.wsj.com)
2026-7-19 California

Sources: CIA operative Jonny Gannon spied on G42 to probe its China ties and helped the UAE gain expanded access to US AI chips by allaying US suspicions (www.wsj.com)
2026-7-19 China AI

Big US pizza delivery chains are struggling as apps such as DoorDash and Uber Eats give independent pizzerias and other restaurants greater market access (www.ft.com)
2026-7-19 Uber

'Grok Build' Coding Tool Open Sourced This Week, Promises to Respect Zero Data Retention (news.slashdot.org)
2026-7-19 Open Source

Alibaba open-sources its chip software, following similar plays from Huawei and Moore Threads, as Chinese GPU makers try to break the dominance of Nvidia's CUDA (www.scmp.com)
2026-7-19 China Alibaba Nvidia

Analysis finds 60+ “jacket apps” on the App Store disguised as simple games and utilities that become gambling apps when accessed from Brazilian IP addresses (9to5mac.com)
2026-7-19 Brazil

OpenAI Acknowledges GPT-5.6 May Accidentally Delete Files, Calls It 'Honest Mistake' (developers.slashdot.org)
2026-7-19

A look at AI's potential impact on insurance-coverage decisions like prior authorization as the Trump admin starts to pilot using AI to evaluate Medicare claims (arstechnica.com)
2026-7-19 Trump AI Medicare Insurance

France Orders ISPs to Block Access to Polymarket (yro.slashdot.org)
2026-7-19 France

How Microsoft's 'Little Workaround' Created a Major Threat to America's Defense Department (yro.slashdot.org)
2026-7-19 U.S. Microsoft

Next UK Prime Minister Drops Digital ID Scheme (news.slashdot.org)
2026-7-19

UK's incoming PM Andy Burnham is expected to scrap Keir Starmer's plans for digital ID cards; last year a petition opposing the cards attracted ~3M signatures (www.theguardian.com)
2026-7-19

Permit hurdles push up costs for AI data centers; Oracle pivoted from gas turbines to costlier fuel cells for its Project Jupiter in NM, costing billions more (www.theinformation.com)
2026-7-19 AI Oracle

Gen Z and Millennials are Buying CDs - Though Half Don't Have CD Players (entertainment.slashdot.org)
2026-7-19

Update now: 7-Zip fixes RCE flaw exploitable with malicious archives (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-7-19

Prediction market political betting on insider info spreads in DC; sources: WH lawyers raised alarms over anonymous Polymarket bets on the Iran ceasefire timing (www.wsj.com)
2026-7-19 Iran

NextBSD Returns to Port Apple Source Onto FreeBSD (bsd.slashdot.org)
2026-7-19 Apple

CNBC's Jim Cramer Says He Needs 'Cold Hard' Proof AI Is Paying Off (slashdot.org)
2026-7-19 AI

How the Trump administration shifted from a “light-touch” approach to AI policy to an interventionist stance that led to restrictions on top AI models in the US (www.theinformation.com)
2026-7-19 Trump AI

WordPress Core "wp2shell" RCE flaws get public exploits, patch now (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-7-19 WordPress

Long After Pluto Fly-By, NASA's New Horizon's Probe Wakes Up Again, Starts Doing New Science (science.slashdot.org)
2026-7-19 NASA

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