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AI code-testing startup Blacksmith raised a $45M Series B led by Peak XV Partners at a $550M valuation, up from $60M after it raised a $10M Series A in 2025 (techcrunch.com)
2026-8-12 Startup AI

Stop Renting Your Language App — Own All 14 Babbel Languages (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-8-12

Signal adds new security feature to thwart man-in-the-middle attacks (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-8-12

Swarms of Tiny Robots Remove Microplastics From Soil and Water (hardware.slashdot.org)
2026-8-12 Robot

Canadian university cleared to shut down Ukrainian Nazi fund (www.rt.com)
2026-8-12 Canada Ukraine

Q&A with Redwood Research Chief Scientist Ryan Greenblatt on AI R&D, RSI, whether human expert data is bottlenecking progress, token prices, alignment, and more (www.dwarkesh.com)
2026-8-12 AI

New Microsoft Defender 'ShieldBreak' zero-day grants SYSTEM privileges (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-8-12 Microsoft

Former Alibaba star researcher Junyang Lin launches Shanghai-based Pragmatik Labs to build digital and physical AI agents; Pragmatik hit a $2B valuation in June (www.theinformation.com)
2026-8-12 Alibaba AI Shanghai

Afghanistan will ensure safe rail route from Russia to India – Taliban spokesman (www.rt.com)
2026-8-12 Russia India Afghanistan

Trump accused of using journalists as decoys amid Iranian assassination fears (www.rt.com)
2026-8-12 Trump Iran

A look at the challenges facing incoming Google DeepMind head Koray Kavukcuoglu, who joined DeepMind in 2012 and will oversee Gemini and frontier AI research (www.cnbc.com)
2026-8-12 Google AI

Foxconn reports Q2 revenue up 41% YoY to ~$78.4B, with cloud and networking products contributing 50%+ for the first time, and net profit up 35% to ~$1.86B (www.wsj.com)
2026-8-12

Tencent reports Q2 revenue up 11% YoY to ~$30.4B, above ~$30B est., and net income of ~$8.3B, driven by surging WeChat advertising and resilient game spending (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-8-12 WeChat Tencent

Stockholm-based AI coding startup Lovable raised $400M at a $13.3B valuation, up from $6.6B in December 2025, becoming one of Europe's most valuable startups (www.wsj.com)
2026-8-12 Europe Startup AI

US company under fire after workers warned against fleeing Colombia earthquake (VIDEO) (www.rt.com)
2026-8-12

Major US supplier recalls jalapenos amid Salmonella outbreak (www.rt.com)
2026-8-12

Sources: AI coding startup Cognition is in early talks with investors to raise $1B+ at a $40B+ valuation, after raising $1B at a $26B valuation in May (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-8-12 Startup AI

Colombia declares emergency after devastating earthquake (VIDEOS) (www.rt.com)
2026-8-12

Meta and TikTok fail to halt thousands of social media addiction lawsuits (www.rt.com)
2026-8-12

10 Iconic Works of Art That Are Still Missing (listverse.com)
2026-8-12

Behold the 'Glueball,' a Strange New Form of Matter (science.slashdot.org)
2026-8-12

The UN becomes the missing mediator (www.aspistrategist.org.au)
2026-8-12

Some health and fitness obsessives are using AI for hyperpersonalized training, building custom dashboards and tools to analyze their sleep, workouts, and diet (www.wsj.com)
2026-8-12 AI

Child among two killed in Ukrainian drone raid on southern Russia (www.rt.com)
2026-8-12 Russia Drone Ukraine

Briter: Africa-focused startups raised $3.3B in H1 2026, up 73% YoY, driven by Zipline's $950M raise; US- and UAE-incorporated entities raised half the capital (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-8-12 Startup Africa

Lebanon: Israel's Killing of Journalist fits Definition of War Crime (www.juancole.com)
2026-8-12 Israel Lebanon

The U.S. just had its hottest Month in recorded History, surpassing Dust Bowl Record (www.juancole.com)
2026-8-12 U.S.

History Has Proven Leibowitz Right about Israel (www.juancole.com)
2026-8-12 Israel

Child killed in Ukrainian drone raid in southern Russia – governor (www.rt.com)
2026-8-12 Russia Drone Ukraine

Sources: Singapore-based data center operator DayOne confidentially files for a US IPO, aims to list as soon as next quarter, and is considering raising ~$5B (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-8-12 IPO Singapore

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