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Sources: Panthalassa, which aims to power data centers in the ocean using energy generated by waves, is raising $225M at a ~$2B valuation, up from $1B in May (www.theinformation.com)
2026-8-7 Energy

DR Congo limits mineral exports as US pushes for greater access (www.rt.com)
2026-8-7

America's murder crisis isn't as hopeless as many believe (www.rt.com)
2026-8-7 U.S.

New TONTOU CPU attack bypasses Spectre v2 fixes, leaks Linux password hashes (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-8-7 Linux

Train for all eight CISSP domains from home for just $20 (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-8-7

Swiss government SharePoint breach compromised 200 accounts (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-8-7 Switzerland

FCC Kills TV Ownership Cap, Claiming Authority Over Limit Set By Congress (yro.slashdot.org)
2026-8-7

Suno plans to adopt new watermarking and fingerprinting tech, transparency tools, and a new download policy to limit the spread of spammy AI tracks (www.theverge.com)
2026-8-7 AI

Why Israel keeps striking Gaza despite US-brokered ceasefire (www.rt.com)
2026-8-7 Israel

Google and data: hackers used phone calls, phishing websites, and “meticulous” tactics to target dozens of US PE firms and other businesses over the past month (www.reuters.com)
2026-8-7 Google

OpenAI updates the default model for free users to GPT-5.6 Luna, adds unlimited text chats for free users, rolls out an improved GPT-5.6 Sol version, and more (www.axios.com)
2026-8-7

OpenAI introduces Agent Plugins, an open standard for bundling skills and MCP servers, and says its steering committee includes Amazon, Microsoft, and Cursor (9to5mac.com)
2026-8-7 Amazon Microsoft

Western Digital falls 10%+ after issuing guidance that didn't quite match those of Seagate; Q4 revenue rose 44% YoY to $3.75B, above a $3.7B estimate (www.barrons.com)
2026-8-7 4Q Western Digital

Times Magazine Now Serves Ads That Only AI Chatbots Can See (slashdot.org)
2026-8-7 AI chatbot

Meta AI model hacked a company during misconfigured cyber test (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-8-7 AI

Google DeepMind says its WeatherNext model can accurately predict a storm's track and intensity using lower-resolution weather data, and open sources the model (www.wired.com)
2026-8-7 Google

'Ukrainian intelligence is coming for every one of you': Moment Putin's defence officials panic when virtual meeting is hacked (www.dailymail.co.uk)
2026-8-7 Putin Ukraine Intelligence

Sources: Nvidia is considering lower-memory versions of its Rubin Ultra GPU due to potential issues securing enough HBM, and has tested at least three versions (www.theinformation.com)
2026-8-7 Nvidia

Sources: Stripe recently entered exclusive talks to buy OpenRouter in a cash-and-stock deal that would value the startup for close to $10B (www.theinformation.com)
2026-8-7 Startup

Will the Iran War Kill OPEC? (www.heritage.org)
2026-8-7 OPEC Iran

Meta AI Hacked External Systems During Cybersecurity Testing (it.slashdot.org)
2026-8-7 AI

Demis Hassabis stepping down as Google DeepMind CEO may weaken the UK tech scene, marking an end for Hassabis' effort to keep his native UK as an AI stronghold (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-8-7 Google AI

Bangladesh Trying to Exonerate a Terror Suspect Wanted by the United States (www.gatestoneinstitute.org)
2026-8-7 Terrorism Bangladesh

Bribing Hamas Will Not Bring Peace – It Will Finance The Next War (www.gatestoneinstitute.org)
2026-8-7

Datadog drops 15%+ after forecasting weaker full-year sales due to reduced usage from its largest client, a leading AI company; Q2 revenue rises 36% to $1.12B (www.wsj.com)
2026-8-7 AI

Broadcaster Wins Broad US Blocking Injunction Covering Pirate Sites That Don't Exist Yet (yro.slashdot.org)
2026-8-7

Top Wall Street banks helped Epstein move billions – report (www.rt.com)
2026-8-7 Wall Street

WindBorne, which deploys weather balloons to collect data for its AI weather forecasting models, raised a $37M Series B at a $250M post-money valuation (techcrunch.com)
2026-8-7 AI

While Europe swelters, New Zealanders ski in city streets (VIDEO) (www.rt.com)
2026-8-7 Europe New Zealand

New footage appears to show more 'human safari' Russian drones targeting citizens: Ukrainian is chased as he runs for cover and another drone explodes as man tries to hide (www.dailymail.co.uk)
2026-8-7 Russia Drone Ukraine

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