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OpenAI says an internal version of Astra, its next big model, produced results for 10 problems in math, quantum complexity, and theoretical computer science (openai.com)
2026-8-2 Quantum Mathematics

The UN and EU's Horrific Appeasement of the Iranian Regime's Tyranny, Betrayal of the Iranian People (www.gatestoneinstitute.org)
2026-8-2 Europe Iran

This year's Defcon badges include Baochip-1x, an open source chip whose security is verifiable and that can also be used as a hardware security token (www.wired.com)
2026-8-1

Drones Offer Alternative to Balloons For Weather Research (news.slashdot.org)
2026-8-1 Drone

What does India have to do with the Arctic and why is it a test for BRICS (www.rt.com)
2026-8-1 India

Zelensky's destabilization of international energy shipping could ‘benefit US' – Russian analyst (VIDEO) (www.rt.com)
2026-8-1 Russia Energy

Trump Promised no More Vietnams, then Launched the Mother of all Quagmires in Iran (www.juancole.com)
2026-8-1 Trump Iran

Join the Convoy: How Batteries can Halt Emissions from Heavy Trucks (www.juancole.com)
2026-8-1

The Hormuz Energy Crisis becomes the Red Sea Crisis (Juan Cole and Ian Masters) (www.juancole.com)
2026-8-1 Energy

At the UN AI for Good summit, a big Chinese delegation argued Chinese open-source AI models are the future for most of the world, while US presence was muted (www.semafor.com)
2026-8-1 China AI

Drifting SpaceX Rocket Heading For Accidental Collision With the Moon (science.slashdot.org)
2026-8-1 SpaceX

Inside Larry Ellison's debt-fueled push to turn Oracle into an AI juggernaut by aligning with Trump, backing Project Stargate, and partnering with OpenAI (www.nytimes.com)
2026-8-1 Trump AI Oracle

Tel Aviv-based Bloom Security, which develops endpoint security tools for monitoring AI agents, extensions, and more, emerges from stealth with a $20M seed (www.axios.com)
2026-8-1 AI

Toronto-based Terminal, whose API connects insurance products and commercial fleet software with telematics data, raised a $20M Series A led by Battery Ventures (betakit.com)
2026-8-1 Battery Toronto Insurance

Harmony, which offers AI-powered enterprise software for handling tasks such as employee onboarding and software access, raised a $34M seed led by Lightspeed (www.businessinsider.com)
2026-8-1 AI

Foundational Industries, which aims to build AI-run factories for physical products, starting with custom data center rack enclosures, raised a $25M seed (fortune.com)
2026-8-1 AI

ThreatLocker raised a $190M Series F led by Elephant as it looks to extend its zero-trust enterprise security platform to protect against AI-related risks (www.crn.com)
2026-8-1 AI

ProphetX, a CFTC-designated sports prediction market that is also building a B2B business to sell its exchange infrastructure to other companies, raised $35M (www.axios.com)
2026-8-1 CFTC

Sources detail how OpenAI fell behind Anthropic in revenue growth and valuation after prioritizing consumer chatbots and flashy side projects over coding tools (www.wsj.com)
2026-8-1 chatbot

OpenAI Finds Evidence Other AI Agents Escaped Containment (it.slashdot.org)
2026-8-1 AI

Israel strikes Gaza hours after Trump announces Hamas disarmament plan (www.rt.com)
2026-8-1 Trump Israel

SPR Gets Drained to Dump Crude Oil on Global Markets: US Exports of Crude Oil & Petroleum Products Spike (wolfstreet.com)
2026-8-1 Oil

Webinar: The state of shadow AI in 2026 (and how attackers are taking advantage) (pushsecurity.com)
2026-8-1 AI

Heatwave burning Europe triggers nuclear powerdown (www.rt.com)
2026-8-1 Europe

Ukrainian commander ordered troops to shoot deserters on sight – media (www.rt.com)
2026-8-1 Ukraine

A US judge largely denies Perplexity and three data scraper firms' bid to dismiss Reddit's lawsuit over claims of copyright law violations under DMCA (arstechnica.com)
2026-8-1 Reddit

Sensor Tower: India's mobile app market generated a record $345M in consumer spending in Q2, up 35% YoY; ChatGPT ranked No. 1 by downloads and No. 2 by revenue (techcrunch.com)
2026-8-1 India Mobile Sensor

Several waves of missiles hit Kiev – reports (VIDEOS) (www.rt.com)
2026-8-1

Cybersecurity experts fault Anthropic and OpenAI for sloppy safeguards and inadequate human oversight after their models broke into outside organizations (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-8-1

The FTC clears quantum computing company IonQ's $1.8B acquisition of chipmaker SkyWater after the FTC's two members disagreed at first on imposing conditions (www.reuters.com)
2026-8-1 Quantum

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