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koreatimes.co.krKorea wins world’s top hacking contest for 4th consecutive year - The Korea TimesKorean white hat hacker team Maple Mallard Magistrates (MMM) won the Capture the Flag (CTF) hacking competition at this year’s DEF CON conference,...

13 Aug 2025

Yay!! www.koreatimes.co.kr/business/tec...

japantoday.com'Speaking' tactile sidewalks enrich lives of visually impairedTactile paving for people with visual impairments in Japan has recently been enhanced with audio guidance, as the developers of the technology aim to improve the lives of people with partial sight and assist sighted tourists. The new braille blocks are marked with black stickers in special patterns. By scanning…

10 Aug 2025

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dw.comGerman police expands use of Palantir surveillance software – DW – 08/04/2025Police and spy agencies are keen to combat criminality and terrorism with artificial intelligence. But critics say the CIA-funded Palantir surveillance software enables "predictive policing."

10 Aug 2025

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nytimes.comPutin Widens Effort to Control Russia’s Internet

6 Aug 2025

MAX—boo www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/w...

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6 Aug 2025

reuters.comDutch court says diesel brands now owned by Stellantis had cheating software from 2009A Dutch court on Wednesday said diesel cars sold by Opel, Peugeot, Citroen and DS in the Netherlands from 2009 contained software designed to cheat emissions tests.

computing.co.ukThousands of ChatGPT conversations are appearing in Google search resultsThousands of private ChatGPT conversations are now showing up in Google search results, some containing highly sensitive personal details never meant for public view.

6 Aug 2025

Delete, delete, and delete! www.computing.co.uk/news/2025/ai...

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1 Aug 2025

cybersecuritynews.comHackers Compromise Intelligence Website Used by CIA and Other AgenciesUnidentified hackers have successfully breached a critical intelligence website used by the CIA and other U.S. agencies to manage sensitive government contracts, according to the National Reconnaissan...

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1 Aug 2025

reuters.comNvidia says its chips have no 'backdoors' after China flags H20 security concernsNvidia said on Thursday its products have no "backdoors" that would allow remote access or control after China raised concerns over potential security risks in the firm's H20 artificial intelligence chip.

youtu.beFormer U.S. Special Ops: What I Saw in Gaza | Sen. Bernie SandersYouTube video by Senator Bernie Sanders

1 Aug 2025

Everyone must watch this! youtu.be/uKpkZNAFwkc?...

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30 July 2025

The Youngest Self-Made Female Billionaire Thinks You Should Take More Risks https://twp.ai/4ipvxa

twp.aiwww.newsweek.comThe youngest self-made female billionaire thinks you should take more risks

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30 July 2025

theguardian.comChildren to be banned from having YouTube accounts as Albanese government backflips on exemptionLabor reverses earlier decision to exempt Google-owned platform from national social media youth ban in move communications minister says will make ‘positive difference’

reuters.comMinnesota calls in National Guard after St. Paul slammed by 'digital attack'Minnesota has called in the National Guard after the city of St. Paul was slammed by what its mayor described as a "deliberate, coordinated, digital attack" carried out by sophisticated hackers.

30 July 2025

Coming to a city near you! www.reuters.com/world/us/min...

iotworldtoday.comQ-Day Is Coming: Don’t Panic, Just ProtectThe organizations that will fare best will be those who prepared not with panic, but with precision.

29 July 2025

Harvest now, decrypt later—experts now place Q-Day within the next three to five years www.iotworldtoday.com/quantum/q-da...

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28 July 2025

computerweekly.comDutch researchers use heartbeat detection to unmask deepfakes | Computer WeeklyNew Dutch method analyses blood flow patterns in faces that current deepfake generation tools cannot yet replicate.

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28 July 2025

interestingengineering.comMIT unveils 3D printer that turns food scraps into household itemsExplore how the 3D FOODres.AI Printer transforms food waste into useful items, promoting eco-friendly practices every day.

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25 July 2025

reuters.comSpy cockroaches and AI robots: Germany plots the future of warfareGermany plans to nearly triple its regular defense budget to around $175 billion per year by 2029, and much of that money will go into reinventing the nature of warfare.

news.mit.eduNew tool gives anyone the ability to train a robotA new training interface allows a robot to learn a task in several different ways. This increased training flexibility could help more people interact with and teach robots — and may also enable robot...

23 July 2025

🪥 First robot training model: brushing my 10-year-old’s teeth! 😅 news.mit.edu/2025/new-too...

wsj.comThe ‘Smart’ Restrooms That Can Solve America’s Public Bathroom CrisisThrone Labs is betting that Uber-like ratings and privacy-protecting sensors can lead to a better, more enduring system of public toilets.

23 July 2025

You got 10 minutes, make it quick! www.wsj.com/tech/persona...

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19 July 2025

techcrunch.comTrump administration to spend $1 billion on 'offensive' hacking operations | TechCrunchA top Democrat criticized the move to spend a billion on offensive hacking operations as the budget guts a billion from U.S. cyber defense.

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19 July 2025

wsj.comDrones, AI and Robot Pickers: Meet the Fully Autonomous FarmNew technologies are paving the way for farms that can run themselves, with minimal human input.

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17 July 2025

latimes.comCyborg jellyfish could help uncover the depths and mysteries of the Pacific OceanAt Caltech, researchers have turned living jellyfish into low-cost, remotely controlled ocean robots — creating real-life cyborgs for deep-sea exploration and environmental sensing.

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17 July 2025

cnbc.comSan Francisco rolls out Microsoft's Copilot AI for 30,000 city workersThe city will use Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat, powered by OpenAI's GPT-4o, for employees like nurses and social workers to improve city services.

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13 July 2025

reuters.comExclusive: TikTok prepares US app with its own algorithm and user dataTikTok is preparing to launch a standalone app for U.S. users that is expected to operate on a separate algorithm and data system from its global app, laying the groundwork for a potential sale orchestrated by U.S. President Donald Trump, according to people familiar with the matter.

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13 July 2025

abc.net.auAustralia is quietly rolling out age checks for search engines like GoogleJust as Australians are adjusting to the idea of having their ages checked for social media, age assurance rules are being applied to search engines and many other corners of the internet.

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13 July 2025

theguardian.comRobot surgery on humans could be trialled within decade after success on pig organsAI-trained robot carries out procedures on dead pig organs to remove gall bladders without any human help

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7 July 2025

iotworldtoday.comNvidia Dethrones Apple as World's Most Valuable CorporationNvidia Corporation has become the most valuable company in history. Shares in the high-end AI chip developer rose as much as 2.4% to $160.98 in trading on July 3, pushing Nvidia’s market capitalizatio...

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7 July 2025

news.mit.eduNew imaging technique reconstructs the shapes of hidden objectsMIT researchers developed a new system that enables a robot to use reflected Wi-Fi signals to identify the shape of a 3D object that is hidden from view, which could be especially useful in warehouse ...

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7 July 2025

wsj.comMeet the Robot Using AI to Ink Your Next TattooThe startup Blackdot has installed a first-of-its-kind tattoo device in New York City and Austin. But will the customers come?

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3 July 2025

NEW: SCOTUS shoots down a federal judge’s effort to protect eight men from being expelled—without due process—to South Sudan, where they face torture and death. Dissenting, Sotomayor says the court’s “indefensible” decision makes it complicit in “lawlessness.” www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

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2 July 2025

theguardian.comMore than 25% of UK businesses hit by cyber-attack in last year, report findsExclusive: Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says lack of action leaves firms at risk of ‘sleepwalking’ into problems

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2 July 2025

apnews.comSenate strikes AI regulatory ban from GOP bill after uproar from the statesA proposal to deter states from regulating artificial intelligence for a decade was soundly defeated in the U.S.

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28 June 2025

bloomberg.comAI Tool Xbow Is One of America’s Best HackersXbow, the startup behind a highly ranked hacking security tool, has raised $75 million

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28 June 2025

cosmosmagazine.comFree exoskeleton blueprint could accelerate rehab robotics researchA team from the Biomechatronic Lab at Northern Arizona University has developed the world’s first open-source exoskeleton blueprints to help grow the field of robotic exoskeleton research.

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28 June 2025

washingtonpost.comFederal court says copyrighted books are fair use for AI trainingAnthropic didn’t break the law when it trained its chatbot with copyrighted books, a judge said, but it must go to trial for allegedly using pirated books.

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usatoday.comSupreme Court sides with South Carolina in effort to cut Planned Parenthood fundingThe case wasn't directly about abortion. Instead, it focused on whether a Medicaid patient can sue over choosing their doctor.

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cnbc.comIn race to attract data centers, states can forfeit hundreds of millions of dollars in tax revenue to tech companiesAmazon, Meta and Google are among the beneficiaries of state tax exemptions for data centers that help power AI.

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axios.comScoop: WhatsApp banned on House staffers' devicesThe House's cybersecurity office deemed the messaging app "high risk" due to its treatment of user data.

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cybersecuritynews.comTesla Wall Connector Charger Hacked Through Charging Port in 18-Minute AttackTesla’s popular Wall Connector home charging system was exploited during the January 2025 Pwn2Own Automotive competition, demonstrating how attackers could gain control of the device through the charg...

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23 June 2025

qut.edu.auSeeing through a new LENS allows brain-like navigation in robotsQUT robotics researchers have developed a new robot navigation system that mimics neural processes of the human brain and uses less than 10 per cent of the energy required by traditional systems.