Tech

A detailed recap of the real-world target hacks by OpenAI's and Anthropic's models, exposing failures in AI alignment training and meaningful supervision (thezvi.substack.com)
2026-8-3 AI

An unsecured police dashboard exposed China's extensive tracking of foreigners, aggregating data from surveillance cameras, facial recognition tools, and more (www.nytimes.com)
2026-8-3 China Facial Recognition

A look at Central Asia's emerging data center race, led by Uzbekistan's 6MW TAS-1 due by year-end and Kazakhstan's 125MW facility with 100K Nvidia chips by 2027 (asia.nikkei.com)
2026-8-3 Asia Nvidia

Alibaba says its 2.4T-parameter Qwen3.8-Max tops Kimi K3 on some benchmarks, and plans to release the open weights of Qwen3.8-Max and Qwen3.8-27B next week (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-8-3 Alibaba

Two independent teams used GPT-5.6 Sol Ultra on the same quantum cryptography problem, filing papers 3 hours apart, raising questions about scientific credit (www.scientificamerican.com)
2026-8-3 Quantum

Rogue Police Officers Have Turned Flock's Nationwide Camera Network Into a Stalking Tool (yro.slashdot.org)
2026-8-3

A look at the US open-weight AI model ecosystem, as VCs question the revenue potential of open-weight startups like Arcee, Reflection AI, and Poolside (www.wsj.com)
2026-8-3 Startup AI

Robinhood's prediction markets revenue surged 10x+ YoY to $156M in Q2, topping stock and crypto for the first time as speculators shift to real-world event bets (www.theinformation.com)
2026-8-3

IT Teams are Spending 11 Hours a Week on Cloud Connectivity Problems (it.slashdot.org)
2026-8-3

GOG Officially Expands Linux Support With Native Galaxy Client In Development (linux.slashdot.org)
2026-8-3 Linux

Four US states rolled back or paused data center tax incentives, and nine others are weighing repeal measures, potentially adding 7% or more to equipment costs (www.theinformation.com)
2026-8-3 Tax

IT Teams Report 11 Hour a Week on Cloud Connectivity Problems (it.slashdot.org)
2026-8-3

OpenAI teases Astra, its next major AI model, after it solves 10 long-standing math problems (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-8-3 AI Mathematics

Sources detail the troubled development of Tencent's ambitious, GTA-like game Last Sentinel, which has burned hundreds of millions of dollars over six years (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-8-3 Tencent

New Spinning Drone Hides In Plain Sight (tech.slashdot.org)
2026-8-3 Drone

Is There a Way to Promote Open Document Formats Instead of 'MS Office' Format? (news.slashdot.org)
2026-8-3

LLMs are moving from generating artifacts to creating hyper-custom worlds on demand, but still lack the ability to natively perceive and audit what they create (x.com)
2026-8-3

COLDCARD wallet RNG flaw likely linked to $88 million Bitcoin theft (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-8-3 Bitcoin

Steam On Linux Use Back Above 4% In July (linux.slashdot.org)
2026-8-3 Linux

Researchers used AI-assisted code to undetectably tamper with data from computerized scans of physical DNA evidence produced by widely used crime-lab machines (www.wsj.com)
2026-8-3 AI

Today only: This AI course bundle is just $14 in this deal (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-8-3 AI

Google Chrome may soon block New Tab hijacker extensions by default (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-8-3 Google Chrome

Experts say US law is unprepared for rogue AI agents and models, as recent OpenAI and Anthropic incidents raise questions over legal liability and repercussions (www.wired.com)
2026-8-3 AI

Group of Teen Hikers Relied on Google Maps. It Was a Disaster. (tech.slashdot.org)
2026-8-3 Google

Does Eating Less Protein Produce Healthier Aging and Metabolism? (science.slashdot.org)
2026-8-3

In a First, 'Super-Earth' Planet Shows It Could Have an Atmosphere (science.slashdot.org)
2026-8-3

Linux Desktop Market Share Surpasses 10% in North America (linux.slashdot.org)
2026-8-3 Linux U.S.

Thoughts on Apple Upgrade; sources: MacBook Air is now facing shortages too; Apple wants to turn its future glasses and headsets into health and fitness devices (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-8-3 Apple MacBook

Are Return-to-Office Mandates Killing Workers' Trust in Workplaces? (it.slashdot.org)
2026-8-2

As Taiwanese server makers expand in Mexico, the country has become the second-largest supplier of servers to the US, behind Taiwan, with $46.9B in YTD sales (www.ft.com)
2026-8-2 Mexico Taiwan

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