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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

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

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

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

Bengaluru-based Yulu, which gets ~95% of its revenue from renting e-bikes to gig workers, raised a $93M Series C, sources say at a ~$170M post-money valuation (techcrunch.com)
2026-8-12

OpenAI VP of Global Policy Ann O'Leary says AI policy in the US is anchored in the states and informed by California's AI transparency law passed last year (www.politico.com)
2026-8-12 AI California

Researchers say suspected Chinese hackers used open-source AI agents to build an autonomous hacking tool that compromised Taiwanese government websites in July (www.ft.com)
2026-8-12 China Taiwan AI

Contiguous US Breaks Its Record For Hottest Month Ever, NOAA Says (news.slashdot.org)
2026-8-12

Google says Chrome cuts 7 billion unwanted Android notifications a day to fight abuse (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-8-12 Android Google Chrome

A look at Candy Crush's continued popularity 15 years after its launch, with an estimated 81.5M MAUs and in-app revenue of $876.5M in fiscal year 2025 (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-8-12

Filing: Sergey Brin donated another $20M to Building a Better California, which fights California's proposed wealth tax, taking his total contributions to $102M (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-8-12 Tax California

A profile of Suno, which has been used by more than 100M people since 2023 and has 2M+ paid subscribers, as it faces copyright lawsuits from UMG and Sony Music (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-8-12 Sony

Linux Desktop Use Surged To 22% On One Workday, Cloudflare Data Shows (linux.slashdot.org)
2026-8-12 Linux

The CFTC uses its “emergency authority” to order Kalshi to continue operating in New York after the state filed a lawsuit in July seeking to shutter Kalshi (www.coindesk.com)
2026-8-12 New York CFTC

OpenAI launches a ChatGPT desktop app for Linux in preview, supporting ChatGPT Work, Codex, and more; Computer Use outside the in-app browser is not available (thenewstack.io)
2026-8-12 Linux Browser

DeadLock ransomware uses blockchain to resist infrastructure takedown (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-8-12 Blockchain

Source: Kalshi's annualized revenue topped $4B in July, up from $2B+ two months earlier, and its operating expenses totaled $300M in June (www.theinformation.com)
2026-8-12

Accel raised $3.5B in funds for early-stage investments, including a $1.35B global expansion fund for larger early-stage rounds and rapid follow-on investments (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-8-12

Freenet Creator Ian Clarke Shares Progress on Its New Decentralized Network (tech.slashdot.org)
2026-8-12 Decentralize

Sandworm hackers target IT pros with trojanized WireGuard VPN client (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-8-12 VPN

Google Gemini Hits 1 Billion Users In Record Time (tech.slashdot.org)
2026-8-12 Google

Sources: former OpenAI Chief Product Officer Kevin Weil is aiming to raise $150M for a new AI science startup, seeking a valuation of at least $750M (www.businessinsider.com)
2026-8-12 Startup AI

Researchers find that feeding a frontier model's encrypted reasoning traces to a weaker model from the same provider can make it output the traces in plaintext (www.wired.com)
2026-8-12

Super Micro reports Q4 revenue up 93% YoY to $11.1B, vs. $11.3B est., and forecasts Q1 and FY 2027 revenue above estimates; SMCI jumps 9%+ after hours (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-8-12 4Q

CoreWeave reports Q2 revenue up 112% YoY to $2.58B, vs. $2.56B est., and a $104B revenue backlog, with 1.5 GW of contracted power; CRWV jumps 9%+ after hours (www.cnbc.com)
2026-8-12

A Zoom Screen-Sharing Bug Let Anyone Take Over Other Devices On a Call (it.slashdot.org)
2026-8-12

Filings show Uber divested from long-time partner Serve Robotics in Q2, as the companies clash over how to deploy delivery robots; Serve has a DoorDash deal (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-8-12 Uber Robot

Cisco warns of ASA and FTD VPN flaw exploited to crash devices (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-8-12 Cisco VPN

Similarweb: Bluesky's mobile MAUs fell 27% YoY to 10.4M in June and DAUs fell 26% to 3M in July; X's mobile MAUs fell 3% to 302M and DAUs fell 7% to 123.7M (techcrunch.com)
2026-8-12 Mobile

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