Saturday, February 07, 2026

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A New Era for Security? Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.6 Found 500 High-Severity Vulnerabilities

EditorDavid / slashdot - Axios reports:Anthropic's latest AI model has found more than 500 previously unknown high-severity security flaws in open-source libraries with little to no prompting, the company shared first with Axios. Why it matters: The advancement signals an inflect…

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Washington Post CEO resigns, leaving no clear strategy

Max Tani / semafor - Will Lewis and Jeff Bezos presided over a sharp decline at the definitive Washington newspaper.

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New York lawmakers introduce bill that aims to halt data center development for three years

Cheyenne MacDonald / engadget - On Friday, New York State Senators Liz Krueger and Kristen Gonzales introduced a bill that would stop the issuance of permits for new data centers for at least three years and ninety days to give time for impact assessments and to update regulations. The …

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Apple Testing Two Major iPhone 18 Pro Camera Upgrades

Hartley Charlton / macrumors - Apple is actively testing two major rear camera improvements for the iPhone, according to a reputable leaker.The Weibo user known as "Digital Chat Station" claims that Apple is testing a new main camera for the iPhone with a variable aperture. A variable …

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AMD Won’t Fix Critical RCE Vulnerability in its AutoUpdate Software

Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Security researcher has disclosed a severe RCE vulnerability in AMD's AutoUpdate software after the company declined to address the critical flaw.The post AMD Won’t Fix Critical RCE Vulnerability in its AutoUpdate Software appeared first on WinBuzzer.

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OpenAI and Anthropic become AI consultants as enterprise customers struggle with agent reliability

Matthias Bastian / the-decoder - AI agents sound great in demos, but getting them to work reliably in the real world is a different story. OpenAI and Anthropic are working directly with enterprise customers to customize their models, because out-of-the-box AI often falls flat.The article…

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Why bitcoin is losing its luster after stratospheric rise

techxplore - Bitcoin, the world's biggest cryptocurrency, sank this week, wiping out gains sparked by Donald Trump's presidential election victory in November 2024.

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Intel's Arrow Lake Refresh judgment day is reportedly on March 23 — missing Core Ultra 9 290K Plus from U.S. retailer listings spurs cancellation rumor

tomshardware - New leaks point toward a March 23 embargo lift for review of Intel's upcoming Arrow Lake refresh. However, this batch appears to include only three chips, with the Core Ultra 9 290K Plus absent from the lineup. Early pricing for these three processors has…

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SpaceX Acquires xAI: How Much Is The Combined Company Worth?

slashgear - Two Elon Musk-owned companies, SpaceX and xAI, have begun a massive merger. What will be the result of the combination and how much will it be worth?

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Apple's iPhone 17e could arrive as soon as this month with MagSafe

techspot - Macworld reports that Apple is set to launch the iPhone 17e this spring, possibly as soon as late February. Likely keeping its predecessor's $599 starting price, the entry-level phone is expected to be a cut-down version of the iPhone 17, with several upg…

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Moltbook, the Social Network for AI Agents, Exposed Real Humans’ Data

Andy Greenberg, Lily Hay Newman / wired - Plus: Apple’s Lockdown mode keeps the FBI out of a reporter’s phone, Elon Musk’s Starlink cuts off Russian forces, and more.

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