8+ mon, 3+ week ago   (672+ words) The government stopped short of directly attributing the attack to Chinese operatives or the Chinese state. Whitehall has fallen on black days as the UK’s diplomatic headquarters revealed it suffered a devastating cyberattack. Chris Bryant, the Foreign Office minister, delivered…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (453+ words) Android September update fixes 180 vulnerabilities Image: Generated via Google’s Nano Banana Google’s September Android update fixes 180 security flaws, including critical bugs. Learn how to check your phone’s security patch level. Google’s September 2026 Android security update addresses 180 vulnerabilities across the operating…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (795+ words) OpenAI’s chief scientist says AI labs may need to slow development if safety and monitoring measures cannot keep pace with increasingly capable systems. Image: Mariia Berezovsky/Unsplash OpenAI chief scientist Jakub Pachocki says AI labs may need to slow development…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (532+ words) OpenAI is committing $1 billion in subsidized Daybreak access and support to help cyber defenders protect critical infrastructure and fix flaws faster. The window for defenders to get ahead of AI-enabled cyberattacks is narrowing. OpenAI has committed $1 billion in subsidized Daybreak…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (987+ words) AI is becoming an important determinant in the contest for vulnerabilities between defenders, governments, and even threat actors. Image: ChatGPT AI could accelerate vulnerability discovery, shrinking the pool of exploits governments rely on while speeding up the race between attackers…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (403+ words) CISA added CVE-2023-49105 to its exploited-flaws catalog after researchers tied the old ownCloud bug to reported Philippine nuclear data theft. An old ownCloud vulnerability is back in the spotlight after researchers linked it to the reported theft of sensitive Philippine…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (948+ words) Image: Created with ChatGPT See what you missed in Daily Tech Insider from Aug. 31–Sept. 4. Anthropic released Claude Fable 5.1 and Mythos 5.1, two enterprise-focused models based on the same foundation but governed by different safety filters. Fable is broadly available through…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (957+ words) OpenAI launches GPT-6 Astra. Image: OpenAI OpenAI launched GPT-6 Astra with advanced computer-use capabilities as Greg Brockman declared the “AGI era” has arrived, though major questions remain. OpenAI is making one of its boldest claims yet about where artificial intelligence…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (857+ words) Instagram is introducing a new “AI-generated profile” label and limiting recommendation reach for synthetic influencers that fail to disclose their AI identities. Image: Unsplash/Alexander Shatov Instagram will limit recommendations for AI-generated influencer profiles that fail to disclose their synthetic…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (677+ words) Two Illinois customers allege Walmart created voiceprints from service calls without obtaining consent required under the state’s biometric privacy law. A routine call to Walmart may have left customers with more than a solved shopping problem: a lawsuit says it…...