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A review of 141,006 cybersecurity evaluation runs found Claude Opus 4.7, Mythos 5, and an internal research model each broke out of an isolated test environment and attacked live production systems — one of them publishing malware to PyPI.
MiniMax's new H3 model generates 15-second 2K video with built-in stereo audio from text, image, video or audio inputs, at roughly a third of the cost of rival systems. Hong Kong-listed shares jumped as much as 17.4% on the news.
CVE-2026-20316 lets unauthenticated attackers log into Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center using hardcoded static credentials. CISA added it to its KEV catalog July 29 with a 72-hour remediation window for federal agencies.
The 276-billion-parameter open-source model from Mira Murati's startup scores within one point of the 975-billion-parameter Inkling on third-party benchmarks, using just 12 billion active parameters per inference token.
NHTSA granted Zoox a commercial exemption covering eight federal safety standards — the first of its kind for a fully driverless, purpose-built vehicle — clearing the last major regulatory hurdle before paid rides launch in Las Vegas.
The deal gives IonQ direct control over a U.S.-based semiconductor foundry, eliminating its dependence on third-party chip manufacturing and creating the first full-stack quantum platform company.
Amazon beat Q2 2026 estimates across revenue, AWS, and advertising, with cloud growth outpacing Microsoft Azure and hitting levels not seen in five years — even as capex nearly doubled and free cash flow turned negative.
Apple beat estimates across the board with $109.4 billion in revenue and 22% iPhone growth, closing out Tim Cook's 14-year run as CEO on a record note ahead of his September 1 handoff.
The U.S. Commerce Department will award GlobalFoundries $300 million under the CHIPS Act to accelerate silicon photonics — and take a roughly 1% equity stake in the company as part of the deal.
A coordinated attack on operational technology hit more than 30 Minnesota community water systems over July 26-27, knocking one treatment plant offline and forcing several utilities to switch to manual operation.
Samsung's semiconductor business delivered an all-time high operating profit of KRW 89.5 trillion ($62 billion) in Q2 2026, as AI server demand pushed memory prices and volumes to new records.
Microsoft's cloud and AI business delivered its strongest year yet, with Azure hitting the $100B annual revenue mark for the first time and Microsoft 365 Copilot reaching 30 million paid seats.