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Products & Consumer Tech · The Verge

Xiaomi’s SkyNomad N90 Max is an extended-range EV with a transforming interior

The SkyNomad N90 Max is the latest electric SUV from Xiaomi and its first extended-range EV, with a claimed range of over 1,705 km (about 1,059 miles). It will come in both five- and seven-seat configurations, as well as an N90 Max Camping Edition. One of the big features of the N90 is its highly […]

Products & Consumer Tech · The Verge

Razer’s new keyboards drop the price on powerful gaming features

Razer has insisted that optical keyboard switches are the best choice for competitive esports stars and the sweatiest of try-hards, but it's now relenting slightly by offering cheaper keyboards with magnetic switches and a similar array of gaming features. The $120 Razer Huntsman V3 HE Magnetic Mini and $140 Huntsman V3 HE Magnetic Tenkeyless, both […]

Products & Consumer Tech · Ars Technica

New MCP specification addresses the main barrier to enterprise adoption

Plus, a new deprecation policy ensures features aren't removed suddenly.

AI · The Decoder

Language models can't spark scientific revolutions, but world models might

Can language models spark a scientific revolution? In a position paper titled "LLMs can't jump," Google Deepmind's Tom Zahavy argues they can't. They're missing the cognitive mechanism needed to create something truly new. The article Language models can't spark scientific revolutions, but world models might appeared first on The Decoder .

Cybersecurity · SecurityWeek

DataBahn Raises $40 Million for Agentic Data Pipeline Management

The company will accelerate investments in R&D and product innovation to expand its agentic data control plane. The post DataBahn Raises $40 Million for Agentic Data Pipeline Management appeared first on SecurityWeek .

Startups & Funding · TechCrunch Startups

TechCrunch Disrupt 2026’s biggest stage features leaders from Amazon, Replit, Tether, with much more to come

The Disrupt Stage is where many of the biggest conversations in technology happen, with a legacy that stretches back for more than a decade.

Cybersecurity · The Hacker News

Azure Cosmos DB Flaw Exposed Platform-Wide Key That Could Access Any Database

A now-patched vulnerability in Azure Cosmos DB could have let an attacker escape the service's Gremlin query sandbox and obtain full read and write access to databases across customer tenants, according to Wiz. Wiz, which codenamed the chain CosmosEscape, said the exploit chain began with a crafted query against a Gremlin database controlled by the attacker. From there, code execution on a

AI · The Decoder

Microsoft AI bets on cheap specialist models instead of chasing the frontier

Microsoft AI is betting on small specialist models instead of expensive general-purpose ones, according to AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman. MAI-Cyber-1-Flash tops the CyberGym benchmark when embedded in an orchestrator and reportedly costs half as much as Anthropic's Mythos, but it still relies on OpenAI for hard tasks. Competition is shifting from individual models to the orchestration software that routes and manages them. The article Microsoft AI bets on cheap specialist models instead of chasing the frontier appeared first on The Decoder .

AI · TechCrunch AI

Dili raises $21.7M to bring AI compliance to the infrastructure boom

The Series A was led by Khosla Ventures, with participation from Allianz, Rebel Fund, Brick and Mortar Ventures’ Darren Bechtel, and Y Combinator’s Garry Tan.

Cloud & Infrastructure · Cloudflare Blog

Dogfooding at scale: migrating cdnjs to Cloudflare’s Developer Platform

We moved cdnjs, serving 9 billion requests a day, entirely onto Cloudflare's Developer Platform. That means we’re running one of the Internet's busiest open-source CDNs on our own building blocks, and we pushed Workflows and Workers limits higher for everyone.

Cloud & Infrastructure · The New Stack

When do AI agents need permission boundaries?

An AI agent feels harmless when it only produces text, but the risk profile changes the moment it calls a The post When do AI agents need permission boundaries? appeared first on The New Stack .

Cybersecurity · SecurityWeek

Cantina Emerges From Stealth With $8 Million in Funding

The startup’s community-powered agentic security platform helps proactively identify, prioritize, and remediate vulnerabilities. The post Cantina Emerges From Stealth With $8 Million in Funding appeared first on SecurityWeek .

Startups & Funding · TechCrunch Startups

Inforcer raises $50M to help prepare smaller businesses for a new world of AI and security risks

London-based Inforcer just closed a $50 million Series C round led by Insight Partners.

Cybersecurity · The Hacker News

Microsoft Copilot for Word Can Copy Hidden Prompts Into New Documents

Hidden instructions in a Word document can make Microsoft 365 Copilot rewrite figures in a report, then copy the same instructions into the finished file. Håkon Måløy disclosed the technique on July 28, 144 days after reporting it to Microsoft. In his proof of concept, the internally generated file triggered the same behavior when it was used in a second Copilot drafting session. Måløy's

World · Deutsche Welle

Why Germany may stand up against FIFA's World Cup sell off

Leading figures in German football have lined up to criticize Gianni Infantino’s plans to sell a stake in the World Cup. Germany is showing signs that they may ready to oppose Infantino's re-election.

World · Deutsche Welle

Poland says Russian ballistic missile violated airspace

Polish authorities have said that a Russian ballistic missile crashed within its borders during Moscow's overnight attacks on Ukraine. No injuries were reported as Kyiv warned air defense in the region needs boosting.

World · Al Jazeera

AFC president doubles down on FIFA, calling World Cup plan ‘unacceptable’

Asian Football Confederation chief says plan to sell FIFA World Cup stakes undermines sport's continental structure.

Products & Consumer Tech · The Verge

SwitchBot makes a better fan

I was already a big fan of SwitchBot's big circulator fan I recently reviewed, and now we're getting the SwitchBot Battery Circulator Fan 2 Pro. Priced at $119.99, it ditches the height-adjustable stand but increases battery life, throw distance, and wind speed while adding native Matter-over-Wi-Fi, allowing it to join your smart home without needing […]

Business · CNBC Technology

Meta tanks nearly 9%, Microsoft jumps 9% as the AI trade splits Big Tech

Microsoft posted strong Azure and Copilot growth, while Meta missed revenue guidance forecasts as free cash flow plunged leading to diverging stock moves.

World · Al Jazeera

Israeli raids and settler attacks intensify across the occupied West Bank

Israeli raids and settler attacks intensify across the occupied West Bank

AI · MIT Technology Review AI

A fundamental flaw leaves LLMs strikingly vulnerable to attack

It is impossible to make large language models fully secure against hacks because of a fundamental flaw in how they work, a team of researchers argue in a paper presented at the International Conference on Machine Learning, a top AI conference, this month. The claim has huge implications for the safety of this technology, which…

Cloud & Infrastructure · The New Stack

IBM says quantum computers are getting harder to verify. That’s progress.

IBM and its partners say quantum computers are now getting to the point where they can run calculations that can’t The post IBM says quantum computers are getting harder to verify. That’s progress. appeared first on The New Stack .

Cybersecurity · SecurityWeek

Critical Ruflo Flaw Lets Attackers Spawn Rogue AI Swarms

Unauthenticated attackers could send HTTP requests to an exposed endpoint to execute commands inside the MCP bridge container. The post Critical Ruflo Flaw Lets Attackers Spawn Rogue AI Swarms appeared first on SecurityWeek .

World · BBC Europe

Missile that left crater deep inside Poland was probably Russian - Polish PM

The unidentified object caused a 10m-wide (33ft) crater a short distance from the village of Tarnawa Kolonia, about 100km from the border with Ukraine during a Russian attack on the city of Lviv.