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Cut coding agent token use with better tool output
Before an AI coding agent writes a single line of code, it has already spent tokens. For example, on source The post Cut coding agent token use with better tool output appeared first on The New Stack .
Why has Greece signed a $3.5bn missile deal with Israel?
Analysts say Greece is concerned about threats posed by the US-Israel war on Iran and Turkiye's growing capabilities.
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AWS Weekly Roundup: Welcome DuckLabs to the team, Agentic Resource Discovery (ARD), and more (August 31, 2026)
The news that interested me the most last week was the DuckLabs acquisition. AWS has signed a definitive agreement to acquire DuckLabs, the Amsterdam-based company behind DuckDB, the popular open source analytical database that runs in-process and executes SQL directly against files like Parquet, CSV, and JSON. DuckDB stays open source under its independent foundation […]
Nightmare Eclipse Drops ‘HardBreacher’ Kaspersky Product Exploit
Kaspersky told SecurityWeek that it patched the vulnerability affecting its Endpoint Security product. The post Nightmare Eclipse Drops ‘HardBreacher’ Kaspersky Product Exploit appeared first on SecurityWeek .
ChatGPT now faces stricter EU oversight as a very large search engine
The EU Commission is classifying ChatGPT as a very large search engine under the Digital Services Act for the first time, with at least 45 million monthly EU users. By the end of 2026, OpenAI has to deliver risk assessments, transparency reports, and an ad archive, among other things. Whether the Commission can also demand access to training data is disputed among legal experts. The article ChatGPT now faces stricter EU oversight as a very large search engine appeared first on The Decoder .
OpenAI starts charging some customers only when its AI actually works
OpenAI is offering some large customers outcome-based pricing, where they pay only once the AI actually finishes a task. Salesforce, Adobe, and several startups are also moving away from fixed subscription fees. The central dispute stays the same. Who gets credit for the success, the software or the customer? The article OpenAI starts charging some customers only when its AI actually works appeared first on The Decoder .
Germany poised to identify suspect in Leipzig drone attack on Ukrainian plane
Berlin expected to outline response to incident this month widely speculated to have been coordinated by Russia The German government is imminently expected to announce who it believes was behind a suspected drone attack on a Ukrainian cargo plane earlier this month and to outline its response to the incident in coordination with its European and Nato partners. The chancellor, Friedrich Merz, told the public broadcaster ARD in an interview on Sunday evening: “We are in the process of concluding the investigations; we have reached a broad agreement within the federal government on how we will respond, and we will make this clear in the coming days. It won’t take much longer.” Continue reading...
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Sleeping in on weekends is good for the heart: What research has shown
Study finds that catching up on sleep at weekends is linked to a lower risk of hypertension.
ServiceNow Patches 3 Critical Code Injection Vulnerabilities
Attackers could exploit the security defects to execute arbitrary code and access or tamper with data. The post ServiceNow Patches 3 Critical Code Injection Vulnerabilities appeared first on SecurityWeek .
Greece signs $3.5bn air defence deal with Israel
Greece signs $3.5bn deal with Israel to acquire its first multi-layered air defence network by 2029.
Deceived and deployed: How young Cameroonians end up fighting in Russia's war in Ukraine
Analysts say economic desperation and fraudulent recruitment schemes are funneling Cameroonian youth into the Russian military — with deadly consequences. Does the Cameroonian government need to act more decisively?
Tariffs spat: Carney bets Canada can defy Trump
Canada faces new US import penalties after Prime Minister Mark Carney refused to match US tariffs on China. Other countries are watching as the Trump trade clash turns into a fight over economic sovereignty.
Why is piracy picking up off Somalia’s coast again?
Piracy is surging back off Somalia's coast, though not yet at the scale of its 2011 peak.
Fine-Tuning SOTA Object Detection Models on Real-World Datasets
In our previous blog post in this series, we discussed state-of-the-art models for object detection: the architectures, the theory, and what makes YOLO12, YOLO26, and RF-DETR tick. If you want the theoretical background on these models, start there. This post is the practical follow-up: how to actually use these models, how to fine-tune them on […]
⚡ Weekly Recap: Chinese Spy Proxy, AI Agents Go Off-Task, Router Backdoors and More
The boring parts caused most of the trouble. A router shipped ready to listen. A fake check turned the user into the installer. Trusted systems collected traffic and passwords, then cleaned the logs. Old bugs formed new attack chains. Even an AI agent decided its assigned task was optional. Elsewhere, fake apps, helpful support calls, cheap banking kits, exposed systems, and weak defaults kept
South African airline defends dramatic low-level flyby before rugby union clash
Cape Town stunt sparks major debate over safety risks Airlink insists flyby conducted according to regulations A pre-game stunt involving two passenger jets flying dramatically low over a stadium in South Africa drew huge cheers from the estimated crowd of 56,000 people, but also sparked a major debate over safety risks. The flyby by two Embraer jets, operated by the local airline Airlink, happened on Saturday before the second rugby union Test between South Africa and New Zealand in Cape Town. The flight tracking service Flightradar24 estimated that the lead jet passed just 41-46 feet (12-14 metres) above the roof of Cape Town Stadium, with the crowd and the world’s top-ranked rugby teams below. The second jet, which was very close behind, flew through a cloud of pink dust that shot up from the stadium roof as part of the show. Continue reading...
ChatGPT and Reddit now face EU's toughest online safety rules
Explosive growth comes with a new regulatory burden in the European Union.
ChatGPT to face tougher regulation in the EU
OpenAI will soon be held accountable for mitigating risks related to ChatGPT's impact on minors, user mental health, and the spread of illegal content in the European Union. That's because ChatGPT is now considered a Very Large Online Search Engine under the EU's Digital Services Act, a set of laws regulating major online services and […]
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Anthropic’s Claude fixed all 10 alignment failures. Then it tried to cheat 2.4% of the time.
Anthropic is putting AI agents to work on one of the field’s hardest problems: keeping other AI systems aligned with The post Anthropic’s Claude fixed all 10 alignment failures. Then it tried to cheat 2.4% of the time. appeared first on The New Stack .
Manchester City sign Brazilian winger Allan Elias from Palmeiras
Elias joins the Premier League club on a five-year contract, their sixth signing in the summer transfer window.