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The economy slowed a bit -- but Americans continued to spend
The U.S. economy grew at an annual rate of 1.5% in the spring, according to the Commerce Department. That's a modest slowdown from the previous quarter — but consumer spending picked up steam.
Chrome Beta for Desktop Update
The Chrome team is excited to announce the promotion of Chrome 152 to the Beta channel for Windows, Mac and Linux. Chrome 152.0.7977.8 contains our usual under-the-hood performance and stability tweaks, but there are also some cool new features to explore - please head to the Chromium blog to learn more! A partial list of changes is available in the Git log . Interested in switching release channels? Find out how . If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug . The community help forum is also a great place to reach out for help or learn about common issues. Chrome Release Team Google Chrome
US economic growth sees surprise slowdown in second quarter
The economy grew at an annual rate of 1.5% in the three months to June, down from 2.1% seen in the previous quarter.
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 .
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.
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 .
US government map of Africa mislabels every country at global conference
State department ‘takes full responsibility’ for erroneous, widely shared chart displayed at Aids conference in Brazil A US government map of Africa mislabeled every country during a state department presentation at a global conference in Brazil this week, causing a stir among attenders who took screenshots and posted them online. Reuters viewed a video of the presentation given at the Aids 2026 conference in Rio de Janeiro, which shows the errant map displayed halfway during a presentation about the state department’s new health agreements. Continue reading...
Greek police probe 'foul play' in death of woman found in suitcase
Elisabeth-Jane Ross's body was found in an abandoned building in the Kypseli district in Athens on 18 July.
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
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 .
Alien Terrorist Removal Court to hold its first-ever hearing after 30 years
Congress created the Alien Terrorist Removal Court in 1996 to make it easier for the Justice Department to use classified evidence to deport people from U.S. soil.
The Economic Benefit of Refactoring
Giles Edwards-Alexander does an experiment to see if decomposing a large function helps reduce token costs, suggesting that is may now be possible to measure the economic benefit of refactoring more…
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 .
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.
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.
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 .
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.
Fifteen elephant deaths at Kenya park may be due to cyanide poisoning
Analysis of samples collected from carcasses found traces of toxic chemical compound, says Kenya Wildlife Service The recent deaths of 15 elephants near a park in southern Kenya in the past month were likely caused by the animals ingesting pesticides used on nearby tomato farms, the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) has said. Erustus Kanga, the agency’s director general, told Citizen TV that analysis of samples collected from the carcasses had found traces of cyanide, a chemical compound used in farming as a predator control poison and a pest fumigant, which has also been used by poachers. Continue reading...
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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
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.
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.
Drone attack caused fire on gas ships at Mediterranean port, Egypt says
The drone reportedly hit a US-owned regasification vessel and a Greek-owned tanker at Damietta port on Wednesday.