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japantimes.co.jp - Generative AI aiding quake relief in Kumamoto
Generative AI aiding quake relief in Kumamoto
The Japan Times

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has been increasingly utilized to assist relief efforts in the wake of a powerful earthquake in Kumamoto Prefecture late last month. At the same time, AI is believed to have been used to create fake videos…

businessinsider.com - Alex Bitter - Ikea is growing its resale business. It's attracting bargain hunters and design nerds.
Ikea is growing its resale business. It's attracting bargain hunters and design nerds.
Business Insider

Your old Ikea bookshelf is part of a growing secondhand market. Ikea has spent five years growing its buyback and resell division, which pays customers for their old Ikea-brand furniture in store credit and resells it at the chain's stores. In…

businessinsider.com - Rya Jetha - Why billion-dollar robotics startups are obsessed with folding laundry
Why billion-dollar robotics startups are obsessed with folding laundry
Business Insider

Before Silicon Valley's robots take over, they have to learn to fold your underwear. In recent months, some of the buzziest robotics startups — including Figure AI, Sunday Robotics, and Weave Robotics — have shown off robots that…

businessinsider.com - Stephen Council - The Ball in OpenAI's court
The Ball in OpenAI's court
Business Insider

On a gloomy July evening, Dean Ball is appraising the political theory shelf in the basement of San Francisco's City Lights Bookstore. It's the end of his second day at OpenAI, and he's arrived straight from orientation in a cashmere zip-up hoodie…

dnaindia.com - Varsha Agarwal - NTA's Post-NEET Overhaul: Agency seeks cybersecurity, vigilance and test-centre experts
NTA's Post-NEET Overhaul: Agency seeks cybersecurity, vigilance and test-centre experts
DNA India

The National Testing Agency (NTA) has stepped up recruitment, aiming at institutional overhaul following controversies surrounding its examinations, including the NEET-UG 2026 paper leak. The agency, in its latest advertisement notification, has…

securityweek.com - Eduard Kovacs - Critical One-Click Vulnerability in Atlassian's Rovo AI Exposed Enterprise Data
Critical One-Click Vulnerability in Atlassian's Rovo AI Exposed Enterprise Data
SecurityWeek

DEF CON — Varonis Threat Labs has disclosed a one-click vulnerability in Rovo, Atlassian's enterprise AI assistant, that let a specially crafted link seed attacker-controlled instructions directly into a user's live AI session. Dubbed…

abc.net.au - Ian Verrender - Trump is not shy of collecting spoils, and the US presidency has plenty
Trump is not shy of collecting spoils, and the US presidency has plenty
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

When it comes to American politics, Donald Trump may be more of a traditionalist than many give him credit. Back in 1832, New York-based US senator William L Macy, defending the behaviour of president Andrew Jackson, uttered these immortal and now…

cnbc.com - Samantha Subin - Hugging Face hack marks start of dangerous AI cyber era and many firms 'don't even know it
Hugging Face hack marks start of dangerous AI cyber era and many firms 'don't even know it
CNBC

Cybersecurity leaders gathering in Las Vegas for Black Hat this week voiced frustration with the endless Hugging Face discussion. Recent AI agent hacks offer a 'hard lesson,' but cyber executives were keen to showcase ways to combat this evolving…

townhall.com - Joseph Chalfant - The Dept. of War Has Found the Classified Information Leak
The Dept. of War Has Found the Classified Information Leak
Townhall

Pentagon officials have finally named the suspected leaker behind the security capabilities of the new Air Force One that was adopted shortly after President Donald Trump retook office. Effective immediately, the Department of War has REVOKED…

examinerlive.co.uk - Tom Kershaw, James Rodger - Drivers issued warning after some caught out by RingGo parking scam
Drivers issued warning after some caught out by RingGo parking scam
Yorkshire Live

Motorists are being urged to be vigilant over a RingGo scam that is currently making the rounds. Drivers are receiving fraudulent text messages purportedly from RingGo, claiming they owe money. 'A routine review of open parking charges has…

barchart.com - Nash Riggins - As the Market Crashed in 1987, Paul Tudor Jones Made $100 Million in a Single Day: 'The Most Important Rule of Trading Is to Play Great Defense, Not Great Offense'
As the Market Crashed in 1987, Paul Tudor Jones Made $100 Million in a Single Day: 'The Most Important Rule of Trading Is to Play Great Defense, Not Great Offense'
Barchart.com

It doesn't take a genius to make money in a bull market. But if you want to come out on top during a crash, you've really got to know your stuff. That's what separates casual investors and newbies from the Wall Street legends. Think about it:…

thenyledger.com - Press Room - Meta CTO says employees should use AI productivity gains to do more work - not take more time off
Meta CTO says employees should use AI productivity gains to do more work - not take more time off
The New York Ledger

Should tech workers supercharged by AI be able to take more time off? Meta's chief technology officer, Andrew Bosworth, said he doesn't think so. That's what Bosworth told employees at a Q&A in early July, according to three people on the call. A…

barchart.com - Rob Isbitts - How Leveraged ETFs Turned South Korea's Stock Market Into a Casino and Why the U.S. Might Be Next
How Leveraged ETFs Turned South Korea's Stock Market Into a Casino and Why the U.S. Might Be Next
Barchart.com

Do you remember past financial contagions? Those periods of time that tend to occur just when “things can't get any better than this.” 1987, 2000, 2008, and 2022 are the U.S. versions of those. And, with the summer froth having…

thenyledger.com - Press Room - ZenaTech Closes 27th Drone as a Service Acquisition, Expanding into Idaho for Drone Surveying and Civil Engineering
ZenaTech Closes 27th Drone as a Service Acquisition, Expanding into Idaho for Drone Surveying and Civil Engineering
The New York Ledger

Vancouver, British Columbia, August 7th, 2026, FinanceWire ZenaTech, Inc. (Nasdaq: ZENA) (FSE: 49Q) (BMV: ZENA) (“ZenaTech”), a technology solution provider specializing in AI (Artificial Intelligence) drone, Drone as a Service…

rt.com - RT - The buyer-seller trap: Why America hasn't delivered what India expected
The buyer-seller trap: Why America hasn't delivered what India expected
RT International

US defense sales to India have surged past $22 billion since the initial deal for six Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules aircraft was signed in early 2008. Since then, the US has become one of India's key arms suppliers. However, despite the…

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