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Meta's new AI model could spark a massive price war in the red-hot AI coding market
Meta could spark a price war in the booming AI coding market. The tech giant announced its latest AI model, Muse Spark 1.1, on Thursday, saying it performs well on industry tests for coding and AI agents. It's Meta's first AI model that it charges…
OpenAI is making its biggest play for the office
OpenAI has built a super app for work. On Thursday, the company announced it is now merging its popular Codex AI coding tool into its ChatGPT desktop app, a move to turn the flagship AI app into a one-stop shop for engineers and other…
Top OpenAI executive Fidji Simo is stepping down
Fidji Simo, one of OpenAI's top executives, is stepping down. Simo, the company's CEO of applications, wrote on X on Thursday that she has decided to leave her full-time role and transition to becoming a part-time advisor. She went on medical leave…
UK Government Rolls Out Agentic AI Defense Plan Alongside Industry Pledge
Two announcements on July 7, 2026, demonstrate the government's determination to improve the level of cybersecurity within the UK. At the first annual lecture at Bletchley Park (May 27, 2026), Director of GCHQ Anne Keast-Butler defined the UK…
Uber's CTO embedded its top AI engineers in HR, finance, and legal, and found better ways to build
Uber has a new approach to using AI: 'Agentic pods.' Praveen Neppalli Naga, the ride-hailing company 's tech chief, said in an X post on Tuesday that Uber embedded 30 of its 'most AI-proficient engineers' with teams across the company, including…
Keeper Security surpasses $225M in ARR with transformative growth and is emerging as the market standard for AI-native identity security
Keeper protects over 95,000 organizations, which includes many Fortune 500 enterprises and public sector agencies. The company is quickly emerging as the market standard for AI-native identity security for enterprises globally with its leading…
Palo Alto Networks Patches 13 Vulnerabilities
Palo Alto Networks on Wednesday published advisories describing more than a dozen vulnerabilities affecting its products. The new advisories cover 13 vulnerabilities specific to Palo Alto Networks products, as well as more than 500 flaws patched…
12 Million Impacted by Data Breach at Japanese Telco KDDI
Japanese telecommunications giant KDDI this week confirmed that over 12 million people were affected by a June data breach. The incident occurred on June 17 and involved unauthorized access to a system developed by KDDI as part of the email…
Mount Royal University Confirms Data Stolen in Ransomware Attack
Mount Royal University (MRU), a public university in Alberta, Canada, has confirmed that employee and student data was stolen from its network in a disruptive ransomware attack. The incident was discovered on June 17, after hackers deleted two file…
AI Coding Tools Tricked Into Hacking Developer Machine via Decades-Old Technique
Several popular AI coding assistants were tricked into facilitating developer machine hacking via an attack technique that has been known for decades, according to Google-owned cloud security giant Wiz. Dubbed GhostApproval, the attack has been…
Unpatched Backdoor in Tenda Firmware Grants Admin Access to Devices
A security researcher has discovered an undocumented backdoor in multiple Tenda firmware versions that provides attackers with administrative access to a device's web management interface. The security hole appears to affect Tenda routers…
Coffee Prices Finish Sharply Higher in Illiquid Market
September arabica coffee (KCU26) on Thursday closed up +38.10 (+12.30%), and September ICE robusta coffee (RMU26) closed up +302 (+8.07%). Coffee prices settled sharply higher on Thursday, continuing the volatile price swings seen this week. After…
AI-powered scams cost Americans billions; here's why it could get worse
Navy veteran Mitchell Gordon saw a social media video promoting a government refund website. Thinking it was real, he entered his personal information and paid $200. The next day, he tried to cancel. 'All I wanted was the $200 back, so that's when…
Nasdaq Futures Climb as Chipmakers Provide a Boost, Middle East Developments in Focus
September Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQU26) are up +0.46% this morning, led by advances in chip and other AI-linked shares, while investors kept a close eye on developments in the Middle East. Chip and AI infrastructure stocks advanced in…
Stock Market Highlights, July 9: Sensex ends 238 points higher; Nifty closes above 23,950
Sensex Today, Nifty 50 | Stock Market Highlights: The Sensex closed 238.22 points, or 0.31 per cent, higher at 76,741.82, while the Nifty gained 80.75 points, or 0.34 per cent, to settle at 23,962.80, recovering from Wednesday's sharp slide. The…
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