Fortinet will use Virtue AI technology to enhance its AI security portfolio, including for AI models, applications, and agentic systems. The post Fortinet Acquires AI Security Company Virtue AI appeared first on SecurityWeek .
One of the best things my smart home does is help me care for my pets, and security cameras are particularly useful for keeping track of my many critters. But the barrage of notifications they send often means I miss important ones. So, when Google announced its new Pet Memory feature for Gemini for Home, […]
Ah, the relationship between animals and the technology they can’t quite understand. Today, it seems like there’s a high-tech solution to every element of pet ownership, with devices on the market designed to keep pets fed, cleaned, watched over, and entertained. And if you have a pet you know: nothing is too good — or […]
One of the great joys in life is having pets. The unconditional love, the snuggles, the excitement they show when you get home - these things add an emotional fulfillment to daily existence that can't be achieved in another way. I think everyone's life would be better with a pet (or two) in their lives. […]
Creators of chase compilations reject any moral qualms and say they show ‘death is waiting’ for those who join war To many observers they will appear dehumanising and offensive. To many Ukrainians, however, they are a brutal reminder of the fate that awaits Russian soldiers who take part in Vladimir Putin’s invasion, as well as a potent propaganda weapon. Over the past year and a half, videos of kamikaze drones chasing Russian service personnel to their deaths have become a distinctive genre on social media. They are the brainchild of Robert Brovdi , the head of Ukraine’s unmanned systems forces and founder of “Magyar’s Birds” , named after his call sign. Continue reading...
An opinion piece in the medical journal JAMA argues that autonomous AI will soon outperform any doctor-AI team at medical reasoning tasks. The authors warn against writing a doctor's final say into regulation, but concede that almost all the evidence comes from simulations, not real patient care. The article As AI beats doctors, regulators shouldn't force a human into the loop, JAMA piece says appeared first on The Decoder .
The U.S. and Iran missed a deadline to begin peace talks this week. The monthslong war has depleted U.S. resources. And, what to know about Alaska's U.S. Senate seat primary.
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new typosquatting campaign targeting RubyGems users with a Windows-based information stealer. OpenSourceMalware, which discovered the activity on August 15, 2026, is tracking the threat under the moniker StubMaker. The complete list of packages published as part of the campaign is below - ubnuler ubnlder ri18nr reaker rakier orakw joxn
Russia summons Japan's ambassador to Moscow over Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's 'anti-Russian' remarks.
Misc Changes Trace lazy App Route module loading: #97439 [ci] Wait for the next version to be available on npm before deploy tests: #97460 docs: fix stale Dev Overlay README link in contributing guide: #97486 docs: app router reference accuracy: #97477 test: Don't wait trying to load non-existing images: #97488 test: cover dynamic APIs with i18n base path: #97367 Credits Huge thanks to @DavidIlie , @eps1lon , @icyJoseph , and @mischnic for helping!
Andreessen Horowitz is the focus of an antitrust probe by the US Justice Department. The charge is that the firm's partners sit on the boards of competing data firms Databricks and Fivetran at the same time. The venture capital firm's close ties to the Trump administration add a twist, since it has actively lobbied for the administration's AI deregulation. The article DOJ probes Andreessen Horowitz over partners sitting on competing AI boards appeared first on The Decoder .
The US president threatened to bomb Oman over Hormuz, with US-Iran peace negotiations in a deadlock.
Pets, like children, come with the responsibility to keep them happy, healthy, and mentally stimulated - obligations I readily committed to before getting my cat, Trevor. I work from home, so he's never lonely, and play with him using a mountain of toys at every opportunity outside of my working hours. But younger cats can […]
A single piece of infrastructure has been pulling records out of Salesforce and ServiceNow customer portals across multiple industries for more than a year, according to research published this week by agent security platform Reco. The activity, which Reco has named the City Forum campaign after a domain tied to the attacker's IP address, traces back to one server: 158.220.87.79, hosted on a
When people talk about cloud sovereignty, the conversation often starts with regions: where a workload runs and where its data is stored. But choosing a region is only part of the story. The architecture of the...
OpenAI is shipping a version of ChatGPT tailored to users aged 13 to 17. The article OpenAI launches a ChatGPT version built for teens appeared first on The Decoder .
OpenAI insisted this was not in response to a particular issue with children believing ChatGPT to be alive.
Matchday 1 fixtures, title predictions, where to watch and latest transfer news ahead of the new Premier League season.
When I was a kid, I owned two goldfish that eventually outgrew the size of their tank. At the time, I didn't realize just how much actually goes into having fish and keeping them healthy. I've learned a lot over the past couple of years while keeping nano fish - a group of five celestial […]
A race that once received little attention has seen outside spending from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.
Research shows heat amplifies the dangers of pesticides.
Nvidia still has dominant market share in AI chips, but with competition picking up steam, the company is taking greater advantage of another key asset.
On August 6th, the Minneapolis Air Route Traffic Control Center lost radar and communications for around two hours. The outage disrupted more than 1,100 flights across the center's 330,000 square mile, nine-state airspace sector. Two days earlier, on August 4th, President Donald Trump departed the White House inside his Marine One military helicopter. As Federal […]
The Fairphone 6 Plus is a minor hardware refresh, but a major launch for the company: It's the first phone that Fairphone is selling directly in the US. It's on sale now for $649.99, available through Fairphone's website and Amazon, and is sold unlocked with support for both T-Mobile and AT&T. In Europe it costs […]