Mikrotik released a patch late last week for an already-exploited vulnerability. The vulnerability allows an SSH authentication bypass and is already being exploited. At this point, assume compromise…
https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/33314Abliteration.ai sells access to modified open-weight models with their trained safety mechanisms stripped out, currently based on Z.AI's GLM-5.3. The startup markets the service for offensive cyberse…
https://the-decoder.com/stripping-safety-guardrails-from-open-weight-ai-models-is-now-a-turnkey-commercial-service/Researchers at King's College London and other institutions are examining whether "AI-associated psychosis" should become a clinical diagnosis. By OpenAI's own self-reported numbers, about 560,000 us…
https://the-decoder.com/chatbots-built-an-echo-chamber-of-one-and-now-psychiatry-has-to-decide-if-ai-psychosis-exists/Google Research and DeepMind are releasing WeatherNext 3, a weather model that skips traditional physics simulations and learns directly from real-time satellite data. It produces hourly forecasts at…
https://the-decoder.com/googles-weathernext-3-ditches-physics-simulations-and-learns-weather-directly-from-live-satellite-data/Meta's Superintelligence Labs have released Muse Voice Transcribe, a real-time transcription model that processes speech in 80-millisecond chunks, tells speakers apart, and detects sentence boundarie…
https://the-decoder.com/metas-new-real-time-audio-model-is-the-foundation-for-ai-assistants-that-never-stop-listening/OpenAI developer Thibault Sottiaux calls Astra the company's "biggest competitive advantage" while it wasn't publicly available. Internal use boosted productivity so much that some plans got pulled f…
https://the-decoder.com/openai-developer-claims-astra-boosted-productivity-so-much-it-pulled-some-plans-forward-by-six-months/Google has released its Lyria 3.5 music model in the Gemini app and via API. The model promises more expressive vocals and richer arrangements and is also available through Flow Music, AI Studio, and…
https://the-decoder.com/google-brings-ai-music-generation-directly-into-the-gemini-app-with-its-new-lyria-3-5-model/German company Isar Aerospace has successfully launched Europe's first entirely commercial orbital rocket. It attempted to achieve the feat last March, but that lasted all of 30 seconds before the ve…
https://www.theverge.com/science/990906/isar-aerospace-europe-orbital-rocket-launchRepairability rules. The Fairphone 6 Plus feels like an extremely average midrange Android phone and I couldn't be more thrilled. The mission has always been admirable. Fairphone seeks out ethically …
https://www.theverge.com/tech/990436/fairphone-6-plus-reviewEcoFlow’s high-end, weatherproof, plug-in solar kit with integrated battery. | Image: EcoFlow This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more…
https://www.theverge.com/column/990183/diy-plug-in-solar-usThe OpenAI logo is displayed on a smartphone screen placed on a reflective surface on which the company's logo is projected in Creteil, France, on September 4, 2026, as OpenAI began rolling out GPT-6…
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/990932/seattle-times-newsday-lawsuit-openai-microsoftBoox teased the Picco, its take on the buzzy Xteink X4 e-reader, back in July, but provided almost no details. Now, thanks to some reporting out of IFA, we've got a bit more info, though sadly still …
https://www.theverge.com/tech/990895/boox-picco-tiny-e-reader-november-ifaTo get started with competitive Pokémon battles, all you need is your phone. But to compete at the highest level, like at the Pokémon World Championships, you're going to need a Switch. And there doe…
https://www.theverge.com/games/990691/competitive-pokemon-champions-mobile-tournament-accessibilityAn Amazon cargo plane crashed at Miami International Airport on September 06, 2026. | Photo: Joe Raedle / Getty Images A plane bearing an Amazon logo overran the runway at Miami International Airport…
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