Iranian Cyber Group Handala Claims Cal Water Hack
Iran‑linked threat group Handala announced it breached California Water Service, leaking roughly 5 GB of data. The intrusion appears to have begun with the utility’s RTKBase GNSS base‑station platform before pivoting to a customer‑billing system. The dump contains personally identifiable information, account details and administrative credentials, but the group has not yet demonstrated operational disruption of water services. Cal Water has not confirmed the attack, and security firms are urging immediate remediation.
4 Best Floodlight Security Cameras (2026) After Thorough Testing
The article reviews the top floodlight security cameras for 2026, highlighting Arlo’s wired model, TP‑Link’s battery‑powered Tapo C615F, and several premium wired options from Reolink, Google Nest, and Philips Hue. It details each camera’s lumen output, video resolution, smart‑home compatibility,...
Letter From the Editor: The AI Productivity Story Is Easy to Tell Until You Sit Inside the Institution Building It
The editorial argues that the prevailing AI narrative in financial services—boosted productivity and leaner headcount—oversimplifies what banks are actually doing. Institutions like J.P. Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and Citi are deploying generative AI as advisory copilots and workflow enhancers,...
Novartis Reports P-III (RemIND) Trial Data on Remibrutinib for Chronic Inducible Urticaria (CIndU)
Novartis presented topline data from its Phase III RemIND trial, evaluating oral BTK inhibitor remibrutinib (Rhapsido) versus placebo in adults with chronic inducible urticaria (CIndU) unresponsive to H1‑antihistamines. At week 12, complete response (CR) rates were 29.3% for symptomatic dermographism,...
Wearable Tech Startup The90 Launches $299 UV-Tracking Smart Jewelry
Preventative skin health startup The90 has emerged from stealth with the launch of the The90 Gem, a $299 smart jewelry pendant that measures personal UVA and UVB exposure. The device uses built‑in optical sensors to deliver continuous, hyper‑localized UV data...
Lincolnshire County Council Upgrades Wide Area Network Services
Lincolnshire County Council has awarded a five‑year SD‑WAN contract to Exponential‑e to replace its aging Public Services Network across 200 sites. The new Cisco‑based software‑defined WAN will deliver unified, centrally managed, secure connectivity, supporting cloud services, HSCN access and critical...
The CFTC’s New Rulebook Doesn’t Reach a $34 Billion Offshore Prediction Market
The CFTC unveiled a 267‑page framework governing federally regulated prediction‑market platforms, but it makes no reference to offshore operators like Polymarket. Research from Crane & Zeng estimates U.S. participants generate $11‑34 billion annually on offshore venues, representing a sizable blind spot....
Researchers Discover Piezoelectric Effect in Diamond Membranes
University of Hong Kong researchers have demonstrated a measurable piezoelectric effect in ultrathin polycrystalline diamond membranes, overturning a century‑old belief that diamond is non‑piezoelectric. Using an edge‑exfoliation technique, the team fabricated flexible diamond sheets that produce stable voltage when bent....
Antaisolar Unveils 80-Meter Multi-Drive Solar Tracker
Antaisolar introduced an upgraded TAI-Universal 2P solar tracker with an 80‑meter span and 60 m/s wind resistance at SNEC 2026 in Shanghai. The longer, reinforced structure is designed to reduce foundation piles and lower the levelized cost of energy for large...
Freshworks Refresh 2026: Pivot to AI-Driven Employee Experience
Freshworks announced a strategic shift toward AI‑driven employee experience at its Refresh 2026 event in New York. The rollout includes AI Agent Studio, a no‑code builder, and the MCP Gateway that lets Freshservice connect to any third‑party AI tool. Executives said the...
OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 Release Is Triggering an AI Price War
OpenAI is preparing to launch GPT‑5.6, codenamed “Kindle,” which adds stronger reasoning, coding assistance, and vision processing. The company is signaling a possible price cut for the new model, igniting a price war with rivals such as Anthropic’s Claude Fable 5 and...
RPOA AI Task Force Shares Initial Findings on the Impact of AI on Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO)
The Recruitment Process Outsourcing Association’s AI Impact and Innovation Task Force released its first maturity assessment, showing that while 93% of RPO clients are pressing for AI‑enabled recruiting, only 2% of providers have reached full AI‑native status. The five‑stage framework...
Verizon Sent Man a Refurbished Phone with MDM, Then Deleted His Data Remotely
Verizon mistakenly sent a customer a refurbished Samsung Galaxy Z Flip that still carried a Mobile Device Management (MDM) profile, allowing the carrier to remotely reset the device and erase all personal data. The customer, Tom Collery, received a $400 credit and...
Hellenic Railways Commissions ETCS on Key International Corridor
Hellenic Railways has commissioned ETCS Level 1 signalling on the 75 km Thessaloniki‑Idomeni corridor, the primary rail link between Greece, North Macedonia and the wider EU network. The upgrade enables passenger trains to run at up to 160 km/h and modernises safety‑critical equipment...
The Tech Download: Mistral's Arthur Mensch on Agentic AI, Chips and Enterprise Adoption
Mistral, the French AI startup that raised over $100 million, is positioning itself as Europe’s counterpart to OpenAI and Anthropic. CEO Arthur Mensch disclosed that the firm is not only expanding data centers powered by Nvidia GPUs but also exploring its...
Volvo Autonomous Solutions to Remove Safety Drivers in Q1 2027
Volvo Autonomous Solutions announced it will remove safety drivers and launch fully driverless trucks on U.S. highways in the first quarter of 2027, starting with a Texas deployment. The company aims to operate more than 300 autonomous trucks by the...
Over 80% of Sports Organizations Targeted by Hackers in the Last Year
Darktrace’s June 11 report reveals that 84 % of professional sports organizations—including teams, venues and governing bodies—were targeted by cyber‑attacks in the past year, and 57 % suffered multiple incidents. The high‑visibility nature of events like the FIFA World Cup makes sports a...
What Are the Most Reliable Social Media Management Tools for Enterprises?
G2’s Summer 2026 Enterprise Grid Report ranks the most reliable social‑media management platforms for large organizations. Sprout Social, Birdeye and Hootsuite earn the highest user‑satisfaction scores, while Dash Social, Swat.io and Alchemer lead in customer‑support quality. Agorapulse, Eclincher and Dash Social...
Securing CI/CD for an Open Source Project: Locking Down Dependencies
Cilium’s CI/CD pipeline hardens its dependency layer by pinning all GitHub Actions and container images to immutable SHA or digest references, eliminating reliance on mutable tags. Renovate automates SHA updates, applying a five‑day release‑age cooldown to avoid newly compromised packages,...
Maneva Raises $27-Million USD Series A to Expand AI Vision in Manufacturing
Toronto‑based AI startup Maneva announced a $27 million USD Series A round, led by US Venture Partners with participation from Bling Capital, Freestyle Capital, Seguin Ventures, N49P and an SPV from Prem Kalevar. The funding brings the company’s total capital to $38.4 million...
Galaxy Phones Are Finally Getting a Feature Android Users Have Wanted for Years
Samsung’s One UI 9 update finally adds a native network speed meter to Galaxy phones, letting users see real‑time upload and download rates directly in the status bar. The feature is delivered through the Good Lock QuickStar module, eliminating the need...
Airbus and SkyFall to Partner to Combine European and Ukrainian Expertise in Defence
Airbus Defence and Space has signed an MoU with Ukrainian drone maker SkyFall, forging a strategic partnership announced at the ILA exhibition in Berlin. The alliance aims to merge Airbus’s integrated air‑and‑missile‑defence and command‑and‑control capabilities with SkyFall’s rapid‑prototype, combat‑tested unmanned...
Pinterest Adds Amazon Storefront Linking for Creators
Pinterest has launched Amazon Storefront linking for eligible creators, allowing them to display their Storefront handle on their profile and tag Amazon products directly in Pins. The platform automatically attaches affiliate information and required disclosures to tagged items, streamlining the...
Renewables-Powered Data Centers Feasible with Sevenfold Solar and Wind Overbuild, Study Finds
A LUT University study shows that powering data centers with intermittent renewables requires at least seven times the baseload capacity to ensure continuous operation. Even with oversized solar or wind farms and battery storage, a backup power plant is still...
Get 32GB of DDR5 RAM for only $255 in This 2-Item Combo From Newegg — Just $514.99 Gets You Corsair...
Newegg is offering a two‑item bundle for $514.99 that pairs Gigabyte’s X870 Aorus Elite Wi‑Fi 7 Ice motherboard with a 32 GB (2 × 16 GB) Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR5‑6000 kit. The combo saves $184.99 compared with buying each component separately, effectively pricing the DDR5...
Buying a Laptop May Soon Come with Instant Carbon Data, Thanks to New AI Agents
University of Washington researchers unveiled an AI‑driven system that can generate life‑cycle carbon estimates for laptops and other electronics in about a minute. The dual‑agent architecture—one analyst, one data‑gatherer—automates the data‑intensive steps of traditional LCAs, achieving a 5‑19% error rate...
Another Potential Buyer Eyes The Very Group
A yet‑unnamed investor has signaled interest in acquiring The Very Group, the UK‑based e‑commerce and direct‑to‑consumer conglomerate behind brands like Very.co.uk and Littlewoods. The suitor describes the business as a "strategic asset" despite recent operational challenges, suggesting a focus on...
ITWeb TV: AI Has Ushered in a New Work Order, Says Salesforce
Salesforce’s Africa lead Linda Saunders says AI is reshaping CRM, customer experience and the ICT channel, but many pilots still fail. The company insists on a clear value and cost case before launching AI projects, emphasizing a "system of context"...
Sheeran Loopers Looper X Review: Create Your One-Person Tour
Ed Sheeran’s Loopers Looper X is a $1,300, 16‑pound pedalboard‑style looper that packs four XLR/¼‑inch inputs, a touchscreen, and five looping modes. The review praises its sturdy build, intuitive layout and flexible routing, but flags rudimentary built‑in effects, high DSP load and...
New Malware Campaign Tricks AI Scanners with Fake Nuclear Weapon Prompts — Malicious Code Triggers Safety Failsafes so Scanners Skip...
A new wave of the Hades malware campaign is leveraging AI prompt‑injection tricks to evade automated scanners. By embedding comments that instruct AI bots to enter an unrestricted mode and request the creation of nuclear or biological weapons, the bots...
Tyndall to Lead €1.3m EU AR Glasses Project
Tyndall National Institute has launched the EU‑funded SLDAR project with a €1.3 million (≈$1.4 million) budget to develop compact, speckle‑free, energy‑efficient light engines for augmented‑reality glasses. The consortium of seven European partners aims to shrink AR display modules to under 1 cm³, improving...
Cybersecurity Is Now a Passenger Safety Issue
Rail operators increasingly rely on digital systems, making cybersecurity a passenger safety issue. Recent transport cyber incidents show that attacks can disrupt signalling, communications, and control platforms, directly threatening passenger evacuation. The article stresses the need for resilient emergency egress...
The 127-Gigawatt Problem: Why AI Needs Its Own Power
The U.S. electricity grid is hitting a wall as AI‑driven data centers chase 127 GW of additional power, with a projected 28 GW shortfall for AI workloads alone by 2030. Hyperscalers are bypassing grid delays by funding on‑site generation, exemplified by Black...
Turn Text Prompts Into Fully Playable 3D Games
Tesana just killed every excuse for not shipping your game idea. They dropped Muranyi-3 and it's not just another AI game generator. This turns a plain text prompt into a fully playable 3D world with characters, physics, UI, and working game logic. Here's...
Unitree G1 Completes 134k Steps at -47°C
Unitree #Robotics G1 Walks 134,000 Steps at -47.4°C, Proving Extreme Cold Endurance by @War_Radar2 #Robots #ArtificialIntelligence #Innovation #Technology https://t.co/OyYsWGrL2h
DSIT Trials ‘AI Code Remediation’ to Help Power Ninefold Acceleration of Legacy Software Upgrades
The UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) has completed early trials of AI code remediation tools to modernise legacy software. In partnership with Defra, the AI tools accelerated nine months of work into four weeks, enabling Defra to...
Tuya Smart Partners with Zeroth to Develop Robot-Driven Smart Living Experiences, Bringing Physical AI Into the Home
Tuya Smart and robotics firm Zeroth announced a partnership to fuse Tuya’s AI+IoT platform with Zeroth’s embodied intelligence, creating robot‑driven smart‑living experiences. The collaboration embeds Tuya’s Physical AI Engine and OmniMem long‑term memory into consumer‑grade home robots, turning them into...
Leaseweb Launches New Partner Program Amid Fresh Channel Investment
Leaseweb has introduced a new UK channel partner program designed to support MSPs, cloud providers and infrastructure partners amid rising demand for hybrid‑cloud solutions. The three‑tier model—reseller, referral and solution‑partner—offers commercial flexibility and expanded technical and pre‑sales assistance. Partners also...
MyndHaven Is Building AI-Powered Tools to Improve Therapy Preparation and Follow-Up
MyndHaven is developing an AI‑driven platform that captures daily emotional data from therapy clients and delivers structured weekly summaries to therapists, aiming to cut initial session time by over 90%. The system also generates post‑session recaps and offers employers anonymized,...
How a Multi-Location QSR Brand Drove Double-Digit Sales Growth with a $0 Influencer Budget Strategy
BAM Media Group demonstrated that multi‑location quick‑service restaurants can achieve double‑digit same‑store sales growth using an organic‑first, $0 influencer budget. By activating 70+ trade‑based creators for one brand and 60+ for another, the agency generated millions of video views and...
Prompt Injection Breaks Today’s AI Agents, Study Warns
Researchers from NTU, IBM, and other institutions released StakeBench, a benchmark that exposed systematic prompt‑injection failures in leading AI web agents powered by GPT‑5 and Gemini. Across 3,168 adversarial runs, indirect attacks succeeded 42‑68% of the time while direct attacks...
Frontier AI Models Could Be an Adversary's Force Multiplier
Frontier AI models such as Anthropic Claude, Mythos and OpenAI Daybreak are reshaping cyber risk by compressing the time, skill and scale needed to find and exploit vulnerabilities. The technology enables adversaries to automate reconnaissance, generate exploit variants, weaponise misconfigurations...
Microsoft Shares Slip as AI Cost Concerns Meet Xbox Restructuring
Microsoft’s shares fell 1.77% to $390.34 after reports of Xbox layoffs and heightened investor focus on the profitability of its AI‑driven cloud expansion. The market reaction underscores growing caution around large‑scale AI infrastructure spending, even as the company’s AI business...
MVP1 Ventures Rolls Out AI Agents‑as‑a‑Service to Push SaaS Beyond Chatbots
MVP1 Ventures announced its AI Agents‑as‑a‑Service platform, a structured offering that helps SaaS companies replace chatbot‑only interactions with end‑to‑end workflow automation. The service launches with three adoption plans and private‑cloud deployment options, aiming to turn AI experiments into measurable operational...
Nanoparticle Motion Measured Beyond Quantum Limit
Researchers at ETH Zurich have demonstrated a quantum‑squeezing technique that pushes the motion detection of a levitated 100‑nm silica nanoparticle beyond the standard quantum limit. By briefly softening the optical trap and then restoring it, they amplified a tiny momentum...
A 6-Step Framework for Boosting Social GEO
Brent Bowen of Sparkcade Marketing presented a six‑step framework for crafting social media posts that AI search engines like ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini are more likely to cite. The approach emphasizes front‑loading questions and answers, using question‑based subheadings, and structuring...
The Future of Medicine Is Already Here W/ Bertalan Mesko, The Medical Futurist Institute
In this episode, Dr. Bertalan Meskó, the Medical Futurist, discusses how emerging technologies—AI, wearables, and agentic systems—are reshaping medicine and the doctor‑patient relationship. He explains that futurists don’t predict a single outcome but map multiple possible futures to help leaders choose...
AI Is Cutting Hours of Office Work, but Also Creating a New Kind of Busywork
A new Work AI Institute survey of 6,000 digital workers shows AI tools save roughly 11 hours per week per employee, but also generate more than six hours of “botsitting” – monitoring and fixing AI output. While 75% of respondents report...
Virgin Voyages Launches New Groups Programme
Virgin Voyages has rolled out a unified groups programme under its ‘Brilliant for You’ trade commitment, streamlining the booking process for travel agents known as First Mates. The new system allows agents to hold up to 75 cabins without a...
LangGraph Flaw Chain Exposes Self-Hosted AI Agents to Remote Code Execution
Researchers disclosed three patched vulnerabilities in LangGraph, an open‑source framework for building multi‑agent AI applications. The flaws include a SQL injection in the SQLite checkpoint (CVE‑2025‑67644), unsafe msgpack deserialization (CVE‑2026‑28277), and a RediSearch query injection in the Redis checkpoint (CVE‑2026‑27022)....