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121California's first autonomous truck permits go to Aurora and Kodiak, and a Teamsters lawsuit is already waitingPolicy & DefenseAug 15, 2026

California's first autonomous truck permits go to Aurora and Kodiak, and a Teamsters lawsuit is already waiting

122The Open-Washing Rate: We Test Every Major "Open" AI Model's License Against the OSI Definition Nobody AppliesArtificial IntelligenceAug 15, 2026

The Open-Washing Rate: We Test Every Major "Open" AI Model's License Against the OSI Definition Nobody Applies

123The Impersonation Layer: Why the Web Still Can't Tell One Bot From AnotherSecurityAug 14, 2026

The Impersonation Layer: Why the Web Still Can't Tell One Bot From Another

124Patched on August 6, exploited within days: Dutch cyber agency confirms macOS screen-sharing bug gives attackers root and a Monero minerSecurityAug 14, 2026

Patched on August 6, exploited within days: Dutch cyber agency confirms macOS screen-sharing bug gives attackers root and a Monero miner

125Uber and China's Pony.ai will put more than 2,000 robotaxis on European streets, beating Waymo to the continent's biggest AV commitmentBusiness & IndustryAug 14, 2026

Uber and China's Pony.ai will put more than 2,000 robotaxis on European streets, beating Waymo to the continent's biggest AV commitment

126Google shipped its second new Flash model in three weeks while the flagship everyone is waiting for remains missing in actionArtificial IntelligenceAug 14, 2026

Google shipped its second new Flash model in three weeks while the flagship everyone is waiting for remains missing in action

127OpenAI replaced its chief revenue officer after less than a year, pulling a cybersecurity executive from Wiz as the second top leader to leave in daysBusiness & IndustryAug 13, 2026

OpenAI replaced its chief revenue officer after less than a year, pulling a cybersecurity executive from Wiz as the second top leader to leave in days

128Someone is running mass vulnerability scans disguised as ClaudeBot, exposing a trust crisis in the agentic webSecurityAug 13, 2026

Someone is running mass vulnerability scans disguised as ClaudeBot, exposing a trust crisis in the agentic web

129Security researcher publishes unpatched Windows zero-day after Microsoft threatened legal action over prior disclosuresSecurityAug 13, 2026

Security researcher publishes unpatched Windows zero-day after Microsoft threatened legal action over prior disclosures

130The Hidden Ledger: Why AI's Real Cost Is Always Billed to Someone ElseArtificial IntelligenceAug 12, 2026

The Hidden Ledger: Why AI's Real Cost Is Always Billed to Someone Else

131The ChatGPT dog cancer vaccine story just became a YC-backed startup, and the science hasn't improvedBusiness & IndustryAug 12, 2026

The ChatGPT dog cancer vaccine story just became a YC-backed startup, and the science hasn't improved

132Unitree's $900 million IPO was oversubscribed 8,288 times, even though its own filing admits the robots can't do real workHardware & DevicesAug 12, 2026

Unitree's $900 million IPO was oversubscribed 8,288 times, even though its own filing admits the robots can't do real work

133Claude now watermarks all generated text invisibly, making Anthropic the first major lab to mark AI output model-wideArtificial IntelligenceAug 11, 2026

Claude now watermarks all generated text invisibly, making Anthropic the first major lab to mark AI output model-wide

134The creator of Redis just brought one of the world's most powerful AI models to Mac, no NVIDIA GPU requiredHardware & DevicesAug 11, 2026

The creator of Redis just brought one of the world's most powerful AI models to Mac, no NVIDIA GPU required

135The AI Climate Pledge Gap: We Tracked Every Major AI Company Building Gas Plants While Promising Net ZeroPolicy & DefenseAug 11, 2026

The AI Climate Pledge Gap: We Tracked Every Major AI Company Building Gas Plants While Promising Net Zero

136Zuckerberg's 6,500-word manifesto: superintelligence for everyone, fewer rules for AI labsArtificial IntelligenceAug 11, 2026

Zuckerberg's 6,500-word manifesto: superintelligence for everyone, fewer rules for AI labs

137Apple went to a sanctioned Chinese chipmaker for cheaper memory. The chipmaker said no.Hardware & DevicesAug 10, 2026

Apple went to a sanctioned Chinese chipmaker for cheaper memory. The chipmaker said no.

138A $5 billion stealth startup is trying to reinvent chip manufacturing. Its biggest backer just nearly collapsed.Hardware & DevicesAug 10, 2026

A $5 billion stealth startup is trying to reinvent chip manufacturing. Its biggest backer just nearly collapsed.

139He used Claude to build an astronomy app. It silently cloned someone else's open-source project, bugs and all.Artificial IntelligenceAug 10, 2026

He used Claude to build an astronomy app. It silently cloned someone else's open-source project, bugs and all.

140The Verification Inversion: Why Checking AI's Work Became Harder Than Producing ItArtificial IntelligenceAug 9, 2026

The Verification Inversion: Why Checking AI's Work Became Harder Than Producing It

141Five suicides in one month at US Cyber Command expose the human cost of AI-accelerated cyber warfarePolicy & DefenseAug 9, 2026

Five suicides in one month at US Cyber Command expose the human cost of AI-accelerated cyber warfare

142OpenAI quietly acquired a presentation startup months ago. The announcement just landed.Business & IndustryAug 9, 2026

OpenAI quietly acquired a presentation startup months ago. The announcement just landed.

143AI scrapers killed Gentoo's bug tracker. The open-source project had already banned AI.Artificial IntelligenceAug 8, 2026

AI scrapers killed Gentoo's bug tracker. The open-source project had already banned AI.

144DeepMind's hurricane model bought forecasters an extra day. Nobody knows why it works.Science & FrontierAug 8, 2026

DeepMind's hurricane model bought forecasters an extra day. Nobody knows why it works.

145Denmark made students defend their essays out loud. It's the first national admission that AI broke written homework.Policy & DefenseAug 8, 2026

Denmark made students defend their essays out loud. It's the first national admission that AI broke written homework.

146A man built a 'chatbot' that's just him answering questions by hand. 30,000 people chose it over ChatGPT.Artificial IntelligenceAug 7, 2026

A man built a 'chatbot' that's just him answering questions by hand. 30,000 people chose it over ChatGPT.

147ChatGPT's fastest-growing markets are Haiti, Tanzania, and Papua New Guinea, not Silicon ValleyBusiness & IndustryAug 7, 2026

ChatGPT's fastest-growing markets are Haiti, Tanzania, and Papua New Guinea, not Silicon Valley

148A judge ordered Meta to pay $942 million for failing to protect kids, and its stock barely movedPolicy & DefenseAug 7, 2026

A judge ordered Meta to pay $942 million for failing to protect kids, and its stock barely moved

149The Atoms Wall: Why AI's Real Limit Is Silicon, Electricity, and Concrete, Not IntelligenceHardware & DevicesAug 7, 2026

The Atoms Wall: Why AI's Real Limit Is Silicon, Electricity, and Concrete, Not Intelligence

150UAE's $6.3 billion Japan data center is one node in a $100 billion AI infrastructure empireBusiness & IndustryAug 7, 2026

UAE's $6.3 billion Japan data center is one node in a $100 billion AI infrastructure empire