Could ChatGPT suffer Firefox’s fate? — ‘The risk of falling behind is growing exponentially’ as rival AI tools Gemini and Claude surge while Copilot stalls

Workplace AI adoption surged dramatically while ChatGPT lost dominance as Gemini and Claude attracted growing numbers of professional users globally.
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‘Threat actors are adapting social engineering and monetization strategies to modern user behavior’: Microsoft warns AI chatbots may be sending victims to malicious websites — so be on your guard when clicking

What happens when an AI recommends a tool, and that tool ends up being malicious?

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‘Born from basalt’ — How a tiny Hawaii startup is rewriting the rules of naval shipbuilding with 3D printers and 100% recyclable materials

Hawaii startup tests 3D printed basalt reinforced boats, aiming to replace traditional shipyards with distributed rapid naval manufacturing systems globally
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Quote of the day by Google co-founder Larry Page: “When you aim for the stars you may come up short, but still reach the moon” — comments on the scale of ambition

The legendary tech entrepreneur outlines a philosophy at the heart of Google’s meteoric rise in the last few decades
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‘Self-reporting is the best way we can get this information out to the public’: Erin Brokovich’s next crusade is tracking new data centers across the US — and she wants your help

Erin Brockovich launches public reporting platform tracking environmental concerns surrounding AI data centers across the US.
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Los Angeles transit system hack blamed on Iranian attackers – but they might not have worked alone

Some researchers believe the attack was the work of the Iranian government, not hacktivists.

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‘Adversaries are no longer just targeting products, they’re targeting the developers who build them’: CrowdStrike takes down major botnet targeting developers across the world

The Glassworm botnet is no more, thanks to coordinated efforts between CrowdStrike, Google, and the Shadowserver Foundation.
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Newegg just dropped a massive NAS sale with huge storage savings for SMBs and enterprises — here are the must-buy deals on Seagate IronWolf and WD Red hard drives

From standalone drives to combo bundles, these are the network-attached storage deals you don’t want to miss.

Worrying open-source security issue ‘BadHost’ could affect millions of AI agents, experts warn

The risk is “materially understated”, researchers are saying as passwords and critical data can be exfiltrated.

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Charter Communications confirms data breach — ShinyHunters blamed after threat to leak user info online

ShinyHunters claims 40 million stolen records, including names, but Chartered says no PII taken.

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