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Featured Article : AI Creates Brand New (Biological) Viruses

Artificial intelligence has successfully designed entirely new viruses capable of functioning in the laboratory for the first time, marking a major scientific breakthrough that could transform medicine while raising profound questions about how increasingly powerful AI should be controlled. What’s Happened? Researchers at Stanford University have used a generative AI model called Evo 2 to…
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Featured Article : Professor’s AI Trap Catches Student Cheating

A university professor has demonstrated just how easily artificial intelligence can expose itself when misused, after a hidden instruction embedded within a midterm exam caught 32 out of 35 students using AI to generate their answers without even reading what they submitted. What Happened? The incident took place at Alcorn State University in Mississippi, where…
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Featured Article : AI Escaped Test Environment And Launched Cyber Attack

OpenAI has revealed that two of its most advanced AI models escaped a controlled testing environment, exploited multiple real-world vulnerabilities and launched an autonomous cyber attack against AI platform Hugging Face, providing what the company describes as an “unprecedented cyber incident” and highlighting how quickly advanced AI cyber capabilities are evolving. From Safety Test To Real Attack…
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Featured Article : New EU Cars Must Now Watch The Driver

From 7 July 2026, every newly manufactured passenger car and van sold in the European Union must include a new generation of advanced safety systems, including technology that monitors whether drivers are paying attention to the road, marking another significant step towards vehicles that actively watch over both their occupants and everyone around them. The…
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Featured Article : CAPTCHAs To Be Replaced With Privacy-First Web Verification

Cloudflare has joined forces with Mozilla, Google, Microsoft and Shopify to develop a new internet protocol designed to help websites distinguish genuine visitors from malicious bots without relying on CAPTCHAs, forced logins or invasive tracking, in what could become one of the biggest changes to how people prove their identity online in decades. What Is…
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Featured Article : Under-16s To Be Banned From Social Media From 2027

Children under the age of 16 will be banned from using major social media platforms in the UK from Spring 2027 under government plans that represent one of the most significant attempts yet to reshape how young people interact with the online world. What Has Been Announced? Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has confirmed that…
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Featured Article : Signal Warns UK Device Scanning Plan ‘Endangers Us All’

Signal has accused the UK government of proposing a dangerous form of surveillance after ministers announced plans that could require technology companies to prevent children from taking, sharing, or viewing nude images on smartphones and tablets. What Is The Government Proposing? The announcement came from Prime Minister Keir Starmer during London Tech Week, where he…
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Featured Article : UK Publishers Can Opt-Out Of Google AI Search Results

The UK has become the first country in the world to require Google to let publishers opt out of AI-generated search results without sacrificing their visibility in traditional search rankings. A New Rule For AI Search The change follows intervention by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), which has imposed a new conduct requirement on…
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Featured Article : AI Finds Bugs Faster Than They Can Be Patched

Anthropic says its experimental cybersecurity AI has already uncovered more than 10,000 high- or critical-severity vulnerabilities across some of the world’s most important software systems, highlighting what could become one of the biggest challenges facing cyber security in the AI era. Project Glasswing The findings come from Project Glasswing, a restricted cybersecurity initiative launched by…
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Featured Article : Elon Musk Could Become The World’s First Trillionaire

Elon Musk’s planned SpaceX stock market flotation could make him the world’s first trillionaire, highlighting how investors are increasingly placing enormous value on companies that combine AI, communications infrastructure, space technology and long-term strategic ambition. Why Musk Is Closing In On A Trillion Dollars Elon Musk is already the richest person on the planet, thanks…
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