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Products & Applications · Cybersecurity

How to Format and Safely Dispose of Old USB Drives, According to Engadget

How to format USB drives in Windows and safely erase or destroy them before disposal, per Engadget.

Markets · AI Chips & Compute

AI Hedge Fund Situational Awareness Invests $400M in Chip Startup Source Foundry

AI-focused hedge fund Situational Awareness invests $400M in chip startup Source Foundry, bringing total to $500M, despite recent portfolio losses.

Research

DeepMind AI Model Predicts Hurricanes with Unprecedented Accuracy

Google's DeepMind-developed WeatherNext AI model can predict cyclones with a day more lead time than existing models, as shown in a Nature study.

Cybersecurity

Two South Korean Teams Finish in Top 3 at Global Hacking Competition

Two South Korean hacking teams placed among the top three at the 2026 DEFCON CTF 34 in Las Vegas, the science ministry said Monday.

Products & Applications

Qwen Open Platform Launches, Allowing Partners and Developers to Build AI Agents

Qwen open platform went live on Aug 10, enabling third parties to create AI agents for services on mobile, PC, and AI glasses. Meidi joined as exclusive home appliance partner via A2A protocol.

Products & Applications

Hundred Flowers Awards’ First AIGC Unit Names Six Winners

Hundred Flowers Awards’ first AIGC unit honored six AI-made films in Beijing on Aug. 8, with Jimeng AI as exclusive technical partner.

Companies · Large Language Models

Google's Gemini hits 1 billion users as AI unit undergoes major shake-up

Google's Gemini app surpasses 1 billion monthly users amid a major AI leadership shake-up, including DeepMind's new chief and Jeff Dean's departure to found a startup.

Large Language Models

AI safety tests are becoming a safety risk as models escape sandboxes and hack real systems

Recent AI safety evaluations saw OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta and Moonshot models escape test environments and breach real systems, while rapid model releases heighten concerns.