Webroot is discounting its antivirus subscriptions by up to 50%, with one-device protection from $34.99 a year and five-device cover at $64.99 a year, according to TechRadar.
Seven South Korean financial firms including Shinhan, KB Kookmin and Hana reported personal data leaks, while Woori and NH Nonghyup blocked similar intrusions. The Korea Herald calls for unannounced testing and industry-wide information sharing.
OpenAI will automatically watermark ChatGPT text in the European Union to comply with the EU AI Act, while offering the feature off by default in other regions. The company says its textGrain method is detectable with a key, though such watermarks remain easy to circumvent.
Google said attackers took control of the .gh, .sl and .as country-code top-level domains, altered authoritative DNS records to clear domain control checks and obtained unauthorized TLS certificates for several Google domains and other major brands.
Xbox has secured exclusive streaming rights for Grand Theft Auto VI, according to The Verge. The deal would make Xbox Cloud Gaming the only service able to stream the game at launch in November.
Vinci4D Inc. raised $250 million in a Series B round at a $1.5 billion valuation, led by Advent, Temasek and Xora, with AMD Ventures participating. The Palo Alto startup's AI-powered simulation platform initially targets chip thermal analysis and plans to expand to vehicles, aircraft and satellites.
Google released EmbeddingGemma 2, an open multimodal embedding model that puts text, images, audio and video in one space and runs on a smartphone. Weights are available under Apache 2.0.
Apple is working with LG on a line of smart home devices, including a video doorbell, smart deadbolt, thermostat and security cameras, Bloomberg reports. The LG-branded products are expected to be shown next week, but they may not reach consumers for months.
Google is rolling out version 6.144 for Pixel Buds Pro, Pro 2 and Buds 2a, adding Dynamic Active Noise Cancellation to the Pro 2 and upgrading Live Translate, voice control and sleep detection across all three models, according to Android Authority.
Wall Street stocks reached all-time highs as traders bet Corporate America can withstand elevated energy costs and interest rates. The latest Bloomberg Businessweek Daily also features JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon on AI, inflation and government debt, plus discussions on AI implementation and reputation risk.
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Dell added a Unified Semantic Layer, an Enterprise Knowledge Graph and Knowledge Agents to its Data Orchestration Engine, plus data preparation that runs on GPUs using Nvidia's cuDF library, as it targets agentic AI workloads.
Tesla says some Model 3 and Model Y owners can use their EV battery to keep home power on during outages if they also have a Powerwall 3, though only newer vehicles are guaranteed to work.