ShinyHunters claimed it breached CyrusOne, a US data center operator serving Microsoft and Meta, demanding $13 million, as research shows ransomware activity hit a 2026 high in July.
Volvo is updating its EX90, ES90, and EX60 EVs with connected hazard alerts and Spatial Audio for Apple CarPlay, enabling cars to warn each other about road dangers.
Alibaba open-sourced Qwen3.8-Flash-Next, a 125B multimodal MoE with only 6B active parameters, claiming near-frontier performance and training cost at one-ninth of the previous generation. The release previews the Qwen4 architecture.
A Flashpoint report reveals over 12,000 insider threat posts on the dark web in July 2026, with 75% from insiders selling access, highlighting employees as the weakest link.
Android Authority released its August 26 Wallpaper Wednesday roundup, offering nine free, high-resolution wallpapers for Android devices, tablets, and PCs.
ATV Launcher Pro 0.1.40 adds a layout editor, icon packs, video wallpapers and Android 16 support, giving Android TV users more control over their home screens.
IKEA and Xbox showcased a nine-piece furniture collection at Gamescom, blending playful Xbox-inspired designs with practical storage, launching October 1.
Mate Security released Gamebooks, a structured framework to control AI agents' actions during security investigations, addressing automation failures and agent risks.
Bill Gates warned that there is no plan for the social, political and economic upheaval AI will cause, and called for new national and international institutions to manage the transition.
Arga, a startup building digital twin training environments for enterprise software, raised $10M in seed funding led by General Catalyst to improve AI agent reliability.
Ring is rolling out a new encryption standard, TAKE, that defaults on all cameras in September, limiting police access to video while keeping cloud features.