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AI’s Energy Crisis Solved? UCLA’s Super-Conductive Material, Oklo’s Nuclear Power for Meta, and Intel’s 180 TOPS Chip Redefine HPC

AI’s Energy Crisis Solved? UCLA’s Super-Conductive Material, Oklo’s Nuclear Power for Meta, and Intel’s 180 TOPS Chip Redefine HPC

TL;DR * UCLA Researchers Discover Theta-Phase Tantalum Nitride with 1,100 W/mK Thermal Conductivity, Surpassing Copper and Silver * Politecnico di Milano Develops CMOS-Based Analog Accelerator Using Resistive Memory, Achieving 5,000x Lower Energy Than Digital Systems * Oklo Secures $1.2 GW Nuclear Power Deal with Meta for Ohio Reactor,
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Robots Now Grasp Like Humans, Self-Driving Cars Break School Bus Laws — Is Autonomy Outpacing Safety?

Robots Now Grasp Like Humans, Self-Driving Cars Break School Bus Laws — Is Autonomy Outpacing Safety?

TL;DR * Swiss Researchers Unveil Detachable Six-Fingered Robotic Hand Capable of 33 Human Grasp Types, Published in Nature Communications * Serve Robotics Acquires Diligent Robotics for $29M to Expand Autonomous Healthcare Delivery Beyond Food Services * India Successfully Completes SpaDeX Space Docking Test, Establishing Domestic Capability for Future Orbital Assembly Missions * Waymo
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Cyberattacks Surge: Optus, Hyatt, Coinbase Hit as AI Exploits, Zero-Days, and Credential Leaks Expose Millions

Cyberattacks Surge: Optus, Hyatt, Coinbase Hit as AI Exploits, Zero-Days, and Credential Leaks Expose Millions

TL;DR * Optus, Medibank, and Latitude Financial Hit by Cyberattacks, Exposing Millions of Australians' Data * Cyberattack on Poland’s Energy Sector Neutralized, Marking Most Serious Attempt in Years with No Service Disruption * CVE-2025-14533 Exploited in ACF Extended Plugin Allows Unauthenticated Admin Access Across 100K+ WordPress Sites * DOGE Staff Accused
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Fake Malwarebytes ZIPs, Signed VS Code Stealers, and PDF Backdoors: How Trust, Not Zero-Days, Is Breaching Enterprises

Fake Malwarebytes ZIPs, Signed VS Code Stealers, and PDF Backdoors: How Trust, Not Zero-Days, Is Breaching Enterprises

TL;DR * Malwarebytes Campaign Tricks Users into Downloading Fake Software via DLL Sideloading, Stealing Crypto and Credentials * Cybercriminals Exploit Visual Studio Code Marketplace with Evelyn Stealer Extension to Steal Source Code and Cloud Tokens * Microsoft Enforces Intune Security Policies, Blocking Business Email Access for Non-Compliant Apps Since Jan 19, 2026
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