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1M Israelis’ Phones Raided by IRGC via Fake Bomb-Shelter App: 12 TB Looted

1M Israelis’ Phones Raided by IRGC via Fake Bomb-Shelter App: 12 TB Looted

TL;DR * Iran-linked spyware campaign targets Israeli civilians via fake bomb shelter app, exploiting Android devices * AI-assisted malware development reaches operational maturity with VoidLink framework, exploiting agent-based code generation * Gemini 2.5 Flash achieves 100% interception rate in multi-turn jailbreak defense tests using Precepts-Samadhi-Teacher-Wisdom architecture 🫠 1M Israeli Phones Backdoored by

150 Solar Hubs to Cut Africa Tower Costs 52% with $5.4B Microsoft AI Cloud

150 Solar Hubs to Cut Africa Tower Costs 52% with $5.4B Microsoft AI Cloud

TL;DR * African Telecommunications Sector Transforms with Econet InfraCo as Continental Compute Infrastructure Platform * SystemRescue 13.00 Released with Linux Kernel 6.18 LTS for Enhanced Data Recovery and System Repair * Intel Core Ultra 200S Plus processors see 48-hour price hike from $199 to $349.99, disrupting market expectations 🌍 150

TurboQuant Slashes LLM Cost 83 %, Keeps Accuracy: Chip Stocks Tumble

TurboQuant Slashes LLM Cost 83 %, Keeps Accuracy: Chip Stocks Tumble

TL;DR * Google unveils TurboQuant AI compression, reducing LLM memory needs by 6x and cutting evaluation costs to one-sixth * Intel Core Ultra 200S Plus CPUs Gain 40% Performance via iBOT In-Memory Optimization, Enabled by Default on Z890 Motherboards * Google accelerates post-quantum cryptography migration, targeting 2029 deadline with ML-DSA integration in

AI Twins Slash CO₂ 28 % in Örebro: Europe Eyes 5-7 % Energy Drop by 2030

AI Twins Slash CO₂ 28 % in Örebro: Europe Eyes 5-7 % Energy Drop by 2030

TL;DR * DOSPS system reduces industrial energy use by 28% and defects by 65% via AI-powered digital twins * Decathlon deploys 150–200 Exotec Skypods across European warehouses, cutting worker walking distance from 10km to under 1km and reducing injuries by 50% * Uber and Pony AI launch Europe’s first commercial

100k Bot Graveyard Daily: Reddit’s Face-Tax Kills Anonymity

100k Bot Graveyard Daily: Reddit’s Face-Tax Kills Anonymity

TL;DR * Stately Taurus APT deploys USBFect malware and EggStremeFuel backdoor in Southeast Asian government cyberespionage campaign * Ajax Amsterdam discloses cybersecurity breach exposing 538 season ticket holders' accounts via mobile app vulnerabilities * Reddit implements non-human account labeling system, blocking 100,000 suspicious accounts daily with App labels and proof-of-personhood

100k PhDs Train AI for 0.3¢/Token: Cheaper Than McKinsey, 4.3% Fewer Lies

100k PhDs Train AI for 0.3¢/Token: Cheaper Than McKinsey, 4.3% Fewer Lies

TL;DR * Deccan AI Raises $25M to Power Frontier AI Model Training with Outsourced Evaluation and Reinforcement Learning Services * AMIPS Acquires SWC Business for $25B to Deploy AI in India’s Critical Infrastructure * Reson8 raises €5M pre-seed funding to expand adaptive speech recognition with Europe-hosted AI stack supporting 20+ languages

100k Humanoid Robots to Invade US Classrooms for Less Than a Teacher’s Salary

100k Humanoid Robots to Invade US Classrooms for Less Than a Teacher’s Salary

TL;DR * Lucid Bots raises $20M Series B, deploys 700 cleaning robots in 5 months with 93% inbound demand and <2-month payback * Melania Trump introduces 'Figure 03' humanoid robot at White House summit, marking first public deployment of advanced AI-driven humanoid in U.S. government setting * SANY