2026-07-06

Alibaba gets a reprieve from US Chinese military ban

A judge has ruled that the Pentagon must give Alibaba a reprieve over its placement on a Chinese military list. [...]

2026-07-06

My Best Smart Home Device Picks for a Desk or Office in 2026

Your desk deserves a smart upgrade. This is the tech that makes the biggest difference for me. [...]

2026-07-06

JADEPUFFER is the first agentic ransomware operation and it exposes old security sins at machine speed

Security firm Sysdig describes an extortion attack where a language model broke in on its own, stole credentials, and destroyed databases. No human appeared to be at the controls.<br /> The article JADEPUFFER is the first agentic ransomware operation and it exposes old security sins at machine speed appeared first on The Decoder. [...]

2026-07-06

‘They are another reminder of criminal activity designed to defraud people’: NatWest boss becomes latest City figure caught in AI social media scam

Another top banking figure is the subject of a deepfake image designed to scam social media users [...]

2026-07-06

20 things you probably believe about weight loss that aren't quite right

The gap between what most people think causes weight loss and what the science actually shows is wider than most realize — and that gap is why so many approaches fail [...]

2026-07-06

Harry Kanes World Cup post-match interview goes viral for all the right reasons

Following England's defeat of Mexico in the FIFA World Cup on Sunday, captain Harry Kane gave an amusing post-match interview to the BBC. [...]

2026-07-06

China’s Biren raises $892M to build GPUs that can take on Nvidia at home

Nvidia can barely sell its best chips in China. A crop of local challengers is racing to fill the gap. One of them just raised nearly $900m to speed up. Shanghai Biren Technology is selling HK$7 billion (about $892.5m) of new shares to boost GPU production. That is according to the South China Morning Post. […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]

2026-07-06

Nvidia’s Kyber AI rack slips to 2028, and one circuit board is to blame

Nvidia’s next flagship AI machine has hit a wall, and the culprit is a single circuit board. The Kyber rack meant to house its 2027 Rubin Ultra chips has slipped to 2028. Research firm SemiAnalysis flagged the delay, and CNBC reported it. Kyber is not a chip. It is a server cabinet. It packs 144 […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]

2026-07-06

Novartis buys UK biotech Myricx for up to $1.5bn to chase a new cancer-drug class

Novartis has agreed to buy Myricx Bio, a small British oncology company, for up to $1.5bn, adding an early-stage but potentially significant technology to a cancer pipeline the industry keeps racing to expand. The Swiss group will pay $1.1bn upfront, with up to $400m more tied to milestones, in a deal that fits the pattern […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]