2026-08-25
Amazon security engineer hacks PC accessories with Claude Opus to make them work better — Asus, Insta360 and Elgato products reverse engineered in hours for 'better control', but engineer admits this also 'scares me'
Some nifty tricks are pulled off by the security engineer — but the dark side of all this is worrying to say the least. [...]
2026-08-25
Sentante’s Endovascular Robot Enters Commercial Use in Vascular Surgery
Sentante has begun commercial deployment of its CE-marked endovascular robotic platform, the medical robotics company announced on August 20, 2026, with vascular surgery and interventional radiology as its first clinical markets. The move takes the Kaunas-based company from regulatory clearance into revenue-generating clinical use three months after its CE mark, granted in May 2026. The announceme [...]
2026-08-25
Apple has a Mac mini ready, and it may be Tim Cook’s last product
Apple is preparing to release a new Mac mini within days, ahead of its September iPhone event, according to a Bloomberg report that also puts AirPods 5 at that event and an OLED iPad mini in October. The timing would make the Mac mini one of the last products shipped under Tim Cook, who hands […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-08-25
Australia is preparing to impose its data centre energy rules over Queensland’s objection
The Australian government intends to impose national energy standards on AI data centres at this week’s National Cabinet meeting even though Queensland will not agree to them, a shift from the consensus approach that stalled when Queensland and the Northern Territory rejected most of the framework in July. The policy requires large facilities to buy power […]<br /> This story continues [...]
2026-08-25
Taiwanese cybersecurity firm warns that AI tools have more than doubled Chinese state-backed cyberattacks
Chinese state-backed hacking groups have more than doubled their attacks since they started using AI models like DeepSeek to write exploit code and scan networks, according to Taiwanese security firm TeamT5. Hackers also used ChatGPT and Anthropic's Claude Code. A UK study shows the cyber capabilities of open models are catching up fast.<br /> The article Taiwanese cybersecurity firm wa [...]
