2026-07-23

OpenAI and Anthropic employees face a tax bill most won't see coming

First-time millionaires often forget their IPO earnings come with significant tax exposure. California also stands to benefit from the coming windfall [...]

2026-07-23

Multi-turn attacks broke AI models 88% of the time — single-turn testing missed it, Cisco AI security lead warns at VB Transform 2026

When Cisco ran 6,986 multi-turn attacks against 15 flagship models, attackers who adapted across the conversation broke through as often as 88.3% of the time. Amy Chang, Cisco's head of AI threat intelligence and security research, brought that finding to the agentic security panel at VB Transform 2026; the number should worry anyone still running single-turn red-teaming programs.VentureBeat& [...]

2026-07-23

Qobuz overhauls its music player and adds real-time lyrics

The latest updates to Qobuz make it an even better alternative to Spotify. [...]

2026-07-23

Samsung will support the Galaxy Watch 9 and Ultra 2 with five years of updates

Samsung's new wearables will receive Wear OS updates until 2031. [...]

2026-07-23

September rate hike odds jumped to 82%. Brent hit $100. The Dow lost 458 points

Houthi attacks on Saudi tankers and Trump's threats against Iran sent Brent crude above $100 for the first time in months [...]

2026-07-23

Google disclosed a $94 billion SpaceX stake — and almost all of it is locked up

About $80 billion of Google's SpaceX stock is subject to short-term selling restrictions, with another $14.1 billion locked up through the third quarter of 2027 [...]

2026-07-23

20 things that happen to the planet when humans aren't around

What happens to the planet without humans reveals how fast nature reclaims cities, wildlife rebounds and infrastructure collapses once people vanish [...]

2026-07-23

House lawmakers are introducing a bipartisan bill to give the government power to shut down rogue AI

The AI Kill Switch Act would require developers of the most powerful AI systems to maintain shutdown capabilities, with civil penalties up to $20 million per day for noncompliance [...]

2026-07-23

Bah, humbug: Johnny Depp wipes his grid for Ebenezer

Johnny Depp wiped his Instagram and replaced it with three posts teasing "Ebenezer: A Christmas Carol," in theaters November 13. [...]