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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says AI helped find critical flaws in PHP, and expects many more serious security holes as AI checks more of the internet's code.
Read more: Sam Altman says AI is finding serious hidden flaws in internet softwareA researcher tested keys found in public Gitee code and 26,400 still worked. Deleting a key from code does not cancel it, so old keys remain a risk.
Read more: Thousands of working passwords for cloud and AI tools left in public codeBloomberg reports that nonstop demand for AI has made Google Cloud a more important part of Alphabet, which could affect what businesses pay.
Read more: Google's cloud business is becoming a bigger part of AlphabetA Microsoft Edge update left some New Outlook users unable to open email attachments. A fix is rolling out, and a simple workaround exists in the meantime.
Read more: A browser update stopped some Outlook users from opening attachmentsA survey reportedly names a Google product as the top rival to the Fitbit Edge, which could matter if you are shopping for a fitness tracker.
Read more: Survey: Fitbit Edge's toughest rival may be another Google productAWS Marketplace and Amazon Business now share one catalog, so company teams can buy software and office supplies in one place under one set of approval rules.
Read more: Amazon now lets companies buy software and supplies in one placeCloudflare's new beta tool lets AI apps pull live web results from three search providers, with one bill and one activity log for businesses.
Read more: Cloudflare lets AI apps search the live web through one serviceSlough, west of London, now hosts more than 40 data centers, and its council wants the companies to give residents more in return.
Read more: Slough, a small UK town, is now Europe's biggest data center hubA August poll found 57 percent of Texans oppose new data centers, and the fight is shaping races for governor and Senate. Power bills and water are at the center.
Read more: Texas voters of every party turn against data centersAmazon's new 7-inch Kindle Paperwhite and Colorsoft are a bit lighter and look nicer, but Wired says the price hikes sting and the upgrade is small.
Read more: New Kindles are lighter and nicer, but they cost more nowDropbox says it will cut about 200 jobs and its chief technology officer will leave. Nothing in the report points to changes for customer accounts.
Read more: Dropbox to cut about 200 jobs as its tech chief steps downStripe now offers virtual cards that AI shopping assistants can use to buy for you, and Visa and Mastercard are reportedly uneasy about it.
Read more: Stripe lets AI shopping assistants pay with one-time virtual cardsCloudflare's new Void platform aims to put safety checks around internal apps that non-technical staff build with AI, and companies can run it themselves.
Read more: Cloudflare launches Void to make AI-built office apps saferAmazon Quick now lets a second AI model approve routine agent actions on its own, while risky ones like payments and deletions still go to a person.
Read more: Amazon's AI assistant now skips routine approvals, asks about risky onesAnthropic says problems with Claude's Gmail and Calendar connections are fixed. If you let Claude read your email or calendar, the status notes may matter.
Read more: Claude's Gmail and Calendar connections had problems, now fixedMicrosoft shared Azure's revenue in dollars for the first time: $33.2 billion in one quarter. It shows how tight the race among cloud providers has become.
Read more: Microsoft reveals its cloud business earns $33.2 billion a quarterA researcher chained design mistakes in Microsoft Edge and Windows to escape the browser's safety wall. Microsoft patched it in May, so updated browsers are safe.
Read more: Researcher Broke Out of Microsoft Edge Using Only Design MistakesHackers copied health records for about 341,000 Blueberry Pediatrics patients through a flaw in a data tool. Many families may get two breach notices.
Read more: Hackers Stole Data on 341,000 Children's Telehealth PatientsThe US government plans $5 billion in loans to expand eight nuclear plants, and Google, Amazon and Meta have already bought most of the new power.
Read more: US lends $5 billion to upgrade nuclear plants, mostly for Big TechSK Hynix, a key Apple chip supplier, says memory shortages will likely last through at least 2030, so phones and laptops with lots of storage may stay pricey.
Read more: Memory chip shortage could keep device prices high through 2030Agents working for xAI are reportedly offering to buy homes near a Mississippi power plant, but only if owners agree not to join a lawsuit over noise.
Read more: xAI offers to buy Mississippi homes if owners skip noise lawsuitThe FBI took over the website of Virtualine, a web host accused of serving scammers and hosting abuse material. Here is what it means for the threats you face online.
Read more: FBI shuts down website of hosting firm that served criminalsAnthropic says an unreleased AI model linked software flaws into working attacks on Chrome, Safari, Windows and Linux. All are patched, but updates matter.
Read more: Anthropic's unreleased AI built working hacks for Chrome, Safari and moreA Portuguese store listing puts Motorola's Signature 27 near $1,775, far above last year's model. The price is not official, but buyers may want to wait.
Read more: Motorola's next flagship phone may cost far more than last year's
