A working, 97%-stable privilege escalation and container escape exploit is now publicly available for CVE-2026-43499, a use-after-free flaw in the Linux kernel's real-time mutex subsystem that went undetected since 2011.
Progress Software is instructing ShareFile Storage Zone Controller customers to manually power down the Windows servers hosting the on-premises file-sharing component after identifying what it calls a credible external security threat.
A Reuters analysis found Meta's preview detection tool for AI-generated images fails on more than half of test images after cropping, raising fresh doubts about AI content verification ahead of the US midterms.
German fusion startup Proxima Fusion has raised €411 million from Google, RWE, and European investors at a €2.5 billion valuation to build a demonstration stellarator and, eventually, a commercial fusion plant.
OpenAI launched GPT-Live on July 8 — two new voice models that can listen and speak at the same time, replacing the older pipeline-based Advanced Voice Mode for over 150 million users.
A two-year European Commission investigation has preliminarily found that Meta violates the DSA through infinite scroll, autoplay, and personalized recommendations designed to drive compulsive use — findings that could trigger fines of up to 6% of Meta's global revenue, over $12 billion.
Beta Technologies completed the first operational flights in the US government's eVTOL Integration Pilot Program, moving manufactured organs for United Therapeutics across a 275-nautical-mile, four-airport corridor in Virginia and Maryland.
The Atlanta-based auto insurer began notifying 6.99 million customers this week that hackers stole their driver's license numbers and personal information in March, making it the largest publicly disclosed breach of driver's license data in the US this year.
An internal memo reviewed by Reuters confirms Meta's custom Iris accelerator passed testing with no major issues and will begin production in September, as the company races to double its AI computing capacity to 14 gigawatts by 2027 and launches a new cloud business to sell surplus capacity.
The U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has granted Circle a national trust bank charter, allowing the stablecoin issuer to directly manage the $73 billion in cash and Treasuries backing its USDC token without relying on third-party custodians.
Apple filed suit against OpenAI on Thursday, claiming the AI lab's Chief Hardware Officer Tang Tan — a 24-year Apple veteran — systematically funneled confidential design files, component specs, and unannounced product details to his new employer.
The Long March-10B's first-stage booster was recovered by a cable-and-net system off Hainan on July 10, making China the third entity after SpaceX and Blue Origin to achieve orbital-class booster reuse.