Science & Tech

Elden Ring Tarnished Pack DLC and Switch 2 Tarnished Edition Arrive Aug. 28, 2026

Bandai Namco and FromSoftware will release a small paid Tarnished Pack DLC for existing players and a bundled Tarnished Edition for Nintendo Switch 2 on Aug. 28, 2026.

#eldenring, #fromsoftware, #bandainamco, #nintendoswitch2

BTCPay Server issues urgent v2.4.2 patch for critical vulnerability under active exploitation

BTCPay Server released v2.4.2 to fix a critical vulnerability being actively exploited and urges self-hosted operators to update immediately.

#bitcoin, #btcpay, #security, #nbxplorer

GAO: Commerce Lags on CHIPS Act R&D, $7.8 Billion in Awards Canceled

GAO audit finds Commerce advancing CHIPS manufacturing but behind on R&D programs, lacking detailed plans after major award cancellations.

#chips, #semiconductors, #gaoreport, #commerce

9th Circuit Vacates Injunction Against Perplexity, Says Users — Not Perplexity — Accessed Amazon

A Ninth Circuit panel vacated an injunction against Perplexity’s Comet assistant, ruling the record shows users — not Perplexity — accessed Amazon.

$AMZN, #amazon, #perplexity, #cfaa, #ai, #ninthcircuit

Researchers Find Position-Independent KV Cache Reuse Can Let One User Hijack Another’s LLM Output

Researchers show position-independent KV-cache reuse in LLM inference can let attackers' context influence other users' outputs, posing risks for shared serving.

#ai, #security, #infrastructure, #ml, #llm

Amazon says custom chips surpass $25 billion annual run rate as Trainium and Graviton power AWS AI

Amazon reports its custom-silicon business topped a $25B annualized run rate, citing Trainium, Graviton and multi-year AI customer commitments.

$AMZN, #amazon, #aws, #ai, #chips

Sony to Stop Making Physical PlayStation Game Discs for New Releases from January 2028

Sony will discontinue producing physical discs for new PlayStation games released from January 2028, shifting future titles to digital-only sales.

$SONY, #sony, #playstation, #video-games, #digitaldistribution

NASA Opens First Major New Wind Tunnel at Langley in Over 40 Years

NASA opened the Flight Dynamics Research Facility at Langley Research Center, a modern wind tunnel to test aircraft, drones and reentry vehicles.

#nasa, #windtunnel, #aeronautics, #langley

EU to Begin Enforcing AI-Transparency Rules on Aug. 2, 2026

From Aug. 2, companies serving the EU must disclose AI interactions and mark synthetic audio, image, video and text under Article 50 — violations face heavy fines.

#ai, #eu, #regulation, #transparency

Coinkite Warns Weak Randomness in Coldcard Firmware May Have Exposed Some Bitcoin

Coinkite says a 2021 firmware bug weakened seed randomness on older Coldcard devices, possibly exposing wallets; affected users must generate new seeds.

#bitcoin, #coldcard, #hardwarewallet, #security, #randomness

AI agents can run experiments and draft papers but fail to produce publishable research, study finds

A new preprint shows AI agents can handle engineering tasks—code, experiments and paper drafts—but failed to make publishable advances in two NeurIPS case studies.

#ai, #research, #machinelearning, #neurips

Microsoft brings Halo to PlayStation for first time with Campaign Evolved remake

Microsoft released Halo: Campaign Evolved on July 28 for PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC — the first official Halo release on PlayStation, a ground-up remake focused on the single-player campaign.

$MSFT, #halo, #microsoft, #gaming, #playstation

Preprint: Larger LLMs May 'Snowball' Hallucinations Faster in Long Factual Answers

A July arXiv preprint finds larger language models start stronger but may compound hallucinations faster within long factual responses.

#ai, #language-models, #hallucinations

Meta signs EU transparency code for AI‑generated content ahead of Aug. 2 rules

Meta signed the EU's voluntary Code of Practice on transparency for AI‑generated content, seeking a clearer path to comply before Aug. 2.

$META, #meta, #ai, #eu, #transparency

NVIDIA Launches Open Secure AI Alliance to Build Open Tools for AI Security

NVIDIA on July 27 launched the Open Secure AI Alliance, teaming with major tech and security firms to build open models, tools and incident-response capabilities for AI security.

$NVDA, #nvidia, #ai-security, #open-source, #cybersecurity