Science & Tech

Coinkite Coldcard Firmware Bug Weakened Seed Randomness, Allowing Tens of Millions in Bitcoin to Be Stolen

A firmware bug in Coldcard wallets weakened seed randomness, enabling attackers to drain roughly 600–1,082 BTC. Affected users must generate new seeds and move funds.

#bitcoin, #hardwarewallet, #cryptocurrency, #security

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Google DeepMind Brings Sign-Language-to-Text to Gboard and Live Transcribe, Says It’s for Low-Stakes Use

Google DeepMind is adding SL2T sign-language-to-text to Gboard and Live Transcribe, aimed at everyday accessibility but not for medical or legal use.

$GOOGL, $GOOG, #accessibility, #signlanguage, #google, #deepmind

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Google unveils Pixel 11 Pro Fold: slimmer design, sign-to-text and HiLight alerts

Google's Pixel 11 Pro Fold is slimmer, lighter and more durable, adds HiLight LED alerts and ASL sign-to-text, runs Tensor G6; preorders open, ships Aug. 20.

$GOOGL, #google, #pixel, #foldable

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Harmony Says Exploit Minted About 4 Billion ONE Tokens, Token Drops 26%

Harmony confirmed an apparent exploit that minted roughly 4 billion ONE tokens, prompting a ~26% price drop and consideration of a chain rollback.

#cryptocurrency, #blockchain, #harmony, #one, #security

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Nvidia Teams with Six Wall Street Firms to Mobilize Over $500 Billion for AI Infrastructure

Nvidia is partnering with Apollo, BlackRock, Blackstone, Brookfield, Goldman and KKR to create financing platforms aiming to mobilize more than $500 billion for AI infrastructure.

$NVDA, #nvidia, #ai, #finance, #wallstreet

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Google Says Gemini App Surpasses 1 Billion Monthly Users

Google announced Aug. 11 that its Gemini app has exceeded 1 billion monthly users, marking rapid growth and deep integration across Google products.

$GOOGL, $GOOG, #google, #gemini, #ai

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Study finds structured-output decoding can enable 'control-plane' jailbreaks in LLMs

Researchers find constrained-output grammars can be exploited to jailbreak LLMs; DictAttack hit up to ~99% success on flagship models, paper says.

#ai, #security, #llm, #jailbreak

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Preprint finds flaw that let researchers decode encrypted chain-of-thought blobs from major LLM APIs

An arXiv preprint says a cross-model replay flaw let researchers decode encrypted chain-of-thought blobs from major LLM APIs, exposing PII and credentials.

#ai, #security, #privacy, #openai

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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