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Swarmer Promotes Garrett Kasper to CCO, Realigns Duties Among Executives
AUSTIN, Texas, July 24, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Swarmer, Inc (Nasdaq: SWMR) ("Swarmer" or the "Company"), a drone autonomy software company whose technology has supported more than 100,000 real-world combat missions in Ukraine since April 2024, today annou…
Claude Opus 5 beats Fable 5 in most benchmarks for half the price
Claude Opus 5 is presented as Anthropic’s new top-performing model, beating Fable 5 on most listed benchmarks while costing half as much per token. Its biggest reported gains include ARC AGI 3, automation, computer use, and practical coding tasks. The video a…
Texas-based Eyemart Express warns customers of data security event
Eyemart Express confirmed a cybersecurity event where customers' personal data was involved, according to a company news release issued Friday. The nationwide provider of retail optical and optometric services learned of the unauthorized access to its systems…
Exclusive-Its AI agent spent days hacking a company, but sources say OpenAI did not notice for a week
Stocks post weekly losses amid widening Iran conflict, AI worries, and tariffs By Raphael Satter, Deepa Seetharaman and Kenrick Cai WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO, July 24 (Reuters) - The OpenAI agent that broke into tech firm Hugging Face went on a dayslong hackin…
PointsKash Demonstrates How Businesses Can Build on Bitcoin Without Burdening the Blockchain
As industry debate surrounding Bitcoin Improvement Proposal (BIP-110) intensifies, PointsKash unveils an architecture designed to work regardless of the proposal's outcome. SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., July 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- As the global Bitcoin community debat…
'It eats away at my body': The human cost of S Korea's ultra-convenient overnight deliveries
Night-time deliveries are ubiquitous in hyper-connected Korea, stirring a debate about working conditions.
‘Legacy-Wise, It Didn’t Add Up’ – LeBron James’ Former Teammate Questions NBA Legend’s $8 Million 76ers Deal
Now that LeBron James has officially decided to join the Philadelphia 76ers on a two-year, $8 million contract, many are happy that the saga is finally over. Yet, one of his former teammates is responding with confusion.
US Accuses American of Allegedly Wiping His Phone Using a 'Duress' Password During Border Search
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: The U.S. Justice Department is prosecuting an American for allegedly providing U.S. border authorities with a passcode that wiped the contents of his phone, according to an indictment and media reports. Thi…
Commentary: OpenAI’s breach of Hugging Face shows AI is getting too hard to contain
AI companies need to accept some uncomfortable trade-offs to make their models more secure, says Parmy Olson for Bloomberg Opinion.
Safetyfirst Systems Data Breach Exposes Personal Information: Murphy Law Firm Investigates Legal Claims
Murphy Law Firm investigates claims on behalf of everyone whose information was exposed in the Safetyfirst data breach....
Judge Moves to Dismiss Suit That Alleges WhatsApp's E2E Encryption Is a Sham
The lawsuit 'contains no details about the factual basis for its allegations,' according to a judge, though she's giving the plaintiffs until Aug. 13 to produce evidence that could revive the case. A judge has dismissed a lawsuit that alleged WhatsApp can sec…
Oracle awarded 10-year $7 billion Pentagon deal to supply Department of War with vital software and services
The contract unifies existing Oracle licensing under a single vehicle, and is expected to save $441 million across the 10-year period.
Meta makes Muse Spark 1.1 available to consumers, debuts new Facebook features
Meta Platforms Inc. today made its latest large language model available to consumers through its Meta AI chatbot. The update is rolling out alongside several enhancements to Facebook. Meta’s flagship social network is receiving a new video-based account veri…
Inside Cisco’s approach to edge AI: Tune in to theCUBE on July 29
Organizations are expanding their use of edge AI infrastructure as workloads move beyond traditional data centers, creating new demands on systems designed for an earlier era of computing. Cisco Systems Inc.’s Unified Edge platform, winner of the 2026 Tech In…
Anthropic launches Claude Cowork, an AI agent for everyday office tasks
Anthropic launched Claude Cowork, an autonomous AI agent for office tasks on macOS. Here's what it does and why crypto investors should care. The post Anthropic launches Claude Cowork, an AI agent for everyday office tasks appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
State department releases playbook for generative AI
The playbook cites the development and deployment of StateChat, an enterprise chatbot, as a case study for other federal agencies eyeing the technology.
Pennyroyal Healthcare Services Provides Notice of Data Incident
PRINCETON, Ky., July 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Pennyroyal Healthcare Services ("Pennyroyal") experienced a data security incident that may affect the privacy of certain individuals' data. Pennyroyal provided notice of this event to potentially affected individ…
Rogue AI Vehicle Porn, OpenAI, Nudes, Clop, Patches, Oracle, Palo Alto, Aaran Leyland - SWN #601
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OpenAI Is ‘Very Interested’ in Building Out ChatGPT Integrations for Wearables
OpenAI President Greg Brockman talks a bit about where the company’s increasingly Jarvis-like AI agents could be heading next… and in what form.
Google Fined €890M Under EU Digital Markets Act Over Search and Play Store Practices
EU fined Google €890M under the DMA for favoring its own services and restricting Play Store competition, with AI search features also under scrutiny. The European Commission hit Google with two fines totalling €890 million on Thursday for violating the Digit…
Claude Opus 5 matches Fable on coding at half the price, and Anthropic says it is the most aligned model it has ever shipped
Anthropic on Thursday released Claude Opus 5, a model that matches or exceeds its flagship Fable 5 on most coding and knowledge-work benchmarks at half the token price. The model is the fourth Anthropic has shipped in under two months, following Fable 5 in ea…
Rich Paul and LeBron James thought 'for a lot of the time' that he would end up back in Miami
Rich Paul and LeBron James thought 'for a lot of the time' that he would end up back in Miami
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The Secret Service is investigating a member of JD Vance’s detail over a suspected news leak
The probe follows a report that agents privately griped about last-minute travel requests from Vance and his family.