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Hackers From China, Iran and Russia Use ChatGPT to Boost Cyberattacks, Microsoft and OpenAI Warn
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Jeff Bezos Sells $4 Billion in Amazon Stock Ahead of Florida Relocation
"Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is continuing his divestment from the e-commerce giant, recent regulatory filings indicating the sale of more than $4 billion in stock over the past week. This follows earlier reporting of Bezos' 50-million share sell-off plan to be completed by 2025, through Morgan Stanley as his brokerage firm. -
Elon Musk Maps Out Strategy for Million-Person Mars Settlement
"Elon Musk, the visionary behind SpaceX, has once again captured public imagination with his audacious blueprint for interplanetary colonization. Musk's latest pronouncements outline a staggering ambition: to transport one million humans to Mars, a goal he shared in a succinct response on the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter.
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Rejects Broad AI Rules, Says Governments Should Regulate Products Instead
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang pushed back against broad regulation of artificial intelligence, arguing that governments should police the products and services built with AI rather than regulate the underlying technology itself as policymakers confront growing calls for tighter controls on advanced systems. 
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Zuckerberg Says Meta Delayed Muse for Months but Rejects Calls for Industrywide AI Slowdown
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg pushed back against calls for a coordinated slowdown in frontier artificial-intelligence development, arguing that AI companies already have powerful commercial and legal incentives to make their systems safe and aligned with users. 
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Trump Rejects AI Slowdown Backed by Amodei, Altman and Musk, Warning ‘WHOEVER WINS AI, WINS!’
President Donald Trump rejected calls from leading U.S. artificial-intelligence executives to slow development of increasingly powerful models, singling out Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and arguing that additional restrictions could jeopardize America's technological lead over China. 
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Apple Unveils $1,999 iPhone Duo Foldable, Brings Variable Aperture to Both iPhone 18 Pro Models
Apple unveiled its first foldable iPhone on Wednesday, introducing the $1,999 iPhone Duo alongside the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max in the first major product event led by newly installed Chief Executive John Ternus. The company also surprised developers and photographers by bringing variable-aperture cameras to both Pro models and introducing a new Reference Image system designed to authenticate photographs in an era of widespread AI manipulation. 
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Oracle Flaw CVE-2026-21962 Fuels China-Linked Attacks Across 100+ Countries as CISA Orders Emergency Patching
A critical Oracle middleware vulnerability exploited by a China-linked threat actor in attacks spanning more than 100 countries has prompted the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to impose an emergency three-day remediation deadline on federal agencies. CISA added CVE-2026-21962 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on Aug. 24, requiring affected federal systems to be remediated by Aug. 27. 
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ChatGPT’s New iMessage Plugin Requires Full Disk Access, Opening Mail, Safari and Backups Alongside Messages
OpenAI has introduced an Apple Messages plugin that lets ChatGPT search iMessages, summarize conversations and send texts from a user's Mac, but the integration requires one of macOS's broadest privacy permissions, potentially giving the application access to protected data well beyond the Messages database. 
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Apple Cuts at Least 60 Vision Jobs as AI and Siri Take Priority Over Next Vision Pro
Apple has laid off at least 60 employees connected to its Vision organization, according to AppleInsider, the latest sign that the iPhone maker is scaling back its near-term ambitions for the Vision Pro headset while directing more resources toward generative artificial intelligence, Siri and smart glasses. 
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iPhone 18 Pro Component Costs Could Jump 38%, but Apple May Absorb Part of the Increase
Apple could face a roughly 38% year-over-year increase in the bill of materials for the 256GB iPhone 18 Pro, according to TrendForce, as sharply higher memory prices reshape the economics of its flagship smartphone. The cost surge raises the odds of a retail price increase, but the research firm says Apple may absorb part of the pressure through lower gross margins rather than pass the entire increase on to consumers. 
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Could You Be Eligible for an Amazon Refund? Here's Who May Receive Part of the $600 Million Tariff Reimbursement
Amazon says some customers will automatically receive refunds after the company secured a $600 million tariff reimbursement, though executives caution that only a limited number of purchases will qualify for direct payments. The announcement, made during the company's second-quarter earnings call, signals that Amazon intends to return part of the recovered funds to shoppers while using the remainder to help keep prices lower across its marketplace. 
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EU Warns TikTok Over Child Safety Violations, ByteDance Faces Potential Fine of Up to 6% of Annual Revenue
The European Union has issued preliminary findings accusing ByteDance-owned TikTok of failing to adequately protect children on its platform, alleging that design features expose younger users to online predators and cyberbullying. If the findings are upheld under the bloc's Digital Services Act (DSA), TikTok could face penalties of up to 6% of the company's annual global revenue. 
