oxhak 1 week ago

A Stanford study found that five-minute Bitcoin prediction markets may encourage spot-price manipulation near settlement, and suggested using longer settlement windows.

Cointelegraph

Stanford Study Examines Manipulation in Polymarket Bitcoin Contracts

Stanford and SMU researchers say that Polymarket’s five-minute Bitcoin markets create incentives for manipulation, highlighting the importance of...

oxhak 1 week ago

Researchers disclosed TuxBot v3 Evolution, an IoT botnet framework that shows signs of large language model assistance. The generated code reportedly included a safety disclaimer.

The Hacker News

TuxBot v3 Evolution Shows Signs of LLM-Assisted IoT Botnet Development

TuxBot v3 Evolution contains raw LLM reasoning, 1,496 Telnet credentials, and exploits for over 30 IoT device families in a modular DDoS botnet.

oxhak 1 week ago

Thinking Machines introduced Inkling, its first open AI model, after spending 18 months developing AI infrastructure mostly out of public view.

TechCrunch

Thinking Machines amps up its bet against one-size-fits-all AI with its first open model, Inkling | TechCrunch

It's the company's first public proof point after a year and a half spent building AI infrastructure largely out of public view.

oxhak 2 weeks ago

Experts warn that scams targeting fans seeking Celine Dion concert tickets have surfaced, with more attacks expected to continue.

TechRadar

Experts flag new scam targeting fans seeking tickets for Celine Dion concerts

Looking to stay safe from this Celine Dion scam? It

oxhak 2 weeks ago

Bitcoin rose to $65,500, reaching its highest level since June 22 after U.S. producer inflation data came in as a surprise.

Cointelegraph

Bitcoin Gets Second Inflation Boost as US PPI Sparks Three-Week Highs

Bitcoin price hit three-week highs above $65,500 after US PPI inflation joined CPI in delivering lower-than-expected numbers, lowering the odds of ...

oxhak 2 weeks ago

Apple is in early talks with PrismML, a startup that compresses large AI models for phones. Its 3.9GB model is designed for an iPhone 17 Pro, but compressed models lose some performance.

TNW | Apple

Apple eyes PrismML’s on-device AI for the iPhone

Apple is in early talks with PrismML, whose on-device AI compression shrinks a 27B model to under 4GB to run on an iPhone. Apple has not commented.

oxhak 2 weeks ago

Bitcoin rose above $65,000 after softer-than-expected U.S. producer price data improved market sentiment and raised hopes for easier Federal Reserve policy. https://news.bitcoin.com/bitcoin-blasts-past-65k-as-soft-inflation-ignites-stocks-gold-and-crypto/

oxhak 2 weeks ago

Experts found attackers can bypass UEFI Secure Boot by exploiting decades-old flaws, without needing a new vulnerability. Almost a dozen vulnerable shim bootloaders have been discovered and revoked.

TechRadar

Experts find attackers can exploit decades-old UEFI flaws to gain access to key systems

Almost a dozen vulnerable UEFI shim bootloaders discovered and revoked.

oxhak 2 weeks ago

Zipline says its autonomous drones have completed 2.5 million commercial deliveries. It is launching prescription delivery with Cleveland Clinic in Ohio and expanding food and retail service in Austin.

TNW | Drones

Zipline is launching healthcare drone delivery with Cleveland Clinic. It hired Tesla and Waymo veterans to scale.

Zipline hit 2.5 million deliveries and will launch healthcare delivery with Cleveland Clinic. It hired ex-Tesla, Waymo, and Uber executives to scal...

oxhak 2 weeks ago

New data shows visitors sent to online stores by AI tools are converting at much higher rates than visitors arriving through traditional search.

TechRadar

Why AI recommendations are becoming ecommerce’s most valuable source of traffic

Visitors via AI tools are converting better

oxhak 2 weeks ago

Bitcoin held steady near a three-week high as U.S.-Iran tensions limited gains after softer-than-expected U.S. inflation data.

Bitcoin, ether hold steady after rising on U.S. inflation report: Crypto Markets Today

BTC rallied to a three-week high of $65,200 and ETH hit its highest since June 3 after a softer-than-expected inflation print eased fears over the ...

oxhak 2 weeks ago

Progress Software confirmed a zero-day vulnerability caused ShareFile disruption. The company released a fix and is restoring access for Storage Zones Controller customers who install it.

SecurityWeek

Progress Confirms Zero-Day Vulnerability Behind ShareFile Disruption

Progress Software is restoring ShareFile access for Storage Zones Controller customers after patching a zero-day vulnerability.

oxhak 2 weeks ago

OpenAI’s first hardware device will reportedly be a rechargeable speaker with a humanlike design, intended to serve as a physical form of ChatGPT, Bloomberg reports.

Engadget

OpenAI

OpenAI wants its first AI device to feel like the physical manifestation of ChatGPT, Bloomberg says.

oxhak 2 weeks ago

Chrome 150 and Firefox 152 updates fix critical security vulnerabilities. Public exploit code targets some Firefox flaws, but no attacks exploiting them have been seen in the wild.

SecurityWeek

Critical Vulnerabilities Patched With Fresh Chrome 150, Firefox 152 Updates

Fresh Chrome 150 and Firefox 152 updates resolve critical vulnerabilities, including issues with public exploit code.

oxhak 2 weeks ago

Bitcoin rose to $65,000 on Wednesday, reclaiming the level after falling below $62,000 earlier in the week. The move extended its recovery from a late-June low near $58,000. https://news.bitcoin.com/bitcoin-reclaims-65000-after-iran-selloff/

oxhak 2 weeks ago

Sonos is rolling out an update aimed at fixing problems from its redesigned app, nearly two years after the redesign launched.

Android Authority

Sonos is finally rolling out an update for its insanely bad app

Sonos is starting to roll out an update for its companion app with a new tab interface, speaker sorting options, and more improvements.

oxhak 2 weeks ago

SonicWall warned that two zero-day flaws in its SMA1000 devices, CVE-2026-15409 and CVE-2026-15410, could allow remote code execution. The company urged users to apply patches.

SecurityWeek

SonicWall Issues Urgent SMA Patch Warning for Two Zero-Day Exploits

SonicWall SMA1000 zero-day vulnerabilities CVE-2026-15409 and CVE-2026-15410 can be exploited for remote code execution.

oxhak 2 weeks ago

Researchers developed an unsupervised system that converts daytime farm images into nighttime near-infrared images, helping robots navigate after dark. Tests used a new dataset and a real agricultural robot.

arXiv.org

Enabling 24-hour Agricultural Robotics: Unsupervised Day-to-Night Cross-Modal Image Translation for Nighttime Visual Navigation

While visual navigation has been extensively studied in agricultural robotics, most existing systems assume daytime conditions. In fact, deploying ...

oxhak 2 weeks ago

Google and Epic withdrew their settlement attempt, leaving Google set to carry rival third-party Android app stores in Google Play starting July 22.

The Verge

Google and Epic give up fighting — third-party Android app stores are coming next week

Is the Epic Google case finally over?

oxhak 2 weeks ago

Arch CTO Himanshu Sahay called for a measured, fact-based review of Bitcoin proposal BIP-110 as debate over its impact and network rules grows. https://news.bitcoin.com/arch-cto-himanshu-sahay-says-bitcoin-validates-rules-not-motives-as-bip-110-rift-deepens/