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2026-07-20 12:00:00 UTC

Infosec expert: Paidwork users' data pwned after 23M-record database dumped online
HIBP claims leaked info includes bank account numbers, payout histories, and personal details
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https://www.theregister.com/cyber-crime/2026/07/20/infosec-expert-paidwork-users-data-pwned-after-23m-record-database-dumped-online/5274869

2026-07-20 00:38:54 UTC

Chinese President Xi Jinping wants emergency response systems to keep AI in check
PLUS: Korean e-tailer Coupang's warehouse burns; Australian Uni expels VMware; India's first private rocket flies first time; And more!
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https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/07/20/chinese-president-xi-jinping-wants-emergency-response-systems-to-keep-ai-in-check/5274687

2026-07-18 13:30:00 UTC

Java was a three-day hotfix away from dying horribly on stage
Tim Lindholm, Java's original JVM maintainer, shares with El Reg some of the grungy build details the doc glosses over
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https://www.theregister.com/devops/2026/07/18/java-was-a-three-day-hotfix-away-from-dying-horribly-on-stage/5274590

2026-07-17 16:15:22 UTC

AI spam filters are getting suckered by old-school text salting
Turns out decades-old email tricks still work against some LLM-powered email filters
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https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/07/17/ai-spam-filters-are-getting-suckered-by-old-school-text-salting/5274434

2026-07-17 09:15:00 UTC

Google fixing Android lock screen bug that lets Gemini send SMS without a PIN
A specific multi-touch gesture bypasses an authentication prompt, allowing anyone to send messages
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https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/07/17/google-fixing-android-lock-screen-bug-that-lets-gemini-send-sms-without-a-pin/5273027

2026-07-17 08:00:00 UTC

How Gartner can help turn your AI vision into business reality
SPONSORED POST: Feeling stuck with your AI application projects? Gartner has the solution
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https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/07/17/how-gartner-can-help-turn-your-ai-vision-into-business-reality/5270873

2026-07-17 06:30:00 UTC

Tech support chap told angry customer to think inside the box – and solved the problem
We're not Li-ion, user thought mobile phone batteries died every few days
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https://www.theregister.com/personal-tech/2026/07/17/tech-support-chap-told-angry-customer-to-think-inside-the-box-and-solved-the-problem/5272293

2026-07-16 16:21:00 UTC

AI vendors have found someone to pay their infrastructure bills: You
Forrester warns price hikes and usage charges will pump up software budgets next year
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https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/07/16/ai-vendors-have-found-someone-to-pay-their-infrastructure-bills-you/5273712

2026-07-16 00:14:41 UTC

Former OpenAI CTO does what Altman won't: releases a frontier AI model that's actually open
Thinking Machines' first open weights model is a 975 billion parameter alternative to Chinese LLMs
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https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/07/16/former-openai-cto-does-what-altman-wont-releases-a-frontier-ai-model-thats-actually-open/5272177

2026-07-15 22:30:00 UTC

Cadence's AuraStack agent melds AI with HPC to speed PCB, advanced packaging design
One-two punch offers a glimpse of how low-precision AI can complement high-precision simulations
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https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/07/15/cadences-aurastack-agent-melds-ai-with-hpc-to-speed-pcb-advanced-packaging-design/5271465

2026-07-14 12:15:00 UTC

'The bots are alive!' Jailbroken Gemini spun up new C2 server for Russian fraudster in just 6 minutes
Human did 10% of the job,
AI did 90%
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https://www.theregister.com/research/2026/07/14/the-bots-are-alive-jailbroken-gemini-spun-up-new-c2-server-for-russian-fraudster-in-just-6-minutes/5270131

2026-07-13 14:16:00 UTC

Sticker shock has execs rethinking this whole AI thing
This week on The Reg's Kettle podcast, we wonder whether tokenminning is going to bring the industry back down to Earth
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https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/07/13/sticker-shock-has-execs-rethinking-this-whole-ai-thing-1/5270073