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US startups resist curbs on Chinese AI models

Nearly 200 US startups have urged the Trump administration to reject sweeping restrictions on Chinese open-weight artificial intelligence models, warning that a broad ban would raise costs, weaken competition and threaten companies built around affordable access to advanced technology. The coordinated appeal was organised by the newly formed Little Tech Association and sent to President Donald Trump and senior administration officials, including Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and […]

University ransomware attacks accelerate worldwide

Ransomware attacks on universities rose during the first half of 2026 as a fast-expanding cybercrime operation called The Gentlemen intensified its focus on higher education institutions across several continents. Higher education attacks increased by more than 8% compared with the second half of 2025, even as ransomware incidents across the broader education sector fell by 13%. Researchers recorded 104 attacks on schools, colleges and universities worldwide between […]

GitHub workflows weaponised to raid hosting servers

Hackers have hijacked GitHub Actions workflows across compromised repositories to create a distributed attack network targeting cPanel and WebHost Manager servers, exposing credentials, databases and cloud accounts. The campaign uses GitHub-hosted computing systems as disposable machines for scanning the internet, exploiting vulnerable hosting platforms and transmitting stolen information to attacker-controlled infrastructure. Security researchers linked the activity to malicious workflow files planted in thousands of repositories. The investigation […]

Notepad++ plugin trick delivers new malware loaders

Hackers are using a legitimate copy of Notepad++ and a disguised plugin to install malware on Windows computers, allowing malicious code to run through the text editor’s normal extension-loading process. The campaign has been linked to UAC-0099, a threat cluster known for targeting government bodies, defence organisations and strategically important enterprises in Ukraine. The revised infection chain, detected from mid-July, deploys two newly identified tools called LUNCHPOKE […]

Iran-linked hackers widen attacks on US industrial controls

Iran-linked cyber actors are targeting internet-connected industrial control systems used across US water, energy, manufacturing and public-service networks, prompting an expanded federal warning covering equipment made by Siemens, Schneider Electric and Rockwell Automation. The updated alert says attackers have gained access to programmable logic controllers, or PLCs, which manage physical processes inside critical infrastructure. Intruders have downloaded malicious project files, altered control logic and manipulated information shown […]

AMD launches Helios assault on Nvidia dominance

Advanced Micro Devices has launched a rack-scale artificial intelligence platform built around its next-generation accelerators, processors and networking technology, stepping up its attempt to weaken Nvidia’s hold over the fast-expanding AI infrastructure market. The Helios system, unveiled at AMD’s Advancing AI event at San Francisco’s Moscone Center, is now in full production and is scheduled to begin shipping before the end of the third quarter of 2026. […]

CycloTech advances air taxi with directional rotors

Arabian Post Staff -Dubai CycloTech is advancing an unconventional air-taxi concept that replaces exposed horizontal propellers with barrel-shaped CycloRotors capable of directing thrust through 360 degrees. The four-seat design, configured for a pilot and three passengers, has been projected to travel about 85 kilometres, remain airborne for 40 minutes and cruise at 150 kilometres per hour. Those figures remain development targets rather than certified performance data from […]

Iran claims strike on AWS hub in Bahrain

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has claimed that cruise missiles struck Amazon Web Services infrastructure in Bahrain, describing the facility as a key component of United States-linked digital operations in the Gulf. The scale and timing of any new damage have not been independently verified. The IRGC said the attack destroyed what it called Amazon’s central data hub in Bahrain. Its statement presented the operation as retaliation […]

Bazzite broadens Linux gaming across devices

Bazzite is emerging as a flexible gaming operating system that seeks to bring a console-style experience to desktop computers, handhelds, tablets and home theatre systems without stripping away the functions of a conventional PC. Built on Fedora Atomic Desktops, the open-source platform arrives with Steam installed and includes gaming-focused drivers, software and system adjustments. Its developers aim to reduce the configuration work traditionally associated with Linux gaming […]

Gen Z loses faith in Britain’s economic promise

Britain’s youngest workers are becoming less confident that the economy can deliver secure jobs, meaningful savings or attainable homes, as rising youth unemployment and weak entry-level hiring cloud their financial prospects. The unemployment rate among people aged 16 to 24 climbed to 16.4% in the three months to May, its highest level in about 11 years. The increase means roughly one in six young people participating in […]

Samsung widens foldable range as component costs climb

Samsung Electronics has unveiled three new foldable smartphones, including a wider passport-sized model, while raising prices on two devices as higher memory-chip costs add pressure to its mobile business. The Galaxy Z Fold8, Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra and Galaxy Z Flip8 were introduced at the company’s Galaxy Unpacked event in London on Wednesday. Samsung is expanding its foldable portfolio at a time when the wider smartphone market […]

Google launches CodeMender for automated vulnerability repair

Google has released CodeMender in public preview as a managed artificial intelligence security agent designed to find, verify and repair software vulnerabilities while keeping developers in control of final code changes. The service is available through the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform and can also operate as a component of Google AI Threat Defense. It marks the transition of CodeMender from a Google DeepMind research project into an […]

Galaxy Watch maps metabolic trends without glucose readings

Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Samsung’s Galaxy Watch can provide insights linked to long-term metabolic health without using a continuous glucose monitor, but it does not measure blood sugar or replace established diabetes-testing devices. The distinction centres on Samsung’s Advanced Glycation End-products Index, known as the AGEs Index. Available on the Galaxy Watch7 and newer supported models, the feature estimates the accumulation of compounds formed when sugars react […]

XRP Ledger crosses million-mark for autonomous AI payments

The XRP Ledger has processed more than one million transactions initiated by artificial intelligence agents, highlighting the rapid emergence of machine-controlled payments across blockchain networks. The milestone was disclosed as developers expand systems that allow autonomous software to purchase data, computing capacity and other digital services without requiring a person to approve every payment. Ayo Akinyele, head of engineering at RippleX, expects activity to accelerate sharply, potentially […]

Shadow AI use clouds returns and exposes data

Employees’ growing use of unauthorised artificial intelligence tools is making it harder for companies to calculate returns on technology spending while exposing confidential information to systems outside corporate control. Businesses that invested heavily in generative AI are now confronting a widening gap between formal deployment plans and how staff use the technology. Workers are often turning to free consumer platforms or personal accounts because approved systems are […]

US carmakers accelerate Chinese technology purge

US carmakers are racing to remove Chinese-designed communications hardware and software from connected vehicles as federal restrictions force a costly overhaul of supply chains, engineering systems and supplier relationships. The industry faces its first major deadline with model year 2027 vehicles, when covered connectivity and automated-driving software linked to China or Russia will be barred from new cars sold in the United States. Restrictions on vehicle connectivity […]

ZenaTech Expands AI Drone Commercialisation as DaaS Contributes 93% of Q1 Revenue

London exchange prepares AI-ready overnight trading venue

London Stock Exchange is preparing to open a near-continuous weekday trading venue designed for algorithmic systems and AI-enabled trading, extending access to its markets across Asian, European and American time zones. The new platform, London Stock Exchange 24, or LSE 24, is scheduled to enter client testing by the end of 2026. Exchange-traded products will become its first asset class during the first half of 2027, subject […]

Claude jailbreak fuels underground pentest service

A Russian-speaking cybercriminal has transformed techniques for bypassing Claude’s safety controls into a commercial artificial intelligence platform marketed for offensive penetration testing. The operator, using the online name Trim, moved from publishing a detailed jailbreak tutorial on a Russian-language cybercrime forum on 31 March to advertising a working product called AI Pentest Checker on 21 June. The three-month progression illustrates how quickly instructions for manipulating mainstream AI […]

Google broadens Gemini range with lower-cost models

Google has launched three lower-cost Gemini artificial intelligence models, including a cybersecurity system designed to detect and repair software vulnerabilities, as the technology group seeks to improve efficiency while its next flagship model remains under development. The lineup comprises Gemini 3.6 Flash, Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite and Gemini 3.5 Flash Cyber. Google is positioning the releases for organisations that need faster responses, predictable operating costs and the capacity […]

CAV3RN shifts command traffic into Outlook calendars

Project CAV3RN has adopted a new communication module that hides command-and-control traffic inside Outlook calendar events, marking a significant upgrade to the cyberespionage framework’s efforts to evade conventional network monitoring. The module, named AzureCommunication. dll, appears designed to replace an earlier component that exchanged instructions and stolen data through HTTP and WebSocket connections. It instead uses Microsoft Graph to access a compromised Microsoft 365 mailbox, turning calendar […]

Craneware breach exposes staff and healthcare client data

Craneware has disclosed a cyberattack that allowed an unauthorised party to extract employee information and records linked to customers and business partners, raising fresh concerns about technology supply-chain risks across the US healthcare sector. The Edinburgh-based healthcare software provider said attackers gained access to a limited section of its data environment. A significant volume of file names was viewed and removed, while an unspecified proportion of employee […]

WordPress patches critical flaw enabling site takeover

WordPress has issued emergency security updates to block a critical vulnerability that allowed unauthenticated attackers to execute code on websites running standard installations without plugins. The flaw, dubbed “wp2shell” and tracked as CVE-2026-63030, affected WordPress 6.9.0 through 6.9.4 and versions 7.0.0 and 7.0.1. WordPress released versions 6.9.5 and 7.0.2 on July 17, urging administrators to install the patches immediately. The vulnerability carried exceptional risk because an attacker […]

Magnet sues ex-contractor over iPhone exploit leak

Magnet Forensics has accused a former contractor of disclosing confidential information about an undisclosed iPhone vulnerability to a rival cybersecurity company, potentially destroying the commercial value of a hacking capability used by government investigators. The Canadian digital forensics company filed a federal lawsuit against exploit engineer Mario Del Gaudio and Spain-based Paradigm Shift Technology S. L. The complaint alleges that Paradigm Shift published technical research derived from […]