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6:21 AM PDT · August 5, 2026 Disney is partnering with TikTok to bring Disney-focused fan content directly into the Disney+ app. The companies are starting with a pilot program in the U.S. in the coming months, and plan to expand to additional markets later on. As part of
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The LoRa Alliance, the not-for-profit responsible for stewardship of the LoRaWAN long-range low-power wide-area network radio standard, has announced the release of two new specifications designed to deliver easier device provisioning. "Every manual step in provisioning a new device, and every location a gateway can't economically reach,
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Pulse Security AI calls for boards and security leaders to define cyber risk appetite in new report: The CISO-Board Communication Gap Boards of directors believe they understand their company’s security posture and what it means for the business. The security leaders presenting to them are far less sure. Only
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BLUE (KGraph AI Solutions) has launched an AI-native enterprise video infrastructure platform built on what it describes as the world’s first semantic video codec, and said it is targeting 10x revenue growth by FY30. The platform is designed to help organisations managing large-scale CCTV deployments reduce infrastructure costs while
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Database backups likely stolen, potentially exposing donor, supporter, and service user details Beacon CRM has confirmed it was hit by a cyberattack that exposed data belonging to a growing list of UK charities. The company, which markets its software to charities and has more than 1,500 customers, said its
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Carefully choreographed shutdown gives probe's three remaining instruments more time Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory have eked out a little more life for instruments aboard the veteran Voyager 2 probe thanks to a power-saving effort called the "Big Bang." The procedure involved switching
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Anthropic said to be the client wanting to secure rent-a-GPU company's compute resources An AI cloud startup with backing from Nvidia and Michael Dell plans to open AI factories in Norway and elsewhere, targeting multiple gigawatts of capacity by 2030. Volta describes itself as a vertically integrated AI
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* ZeroBEC observes Greatness PhaaS evolving to bypass MFA and phish Microsoft 365, iCloud, Yahoo, and Google Workspace accounts * Attackers spoofed RingCentral emails post‑ShinyHunters breach, luring victims to fake Microsoft 365 logins that capture authentication tokens * Greatness is sold on Telegram for $289/month, enabling access to Outlook, Teams, SharePoint,
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* On August 4, users in Russia reported widespread disruptions to 20+ VPNs * The attack targets the IPs and entire subnets of major hosting providers * On August 5, connectivity appeared to have been restored for some Citizens attempting to bypass Russia's stringent digital censorship are facing fresh obstacles, as
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* Audeze is "deeply involved" with the creation of future PlayStation audio tech * Peter James, marketing director at Audeze, says there are products in "various stages of development" * He adds that it's Audeze's goal to bring gamers "better sound" Premier audio
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Microsoft is quietly rewriting its hardware guidance for Windows 11. Not long ago, the company made headlines for calling 32GB the "no worries" sweet spot for gaming on Windows. Now that recommendation has vanished into thin air as Microsoft pivots to promoting performance optimizations designed to accelerate machines
