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The 40th edition of Technology Sabha, hosted by Express Computer, the IT publication of The Indian Express Group, brought together senior government officials, policymakers and leaders in Jaipur on August 21–22, 2026. Anchored on the theme “India Ascending: From Digital Infrastructure to Intelligent Governance,” the two-day summit examined how
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Google keeps cranking out Flash models: the company on Wednesday announced two versions of a new 3.8 Flash. The variants include a standard Flash, a “workhorse” model for agentic tasks, software development, and multi-step reasoning, and Flash Cyber optimized for vulnerability detection and mitigation. Google CEO Sundar Pichai said
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CrowdStrike has announced coordinated multi-agent investigations on a shared context layer, with customers setting autonomy from human-in-the-loop approval to fully autonomous execution. NIS2 starts its 24-hour reporting clock from becoming aware of a significant incident, and holds management bodies liable for the measures they approve. CrowdStrike says AI agents now
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Despite what we saw with OpenAI’s models going rogue, creating message boards, and breaking into Hugging Face, only one advanced AI model - Anthropic’s Claude Mythos - completed the full cyber kill chain autonomously in Booz Allen’s tests. This doesn’t mean autonomous AI attacks are overhyped.
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Palo Alto Networks paid $500 million in cash and stock to acquire Console, a two-year-old startup that uses AI agents to automate routine IT help desk tasks, according to two people with knowledge of the deal. The companies officially announced the acquisition on Tuesday but didn’t reveal terms of
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Rep. Maxine Dexter (D-OR) arrives for a Democratic caucus meeting on Capitol Hill on September 1, 2026 in Washington, DC. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images ByEdward Graham, Managing Editor, Nextgov/FCW September 2, 2026 06:09 PM ET The House Veterans’ Affairs Committee voted 19-0 to subpoena Oracle Chairman and Co-founder
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The Justice Department has spent years attempting to break up Google’s gargantuan advertising business across two separate antitrust lawsuits: one filed in 2020 focused on Google’s dominance in search, and a second filed in 2023 that specifically targeted Google’s ad-technology business. Both cases argued that the search
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Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., is seen during votes in the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, June 17, 2026 Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images ByDavid DiMolfetta, Cybersecurity Reporter, Nextgov/FCW September 2, 2026 04:01 PM ET A congressional analysis found foreign spies could trace users by comparing
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* Forescout researchers showed AI can port RCE exploits to PLCs, achieving DoS and shellcode execution * Effort required heavy researcher input and $500+ in API usage, making attacks impractical for criminals * Nation‑state actors remain a concern, as seen in Sandworm’s 2025 attack on Poland’s power grid If you
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If you have handed over your driver’s license, passport, or other form of identity document to verify your information in the real world, like at a bar, a weed store, or when booking a car rental, there’s a good chance it’s now been stolen in a suspected
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AI Agents can be incredibly useful, but their autonomous actions can be incredibly dangerous if not adequately controlled. Max Brin is developing a product he describes as an ‘AV for AI’. The analogy with antivirus can be a little confusing since this product is nothing like a traditional antivirus – but
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Sony’s decision to phase out physical PlayStation game discs beginning in 2028 has been met with fierce backlash from the gaming community, leading to calls for a blackout of the platform and rumors of pushback from publishing partners. Some fans have taken things too far, however, forcing the company
