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Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. To get this in your inbox, sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! Something was in the air this week because we had a heck of a lot of electric aircraft
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Two US senators have proposed a new Water Cyber Shield Act to provide the EPA with additional funding and tools to conduct cybersecurity assessments on critical water infrastructure. The act would provide $300 million annually to allow for upgrades to water utility infrastructure. Numerous coordinated attacks have been launched against
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This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on AI safety, follow Robert Hart. The Stepback arrives in our subscribers’ inboxes at 8AM ET. Opt in for The Stepbackhere. How it started It all started in July, when one of
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Corma CEO Alon Pluda says his AI security startup aims to close the "defense gap," where models are better at offensive security. He tells the story of one customer, a security executive who was walking his dog when he received a notification on his watch from a Corma
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A hacker has claimed to have leaked roughly 40GB of data belonging to National Grid, publishing what appears to be a collection of source code, infrastructure configurations and internal technical projects on a cybercrime forum. The post appeared on Friday and is the first published by the forum account behind
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There is a step in the development process for large language model (LLM)-assisted tooling that most teams skip because it's tedious, time-consuming, and doesn't produce results visible to end users: Verifying that what the model is saying is actually correct. Not fluent, not coherent, not
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Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. What we know so far: Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered at least three new vulnerabilities that could potentially allow attackers to gain system privileges even on patched Windows computers. These include a memory configuration chip
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Just like any other online service, hackers can target and break into your accounts on popular AI platforms such as ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity. TechCrunch has created a comprehensive guide to help you protect yourself if you suspect someone has broken into your account on one of the internet’s
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Meta published "The Future is for Everyone," and nowhere in it does Zuckerberg name a condition under which Meta would slow down. Once you notice that, the rest of the memo reads differently. It is a policy document as much as a product vision, and it takes direct
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Anthropic published the Risk Report on 14 August, covering the period to 15 July. Axios got the company on the record and led on the misalignment rating, as did most of the coverage. Anthropic raised its estimate of catastrophic harm from misalignment in high-stakes settings. It now calls that risk
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Have I Been Pwned logged the leaked records, and The Register reported the dump on 14 August. Jessica Lyons, its cybersecurity editor, wrote it. A ShinyHunters spokesperson told her the group broke in by voice-phishing a member of staff. There was no exploit and no unpatched flaw. Someone picked up
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Robert Ferris put the question to forecasters and executives for CNBC on 15 August. The average American car is now 12.8 years old, on Mobility Global’s figures. A new one costs close to $50,000, and nobody selling software-defined vehicles will say they last that long. Sam Fiorani
