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Anthropic has disclosed that several scientists and state-backed research groups were caught using Claude AI to assist with potentially dangerous biological research. The presumed threats (scientific or nefarious) have since been blocked by the company. Anthropic's detailed report outlines five specific case studies occurring between late 2025 and
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Stevie Bonifield is a news writer covering all things consumer tech. Stevie started out at Laptop Mag writing news and reviews on hardware, gaming, and AI. That isn’t Apple’s former CEO promoting the Galaxy Z Fold 8 in a new Samsung ad — “Tim Cook from Palmerston North” just
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Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. Why it matters: Although not foolproof, password managers are one of the most secure ways to generate, store, and use passwords. However, switching between them can be tedious and, in some cases, open users
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Good morning! Let's play Connections, the NYT's clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories. It can be tough, so read on if you need Connections hints. What should you do once you've finished? Why, play some more word games
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Strands is the NYT's latest word game after the likes of Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections – and it's great fun. It can be difficult, though, so read on for my Strands hints. Want more word-based fun? Then check out my NYT Connections today and Quordle today
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Quordle was one of the original Wordle alternatives and is still going strong now more than 1,500 games later. It offers a genuine challenge, though, so read on if you need some Quordle hints today — or scroll down further for the answers. Enjoy playing word games? You can also
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The Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC) selected AI-GUIDE, a medical device developed by MIT Lincoln Laboratory and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), for its 2026 Excellence in Technology Transfer Award. This award recognizes federal laboratories and collaborators who have accomplished outstanding work in the process of transferring technology. With funding from the
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Adobe has acquired Rilo, a martech startup backed by Peak XV Partners, for an undisclosed amount. Rilo was founded in 2025 by IIT Bombay alumni Dhruv Jaglan and Georgi Boby and built AI agents aimed at marketing and go-to-market teams. The acquisition also marks Adobe’s second purchase of an
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BlackLine receives PCI DSS validation for its PCI Detokenization Service, expanding automated payment-card reconciliation while keeping cardholder data in customer environments. BlackLine has received PCI DSS compliance validation for its PCI Detokenization Service, allowing organizations to use its transaction-matching and reconciliation capabilities for workflows involving sensitive payment-card information. The validation
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Cohesity has added a managed clean room capability to HCLTech’s VaultNXT cyber resilience offering, giving enterprises an isolated environment to investigate cyber incidents, validate recovery data and restore operations. The capability integrates Cohesity Clean Room and its AI-powered data security technologies into the HCLTech VaultNXT framework. The companies said
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AI is compressing the timeline of financial fraud while giving banks and financial institutions new tools to detect it. The result is an accelerating contest in which both attackers and defenders are using AI to identify patterns, automate decisions and act at machine speed. For decades, the contest between institutions
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Bybit has partnered with crypto payments network Mesh to let users access their existing Bybit balances when funding accounts or making payments on platforms connected to Mesh. The change is less about introducing another payment method and more about reducing the steps between holding a digital asset and using it.
