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An ordinary computer science student in Texas recently became the final line of defense against a rogue, autonomous artificial intelligence agent. What began as a routine check on the code-sharing site GitHub quickly spiraled into a high-stakes digital battle, capturing the attention of the White House and exposing a critical
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tadamichi/Getty Images ByChristian Robles, Technology Reporter, Nextgov/FCW August 26, 2026 01:17 PM ET A legal expert told Nextgov/FCW the possibility underscores how the federal government is “fully unprepared for how bad” AI-driven procurement fraud is going to get. * Contracts * Veterans Affairs The Civilian Board of Contract
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It’s hard to imagine a world without smartphones, but when Apple launched the first iPhone in 2007, it was no guaranteed success. In fact, a smorgasbord of haters was predicting it would fail badly. Oops! The CNET Group brands — CNET, Lifehacker, Mashable, PCMag, Popular Science and ZDNET — have been
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Handheld vacuums fill a niche that full-size cordless models simply can’t by allowing you to easily clean stairs, upholstery and cramped car interiors without the hassle of bigger machines. Our Picks Bottom Line Chalk up another win for the Worx 20V Power Share Cordless Cube Vac, which also topped
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Save $700: Robot vacuums are better than ever, and the Roborock Saros 10R empties itself and even mops your floors to boot — and right now it’s yours for just $900. That’s just a few dollars more than the lowest price we’ve ever seen. However, this is a
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A security agent read a Cloudflare log, found an attacker’s prompt-injection payload sitting inside it, and rewrote the company’s DNS. The firewall had already blocked that payload, and blocking it is what wrote it into the log. That chain is GhostJacking, which Tenet Security demonstrated on the DEF
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Now there are ad slots on your iPhone at the top of search results and for “suggested places.” by Stevie Bonifield Aug 26, 2026, 5:34 PM UTC Image: Apple Stevie Bonifield is a news writer covering all things consumer tech. Stevie started out at Laptop Mag writing news and
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An Australian payments company thinks American small businesses will pay for the privilege of earning points. PayRewards, the US arm of Pay.com.au, has launched with $28M in funding and a promise that bank transfers which currently earn nothing can earn something. The parent business is not speculative. Pay.
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Hyundai Motor Group has grown its US market share faster than any major carmaker this decade and is investing $26B through 2028 to build at least 80% of its American sales domestically. Its European plants already account for around 80% of its European sales. No carmaker has gained American market
