OpenAI is expanding its cybersecurity program and launching a new AI model for security researchers

The new GPT-5.6-Cyber model, available to vetted defenders through Daybreak Red, completed 95% of advanced cybersecurity task requests in testing [...]

New Pass-ta-key attack reveals all the things we didn't know about passkeys

Why passkey apps treat Windows differently than other operating systems. [...]

OpenAI extends 'Daybreak' security project and reveals new cyber model — but for approved users only

Daybreak now offers two different models that come with varying degrees of compliance. [...]

I tried Opera's new vertical tabs - and it might be the best implementation yet

If the lack of vertical tabs has kept you from adopting the Opera browser, you might want to take another look. [...]

New surveillance tech links your phone to your license plate

Phone and Bluetooth signals could turn roadside cameras into far richer tracking tools. [...]

Italian scientists ready a new solar instrument for a make-or-break eclipse test

talian researchers have packed up a new solar instrument, driven it carefully across the continent by road rather than risk it in an aircraft hold, and readied it for one of the more nerve-racking exp [...]

Tesla emptied its share of California’s new EV rebate in five days

Tesla exhausted its share of California’s MyFirstEV rebate between August 3 and August 8. The $50,000 price cap is waived for California-headquartered EV-only makers like Rivian and Lucid, but not T [...]

OpenAI is losing another top executive as its former COO leaves to start something new

Lightcap, who joined OpenAI in 2018 and served as its COO for four years, said he plans to stay on for a few more weeks [...]

Amazon's new Texas AI data center could become the biggest CO2 polluter in the US — 7.65GW facility gets permit to spread 33 million tons of annual greenhouse gases, despite Amazon's clean energy pledge

Amazon’s planned Texas AI data center could emit 33 million tons of CO₂ annually, exceeding the emissions of America’s largest polluter. [...]