Eight frontier AI models battle in chess for Game Arena’s first tournament tonight

Google and Kaggle have launched "Game Arena," a new open-source platform that pits AI models against each other in strategic games. The first tournament kicks off today, August 5, at 10:30 a [...]

Apple removes AdGuard’s TrustTunnel from Russian App Store amid censorship push

AdGuard's TrustTunnel app lacks built-in bypass features but was still targeted by regulators. Here's all we know. [...]

Security researchers develop automated malware removal that works like a vaccine

ECHO open source tool hijacks malware’s own update mechanisms to neutralize infections, offering a faster, scalable way to fight botnets. [...]

A terrific 2D Ninja Gaiden, housefly bucket lists and other new indie games worth checking out

Welcome to our latest recap of what's going on in the indie game space. A bunch of new games dropped this week that are more than worthy of your attention, including a modern take on an old-schoo [...]

Microsoft’s Fara-7B is a computer-use AI agent that rivals GPT-4o and works directly on your PC

Microsoft has introduced Fara-7B, a new 7-billion parameter model designed to act as a Computer Use Agent (CUA) capable of performing complex tasks directly on a user’s device. Fara-7B sets new stat [...]

Twitter turned 20 and I feel nothing

Twitter is officially 20 years old. In another reality, that might make me kind of nostalgic. I've been lurking and scrolling and tweeting for 16 years; most of my adult life. There was a time wh [...]

Why choosing the right software strategy can make or break an SDV

Open source alone isn’t enough. SDVs demand deterministic, resilient software built for safety-critical performance. [...]

China’s DeepSeek AI assistant becomes top free iPhone app as US tech stocks take a hit

Chinese AI assistant DeepSeek has become the top rated free app on Apple's App Store in the US and elsewhere, beating out ChatGPT and other rivals. It's powered by the open-source DeepSeek V [...]

Maximum-severity vulnerability threatens 6% of all websites

Open source React executes malicious code with malformed HTML—no authentication needed. [...]