Binance reports a hack with estimated losses of $6.3 billion
The platform promises to cover losses after initially maintaining that customer deposits were protected.
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A personal Claude agent accesses a secure Pentagon network
Sources say an Accenture employee’s tool operates there for 2 months before it is detected and the vulnerability is fixed.
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Snapchat faces its first jury trial alongside Instagram
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Trump orders trade talks over imported robots
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Hack exposes information on over 41,000 employees of DHSBBC Technology
The group Department of Peace publishes information obtained through the hack.
Artificial intelligence
Mistral AI releases Mistral Large 4 weights on Hugging FaceNumerama
This version has 1,000 billion parameters and improves coding and cybersecurity performance, 3 weeks after its preview.
Business
CNIL fines Fnac Darty €7 millionLe Monde Pixels
The group also faces a daily €10,000 penalty unless it promptly brings its cookie practices into compliance.
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Climate models incompletely account for mechanisms that amplify warmingMIT Technology Review
Rising temperatures fuel processes that remain insufficiently reflected in targets for cutting emissions.
Business
DoorDash offers $17 billion to acquire InstacartNext
The payment combines cash and shares, following last year’s purchase of Deliveroo for €3.4 billion.