BYD has produced the world's fastest car—but it is unavailable to American consumers. The electric Yangwang U9 Xtreme reached 503.17 km/h in Abu Dhabi, becoming the first production car to exceed 500 km/h. The FIA, motorsport's governing body, recognized the record, and the car's one-way run earned two Guinness World Records. Chinese car brands are expanding globally but remain absent from the U.S. market. Their market shares include: China 71.1%, Israel 47.3%, Chile 34.4%, Australia 24.5%, South Africa 22%, Mexico 17%, Europe 12.7%, and the U.S. near 0%.

Hackers are promising to publish modified PlayStation 5 firmware tomorrow that would allow users to play GTA 6 for free, according to online claims. The development follows Sony's emergency security patch, issued after the console was hacked.

A new critical vulnerability called "worse_query" has been found in iOS 26.7.1, 27.0.1, and 27.2. It could allow attackers to read your local files, seed phrases, private keys, and login credentials for apps. Since this affects iOS itself, we recommend updating to the latest version as soon as possible to stay protected.

The FBI is warning the public about FaceStealer, a highly effective social engineering scheme used by North Korean cyber actors to steal cryptocurrency and target the software supply chain. FaceStealer uses imposter versions of video conference platforms, secretly recorded web camera video, and computer intrusions to target individuals working in the cryptocurrency/Web3 industry and open-source software maintainers.

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