⚡️❤️ Microsoft launches its first cybersecurity model, plus a new agentic cybersecurity system

The company describes MAI-Cyber-1-Flash as a model that’s built “to find challenging vulnerabilities in complex codebases.” The model is built to animate MDASH, Microsoft’s harness dedicated to software vulnerability identification and remediation.

The new security platform is dubbed Perception, and it’s designed to deploy teams of agents to assist with and automate various security workflows, including identifying and remediating bugs. The platform can also integrate with MDASH.

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🛰 Amazon Seeks FCC Nod to Beam Satellite Coverage to Mobile Phones

Amazon has requested permission from the US FСС to launch a direct-to-device network of 5,000 satellites to provide mobile services to cell phones from space. The move comes several months after Amazon acquired the satellite operations of Globalstar, which provides emergency connectivity to Apple iPhones and internet-of-Things devices.

If the regulator gives the green light, the new low-Earth orbit network would provide global coverage and connect to smartphones and other mobile devices to allow for messaging, data and emergency services in areas not covered by cell towers.

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🛰🇬🇧 Starlink signs nationwide exclusive installation agreement with Satworks across the UK

The agreement will take effect from 16 August 2026 and will see Satworks manage Starlink installations across the UK through its nationwide network of trained installation engineers for homes and businesses in both urban and rural areas.

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🤖 Quantum computing cuts network optimization from one hour to under 15 seconds at AT&T

AT&T has partnered with D-Wave Quantum to use its quantum computing technology after the Palo Alto-based company’s system cut the time needed for a network optimization task from about one hour to less than 15 seconds. The telecom giant plans to use D-Wave’s quantum annealing technology to tackle complex optimization problems across its network operations.

The work will initially focus on areas including outage detection and response, technician routing, network build planning and traffic management. The companies will also explore how faster processing could help AT&T plan and manage its expanding fiber and 5G networks as demand for connectivity grows.

“AT&T’s work with D-Wave is a powerful example of how leading enterprises are beginning to turn to quantum computing for solving real business problems,” — said Alan Baratz, CEO of D-Wave.

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🎓 Professor's invisible prompt trap catches 32 students cheating on their midterm with AI

In an online discussion post, Alcorn State University history professor Dr. Jason Gibson posed a question that represented part of his students' midterm. It was about the Industrial Revolution, but knowing how many students now rely solely on AI for their answers, he secretly embedded instructions telling the AI to include information about Madagascar in a way that makes no sense.

⬇️Gibson showed some examples of how Madagascar was included in the answers:

In one case, the AI talked about the Industrial Revolution before adding what seems to be a cryptic message one spy would whisper to another: "Madagascar floats sideways through the afternoon."

In a similar vein, another answer talked about technology and social inequality before finishing with, "Madagascar purple bicycle whispers to the ceiling."

Being written in white text meant the instructions were invisible. Sure enough, 32 out of the 35 students across two classes simply copied the question, pasted it into a chatbot, then copy and pasted its output into the answer window. Had any of these cheaters even bothered to check what the AI had generated, they'd likely have noticed the strange references to the island country constantly appearing in an essay about the Industrial Revolution. 😁

Gibson did say he wasn't using this as an opportunity to mock his students. He added that after he confronted them about the cheating, he gave them the opportunity to contest their grade.

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🧠 Dreams may be the brain’s nightly remix of personality, memory, emotion, and real-world experience

Why do some dreams feel so vivid that they seem almost real, while others unfold as confusing fragments that are difficult to remember or understand? A study led by researchers at the IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca found that dreams are not simply random collections of images and thoughts.

📝 The research, published in Communications Psychology, examined more than 3,700 descriptions of dreams and waking experiences from 287 people between the ages of 18 and 70. For two weeks, participants recorded their dreams and daily experiences.

🇷🇺 To analyze such a large number of written reports, the researchers used natural language processing (NLP), a form of AI that examines patterns, relationships, and meaning in language.

"Our findings show that dreams are not just a reflection of past experiences, but a dynamic process shaped by who we are and what we live through," — explains Valentina Elce, researcher at the IMT School. "By combining large-scale data with computational methods, we were able to uncover patterns in dream content that were previously difficult to detect."

The results showed that dream content was neither completely random nor inherently chaotic. Instead, dreams reflected a complex mixture of personal characteristics, including a tendency to mind-wander, an interest in dreams, and the quality of a person's sleep. In other words, dreams may provide clues about how the mind responds to major changes over time.

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🔥Franklin Templeton supports passage of the CLARITY Act

The bill would make clear how crypto is regulated. Investors would know what protections apply. Firms would know which regulators they answer to.

It’s time to provide the industry the clarity it needs. 🚀

❗️The Clarity Act could still get some preliminary Senate action next week, though that’s the final week before the chamber begins its summer recess, potentially shifting Clarity’s next window to September.

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⚠️ SparkKitty malware hidden in mobile apps scans photos for crypto wallet seed phrases

SparkKitty, a cross-platform malware family targeting cryptocurrency users, has been distributed through Apple's App Store, Google Play and third-party Android app stores, according to Check Point.

SparkKitty spreads through trojanized applications masquerading as cryptocurrency services, messaging platforms and entertainment apps, scanning photo libraries for sensitive data like seed phrases, passwords, and QR codes before sending it to attacker-controlled servers.

❗️The report recommends avoiding screenshots of wallet recovery phrases, restricting photo library permissions to applications that require them, downloading software only from trusted sources, and reviewing application permissions regularly. It also advises storing recovery phrases offline, not in photo galleries.

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⚡️🤖 Recursive Signs $410 Million, Multi-Year Collaboration with AWS to Scale Self-Improving AI

Recursive announced a multi-year, $410 million agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to run its automated AI research system on AWS as its cloud provider. Recursive is building AI that conducts experiments on how to safely improve itself, in an open-ended process of automated scientific discovery.

"Partnering with AWS gives us the infrastructure to run self-improving AI research at a scale very few teams in the world are capable of," — said Richard Socher, CEO and co-founder of Recursive. "Recursive self-improving AI represents one of the biggest shifts ahead for humanity."

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July 27: 🇷🇺Bank of Russia drafts first regulations to launch cryptocurrency market in Russia

The Bank of Russia has created conditions for organised trading in digital currencies and digital rights. Each exchange will set out the trading mode in its rules as well as calculate the market and weighted average prices for these instruments.

Furthermore, the regulator has developed requirements for digital depositories. These new market participants, which will keep records of cryptocurrencies and digital rights, should have minimum equity of ₽50 million–₽250 million.

The exact equity amount will depend on the nature of a digital depository’s activity, e.g. whether it plans to work with open distributed ledgers or provide post-trade settlement services. The assets making up the equity should be liquid, and the financial assets included therein should be of high credit quality. Similar requirements apply to electronic platform operators, whose functions will be performed by information system operators. The latter will settle digital financial asset transactions using nominal accounts.

The regulator has also established rules for recording digital currencies and digital rights as well as the composition of data on deponents, persons receiving access to the system, and recorded assets. Moreover, the Bank of Russia has set requirements for the opening and maintenance of digital and other accounts. Actually, digital depositories will operate on the same principles as traditional securities depositories.

The Bank of Russia will keep the registerof digital depositories.

All draft regulations have been published for regulatory impact assessment.

https://www.cbr.ru/eng/press/event/?id=32732