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๐Ÿค– Chinaโ€™s Kimi K3 Broke Out of Its Sandbox to Look Up Test Answers

Moonshot AI's Kimi K3 left the sandbox it was being tested in and went onto the open internet to find answers to problems it had been set.

The model was being assessed on defensive cybersecurity skills and was expressly tasked with solving problems without looking them up. It did not attempt the task at all. Instead it probed the network, established that DNS resolution for github.com was working, cloned the official benchmark repository and read the solution off the disk.

"We found a leak in the sandbox," โ€” CEO Yaron Singer said. "But we also found that Kimi took advantage of that loophole."


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President Putin has confirmed a new payment infrastructure with BRICS using blockchain at the International Economic Forum ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ He stated:

โ€œAny country can at any moment be deprived of access to its legitimate assets, which are placed in dollars or euros, as well as to Western financial payment infrastructure. The Western Financial System is clearly out of date and the monopoly will no longer continue as we plan to use international payments using advanced blockchain solutions.โ€

โžก๏ธ โ€œThe Unitโ€ is in an advanced pilot stage and works as a settlement token backed by a basket of assets (roughly 40% gold and 60% BRICS currencies), issued on a blockchain platform for pricing and mutual settlements. โ€œThe Unitโ€ wonโ€™t fluctuate sharply on the market because its value is determined by the underlying assets. It will serve as an anchor of stability among BRICS countries ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ

Global trade could shift to โ€œ The Unitsโ€ over dollars or yuan ๐Ÿ˜ณ with every transaction publicly traceable on the blockchain, they remain free from central bank manipulation.

President Putin also said: โ€œthe USD is used as weapon and so counter-weapons need to be builtโ€ ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ

The Law on Digital Currencies and Digital Rights takes effect on 1st September 2026. What it does:

๐ŸคฉRecognizes digital currency as property.
๐ŸคฉCreates a licensed exchange market supervised by the Central Bank.
๐ŸคฉSets up digital depositories to record who owns what.
๐ŸคฉRegulates mining, custody and digital financial assets.

Official site ๐Ÿ”ณ http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/document/0001202608040007
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โšก๏ธ๐Ÿง‘โ€โš–๏ธ US Senate Passes Russia Sanctions Bill Championed by Graham

The US Senate passed a sweeping new Russia sanctions bill authorizing punishing tariffs of up to 100% on imports from China, India and other top buyers of the countryโ€™s oil and gas as well as extended Iran sanctions.

The legislation, which had been championed by the late Senator Lindsey Graham, received bipartisan support, ultimately passing on an 86 to 11 vote. The bill now heads to the House, which returns after the August recess.

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โœˆ๏ธ Iberia to operate special A321XLR flight with Starlink to observe solar eclipse that will be visible over parts of Spain on August 12, 2026.

Spanish flag carrier Iberia plans to broadcast the eclipse live from the sky via its social media channels, since the A321XLR that will perform the mission is one of the airlineโ€™s first aircraft to be equipped with satellite-based Starlink. This will be the first total solar eclipse to be visible from the Iberian Peninsula since 1912.

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โšก๏ธ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธTrump Touts $3 Billion in Minerals Projects to Counter China

President Donald Trump touted $3 billion in US investments in critical minerals mining at a meeting Friday with top industry executives aimed at weaning the US off supply chains dominated by China.

Trump said the projects would โ€œcreate thousands of jobs and promote our economic stability and security,โ€ at an event at the State Department. โ€œWeโ€™re putting our miners back to work, and weโ€™re reclaiming Americaโ€™s rightful place as the minerals superpower of the world,โ€ he added.


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โšก๏ธ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธZelensky Begins Two-Day Serbia Visit, Holds Talks With Vucic

"We will discuss expanding economic ties between our countries, relations with the European Union, other areas that can benefit our nations, and security issues," โ€” Zelensky said.


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โšก๏ธ๐Ÿค– Congress Eyes Boosting Quantum Funds as Global Race Heats Up

US lawmakers from both parties are seeking to boost federal funding for quantum computing as China and other countries race to transition from research to deployment of the nascent technology across defense, intelligence and cybersecurity.

The House later this year is expected to debate defense funding legislation that would increase annual military spending on quantum development and application by 68% to $567 million. A similar effort is underway in the Senate to fund the nascent technology, which researchers believe could provide a range of new capabilities in everything from drug discovery to computing encryption standards.

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๐Ÿค‘ XRP Ledger 3.3.0 Upgrade Is Available With Six Major Features

XRP Ledger version 3.3.0 is now available, introducing one of the biggest software upgrades in the networkโ€™s history. Meanwhile, this XRPL upgrade focused on improving privacy, transaction efficiency, and institutional adoption

๐Ÿš€ What Is New in XRP Ledger Version 3.3.0?

The XRP Ledger (XRPL) has released version 3.3.0, introducing six major protocol upgrades that validators will review before they can go live on the XRP Ledger.

๐Ÿ”œ One of the biggest additions is Confidential Transfers, which allows Multi-Purpose Token (MPT) transactions to hide balances and payment amounts while still being verified through zero-knowledge technology.

๐Ÿ”œ Another major feature is Sponsored Fees, allowing banks, businesses, or platforms to pay XRP transaction fees and account reserves for users. This makes onboarding easier because new users no longer need to hold XRP before using XRPL services.

๐Ÿ”œ The upgrade also introduces Batch Transactions, enabling up to eight transactions to settle together. If one transaction fails, the entire batch is canceled, reducing settlement risk for financial institutions.

๐Ÿ”œ Other changes include Permission Delegation, Dynamic MPT, and infrastructure improvements that reduce validator memory usage by around 10% to 15%, helping the network process transactions more efficiently.

โ—๏ธAlthough the software is available, the new features still require approval from XRPL validators before activation.

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๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿค– China's ByteDance is training an AI model with up to 10T parameters, three times larger than its previous largest model, approaching the scale of Anthropic's Mythos system.

The development of ByteDance's new AI model is still in its early stages. The system is currently going through a pre-training process, which usually lasts between three to six months. After this phase, it will be fine-tuned and prepared for release.

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๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India Adds Blockchain to NEET Exam Security After 2026 Paper Leak

Indiaโ€™s central government has told the Supreme Court that it is overhauling the security of the countryโ€™s largest medical-entrance examination, and that blockchain is part of the plan.

๐Ÿ“ In a compliance affidavit responding to the fallout from the NEET-UG 2026 paper leak, the Ministry of Education outlined a multi-layered security architecture that includes blockchain-based record management, AI-powered monitoring, air-gapped systems, and stricter access controls, with a task force directed to report within three months specifically on โ€œleveraging AI and Blockchain to secure examination conduction.โ€

For a country whose government remains cautious about cryptocurrency as an asset, the move is a notable example of the state embracing the underlying technology for public-sector use.

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๐Ÿค– Google DeepMind and Google Research Unveils WeatherNext to Improve Cyclone Warnings

Predicting dangerous cyclones is a major challenge where every hour matters. Hurricanes and typhoons have caused more than 700,000 deaths and $1.4 trillion in losses over the past 50 years, making timely, accurate warnings critical.

A new Nature study finds Googleโ€™s WeatherNext AI model delivers state-of-the-art cyclone forecasts, providing roughly a day of additional predictive accuracy โ€” an advance equivalent to about a decade of meteorological progress.

This collaborative work brought together AI researchers and engineers at Google DeepMind and Google Research, with expert forecasters at the National Hurricane Center (NHC), the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA), the UK Met Office, and weather agencies around the world.

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โšก๏ธ๐Ÿง‘โ€โš–๏ธ U.S. Senate opens first stage of crypto Clarity Act voting to give bill a chance next month

Senate Majority Leader filed the motion to proceed on the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act early Saturday, after a marathon overnight Senate voting session.

โฌ‡๏ธThune pursued a formal motion to proceed on this legislation to establish a regulatory regime for the U.S. crypto markets. The process is used for setting up debate on a bill that's set for floor voting but doesn't have a shot at unanimous approval.

"We, the undersigned senators โ€ฆ hereby move to bring to a close debate on the motion to proceed to calendar number 423, [House Resolution] 3633, an act to provide for a system of regulation of the offer and sale of digital commodities by the SEC and the CFTC, and so forth and for other purposes," โ€” the clerk said reading the filing.


โ—๏ธCloture requires 60 yes votes to move forward.

While the motion came too late for the Senate to vote on the crypto market structure bill before the body breaks for its August recess, the move sets the bill up for an initial vote almost immediately after the Senate returns next month.

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๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Trump on Biden:

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โšก๏ธ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธUkraine and Serbia sign Memorandum of Understanding

Ukraine and Serbia have concluded a MoU and cooperation in the areas of animal health and food safety, which is intended to serve as a foundation for joint efforts in these fields. Following the bilateral signing, Vuฤiฤ‡ said the two nations will soon deliver a free trade deal, saying it is of "utmost importance for our country and Ukraine".

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๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Singapore to Ensure AI Helps Workers Worried About Jobs

Singapore is benefitting from the rapid growth of AI and the government is making use of the technology to ensure higher productivity and better jobs for workers who are worried about their livelihoods. The current administration is re-looking at its approach to industry and trade, and ways to strengthen the city-stateโ€™s competitiveness.

โ€œNew breakthroughs are creating opportunities that were unimaginable just a few years ago, even as they raise new challenges and questions,โ€ โ€” Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said.

โ€œWe cannot stand still while others move ahead. But neither should we accept every new technology uncritically. Singapore will embrace these advances on our own terms.โ€


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โšก๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Brazil's central bank orders exchanges to delay large crypto transfers abroad

Brazilโ€™s central bank will require crypto exchanges to delay some customer transfers to foreign platforms and self-custody wallets for up to 24 hours as part of new anti-fraud rules.

โ—๏ธThe requirement takes effect Jan. 1, 2027 under Resolution BCB No. 584/2026, published Aug. 7. The rule applies when a customer deposits the countryโ€™s fiat currency reais, or crypto with an exchange and then seeks to send the funds abroad or to a wallet they control.

๐Ÿ”œ Transfers exceeding the equivalent of $10,000, whether through a single transaction or several on the same day, are subject to the required hold. Smaller transfers may also face delays if an exchange flags them as risky.

๐Ÿ”œ The hold isnโ€™t permanent. Exchanges can release a transfer before 24 hours if their risk review finds no signs of wrongdoing. They must document that decision and tell customers when a transaction has been placed on hold.

The measure also gives exchanges more responsibility for judging risk based on the customer, transaction, counterparty and destination jurisdiction.

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๐Ÿค– BTQ Technologies and ITRI Complete Key Milestone in Global QCIM Chip Roadmap Led by BTQ and ICTK

BTQ Technologies Corp. ("BTQ"), a global technology company building the trust infrastructure for the quantum era, is pleased to announce the successful completion of the first milestone of its multi-year collaboration with the Industrial Technology Research Institute ("ITRI") to validate BTQ's Quantum Compute-in-Memory ("QCIM") architecture for post-quantum cryptography.

โ—๏ธCompletion of the first milestone demonstrated the QCIM architecture's ability to accurately and efficiently accelerate cryptographic operations across demanding operating conditions evaluated during the program. The results support the continued development of next-generation QCIM technology designed for future integration across military, industrial, automotive, Internet of Things, Physical AI and other connected devices, systems and infrastructure.

The QCIM core IP demonstrated its crypto-agility by executing cryptographic operations associated with FIPS 203, FIPS 204 and FIPS 205, the post-quantum cryptography standards established by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology.

"The work completed with ITRI provides a stronger foundation for integrating QCIM into the devices and infrastructure supporting military, industrial, automotive, IoT and Physical AI systems," โ€” said Olivier Roussy Newton, CEO and Chairman of BTQ Technologies.


On May 1, 2023, BTQ was informed that it was the recipient of a US$10,000 grant from the Stellar Community Fund. ๐Ÿ’ซ

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