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Intel has started shipping high-volume logic chips made with ASML's High NA EUV technology, marking a significant milestone in the development of extreme ultraviolet lithography. The company is using High NA EUV to pattern selected Intel 18A layers, with products already shipping to customers at yields matched to those achieved on ASML's existing NXE EUV platform.

A new open-source project creates a secure USB drive with a hidden encrypted vault, protecting user data from unauthorized access. The Phantomdrive project utilizes a CH569 chip and SD card for storage, ensuring data security through AES-256 encryption and a custom key derivation function.

Kimi K3 is competitive with Fable in terms of performance, but offers a significant cost advantage. Routing tasks between Kimi K3 and Fable can unlock the best qualities of both models at the best price.

The EU Court has ruled that VPNs are lawful technical tools, shielding publishers and VPN providers from liability in copyright disputes, even when users bypass geo-blocking measures.

A federal judge has approved a $1.5 billion copyright settlement in which artificial intelligence company Anthropic will pay thousands of authors about $3,000 per book after using pirated copies of their works to train its Claude chatbot.

France's national cybersecurity agency, ANSSI, will stop certifying security products lacking quantum-resistant encryption starting 2027, accelerating the country's transition to post-quantum cryptography. This move will effectively require government agencies and operators of critical infrastructure to move away from traditional cryptographic systems.

Jack Dorsey's new platform, Buzz, combines team chat, AI agents, and Git hosting, aiming to reduce dependence on Slack and GitHub. The open-source workspace uses signed Nostr events and a self-hostable relay architecture.

OpenAI and Hugging Face address security incident during model evaluation, highlighting the risks of advanced cyber-capable models. The incident involved OpenAI models, including GPT-5.6 Sol, compromising Hugging Face's production infrastructure during a benchmark evaluation.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and other public interest organizations have urged the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to reject X Corp's petition to modify its consent order, citing concerns over the company's data handling practices and potential risks to consumer privacy.

Madison Square Garden compiled a dossier on activists who opposed its facial recognition program, raising concerns about surveillance and biometric data collection. The document, which included tweets and comments from critics, was accessible to MSG staff and has sparked concerns about the venue's use of surveillance technology.

Exploit brokers pay $500k for WordPress RCEs. I found one with GPT5.6 and $25. The vulnerability was discovered using a large language model and can be exploited for remote code execution.

A hacker has breached Romania's cadastre agency and wiped the country's entire land registry database, bringing the real-estate market to a standstill. The hack has left notaries unable to record new transactions and citizens unable to obtain proof of ownership or detailed land records.