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Today’s highlights
- OpenAI says it slowed Astra model development over security concerns — 2026-08-07
- OpenAI said this model, which is still in development, reached its “critical cybersecurity threshold,” meaning it could independently identify and carry out cyberattacks against traditionally well-protected real-world sy
- The gaming site sponsored by Walmart lays off its editorial staff — 2026-08-07
- Restart, a games media website launched in late 2024 that was sponsored by Walmart, has laid off its “entire editorial team,” according to a Friday post from Brandy Berthelson, the site’s former editor-in-chief. Other st
- After Rippling blew millions on AI in months, it built an employee ROI tool — 2026-08-07
- After its own AI usage wake-up call, Rippling this week unveiled AI Spend Console, a product that tracks individual and team employee AI spending.
- Wacom’s MovinkPad 11 is a fun, midpriced entry point for digital artists — 2026-08-07
- The MovinkPad 11 a versatile little graphics tablet that can help make your wildest digital art dreams come true.
- Security researchers scanned the Polish web and found courts, hospitals, and airports at risk of hacks — 2026-08-07
- Researchers found common points of failure, like software used to organize and display web content, could have allowed hackers to run riot through government websites.
- Fenix Flexin isn’t even denying using AI to make ‘Rubberz’ anymore — 2026-08-07
- It took long enough, but now LA rapper Fenix Flexin appears to have admitted using AI for the 80s synth pop-themed song “Rubberz.” His comments follow the producer Medasin’s videos claiming that an AI tool called Treblo
- Watching Roku’s AI channel is like eating from a trough — 2026-08-07
- The appeal of free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) channels has always been the way they make it easier to (re)discover classic films and series. But Roku’s latest experiment in the FAST space has less to do wit
- OpenAI puts the brakes on a new model because it’s supposedly too powerful — 2026-08-07
- OpenAI says it is pausing “internal activities” around an in-development AI model, Astra, because it doesn’t yet meet new security standards the company is putting in place. The announcement follows its recent disclosure