Tech News from Simmons Systems (Page 7)

Tech News from Simmons Systems

U.S. Raises New Barriers Against Chinese Drones and Robots

The United States tightens restrictions on foreign-made advanced robotic systems and imposes steep tariffs on imported drones and their components, citing national-security concerns. The drone tariffs take effect in September, with additional tariffs on components following in 2027. The moves extend the FCC's Covered List, which began in

Meta Tests Robots for Cable Swaps and Server Resets in Data Centers

Meta is testing robots that can plug in cables, reset servers, and perform other technician tasks inside its data centers, according to current and former workers familiar with the projects. The previously unreported effort may eventually allow Meta to operate its rapidly expanding data center footprint with fewer humans, helping

Anthropic's "Permanent Increase" Actually Cuts Claude Code Limits by 17%

Anthropic says it is permanently raising standard weekly usage limits in Claude Code by 25% for Pro, Max, Team, and seat-based Enterprise plans starting September 14. However, the announcement is less generous than it sounds, because users currently benefit from a temporary 50% increase that remains in place until September

Linux Users Gain iMessage, SMS and Notification Support Through Tether

Linux users can now access iMessage, SMS, notifications, and contact synchronization through a tool called Tether, according to a post gaining traction in the r/selfhosted community on Reddit. The software bridges functionality that has traditionally been difficult to bring to Linux desktops, where Apple's messaging ecosystem has

Brave Browser 1.94 Introduces Disposable Email Aliases for Privacy

Brave browser version 1.94 introduces a new Email Aliases feature that lets users generate disposable email addresses when signing up for online services. The aliases keep a user's real email address hidden from websites while still forwarding messages from those services. Brave already blocks cookie- and cache-based

McKesson Confirms Data Breach as ShinyHunters Claims Theft of 284 Million Patient Records

Healthcare and pharmaceutical distribution giant McKesson discloses a cybersecurity incident involving unauthorized access to third-party applications and data theft. The disclosure follows claims by the ShinyHunters extortion group that it has stolen 284 million patient data records from the company. McKesson reveals the incident in a Form 8-K filing with

Nvidia's AI Dominance Extends Far Beyond the GPU Itself

A new narrative is taking shape around Nvidia following its earnings this week. For years, the dominant story was that Nvidia's early monopoly on state-of-the-art GPUs made it immensely profitable, but rising competition from hyperscalers like Amazon and Google building their own chips threatened that advantage. After growing

Music Publishers Sue Anthropic Over Alleged Piracy in Training Claude

Sony Music Publishing, Warner Chappell, and numerous other music publishers file a lawsuit against Anthropic and its co-founders Dario Amodei and Benjamin Mann, alleging a brazen campaign of intellectual property theft. The suit, filed late Friday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, accuses the

ServiceNow Patches Three Critical Flaws in AI Platform

ServiceNow releases security patches for three new maximum-severity vulnerabilities in its AI Platform, warning customers to apply updates immediately. The flaws, tracked as CVE-2026-18885, CVE-2026-18886, and CVE-2026-74820, expose the platform to code injection, privilege escalation, and SQL injection attacks. The company says its cloud-based platform is already patched and advises

Neocloud Lambda Raises $1 Billion in Debt to Fuel Nvidia Chip Purchases for Microsoft

Lambda, an AI cloud company that buys computing chips and rents them out to businesses, raises $1 billion in private, short-dated debt to purchase Nvidia's AI chips, which it plans to lease to Microsoft, according to Bloomberg. JP Morgan Chase arranges the deal, and its terms suggest Lambda

Federal Judge Rules Pentagon's Anthropic Blacklist Violates First Amendment

A federal judge in California rules that the Trump administration's designation of Anthropic as a supply-chain risk is illegal. U.S. District Judge Rita Lin finds that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's labeling of the Claude maker as a national security threat constitutes unlawful retaliation in violation

Critical GiveWP Donation Plugin Flaw Enables Remote Code Execution on WordPress Sites

A maximum-severity vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-82222 affects the GiveWP donation plugin for WordPress, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary commands on the hosting server. The flaw impacts GiveWP through version 4.16.7.1 and affects more than 100,000 installations. Researcher Udin Chan reported the issue on July 28 through

Anthropic Researcher Shows AI Can Automate Alignment Research Better Than Humans

Anthropic publishes a new paper from fellow Chen Yueh-Han showing that automated AI systems can reliably improve a model's alignment performance. The system, called the Automated Alignment Researcher (AAR), searches existing literature, proposes training methods, and trains the model in short 30-minute cycles, keeping effective methods and discarding

Australian Police Arrest Two Suspected TeamPCP Hackers Behind Massive Supply-Chain Campaign

Australian Federal Police announce the arrest of two men accused of participating in cybercrimes for TeamPCP, a prolific hacking group that compromises more than 1,000 organizations worldwide over nine months. The men face 14 charges and live in the Western Australian towns of Cottesloe and Mandurah. While police do

Australian Police Arrest Two Suspected TeamPCP Supply Chain Hackers

Australian Federal Police announce the arrest of two men from Western Australia, aged 21 and 23, in connection with the cybercrime and data extortion group known as TeamPCP. The group is blamed for the longest running spree of software supply chain attacks ever recorded, embedding malicious code into hundreds of