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Microsoft Emissions Surge 25% as AI Datacenters Expand

Microsoft's latest environmental report reveals a significant 25% increase in the company's emissions. The surge highlights the growing tension between the tech giant's ambitious climate goals and its aggressive push into artificial intelligence infrastructure. Two key factors drive this emissions jump. First, Microsoft expands

SK Hynix Raises $26.5 Billion in Largest Foreign IPO in U.S. History

SK Hynix, the South Korean memory chip giant, raises $26.5 billion in its U.S. market debut, marking the largest-ever IPO by a foreign company on American soil. The offering surpasses Alibaba's record-setting $25 billion IPO from 2014. Shares open 14% above the IPO price amid massive

OpenAI Launches GPT-5.6 Family with Cybersecurity Focus and Cost Efficiency

OpenAI unveils its newest family of AI models with GPT-5.6, releasing in three distinct variants: Sol as the primary workhorse, Terra as an intermediate option, and Luna as a budget-friendly choice. CEO Sam Altman claims the new models deliver dramatic improvements in efficiency, with Sol using 54% fewer tokens

Apple Sues OpenAI Over Alleged Theft of Hardware Trade Secrets

Apple files a lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging that former Apple engineers now working at the AI startup steal confidential hardware secrets. In its complaint, Apple claims to uncover "a pattern of theft" of trade secrets by OpenAI employees who previously work at Apple. The lawsuit also targets IO

Open Source AI Tool Ollama Raises $65 Million Series B

Ollama, the open source AI developer tool that lets programmers run AI models on their local machines, raises $65 million in a Series B round led by Theory Ventures. The funding follows a $15 million Series A led by Benchmark's Peter Fenton, bringing total funding to $88 million.

OpenAI Loses No. 2 Executive Fidji Simo to Health Challenges

Fidji Simo, OpenAI's No. 2 executive, is stepping down from her full-time role and transitioning to a part-time advisory position. Simo, who has been on medical leave since April due to a relapse of a neuroimmune condition, says the recovery proves longer and more difficult than expected. CEO

OpenAI Launches GPT-5.6 and ChatGPT Work After Government Approval

OpenAI officially rolls out GPT-5.6 to the public after receiving the Trump administration's greenlight, ending a limited preview period that restricted access to government-approved organizations. CEO Sam Altman calls the new model "the best model we have ever produced." The model suite includes three variants:

Meta Adds Privacy Safeguards to AI Glasses While Expanding Data Collection

Meta introduces a new safety feature for its AI glasses that disables the camera if the LED recording indicator light is tampered with or destroyed. The company frames the update as an industry-leading move, but also admits the change is necessary because some users deliberately cover or modify the light

French Startup ZML Launches Cross-Chip AI Inference Server

French AI startup ZML launches ZML/LLMD, a free LLM inference server that runs open source models across a wide range of chips including Nvidia, AMD, Google TPU, Apple Metal, and Intel Arc. Backed by Turing Award winner Yann LeCun, the company aims to break down software barriers that lock

Researchers Uncover HalluSquatting Attack That Turns AI Assistants Into Botnets

Security researchers have unveiled a novel prompt injection attack dubbed HalluSquatting that exploits large language models' tendency to hallucinate resource identifiers. Unlike traditional push-based attacks that require targeting individual victims, this pull-based approach lures AI coding assistants and agents to malicious resources during their normal operations, potentially enabling the

SambaNova Raises $1 Billion at $11 Billion Valuation in Series F

AI chip company SambaNova Systems secures $1 billion at an $11 billion valuation in the first close of its Series F round, led by General Atlantic. CEO and co-founder Rodrigo Liang says additional investors are expected to join in the coming weeks, with a second close likely finalizing soon. The

Microsoft Cuts AI Costs by Shifting to In-House Models

Microsoft reportedly begins shifting away from third-party AI models in favor of its own in-house alternatives as part of a cost-savings strategy. For widely used programs like Word and Excel, the company now uses its homemade MAI models to handle a certain percentage of user prompts, according to Bloomberg. Microsoft

AI Tool Discovers Critical Remote Code Execution Chain in Cisco CUCM

A security research initiative called 0day Rubbish announces the discovery of a critical remote code execution chain affecting Cisco Unified Communications Manager (CUCM). The vulnerability chain carries a CVSS severity score of 9.8, placing it in the highest risk category and signaling a potentially devastating impact for affected deployments.

Google Now Uses Your Uploaded Media to Train Its AI Models

A quiet update to Google's privacy settings now allows the company to store and use media you upload across its Search services to train its AI models. This includes images, files, and audio and video recordings submitted through Google Search, Maps, Shopping, Flights, Hotels, Translate, and News. Google

AI Accelerates Software Creation But Leaves Security Behind

Software development evolves at a breathtaking pace, and generative AI now allows anyone to create applications almost as fast as they conceive them. This emerging paradigm, called Vibe Coding, represents the latest step in a journey from the rigid Waterfall model through Agile and DevOps methodologies. While previous innovations optimized