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Cisco Firewall Management Center Zero-Day (CVE-2026-20316) Exploited in the Wild — CISA Sets August 1 Deadline
A hardcoded low-privilege credential in Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center is being actively exploited. CISA added it to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog with a patch deadline for federal agencies.
Microsoft Stock Jumps 9% as Azure Crosses $100 Billion and Q4 Blows Past Estimates
Microsoft's fiscal Q4 revenue hit $90 billion on 43% Azure growth, easing fears that AI capex was outrunning returns. The stock jumped 9% as capex came in under the feared threshold.
1,178 AI Employees Ask Governments to Build a Kill Switch for Frontier AI — OpenAI and Anthropic Back It
A letter signed by employees across OpenAI, Anthropic, Google DeepMind, and Meta asks the US government to build the tools to pace automated AI development. Both labs endorsed it within hours.
Google DeepMind Ships Gemini Robotics 2, Giving Humanoids Whole-Body Control and Five-Finger Dexterity
Google DeepMind released a three-model suite — Gemini Robotics 2, ER 2, and On-Device 2 — that moves robots past tabletop manipulation into full-body locomotion and multi-robot teamwork.
Apple Launches Klarna-Backed iPhone Leasing at $17.99 a Month
The new 'Upgrade' program replaces Apple's old iPhone Upgrade financing plan with a soft-credit-check lease across iPhone, Watch, iPad, and Mac.
Max-Severity Arista VeloCloud Flaw (CVE-2026-16812, CVSS 10.0) Is Being Exploited Right Now
An unauthenticated command injection bug in VeloCloud Orchestrator gives remote attackers full control of SD-WAN infrastructure. CISA's federal patch deadline is July 30.
Microsoft Launches Project Perception, an Agentic Security Platform to Fight AI-Operated Attacks
Red, blue, and green team AI agents work together to find and fix vulnerabilities before attackers do, alongside a new MAI-Cyber-1-Flash model that replicates 95% of Microsoft's vulnerability-hunting system.
Nvidia Forms 60-Member Open Secure AI Alliance to Fight Back Against AI-Powered Attacks
Microsoft, SpaceX, Cisco, CrowdStrike, and dozens of others join Nvidia's new coalition for open-source cyber-defense tools, launched days after defenders leaned on an open-weight Chinese model when closed AI tools blocked their forensic work.
AMD Locks Up 2.5 Gigawatts of AI Data Center Capacity in $14 Billion Core Scientific Deal
AMD leases 530 megawatts across five U.S. sites for 15 years and grants Core Scientific a warrant for 30 million shares, with reservation rights to scale to 2.5GW by 2028.
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