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'New level of danger': Drone incidents scare Europe amid Russia-Ukraine war

Al Jazeera

Is the war entering a new phase? 'New level of danger': Drone incidents scare Europe amid Russia-Ukraine war A quadcopter drone with plastic explosives attached to it flew unnoticed past air defence installations at Germany's Leipzig/Halle Airport, a key NATO airlift hub, on August 4. The drone hit a Ukrainian cargo plane but failed to detonate. It fell onto the tarmac and was found four hours later by a bus driver who stepped on it and called security, German media reported. DNA traces linked the drone to a firebomb that was mailed to the same airport and set a freight container on fire in July 2024, the Bild tabloid reported.


A New Trick Reveals AI Models' Inner Thoughts

WIRED

A New Trick Reveals AI Models' Inner Thoughts Researchers devised a way to extract "reasoning traces" from Claude, GPT, and Gemini. What they found, they say, indicates that some Chinese AI may be trained on leading US models. Computer scientists recently discovered a way to extract the hidden "thinking" that frontier AI models perform as they work through complex problems. The findings provide some evidence--although not conclusive proof--that certain Chinese models may have been trained by " distilling " reasoning information from US models that was supposedly hidden because of how closely some of their thinking or reasoning patterns seem to match. The researchers have also demonstrated that the method could be used to recover personal information, like passwords and API keys, from a model's inner reasoning, although this vulnerability has been fixed.


Russia using North Korean missiles to strike Ukraine, Zelensky says

BBC News

Ukraine and Russia have continued striking each other overnight, with Volodymyr Zelensky accusing Moscow of using North Korean missiles. The Ukrainian president said strikes in Zaporizhzhia - which killed at least six and injured at least 19 - involved ballistic missiles from Russia's ally. In Voronezh, in southern Russia, warehouses belonging to the online retailer, Wildberries, were hit by Ukraine. The company, known as Russia's Amazon, has been repeatedly targeted in recent weeks. The attacks come a day after at least 13 people were killed, including one child, in Ukrainian drone strikes on the Russian republic of Tatarstan, more than 1,100 km (680 miles) from the Ukrainian border.


AI's potential climate benefits outweighed by role in boosting fossil fuels, study finds

The Guardian

Estimates suggest AI will create close to £370bn in cumulative value for fossil fuel companies between 2026 and 2030. Estimates suggest AI will create close to £370bn in cumulative value for fossil fuel companies between 2026 and 2030. AI's potential climate benefits outweighed by role in boosting fossil fuels, study finds AI-driven productivity gains enable more planet-heating pollution from fossil fuels than they avoid from renewables, a study has found. Researchers modelled the technical potential for AI to boost clean power generation along with projections for how it can help produce coal, oil and gas. Across 64 scenarios, they found net yearly carbon pollution rose by 0.47-1.8


Ancient South American families built massive waterways by themselves

Popular Science

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Russian attacks kill six in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia

Al Jazeera

Is the war entering a new phase? Russian attacks kill six in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia Overnight Russian attacks have killed six people in southeastern Ukraine and struck a children's hospital in the capital Kyiv, according to local officials. The attacks early Tuesday included long-range missiles, officials said, part of a Russian campaign to overwhelm Ukraine's air defences as Kyiv faces a shortage of Patriot interceptors . He posted pictures on social media showing buildings and vehicles ablaze, and said there had also been power outages. A ballistic missile attack on Kyiv also caused damage and wounded one person.


She is Russia's richest woman. Her business empire is going up in flames.

The Japan Times

She is Russia's richest woman. Her business empire is going up in flames. Tatyana Kim, the head and co-founder of Wildberries, speaks about Ukrainian drone attacks on the company's warehouses in the course of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, at an unidentified location, in this still image from a handout video released on July 31. She built Russia's answer to Amazon. And she outmaneuvered her ex-husband -- the father of her seven children -- in a rancorous business feud that involved a deadly shooting near Red Square. But Tatyana Kim, billionaire co-founder of the online marketplace Wildberries and the richest woman in Russia, is now facing a far greater challenge.


Why recovery readiness has become the new standard for cyber resilience

ZDNet

I wore the world's first HDR10 smart glasses TCL's new E Ink tablet beats the Remarkable and Kindle Anker's new charger is one of the most unique I've ever seen I wore the world's first HDR10 smart glasses TCL's new E Ink tablet beats the Remarkable and Kindle Anker's new charger is one of the most unique I've ever seen Why you can trust ZDNET: This content is provided by external contributors. ZDNET is paid for publishing this content. Members of the editorial staff were not involved in the creation of this content and the views expressed are not necessarily ZDNET's. As outages become more expensive and frequent, recovery readiness is emerging as the true measure of resilience. ZDNET composite; Getty Images / D3Damon More than 90% of ransomware attacks now try to delete or tamper with backups before a payload ever fires, according to a recent ransomware report .


Robot Recycler Salvages Parts From Broken Machines

IEEE Spectrum Robotics

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I tried Google Wallet's new allowance feature, and my kid's already ditched their debit card

ZDNet

I wore the world's first HDR10 smart glasses TCL's new E Ink tablet beats the Remarkable and Kindle Anker's new charger is one of the most unique I've ever seen I wore the world's first HDR10 smart glasses TCL's new E Ink tablet beats the Remarkable and Kindle Anker's new charger is one of the most unique I've ever seen I tried Google Wallet's new allowance feature, and my kid's already ditched their debit card The new feature lets you send money to your children without them needing a card or separate account. Google Wallet has a new way to securely send money to kids. The kids' balance has no card or extra account attached. Kids can only spend with tap-to-pay. A few days ago, Google announced a new feature for Wallet -- the ability to send money to a child's Google Wallet account so they can securely spend money with the app's tap-to-pay feature on a compatible Android phone or watch. As a parent, I realize the struggle of needing to get money to your kids, but not always trusting them to carry cash (or not even having it in the first place to give them).