6 August 2026

Google and data: hackers used phone calls, phishing websites, and "meticulous" tactics to target dozens of US PE firms and other businesses over the past month (Reuters)

Reuters:
Google and data: hackers used phone calls, phishing websites, and “meticulous” tactics to target dozens of US PE firms and other businesses over the past month  —  Ransom-seeking hackers who use phone calls to compromise their victims targeted dozens of prominent U.S. financial institutions …

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OpenAI introduces Agent Plugins, an open standard for bundling skills and MCP servers, and says its steering committee includes Amazon, Microsoft, and Cursor (Zac Hall/9to5Mac)

Zac Hall / 9to5Mac:
OpenAI introduces Agent Plugins, an open standard for bundling skills and MCP servers, and says its steering committee includes Amazon, Microsoft, and Cursor  —  OpenAI's GPT-5 turns one tomorrow, and the company is marking the week by looking beyond individual models.

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Western Digital falls 10%+ after issuing guidance that didn't quite match those of Seagate; Q4 revenue rose 44% YoY to $3.75B, above a $3.7B estimate (Nate Wolf/Barron's Online)

Nate Wolf / Barron's Online:
Western Digital falls 10%+ after issuing guidance that didn't quite match those of Seagate; Q4 revenue rose 44% YoY to $3.75B, above a $3.7B estimate  —  Choose Barron's as a preferred source of financial news  —  Key Points  —  Western Digital stock tumbled Thursday …

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OpenAI updates the default model for free users to GPT-5.6 Luna, adds unlimited text chats for free users, rolls out an improved GPT-5.6 Sol version, and more (Herb Scribner/Axios)

Herb Scribner / Axios:
OpenAI updates the default model for free users to GPT-5.6 Luna, adds unlimited text chats for free users, rolls out an improved GPT-5.6 Sol version, and more  —  OpenAI on Thursday announced a series of changes that will upgrade ChatGPT for both paid and free users.

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Google DeepMind says its WeatherNext model can accurately predict a storm's track and intensity using lower-resolution weather data, and open sources the model (Victoria Turk/Wired)

Victoria Turk / Wired:
Google DeepMind says its WeatherNext model can accurately predict a storm's track and intensity using lower-resolution weather data, and open sources the model  —  Its WeatherNext model, which will be open-sourced, can accurately predict both a storm's track and intensity using lower-resolution weather data.

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