Two patched WordPress vulnerabilities, chained as wp2shell, are under mass attack. AI helped find the flaw and weaponise it. Millions of sites may be exposed.

Infinity raised a $15M seed to build software that makes any AI chip run models in days, taking aim at Nvidia’s CUDA moat with an agent called Ignition.

Adobe’s Project Indigo camera app adds an AI Playground that critiques, restyles & rebuilds your photos using Google’s Nano Banana, not Firefly.

Anthropic’s Fable 5 found a 216-character counterexample to the Jacobian conjecture, an 87-year-old maths problem. Experts are split on what it means.

Cascade, an AI pursuit platform for AEC firms, raised $3.5M to find multimillion-dollar construction projects months before any RFP is filed.

A cross-party committee has approved France’s bill to bar under-15s from social media, teeing up a final vote before the summer recess.

The US and China are reportedly preparing another round of AI talks in September, covering safety, governance and the shadow of chip export controls.

Kanishka Narayan becomes the first UK AI minister to attend cabinet as new PM Andy Burnham scraps DSIT and reorganises Whitehall around the technology.

Tesla posts record Q2 deliveries but is set to burn roughly $3.25bn in cash as its $25bn AI, robotaxi, and Optimus bill tests investor patience.

Samsung Electronics has created a new robotics division, RX, reporting to its CEO, as it chases humanoid robots and physical AI for future growth.

Water UK warns there is not enough water for plans to triple UK data centre capacity by 2030, with demand left out of national planning.

A US Section 301 probe into Brazil’s central-bank payment system Pix has triggered 25% tariffs and put state-run instant payments on trial.