AI - ai and ml Anthropic says text watermarking scheme relies on inconsequential words'Shall I compare thee to a summer's afternoon' is the sort of thing this will make, and others look likely to adopt it - AI and ML DeepSeek's innovative harness treats everything as a plug-inChinese AI labs keep moving forward while US labs play defense - SECURITY Autonomous AI attacks pose 'clear and present danger' to critical infrastructureWeaponized agents could turn digital intrusions into kinetic disasters, experts warn - off-prem Rent-a-GPU outfit Nebius promises rapid 1 GW powerup plan isn't nebulousAnd it'll jump through every financial hoop it can to get there - AI and ML Modular's Mojo programming language hits 1.0 milestoneDevelopers await open source compiler release to dispel uncertainty following Qualcomm acquisition Infosec - Security Russians are posing as Signal support to launch phishing attacksPLUS: US takes down Iranian propaganda sites; Marketing company asks 'Why Do We Have Your Information?' And more! - Security Microsoft patches failed to fix on-prem SharePoint, which is now under zero-day attackPLUS: China upgrades smartphone surveillance tools; Ring eases anti-snooping stance; and more - Black Hat and DEF CON DEF CON Franklin project enlists hackers to harden critical infrastructureVoting village reports have been so successful, says Jeff Moss, that the whole of DEF CON will now be included - Security EQT buys majority share in Swiss cybersecurity biz AcronisWent at equivalent of $3.5B+ valuation for entire firm, though portion sold not specified - Malware Month Ten years since the first corp ransomware, Mikko Hyppönen sees no end in sightOn the plus side, infosec's a good bet for a long, stable career FOSS - FOSS smashed one Microsoft monopoly. After 20 years of failure, it's time to smash anotherWord up - GNOME can look like Windows – and Flashback can do