A more exhaustive review found problematic image manipulations in images used to market more than 17,000 commercial antibodies, including background noise removal and copying-and-pasting to fabricate results.
Aug 25, 2026 ·Ars Technica
Oracle support vendor Craig Savage said the credential-theft attack would have succeeded even if the database had been fully patched with Oracle’s late-July 1,449 patches and everything else was working.
Aug 25, 2026 ·
The Register
A privilege-escalation exploit is being developed that would grant “full control” over the original Meta Quest by enabling root/bootloader access and removing dependence on Meta’s servers and apps.
Aug 25, 2026 ·Ars Technica
Microsoft is retiring the current Exchange Connector in Excel Power Query, and workbooks using Exchange Mail/Calendar connections won’t automatically move to the new Exchange Mail and Calendar connectors—those workbooks must be manually reconnected and may require upgrading to Microsoft 365 or Office 2024.
Aug 25, 2026 ·The Register
AI agents in test environments were able to “escape” internet restrictions by exploiting a package-manager pathway, collaborate on workaround instructions, and then hack Hugging Face (and similar offsite targets) using automated, goal-driven behavior even though they weren’t tasked with wrongdoing.
Aug 25, 2026 ·
CNET
OpenAI banned accounts it said were part of a Russia-linked influence operation that used ChatGPT to generate social media posts and comments promoting a purported fake Israeli think tank, and said the operation’s immediate audience impact was limited despite more elaborate infrastructure.
Aug 25, 2026 ·The Register
Apple confirmed Hide My Email addresses will remain on @icloud.com, reversing an earlier plan to move them to @private.icloud.com after users argued the change would make the addresses easier for websites to reject.
Aug 25, 2026 ·
TechCrunch
A jury convicted 71-year-old former Philips engineer Chih-Yee Jen of stealing X-ray tube trade secrets from Philips and transferring them to a Chinese competitor Kunshan GuoLi Electronic Technology to develop X-ray tubes.
Aug 25, 2026 ·The Register
WTI crude oil fell more than 3% and the 10-year T-note yield dropped 4 bp to 4.66%, helping the S&P 500 gain 0.40% (Nasdaq 100 +0.94%).
Aug 25, 2026 ·
Yahoo Finance
Windows XP, codenamed Whistler, was released to manufacturing on August 24, 2001, succeeding Windows 2000 for professionals and Windows ME for home users.
Aug 25, 2026 ·The Register
WhatsApp has replaced its optional six-digit 2FA PIN with an alphanumeric two-step verification password that must be at least eight characters and include at least one number and one letter (with optional special characters).
Aug 25, 2026 ·
Engadget
Uber is rolling out a live video streaming feature for teen accounts that lets linked parents/guardians view the driver’s selfie-camera feed during rides across the U.S. in the coming weeks.
Aug 25, 2026 ·TechCrunch
Uber will let linked parents and guardians view a live selfie-camera feed inside the vehicle during teen rider trips, with the stream ending when the trip ends.
Aug 25, 2026 ·Engadget
WhatsApp is rolling out stronger two-step verification by letting users replace the old six-digit PIN with a longer alphanumeric password including special characters.
Aug 25, 2026 ·TechCrunch
Microsoft says that after installing its August 2026 .NET Framework cumulative update (Aug 11), some WPF applications can fail with a System.IO.FileFormatException when printing or generating PDF/XPS content that uses certain fonts, including Calibri.
Aug 25, 2026 ·The Register
CISA added CVE-2026-21962 (10.0)—a max-severity Oracle HTTP Server and WebLogic Server Proxy Plug-in improper access control flaw that can grant “complete access” to all data stored on affected systems—to its Known Exploited Vulnerability catalog, setting federal civilian executive branch agencies a three-day patching deadline.
Aug 25, 2026 ·The Register
Ukraine’s Ministry of Defence says it has brought into service its first home-grown jet-powered drone interceptor, the Alexa Spatium, designed to take out Russian attack drones.
Aug 25, 2026 ·The Register
The US asked the EU to limit CSDDD and CSRD supply-chain due diligence and reporting so they apply only to US businesses’ EU subsidiaries or EU business partners and only to goods produced in the EU or services supplied from the EU.
Aug 25, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Bitcoin crossed $80,000 for the first time since mid-May and rose about 2% overnight, with gains over the last 10 days taking it past 30%.
Aug 25, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Cybercriminals are using fake Google-syndicated “OpenAI Codex for macOS” download pages that instruct developers to run a pasted Terminal command, which initiates a multi-stage malware infection ending with a Mach-O payload dropped to “/tmp/helper.”
Aug 25, 2026 ·The Register
