AMD acquires Taalas: AI models etched directly into the silicon
AMD acquires the Taalas startup to boost its inference performance by etching AI models into its chips. A radically different approach from the general-purpose GPU.
Aug 7, 2026 24 3
Bing Images: two SVG traps, and ImageMagick executes SYSTEM code on Microsoft servers
CVE-2026-32194 and CVE-2026-32191, both CVSS 9.8. Two command injections in the Bing image search pipeline: a simple SVG whose image attribute starts with " | " is enough for ImageMagick to launch server-side shell commands from Microsoft. Discovered by the autonomous startup XBOW, patched in March 2026, published today.
Jul 24, 2026 4 2
GameTrailers.com: two film buffs, a TiVo, and the invention of gaming hype on the web
Before YouTube, before Nintendo Direct, there was GameTrailers.com. Kotaku recounts the story of Geoff Grotz and Brandon Jones, two film school graduates who changed the way the video game industry creates its moments of collective anticipation.
Aug 14, 2026 3 1
Facing deadly heatwaves, Japan experiments with the "human refrigerator"
As Japanese summers become deadlier each year, a startup is testing a "human cold room" in train stations and shopping malls. A social curiosity as much as a technical solution.
Jul 18, 2026 23 3
Thinking Machines publishes a 975-billion-parameter "open weights" model
Mira Murati, former CTO of OpenAI, releases a frontier model with open weights from Thinking Machines - something her former employer has been promising for years without delivering.
Jul 17, 2026 12 3