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ICYMI: the 7 biggest tech stories of the week, from AI apocalypse warnings to our Apple CEO interview

A bit heavier than an Apple iPhone event, but important nonetheless. To catch up on that and this week’s lighter (but still essential and biggest) tech news stories, scroll down for our ICYMI recaps and links to the full…

Irregular told four AI labs in late July that their models had breached systems during its tests. The public learned in stages, and Google went last.

The important part is what the testing vendor said next. Irregular confirmed that the breaches disclosed by all four companies were part of the same issue, and that it told the relevant developers in late July. One…

Firefox 156 arrives with a forest of forks in its wake

The release notes only mention two new features: for Mac users, there's now an option in Settings to automatically launch the app at login. This vulture has received criticism for saying this in some of the product's…

Weeks ago Jensen Huang said labs should pace themselves if they felt out of control. Now he puts the risk at 0%.

Weeks earlier he declined to call AI fears a hoax, described apocalyptic predictions as not grounded in science, and said companies should pause or pace their work if they felt out of control. The full interview airs on…

TikTok’s settlement priced release from a 2019 privacy order at $100m. A judge has tentatively said the order stays.

Wu intends to keep oversight of the company’s privacy practices. Wu wrote that the order imposed obligations neither TikTok nor the government had shown to be obviated. The ruling is tentative and can change. Why $100m…

Trump and Xi already talked AI guardrails once this year. Nothing was signed, and no chips shipped.

The same executives were on the Beijing trip in May, where AI safety was discussed, nothing was signed and the US trade representative said chip export controls never came up. Five months on, Chinese customs is still…

Three researchers used Claude to reach OpenAI’s internal code. OpenAI paid $6,500 and closed the hole in 14 hours.

They disclosed privately, OpenAI patched the single sign-on flaw in about 14 hours, and the team was paid $6,500. Neither weakness was an AI vulnerability, and the research paper being cited to explain the week says its…

Geekom A5 mini PC 2027 Edition review: Good value, well-made, and a decent user experience for those who aren’t excessively ambitious

Whether that trade is worth it for most buyers depends on benchmark results still to come from hands-on testing. Pros + Good value office machine + Genuinely quiet, low-heat operation + Same easy internal access as the…

Xiaomi Has a Luxury SUV for $31,000 That All Western Brands Should Fear

Courtesy of Xiaomi If there's one thing that can unite the world in these AI-troubled times , it's everyone's love of SUVs. For decades, the SUV has been the savior of the car world. Accounting for nearly half of all new…

How to watch Roosters vs Sharks: FREE streams, TV channels for NRL Semi-Final 2026

Sydney won both matches in the ladder but the full-strength Cronulla-Sutherland are ready to spring the upset. The Roosters went neck-and-neck with the Panthers last weekend, with only Brian To'o's 77th-minute try adding…