February 2026

AIs are happy to launch nukes in simulated combat scenarios 2026-02-26 at 00:12 By Brandon Vigliarolo Claude, ChatGPT, and Gemini all had different personalities and reasoning tactics, but the endgame was the same Today’s hottest bots have yet to learn that, when it comes to global thermonuclear war, the only way to win is not […]

Shall we play a game? AI systems more ready to drop nukes in escalating geopolitical crises 2026-02-25 at 23:21 By David Propper “The nuclear taboo doesn’t seem to be as powerful for machines [as] for humans,” said Payne, according to specialty magazine New Scientist. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New

Tech stocks shake off panic over AI ‘doomsday scenario’ where unemployment hits 10% 2026-02-25 at 23:03 By Thomas Barrabi Tech stocks were bouncing back Wednesday as investors shook off jitters related to a viral essay from Citrini Research, which outlined a dystopian potential future in which artificial intelligence upends the economy and causes unemployment to

Google catches Beijing spies using Sheets to spread espionage across 4 continents 2026-02-25 at 23:03 By Jessica Lyons UNC2814 historically targets governments and telcos A China-linked crew found a unique formula for attacking telcos and government orgs across the Americas, Asia, and Africa in its latest round of intrusions. Google’s threat intelligence, along with unnamed

Hide from Meta’s spyglasses with this new Android app 2026-02-25 at 23:03 By Thomas Claburn Academic urges users not to harass those suspected of snooping with (sp)eyewear Worried that someone wearing Meta’s snooping spyware goggles could be creeping up on you? Android users now have access to an app that can warn them if someone

AMD challenges Intel with an 84-core Epyc processor aimed at telcos, edge 2026-02-25 at 22:09 By Tobias Mann Chips are likely Zen 5’s last hurrah before Venice makes its debut later this year AMD’s edgiest Epyc chips are officially getting a Zen 5 refresh with the introduction of its 8005-series processors codenamed Sorano.… This article

Samsung unveils Galaxy S26 loaded with AI features — and a privacy shield 2026-02-25 at 21:37 By Associated Press The upgrades on the Galaxy S26 lineup — arriving in stores March 11 — will also include price increases. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View Original Source

OpenAI asks its friends to tell their friends about Frontier 2026-02-25 at 21:37 By O’Ryan Johnson Agent-making tool that mimics human workers is about to get its enterprise close up. OpenAI has managed to make a name for itself with ChatGPT. But if it wants its new enterprise AI product Frontier to succeed, it’s going

All your bots are belong to US if you don’t play ball, DoD tells Anthropic 2026-02-25 at 21:37 By Brandon Vigliarolo AI firm drops key safety pledge as Pentagon dispute drags on US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has made Anthropic an offer it may not be able to refuse. The Defense Department and the

Popular sex toy company admits hacker stole sensitive customer information 2026-02-25 at 20:45 By Hannah Sparks These sex toy shoppers are f—ked. X-rated accessories maker Tenga informed customers earlier this month of a data breach that likely included their names, email addresses and past order details, TechCrunch has reported. “An unauthorized party gained access to

Google Disrupts UNC2814 GRIDTIDE Campaign After 53 Breaches Across 42 Countries 2026-02-25 at 20:44 By Google on Wednesday disclosed that it worked with industry partners to disrupt the infrastructure of a suspected China-nexus cyber espionage group tracked as UNC2814 that breached at least 53 organizations across 42 countries. “This prolific, elusive actor has a long

Hardly anybody bought Samsung’s last smartphones for AI. It hopes this year’s models change that 2026-02-25 at 20:13 By Simon Sharwood But only Qualcomm can power the most alluring features Just 20 percent of punters who bought Samsung’s 2025 flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S25 Ultra, cited AI as the main reason for their purchase. With

Claude Code Flaws Allow Remote Code Execution and API Key Exfiltration 2026-02-25 at 19:47 By Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed multiple security vulnerabilities in Anthropic’s Claude Code, an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered coding assistant, that could result in remote code execution and theft of API credentials. “The vulnerabilities exploit various configuration mechanisms, including Hooks, Model Context Protocol

Trump’s message for big tech with energy-hungry AI projects: Build your own power plants! 2026-02-25 at 19:05 By Thomas Barrabi President Trump said he has told tech companies they’ll need to build their own power plants to support artificial intelligence development – a move that comes as he looks to ease energy costs for ordinary

Fake ‘interview’ repos lure Next.js devs into running secret-stealing malware 2026-02-25 at 19:04 By Connor Jones Come for the coding test, stay for the C2 traffic Next.js developers are once again in the crosshairs as hackers seed malicious repositories disguised as legitimate projects, according to Microsoft, which said a limited set of those repos were