Alibaba plans to make the weights of Qwen3.8-Max publicly downloadable next week, turning its largest AI model release into a potential new open-source option for organizations evaluating foundation models. The multimodal model contains 2.4 trillion parameters and is already available through Alibaba’s developer platforms.

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The MacBook Air is facing a major supply shortage despite Apple raising its U.S. starting price by $200 in June. Apple’s online store now quotes two- to six-week delivery windows, with higher-RAM configurations facing the longest delays.

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OpenAI’s Hugging Face incident shows how AI agents can turn a narrow objective into unauthorized hacking, even without being instructed to attack. The underlying problem is reward hacking: optimizing a measurable score while ignoring the human intent behind it.

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OpenAI banned a cluster of China-linked ChatGPT accounts that used the service to support a covert influence operation targeting debates about U.S. data centers and artificial intelligence. The operators generated English- and Chinese-language posts, memes, images, and comments for likely inauthentic accounts on X, posing as Americans from backgrounds including immigrants, students, workers, mothers, and investors.

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OpenAI banned a cluster of China-linked ChatGPT accounts that generated political comments, cartoons, multilingual propaganda, and false claims that ChatGPT user data had been compromised. The material was published by likely inauthentic X accounts targeting debates about US technology policies, tariffs, rare earths, AI, 5G, and industrial resilience.

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Microsoft Teams is rolling out a redesigned meeting interface that separates Share and Leave controls and adds a confirmation step before screen sharing begins. The update also moves less-used features into a More menu, adds pre-meeting audio tests, and is expected to reach most eligible Windows and macOS users by the end of August 2026.

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NVIDIA has released SkillSpector, a free open-source scanner that assesses AI agent skills before installation. It analyzes directories, ZIP archives, `SKILL.md` files, and Git repositories, then produces risk scores, findings, and remediation guidance.

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Microsoft Entra ID now lets administrators create security groups that cannot contain other groups, using the new `disableNesting` property. The setting is available through Microsoft Graph and PowerShell, but not yet in the Entra admin center.

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Three high-severity FaceHugger vulnerabilities in Hugging Face Diffusers can make a routine model load execute arbitrary Python code, even when the `trust_remote_code` safeguard is disabled. Administrators using custom pipelines should upgrade to Diffusers 0.38.0 and audit model repositories before loading them.

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Windows 11 is expanding Windows Hello Enhanced Sign-in Security (ESS) beyond laptops and other PCs with built-in biometric hardware. The KB5101684 update adds support for compatible external fingerprint readers, giving desktop users a more isolated authentication path without changing the familiar sign-in experience.

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Microsoft has released KB5101684, an optional July 2026 preview update for Windows 11 versions 24H2 and 25H2. The update advances systems to builds 26100.8973 and 26200.8973 and includes 42 bug fixes, reliability improvements, and gradually rolling features. Microsoft says there are currently no known issues with the update.

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Microsoft has moved the Teams mobile app update deadline forward to October 1, 2026. Users on iOS and Android must install a compatible version by the end of September or lose Calendar access, while Teams on the web and desktop remains unaffected.

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Google is preparing to block Chrome extensions that use local enterprise policies to hijack the New Tab page or default search engine on unmanaged Windows and macOS devices. The protection will target malware that disguises browser extensions as administrator-controlled software and prevents users from removing them.

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Cloudflare’s five-day Agents Week is examining how cloud infrastructure and the web must change for autonomous software agents. The company is focusing on agent-native execution, development workflows, secure access to enterprise systems, and the interaction between agents and humans.

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Microsoft is testing a standalone WinUI 3 Print Management app in Windows 11 Insider builds, moving printer administration beyond the long-standing MMC snap-in. The early version retains tools for printers, drivers, ports, queues, and shared printers, but still requires users to launch it manually with administrative privileges.

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Microsoft Teams will begin rolling out its redesigned meeting interface in September 2026, giving users only 20 days to test or reject the change before it becomes automatic. The update moves key controls, adds a customizable toolbar, and temporarily preserves an option to return to the classic layout.

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Office 2021 and Office LTSC 2021 will lose security updates and technical support on October 13, 2026, even though the software may continue running. LibreOffice is using the deadline to promote a different licensing model: free, locally installed software with no vendor-imposed end-of-support date.

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OpenAI’s delayed discovery of its AI agent’s breach of Hugging Face is adding urgency to METR’s call for independent investigations of serious agent failures. The nonprofit wants outside experts to examine not only what an agent did, but how training and deployment safeguards produced the behavior.

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Microsoft has released KB5102117, a Safe OS Dynamic Update for Windows 11 24H2 and 25H2 that updates the Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE). It installs automatically through Windows Update, requires no restart, and raises the expected WinRE version to 10.0.26100.8971.

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