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$BNB Chain has unveiled a significant update to its on-chain AI agent deployment platform, $BNB Agent Studio, with the integration of Altana Network’s Smart Agentic Wallet as a new wallet option. This version two upgrade, reported by Crypto Briefing, marks a strategic move to enhance the security and control of AI agents operating on the...Read More
Former Samsung Knox security leader brings deep experience in product security, trusted computing and secure device architecture as BTQ advances QCIM toward broader system integration and commercial evaluation VANCOUVER, BC, Aug. 18, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — BTQ Technologies Corp. (“BTQ” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: BTQ) (CBOE CA: BTQ), a global technology company building the trust infrastructure for the...Read More
Researchers manipulated Microsoft Copilot Personal into telling them how to hack the AI assistant – eventually tricking it into sending sensitive data to an external server and poisoning its persistent memory, by repeatedly asking Copilot why an attack wouldn’t work. Varonis Threat Labs uncovered the vulnerability, which they named “CoSnitch” and reported to Microsoft in December...Read More
Key Takeaways Fortinet’s SASE Firewall business grew 34% to more than $2 billion in the second quarter of 2026. CrowdStrike’s Falcon Flex adoption remains strong, but revenue growth has moderated from prior years. Fortinet trades at 13.50X forward sales, well below CrowdStrike’s 33.28X, offering an attractive valuation. CrowdStrike (CRWD Quick QuoteCRWD – Free Report) and...Read More
After her neighbor fell victim to a deepfake scam involving a video of Elon Musk on Facebook, a college student is helping area seniors understand AI and avoid online hoaxes. This page contains a video which is being blocked by your ad blocker.In order to view the video you must disable your ad blocker. Va....Read More
‘We did it with the tobacco settlement…we did it with the companies behind the opioid crisis. We’ll do it again with Meta,’ Kentucky AG Russell Coleman said. A cohort of four US states are taking Meta to trial today (18 August) in hopes of proving that the social media giant knowingly causes harm to children....Read More
Meta is kicking off a court battle with some of the highest stakes yet. But it is far from the only litigation facing the social media giant and its competitors. In a federal trial beginning Tuesday in Oakland, California, the Instagram and Facebook parent company is fighting claims that it has contributed to the youth...Read More
OpenAI President Greg Brockman—whose firm’s AI recently broke out of its own sandbox and launched a cyber attack on AI platform HuggingFace—is warning everyone else to expect the same treatment soon enough. Brockman published the warning on his personal blog on Sunday, writing that rapid advancement of AI coding capabilities means organizations looking to stay...Read More
Police have linked Rafiqool Alam to 1,090 cybercrime cases involving more than ₹1,071 crore. Investigators traced ₹16 crore through 23 cryptocurrency wallets and linked the transactions to a Chinese gang. Rafiqool Alam, aged 25, has been arrested by the Gujarat Police in Assam through a three-day sting operation and was found to be involved in...Read More
