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Hugging Face hack could indicate cultural issues at OpenAI

This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. By now you’ve probably heard about last month’s major AI security incident, in which OpenAI agents escaped their sandbox and hacked into the AI platform Hugging Face while trying to cheat on…

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Car owners want tech they can ignore

Automakers keep shoving more tech into their cars, despite evidence that consumers are increasingly fed up with huge screens and glitchy software. In fact, the features that car owners appreciate the most happen to be the ones they barely notice, according to the latest tech survey from JD Power. The consumer research firm surveyed 68,084…

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Switch 2 Outsells Switch 1 5:1 in Europe: 193K Units [2026]

Nintendo’s newest console outsold its predecessor by more than five to one across Europe in July 2026, according to fresh hardware estimates published by VGChartz. The Switch 2 moved an estimated 192,896 units across the region last month, against 37,486 units for the original Switch, a gap that also pushed the newer console’s European lifetime…

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Firewall Security Is Really About Controlling Trust Paths

Firewall Security Is Really About Controlling Trust Paths Source: Canva Firewalls are often judged by what they block. That is understandable, but it is not the most useful way to evaluate them. In a modern environment, much of the dangerous traffic is technically permitted: HTTPS to a cloud service, an administrator connecting to a management…

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Steam Machine Setup: Proton, NAS & Co-Op in 13 Steps [2026]

Valve’s cube-shaped Steam Machine has been shipping since June 29, 2026, and the initial reservation wave is largely settled into living rooms. But most owners only ever touch the console’s default state: Big Picture mode, a signed-in Steam account, and whatever games auto-installed from their library. The machine sitting under your TV is a full…

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