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Read moreHow China ‘risk factors’ loom over Anthropic’s hotly anticipated IPO filing
Oct 27, 2026
Open-weight models, China-US tensions, Taiwan – just a few of the more than dozen references to China-related risks cited in Anthropic’s much-anticipated listing prospectus, which was finally released on Monday after months of speculation. Mostly concentrated within the 93-page “risk factors” section of the filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, the disclosures reveal how the Silicon Valley start-up assesses the commercial threats posed by China and its artificial intelligence...
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Chinese scientists find a new way to turn Martian air into fuel
Chinese scientists find a new way to turn Martian air into fuelChinese scientists at the Deep Space Exploration Laboratory in Hefei developed a new catalyst, combining copper and sodium on a sponge-like crystal.The catalyst reacts with carbon dioxide, comprising over 95% of the Martian atmosphere...
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Microsoft Authenticator Flaw Let Permissionless Android Apps Steal Work Account Tokens
Microsoft has fixed a flaw in its Authenticator app for Android that let a malicious app with no permissions pose as a trusted Microsoft app, such as Teams, and collect sign-in tokens for a victim's work account. Microsoft tracks the flaw as CVE-2026-80097 and fixed it in Authenticator for Android version 6.2606.4246, so anyone using the app should update. In the researchers' tests,
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Keystone to Destroy 18,835 Hardware Wallets After Hackers Steal Device Verification Key
An attacker who gained access to Keystone's website obtained the key that its hardware wallets use to prove they are genuine, the company said in a statement on October 26. Someone with that key could build counterfeit devices that pass the online check owners use to verify a Keystone. A buyer who trusted a counterfeit could have their crypto stolen, but the incident did not involve
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AI-Generated Fake Login Pages Are Making Account Takeovers Easier
Fake login pages are nothing new, but generative AI is making them easier to build and more convincing. Attackers can recreate familiar login screens, impersonate trusted brands and tailor phishing attempts to specific employees or organizations. Some fake login pages go beyond stealing passwords. They can also capture MFA codes or hijack authenticated sessions, allowing attackers to gain
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Lazarus Abuses South Korean Security Software to Deploy Malware Using Post-Quantum Encryption
The North Korea-linked Lazarus Group has been attributed to a cyber espionage campaign dubbed Operation FlashHole targeting at least three organizations in South Korea spanning the construction, software, and wire-communication equipment manufacturing sectors. According to Russian cybersecurity company Kaspersky, the campaign has been active since at least July 2025. It's assessed to pick up
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ByteDance’s Zhang Yiming tops China rich list with US$99.7 billion as AI fuels fortunes
ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming has reclaimed the title of China’s richest person with a nearly US$100 billion fortune, as artificial intelligence powers a surge in wealth among China’s top entrepreneurs, according to the Hurun Research Institute. The 43-year-old Zhang, who topped the ranking in 2024, saw his wealth rise 43 per cent to US$99.7 billion – a record for China’s richest individual – as TikTok owner ByteDance aggressively expanded into AI, according to the 28th edition of the Hurun...
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Parks Canada ends search and rescue dog program
Parks Canada has quietly axed a search and rescue dog program that dates back to the early 1970s. It was highly used in the mountain national parks for backcountry rescues, to search for missing people, support local police, locate people who died in avalanches and find illegal campsites.
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DeepSeek AI model shows safety gaps in independent tests
AI-SAFETY/DEEPSEEK (PIX):DeepSeek AI model shows safety gaps in independent tests
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Yukon photographer captures footage of caribou carrying dead rival in its antlers
WARNING: This story contains graphic images of wildlife. Wildlife photographer Peter Mather said he was “shocked” to find a pair of bull caribou with antlers locked together, one of them dead, in the mountains south of Whitehorse earlier this month. He captured what happened as other wildlife fed off the carcass, still attached to the other bull.
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Australia Gets Into Amadey Malware Backend, Cuts Off Access to 180,000 Infected Computers
A criminal using the Amadey malware can no longer access or steal data from 180,000 infected computers around the world, including some in Australia, the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) says. The agency's operators gained access to the criminal's operation's backend and cut it off from those computers. "The next steps that we took were to disconnect that Amadey controller from all those
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China to boost protection of trade secrets against foreign entities
China plans new measures against foreign entities that infringe on local trade secrets, a boost to its legal defences in a technology race with the United States. New rules will cover any infringement that harms or “poses a real threat to China’s national sovereignty, security and developmental interests”, according to proposals released by the commerce ministry on Monday. The window for public comment is open until November 24. The draft rules toughen China’s intellectual property protection by...
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