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- Australian aviation crew carries out daring midwinter Antarctica rescue
on August 7, 2026 at 2:07 amTeam evacuated a patient from McMurdo Station after landing plane in total darkness and temperature of -43°C.
- Uefa says boycott may still go ahead as FA withdraws Infantino support
on August 7, 2026 at 1:57 amFifa’s backing of president Gianni Infantino at a meeting on Wednesday “changes nothing”, says European governing body Uefa.
- ‘Wiped out’ – BBC reports from Spokane neighbourhood devastated by fires
on August 7, 2026 at 1:10 amOfficials are still working to contain the blazes that have burned down at least 860 buildings, including hundreds of homes.
- Trump imposes 15% tariff on key chip material to counter China
on August 7, 2026 at 1:03 amThe move aims to protect US firms as they face increasing competition from China’s chip industry.
- Meta fined $567m in largest child safety ruling against social media giant
on August 7, 2026 at 12:54 amA New Mexico judge ordered the Instagram, Facebook and Whatsapp parent company to pay another $567m for the way it has harmed children.
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- One of China’s Most Powerful AI Models Has Also Escaped Containment
by Will Knight on August 7, 2026 at 1:16 amSecurity researchers say that Kimi K3, an open-weight model from China, wandered off to the internet in an attempt to cheat on a test it was given.
- Hackers Stalked Me by Hijacking a Smartwatch for Kids
by Andy Greenberg, Matt Burgess, Yulia Almazova on August 6, 2026 at 9:35 pmSecurity researchers tracked and eavesdropped on a WIRED reporter using vulnerabilities in a pink plastic smartwatch. It’s just one piece of a deeply insecure supply chain of GPS-enabled gadgets.
- Why Normal People Aren’t Using AI Agents
by Maxwell Zeff on August 6, 2026 at 7:55 pmThe tech industry is realizing it needs to build agents based on what regular consumers want, not just what its AI models can do.
- Flock Highlighted Police Departments Using Its Tech. Now 4 Face Allegations of Misuse
by Caroline Haskins on August 6, 2026 at 7:31 pmFlock posted videos on its YouTube channel highlighting at least four police departments whose officers have faced allegations of misusing the company’s tech.
- ICE’s DNA Collection Increases, SpaceX’s Rocket Crashes Into the Moon, and the AI Backlash Grows
by Brian Barrett, Zoë Schiffer, Leah Feiger, Molly Taft on August 6, 2026 at 7:30 pmIn today’s episode of Uncanny Valley, we discuss how ICE has been collecting DNA samples of people who have no criminal convictions, including children, which end up in an FBI database indefinitely.
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