Nvidia and AMD To Pay 15% of China Chip Sale Revenues To US Government
Nvidia and AMD To Pay 15% of China Chip Sale Revenues To US Government Summary In an unusual export-control arrangement, Nvidia and AMD have agreed to give the US government…
WIRED Roundup: Unpacking OpenAI’s Government Partnership
WIRED Roundup: Unpacking OpenAI’s Government Partnership Summary This is a summary of WIRED’s Uncanny Valley episode (published 11 Aug 2025) in which hosts Zoë Schiffer and Jake Lahut run through…
OpenAI Scrambles to Update GPT-5 After Users Revolt
OpenAI Scrambles to Update GPT-5 After Users Revolt Summary On 11 August 2025 OpenAI released GPT-5 across ChatGPT users. Instead of universal praise, many users reacted negatively: reporting a diluted…
REvil Actor Accuses Russia of Planning 2021 Kaseya Attack
REvil Actor Accuses Russia of Planning 2021 Kaseya Attack Summary A convicted REvil affiliate, Yaroslav Vasinskyi, has told researchers he believes the Russian government played a direct role in the…
BlackSuit Ransomware Takes an Infrastructure Hit From Law Enforcement
BlackSuit Ransomware Takes an Infrastructure Hit From Law Enforcement Summary US and international law enforcement agencies coordinated a takedown of parts of the BlackSuit (aka Royal) ransomware infrastructure on 24…
Romance scam suspects extradited from Ghana, charged with more than $100 million in thefts
Romance scam suspects extradited from Ghana, charged with more than $100 million in thefts Summary Three Ghanaian nationals have been extradited to the U.S. after the Department of Justice unsealed…
Ransomware gang claims attack on St. Paul city government
Ransomware gang claims attack on St. Paul city government Summary A ransomware group known as Interlock has added the City of St. Paul to its leak site, claiming to have…
Russia’s RomCom among those exploiting a WinRAR 0-day in highly-targeted attacks
Russia’s RomCom among those exploiting a WinRAR 0-day in highly-targeted attacks Summary Security researchers at ESET discovered that a high-severity WinRAR vulnerability (CVE-2025-8088) was being exploited in the wild before…
Trump seeing green as he weighs deal to allow Nvidia Blackwell GPU sales to China
Trump seeing green as he weighs deal to allow Nvidia Blackwell GPU sales to China Summary US President Donald Trump signalled he might permit sales of scaled‑down Nvidia Blackwell GPUs…
FedRAMP government cloud software approvals double under new program
FedRAMP government cloud software approvals double under new program Summary The US General Services Administration (GSA) has approved 114 cloud services for government use in fiscal 2025 — more than…