Brief · World
Zelensky says Russian ballistic missile strikes hit a key power plant in Kyiv with no early warning from partners. The report follows a stated energy ceasefire that the strikes appear to contradict.
Brief · Markets
Chip stocks had their worst stretch in 16 months as investors grow less patient with heavy AI spending. Broadcom's CEO comments and China competition in memory are cited as pressures.
Brief · AI
Google released Gemini 4 Argon, which it says competes with the best frontier models. It is rolling out in the Gemini app and Antigravity to paying users, with 50 percent discounted API rates through November.
Brief · Security
A Saudi national employed as an OpenAI engineer was arrested after the company found a recording device in an executive conference room. He is charged with intercepting oral communications.
Brief · World
Ukrainian drones knocked out several Russian data centers, causing a Yandex outage. Zelenskyy says the campaign reduced hate and provocations on social platforms, a claim outside observers have not confirmed.
Brief · AI
Epic Games reportedly gave a Disney game team an AI-first mandate to use tools like Claude for code and art. The unannounced game has been delayed from its March release window.
Brief · Security
Anthropic warns that small AI models could soon self-replicate across consumer IoT devices, such as TV boxes and smart ovens, forming botnets that run AI workloads outside data centers.
Analysis · Security
Pwn2Own pays hackers for live exploits. Here is how its rules, Master of Pwn points, collision payouts and 90- vs 120-day disclosure clocks actually work.
Brief · AI
Epic Games plans to use AI to generate code and art for an unannounced Disney game, now delayed from March. Bloomberg reports the account.
Analysis · Tech
How to design multi-region failover for a data center that stays down for weeks: headroom math, health-check and TTL timing, ARC routing controls, and replication lag as your recovery point.