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Today so far 2026-08-12 · 17:13 UTC

Google has unveiled its Pixel 11 lineup along with new AI-powered Gemini features and an AirTag rival at its Made by Google 2026 event, marking a major product refresh from the tech giant. Meanwhile, AI-related concerns are mounting across the industry, with booksellers suspecting AI firms of buying and destroying rare books and a German advocacy group filing a criminal complaint over Meta's AI glasses, while Facebook has rolled out its standalone Creator Studio app with AI tools. On the security front, a researcher published a Windows zero-day vulnerability after Microsoft threatened legal action, and Tailscale traced database corruption to a 16-year-old SQLite bug.

Zoomsday: AI Used to Build Critical Zoom Exploit in One Day

The flaws could let someone in a meeting take control of another participant’s device without the victim clicking anything.

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OpenAI-backed Thrive Holdings raises $2B to bring AI to the enterprise

2026-08-12 · 17:41

Thrive Holdings has raised $2 billion in new funding at a $12 billion valuation from investors like SoftBank, D1 Capital…

Uber Freight reportedly investigating after hacking group claims data breach

2026-08-12 · 17:15

An extortion gang known for targeting transportation companies and private equity firms has taken credit for a breach at…

Reflex (YC W23) Is hiring Growth and GTM Roles

2026-08-12 · 17:00

Reflex, a Y Combinator-backed startup that provides an operating system for building enterprise applications, is hiring…

We should decide how AI shapes the future, not tech firms

2026-08-12 · 17:00

OpenAI and its competitors want to dictate the role that artificial intelligence will play in our society – it's time to…

Mesh, Automattic’s CRM for everyone, comes to Android

2026-08-12 · 16:57

Mesh, an AI-powered contacts app and relationship manager from Automattic is now an Android app.

SpaceXAI's Grok 4.6 Scores 61 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index

2026-08-12 · 16:54

SpaceXAI's Grok 4.6 has scored 61 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, placing it at the frontier of AI…

HTML over WebSockets: real-time SPAs with barely any JavaScript

2026-08-12 · 16:51

HTML over WebSockets is an alternative approach to building single-page applications where the server sends pre-rendered…

Why Stream ring-maker Sandbar says the future of AI wearables is voice

2026-08-12 · 16:46

AI notetaking hardware has taken off over the past couple of years, with credit-card-sized devices, pendants,…

DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 quietly released

2026-08-12 · 16:37

DeepSeek has quietly released V4 Pro 0813 with support for the Responses API format, allowing developers to integrate…

Qwen3.8-2.4T

2026-08-12 · 16:26

Alibaba has released Qwen3.8, its most capable open-source model to date, featuring 2.4 trillion total parameters with…

Wednesday, August 12: GitHub, Incident with Pull Requests and Issues

2026-08-12 · 16:22

GitHub experienced an incident on August 12, 2026, affecting Pull Requests and Issues, where some users encountered 500…

AI coding startup Lovable raised $400M at $13.3B valuation up from $6.6B in 2025

2026-08-12 · 16:20

Lovable, an AI coding startup, raised $400 million in Series C funding at a $13.3 billion valuation, doubling its…

Bike Bureau: Report Bike Lane Obstructions

2026-08-12 · 16:20

Bike Bureau is a mobile app and web platform that allows cyclists to report obstructions in bike lanes, such as…

Tesla wants to build a $10B solar factory in Texas

2026-08-12 · 16:18

Tesla wants to build a massive solar factory in Texas, but first it wants the state to chip in to defray the costs.

Form Energy raises $750M to build more 100-hour batteries for the grid

2026-08-12 · 16:18

Form Energy has landed Google and Crusoe as customers.

Pixel Watch 5

2026-08-12 · 16:14

Google announced the Pixel Watch 5, featuring Gemini Intelligence for proactive AI assistance and advanced health…

DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813

2026-08-12 · 16:04

DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 is a large-scale mixture-of-experts model released on August 12, 2026, featuring a 1 million token…

Lovable confirms new $13.3B valuation, raises another $400M

2026-08-12 · 16:04

This new funding comes after Lovable hit $500 million in annualized run rate revenue in June, the startup told…

Facebook officially rolls out its standalone Creator Studio app with AI tools for creators

2026-08-12 · 15:56

The new app launches with Facebook's AI creator assistant built into it, providing creators with personalized…

SpaceXAI: Grok 4.6

2026-08-12 · 15:55

Grok 4.6 is SpaceXAI's latest and most advanced AI model, released on August 12, 2026, offering frontier performance in…

How a $250 million acquisition collapsed into allegations of fraud and forged signatures

2026-08-12 · 15:44

Investors are still waiting for their share of the $250 million windfall, and VideoVerse co-founder Vinayak Shrivastav…

Grok 4.6

2026-08-12 · 15:32

Grok 4.6 has been released with enhanced capabilities for long-running agents and complex interactive and visual work,…

Booksellers suspect AI firms are buying and then destroying rare books

2026-08-12 · 15:19

AI firms quietly bulk buying rare books face resistance from booksellers.

After Microsoft threatened legal action, a security researcher publishes a new Windows zero-day bug

2026-08-12 · 15:18

This is the latest zero-day released by security researcher Nightmare Eclipse, despite Microsoft publicly threatening to…

Silkroad Innovation Hub’s Road to Battlefield competition continues

2026-08-12 · 15:02

The Road to Battlefield competition is now in its second year, and its purpose is to give founders across Central…

Qwen/Qwen3.8-2.4T-A95B

2026-08-12 · 15:01

Alibaba has released Qwen3.8, the most capable model in its open-source Qwen family, featuring 2.4 trillion total…

GiveCampus (YC S15) Is Hiring Engineering Managers

2026-08-12 · 14:55

GiveCampus, a Y Combinator-backed fundraising platform for educational institutions, is hiring a Senior Engineering…

Google launches Pixel 11 Pro Fold

2026-08-12 · 14:52

Google has launched the Pixel 11 Pro Fold, its most advanced foldable smartphone featuring a thinner and lighter design,…

Hax – a minimalist, terminal-native coding agent written in C

2026-08-12 · 14:43

Hax is a lightweight, terminal-native coding agent written in C that prioritizes minimalism and local model support,…

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