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Google's Gemini 4 Carbon leads benchmarks for finding and fixing security flaws

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Google says Gemini 4 Carbon scores 88.2 per cent on SEC-bench Pro for finding vulnerabilities, 54.8 per cent on ExploitGym for exploitation and 71.0 per cent on CWE-bench for patching.

Russia proposes cutting mobile service to unregistered imported phones

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The digital ministry wants phones brought into Russia without customs clearance registered by IMEI number on the Gosuslugi government portal within two weeks. Phones not registered by then would not be served on mobile networks.

Binance hack: experts point to North Korea's TraderTraitor unit

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Blockchain firm TRM says an attacker moved about US$6.36 billion out of Binance wallets on ten blockchains, most of it in about 20 minutes.

Hackers exploit Cisco flaws to steal encryption keys and crash firewalls

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A group tracked as UAT-11473 used an SD-WAN flaw to install KeyDrift, malware built to copy the keys that encrypt traffic between sites, Cisco's Talos researchers said.

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Apple's trade secrets trial against OpenAI is set for July 2027

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Judge Edward Davila set the trial for July 19, 2027, at 9 a.m.

Memory chip shortage to last through 2030, SK Hynix says

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The chipmaker says its DRAM and high-bandwidth memory output is effectively sold out through 2029.

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EU Commission puts national social media bans for minors on hold

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The Commission is imposing a 12-month standstill on national draft laws that overlap with its September proposal. Austria's draft, which would allow platforms only from age 14, is the example given.

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Waymo taps Toyota for robotaxis in Japan and the UK

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Toyota will build 2027 bZ4X electric vehicles and fit them with Waymo's self-driving system at its Takaoka factory in Japan. Testing starts in Japan next year.