Shakeel Hashim / Transformer:
UK AI Security Institute report: AI models are rapidly improving at potentially dangerous biological and chemical tasks, and show fast jumps in self-replication  —  AI models are rapidly improving at potentially dangerous biological and chemical tasks, and also showing fast increases …

Apple has announced the changes it's making to the iOS App Store in Japan in order to comply with recent legislation in the country. It will allow third-party app stores and payment processing options, though is introducing new commission fees for those transactions. Developers in Japan will now be able to distribute apps on alternative […]

Brennan Lee Mulligan shakes up Critical Role Campaign 4 once more with a key difference in how leveling up works.

Chance Miller / 9to5Mac:
Apple says it will roll out more App Store ads in 2026 “to increase opportunity in search results”; Apple's website says 800M+ users visit the App Store weekly  —  Apple is expanding the number of ads that appear in App Store search results.  In an update on its Apple Ads website today …

Jake Bleiberg / Bloomberg:
Amazon CSO Stephen Schmidt says subtle keystroke data lag, measuring 110ms instead of the expected tens of milliseconds, helped catch a North Korean IT worker  —  Security personnel tracked connections from a contractor.  —  An infinitesimal delay in the typed commands of a new IT worker provided …