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Stripe didn’t really buy OpenRouter because of the ‘singularity’
Stripe has confirmed it is acquiring OpenRouter, the AI model-routing startup, for a reported $7.5 billion, a huge jump from its $1.3 billion valuation just three months earlier. A leaked letter from Stripe’s founders, Patrick and John Collison, jokingly cited the “singularity” as their rationale, but the real drivers appear to be the growing overlap…
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The Binding of Isaac: Repentance+ Online release goes head-to-head with GTA 6 on November 19
The Binding of Isaac: Repentance+ Online, the multiplayer expansion for Edmund McMillen’s roguelike The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth, will launch on consoles on 19 November 2026 — the same day as Grand Theft Auto 6. This is a striking scheduling choice, as most publishers have been shifting release dates this year specifically to avoid clashing…
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‘Not a theoretical risk,’ feds warn as attackers use AI-made code to hack critical infrastructure controllers
Five US federal agencies — the NSA, CISA, FBI, Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Agency — have issued a joint warning that attackers are using AI-generated exploitation scripts to break into internet-exposed Siemens S7 Series programmable logic controllers (PLCs) at water, energy, manufacturing and other critical infrastructure sites. Officials described the activity as “not…
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Facial recognition at matches, Baltimore crime, US wage study, Watkins bid, Weezer’s Gold Album
The Premier League has approved £3.42 million for the Metropolitan Police to test live facial-recognition technology around Premier League matchdays in London. The stated aim is to help officers identify people wanted by police or subject to football banning orders, with the scheme intended as a trial rather than a permanent stadium system. Separately, Baltimore…
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Thousands of North Korean IT workers are infiltrating corporate America
North Korean operatives are posing as remote IT workers to secure jobs at US companies, using stolen American identities, domestic “laptop farms” and artificial intelligence to build convincing résumés and pass job interviews. The scheme allows Kim Jong Un’s regime to funnel earnings back to Pyongyang while embedding operatives inside legitimate corporate networks, raising concerns…
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OpenAI seeks to one-up Anthropic with new customer privacy protections
OpenAI has unveiled a new privacy-focused safety tool called Private Safety Processing, positioning it as a rival offering to Anthropic’s recently announced data retention policy. The move comes as AI companies grapple with balancing enterprise customers’ demands for privacy against the need to monitor for misuse of increasingly powerful models, and it marks an attempt…
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Ariana Grande Granted Permission to Issue Expedited Subpoenas to Reveal Hacker Identities
A Los Angeles judge has finalised a ruling granting Ariana Grande permission to issue expedited subpoenas aimed at unmasking anonymous hackers accused of leaking her unreleased songs and behind-the-scenes footage. Judge Mark H. Epstein waived the usual 16-day waiting period, finding “good cause” and noting that notice was pointless since the defendants’ identities remain unknown.…
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Marvel’s Newest Series Is Finally Paying Off a Forgotten MCU Easter Egg 15 Years Later
Marvel Studios’ upcoming Disney+ series VisionQuest, which concludes a trilogy that began with WandaVision and Agatha All Along, appears set to pay off a 15-year-old Easter egg from Captain America: The First Avenger. A display at D23 featuring a flame-engulfed, circuit-covered figure has led fans to speculate that the show will introduce Jim Hammond, the…
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Cognition CEO denies report that SpaceX tried to acquire the startup
Cognition CEO Scott Wu has publicly denied a Bloomberg report claiming Elon Musk’s SpaceX attempted to acquire the AI coding startup, stating on X that Cognition “is not for sale” and that no talks had taken place between the two companies. The report emerged days after SpaceX completed its $60 billion acquisition of rival coding…
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GTA 6 Is Too Big For These Leaks To Hurt It
A hacking group calling itself Cyberleek has leaked unedited gameplay footage of Rockstar Games’ Grand Theft Auto 6, framing the act as protest against the studio’s business practices rather than a typical extortion attempt. The leak lands just a week before Rockstar’s own official gameplay reveal, planned for 27 August on Netflix, and is likely…