

Meta’s Autonomous AI agent Muse climbs to no. 2 in free app on US App Store
Meta’s newly launched standalone personal AI agent, Muse, has rocketed up the domestic digital charts, reaching the No. 2 overall free app spot on the US Apple App Store just days after its public debut. Editorial credit: Tada Images / Shutterstock Data from app intelligence firm Sensor Tower shows the application surpassed 83,000 iOS downloads in the United States within its first 48 hours, trailing only OpenAI’s ChatGPT. The rapid consumer adoption underscores growing publi


Florida confirms DMV database breach via stolen police credentials
The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV) has confirmed a data breach affecting its Driver and Vehicle Information Database (DAVID) after an international cybercrime group gained unauthorized access using stolen law enforcement credentials. The disclosure follows claims by the extortion group ShinyHunters, which boasted on its dark web leak site that it had exfiltrated more than 200,000 driver records. Editorial credit: Bilanol / Shutterstock While


Apple unveils iPhone Duo, its long-awaited $1,999 foldable device
Apple officially entered the foldable smartphone market at its "Surprise and Shine" fall event, introducing the iPhone Duo, a premium $1,999 book-style foldable featuring a 7.6-inch inner canvas and a 5.4-inch external display. The launch marked the first major product unveiling under newly appointed Chief Executive Officer John Ternus, who took the helm following Tim Cook’s transition out of the leadership role. Editorial credit: agustin.photo / Shutterstock Carbon Fiber Hin


US prosecutors call Huawei a ‘Criminal Enterprise’ as landmark trial opens
Federal prosecutors opened a long-delayed racketeering and corporate espionage trial against Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei Technologies in Brooklyn, New York, explicitly labeling the global hardware manufacturer a "criminal enterprise". Editorial credit: Robert Way / Shutterstock The trial before U.S. District Judge Ann Donnelly stems from an expanded federal indictment detailing a multi-decade scheme to misappropriate trade secrets, evade international banking sanc


Anthropic exposes global threat networks misusing Claude in landmark 154-page report
AI safety pioneer Anthropic has published a comprehensive 154-page threat intelligence report detailing unprecedented efforts by state-sponsored actors, cybercriminals, spyware developers, and covert propagandists to bypass system guardrails and leverage its Claude AI models for weapons design, cyber espionage, and surveillance. Editorial credit: Nwz / Shutterstock The disclosure marks one of the most granular public audits of frontier model misuse ever released by an AI deve






















































