Meta Platforms is reportedly planning to launch a consumer AI agent, known internally as Hatch, within the coming weeks. Documents reviewed by The Information also show an October target for a new model, Watermelon. The release anchors Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg’s ambition to monetize Meta’s AI investments and
Chinese state-affiliated hackers now run twice as many attacks as they did before handing mundane work to DeepSeek and open-source artificial intelligence (AI) systems, according to Taiwanese threat intelligence firm TeamT5. Attribution remains imprecise. The firm cannot tie every intrusion to a specific system,
Roughly $16.8 million flowed into 30 cryptocurrency addresses tied to members of Iran’s Mabna Institute, according to blockchain intelligence firm TRM Labs. The US Treasury listed those addresses as part of a wider action against Iran. One defendant’s wallets received 92% of that total. Iran’s Mabna Institute Wallets
Bitcoin (BTC) treasury firm Strive purchased 1,110 BTC for roughly $81.5 million last week, lifting its treasury to 21,356 coins. The purchase cut Strive’s average cost to $93,257 per coin from $94,345. However, its Bitcoin reserve still carries a paper loss of more than $292 million. Strive Keeps Buying While Its BTC
Cosmos Labs confirmed an ongoing security incident affecting users of the Cosmos EVM module. It advised chains in contact with it to ask validators to halt block production. Three networks have now disclosed impact. KiiChain and TAC froze their chains after attackers drained accounts, while MANTRA restarted its