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1. Exhausted man defeats AI model in world coding championship

   "Humanity has prevailed (for now!)," writes winner after 10-hour coding marathon against OpenAI.

2. Phishers have found a way to downgrade—not bypass—FIDO MFA

   Contrary to recent reports, phishing sleight-of-hand doesn't defeat FIDO.

3. GitHub abused to distribute payloads on behalf of malware-as-a-service

   The repository offered the MaaS a distribution channel not blocked in many networks.

4. ChatGPT’s new AI agent can browse the web and create PowerPoint slideshows

   New "agentic" AI feature combines web browsing with task-execution abilities.

5. Google hides secret message in name list of 3,295 AI researchers

   Gemini 2.5 paper hides Easter egg in massive author list—but why so many contributors?

6. More VMware cloud partners axed as Broadcom launches new invite-only program

   Smaller businesses most likely to be affected as white-label cloud program is also ending.

7. Google finds custom backdoor being installed on SonicWall network devices

   Overstep backdoor nukes key log entries, making detection hard.

8. Hackers exploit a blind spot by hiding malware inside DNS records

   Technique transforms the Internet DNS into an unconventional file storage system.

9. Chinese firms rush for Nvidia chips as US prepares to lift ban

   H20 chips, designed to skirt export bans, are back after Trump meets with CEO.

10. Nvidia chips become the first GPUs to fall to Rowhammer bit-flip attacks

    GPUhammer is the first to flip bits in onboard GPU memory. It likely won't be the last.