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1. AI video just took a startling leap in realism. Are we doomed?

   Google's Veo 3 delivers AI videos of realistic people with sound and music. We put it to the test.

2. Thousands of Asus routers are being hit with stealthy, persistent backdoors

   Backdoor giving full administrative control can survive reboots and firmware updates.

3. Where hyperscale hardware goes to retire: Ars visits a very big ITAD site

   Watching memory DIMMs get sorted like Wonka children inside SK TES' facility.

4. Feds charge 16 Russians allegedly tied to botnets used in cyberattacks and spying

   An example of how a single malware operation can enable both criminal and state-sponsored hacking.

5. Researchers cause GitLab AI developer assistant to turn safe code malicious

   AI assistants can't be trusted to produce safe code.

6. Google’s Will Smith double is better at eating AI spaghetti … but it’s crunchy?

   Veo 3 is a major leap in AI video synthesis, but the sound effects need more cooking time.

7. Destructive malware available in NPM repo went unnoticed for 2 years

   Payloads were set to spontaneously detonate on specific dates with no warning.

8. Report calls for regulation of “legally and ethically flawed” VMware

   "Broadcom is unlikely to make any voluntary changes to its new commercial terms."

9. New Claude 4 AI model refactored code for 7 hours straight

   Anthropic says Claude 4 beats Gemini on coding benchmarks; works autonomously for hours.

10. Authorities carry out global takedown of infostealer used by cybercriminals

    Authorities, along with tech companies including Microsoft and Cloudflare, say they’ve disrupted Lumma.