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Elon Musk has confirmed he is in talks with TSMC about a potential chipmaking collaboration under the Terafab name. The arrangement would reportedly see TSMC build and operate a dedicated facility serving Tesla, SpaceX, and xAI exclusively. Musk called it something more than just discussions, though details remain thin.
On the security front, Anthropic's bug-hunting model Mythos is drawing attention after a second Anthropic-linked vulnerability was found being actively exploited in the wild. The flaw sits in Rejetto HTTP File Server, a critical authentication-bypass bug allowing full admin access and remote code execution. Early attack traffic traced back to an IP address in China, with targets in the US and Japan.
And mobile banking scams are accelerating fast. New research shows attempts at mobile banking fraud jumped thirty-five percent over the past twelve months, with scammers increasingly abandoning desktop tactics in favor of targeting smartphone users. Employment scams are rising alongside them, luring victims with promises of high wages before extracting a price.
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