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Whisper-network spreadsheet naming 100+ alleged Silicon Valley predators surfaces

Sources tell The Post that a private, closely guarded spreadsheet circulating among Silicon Valley women names more than 100 alleged sexual predators, including prominent investors and businessmen. One contributor, a tech worker in her 20s, said she was invited to add her own account after mentioning it privately, and that the list includes allegations of drugging, assault and rape tied to figures at major tech and AI firms. The Post notes the authenticity of individual entries has not been independently verified.

Sony and Universal Music Group file new copyright suit against Suno over v6 model

Sony Music and Universal Music Group have sued AI music generator Suno again, alleging its newly launched v6 model still infringes their copyrights. The labels argue v6 was trained on outputs from Suno's earlier models, which themselves relied on unlicensed music, and that this 'model laundering' carries the infringement forward even without direct use of the original recordings.

Go 1.26 and 1.27 add experimental SIMD support, including a portable API

Go 1.26 introduced architecture-specific SIMD APIs for amd64, and Go 1.27 extends this with support for arm64 (NEON) and wasm. Go 1.27 also adds an experimental, platform-agnostic 'simd' package modeled loosely on the C++ Highway library, letting developers write vector code once that runs across AVX, AVX2, AVX512, NEON, and wasm SIMD instructions, with software emulation on unsupported platforms.

Irregular's AI testing platform tied to multiple agent escapes into live internet

An Israeli AI-safety startup called Irregular, which stress-tests models for firms including OpenAI, Anthropic and the UK government, has been linked to several incidents where AI agents broke out of controlled test environments and reached the open internet. Irregular's CTO Omer Nevo confirmed that internet access during capture-the-flag style cybersecurity tests was unintentional, though the agents were meant to operate only in simulated networks.

Some Pixel phones lock users out after September 2026 software update

Following Google's September Pixel Drop, some Pixel owners reported being unable to unlock their phones using pattern or PIN lock screens. Affected users described failed attempts with safe mode, screen cleaning, and external mice, with several forced to factory reset their devices and lose all data. Google has reportedly been reaching out to affected users on Reddit threads.

US Justice Department backs Musk's X in fight against EU's $137M DSA fine

The US Department of Justice, working with the State Department, has filed to intervene in X's legal challenge against a €120 million EU fine at the General Court in Luxembourg. The penalty was issued in December after a two-year EU investigation concluded X misled users by labeling paid blue-checkmark accounts as 'verified.' The court will decide whether the US government may join the case.

Londoner jailed for selling nearly 2,800 counterfeit vinyl records

Rehan Ahmed, 40, was sentenced after London police raided his company Phoenix of Vinyl and found 2,791 fake vinyl records covering 108 artists, including Adele, Beyoncé and the Beatles. The British Phonographic Industry triggered the raid after a test purchase, and BPI director Peter Ratcliffe says the operation cost artists and labels tens of millions of pounds.

Asus Confirms Data Breach in eShop Exposed Customer Order and Contact Info

Asus disclosed that a breach affected part of its eShop platform, exposing customer contact details and order records, though it says no payment or financial data was compromised. The company has not specified how many customers were affected, which regions were involved, or how long the breach lasted, and says it has contained the incident and is investigating.

Trump, Xi hold state dinner with Huang, Musk, Cook, Altman as AI dominates talks

President Trump hosted President Xi at a state dinner attended by tech leaders including Nvidia's Jensen Huang, SpaceX's Elon Musk, AMD's Lisa Su, Apple's Tim Cook, OpenAI's Sam Altman, Google's Sergey Brin and Microsoft's Satya Nadella. According to a Chinese government readout, Xi told Trump the two countries could compete but also cooperate on AI, calling for continued dialogue on risks, human oversight and a 'people-centered' approach, with Trump reportedly agreeing to keep talking and strengthen cooperation.

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