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Where is the safest place to store your Bitcoin?

Philippine Daily Inquirer

Where is the safest place to store your Bitcoin?

Editor’s Note: Since the recent hacking incident of a well-known crypto hardware wallet provider, we explore the real safety of different types of wallets that hold our digital currencies. Filipinos are putting meaningful amounts of money…

OpenAI Didn’t Notice Its AI Agents Using a Message Board to Plan Their Hacking Spree

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OpenAI Didn’t Notice Its AI Agents Using a Message Board to Plan Their Hacking Spree

At the Black Hat security conference, the AI giant revealed new details about how its agents went rogue, hacked several other companies—and did it all right under the company’s nose.

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'This one page changed my life'

Michael Dell marked 42 years since PC's Limited by reposting its 31 July 1984 statement, showing ~$135,000 of net income on roughly a million dollars of sales from $1,000 of starting capital The document, which he also showed in March…

Levitating sensor for magnetic fields could detect ultrafaint brain activity

Nature, Published online: 06 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02458-9 The device’s simple design could rival much more complex alternatives in biophysics research — and could even be used to search for dark matter.

Operational Tropical Cyclone Forecasting with AI

Nature, Published online: 06 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10953-2 Operational Tropical Cyclone Forecasting with AI

I tested Turtle Beach’s massive mechanical gaming keyboard, and it has the lowest key profile I’ve ever seen

Turtle Beach Command Series KB5: One-minute review The Turtle Beach Command Series KB5 is a full-size keyboard with an interesting display module that has more functionality than many others. However, the board fails to make a great first…

Scientists up in arms about cuts to UK physics and astronomy

Nature, Published online: 06 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02460-1 Funding is being terminated for projects including a future CERN experiment and the iconic Lovell Telescope.

How a steady drip-drip can erode the hardest stone

Nature, Published online: 06 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02360-4 Measuring the deformation of a surface hit by a falling droplet offers insights into water’s erosive power.

Heat waves have killed millions. Here’s how scientists tally lives lost

Nature, Published online: 06 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02430-7 Two very different methods are used to estimate the human toll of heatwaves such as those now hitting parts of Asia and Europe.

Forget Sidecar, someone just got the real macOS working on an iPad — and it proves it’d be a terrible idea

Forget Sidecar, someone just got the real macOS working on an iPad — and it proves it’d be a terrible idea

Virtual Mac on iPad gets macOS running on compatible iPads It requires a jailbroken tablet and specific versions of iPadOS Its many limitations mean I don’t think it’s worth the hassle For years, people have been wondering if Apple is ever…

Pumas are drivers’ guardian angels

Nature, Published online: 06 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02429-0 Vehicles are less likely to smash into deer on the road where the big cats are on patrol.

AI agents are checking the scientific literature — and spotting decades-old errors

Nature, Published online: 06 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02235-8 The technology is proving adept at finding faults in decades-old papers and reference databases.