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JR East and Viewcard say about 6.09 million accounts, mostly email addresses, may be exposed after the IDC Frontier ransomware attack. What the companies and Japanese media report, what is not affected, and what it does not prove.

CrowdStrike says an unnamed, likely Chinese-speaking attacker used ARTEX, an open-source AI penetration-testing agent, alongside several AI models to steal data from South Korean financial firms. What CrowdStrike found, what Korean investigators say, and what it does not prove.

Travel site skyticket says about 14.64 million records were taken. Bookoff says up to about 6.43 million, and Times Car, Lawson, karaoke firm Daiichikosho, H.I.S. and resort operator Resorttrust have also disclosed leaks. What each company has confirmed, what Kyodo reports, and what it means for customers.

Three newly disclosed incidents: Ginkgo Bioworks says an outsider accessed data from cloud environments tied to its former biosecurity business; Turkey's data regulator says a ransomware attack on Yıldız Technical University may affect about 140,000 students and 4,500 staff; and Green Clinic in Ruston, Louisiana, is rebuilding after ransomware locked its records. What each organisation has confirmed.

Amazon has launched three Alexa Tablets that run Android with full Google Play Store access and its Alexa+ assistant built in. Prices, UK shipping date, the opt-in screen-reading feature, and which claims are Amazon's own.

An unreleased "Additional sandbox options" setting found in Google's Gemini desktop app for Mac would let the AI reach files, apps and network connections beyond the folders users connect today. It is hidden, unconfirmed by Google and arrives just as Apple is tightening Full Disk Access.

An NVIDIA tutorial shows OpenAI's Codex coding agent turning a Jetson Orin Nano into a self-starting kiosk that captions a live webcam feed with Google's small Gemma 4 E2B model, running on the device. What the demo shows, what "No Mac required" means, and why local inference matters.

Manus raises more than $500m after Beijing blocked Meta's takeover. Tab emerges at a $300m valuation. Nvidia reportedly discusses another $1bn for Figure. ElevenLabs says it has passed a $600m run rate, and Synthesia launches Syren in beta. A Reuters/Ipsos poll finds most Americans think government is not taking AI risks seriously enough.

Cognition has given its Devin coding agent a memory: short notes kept in a Git repository and tidied each night by a "dreaming" session, with the format open-sourced. Separately, Hark has released Hark Pro, a free assistant built on a model trained to use computers. What each launch is, and which claims are the companies' own.

CoreWeave plans 240 MW in Navi Mumbai, Bell Canada's Regina campus could reach 1.2 GW with its own gas plant, and Applied Digital reported $341.9 million in quarterly revenue alongside $6.4 billion of debt. Meanwhile the bond financing Meta's Louisiana data centre hit a record low, and Entergy's CEO let slip that the site will draw 4,500 MW. What each company confirmed, and what is reported.