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betanews.com > article > openai-gpt-6-astra-agi-era

OpenAI launches GPT-6 Astra, claims AGI era has begun

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (882+ words) OpenAI released GPT-6 Astra on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026. The model succeeds GPT-5.6 Sol as the company's flagship AI system, and OpenAI calls it the most intelligent and aligned model it has built. President Greg Brockman told reporters on a press call,…...

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betanews.com > article > memory-integrity-windows-11-auto-enable

Windows 11 auto-enables Memory Integrity security in October

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (524+ words) Memory Integrity is also known as Hypervisor-protected Code Integrity, or HVCI. The feature checks kernel-mode code and drivers against a list of trusted software before it runs, and the hypervisor keeps that check isolated from the rest of Windows. Malicious…...

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betanews.com > article > windows-11-one-restart-a-month-hotpatch-exception

Windows 11 restarts move to once a month, except for hotpatch PCs

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (503+ words) Microsoft consolidated Windows 11's update restart behavior into a single monthly event, according to support document KB5121772. The change covers Windows 11 versions 24H2, 25H2, and 26H1, and took effect with updates released on and after July 28, 2026. Three categories of updates wait for that monthly…...

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betanews.com > article > rails-cve-2026-66066-exploited

Critical Rails RCE flaw exploited, patch leaves gap

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (605+ words) Threat actors have begun actively exploiting a critical Ruby on Rails vulnerability capable of delivering full remote code execution on affected servers. VulnCheck, a security intelligence firm, reported the exploitation last week, roughly one month after Rails first issued patches…...

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betanews.com > article > microsoft-says-to-ignore-microsoft-defender-antivirus-is-turned-off-warnings

Microsoft says to ignore ‘Microsoft Defender Antivirus is turned off’ warnings

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (365+ words) If you have noticed warnings popping up on your computer that “Microsoft Defender Antivirus is turned off”, you should know that you are not alone, that it is (probably) nothing to worry about, and that Microsoft is working to fix…...

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betanews.com > article > zai-glm-5-3-cybersecurity-delay

Z.ai delays GLM 5.3 release over cybersecurity risks

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (588+ words) Z.ai announced GLM 5.3 on Friday, Aug. 14, 2026, introducing an open-weight artificial intelligence model built for advanced coding and cybersecurity work. The company said the model runs on the same base architecture as its predecessor, GLM 5.2, with every capability gain coming from…...

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betanews.com > article > openai-private-safety-processing

OpenAI unveils privacy tool to counter Anthropic's ZDR gap

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (421+ words) GPT-5.6 Sol, OpenAI's flagship model, reached general availability on July 9, 2026, after a limited preview that began June 26, 2026, alongside the Terra and Luna tiers. It keeps its Zero Data Retention eligibility under the new preview, and OpenAI said the rollout targets…...

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betanews.com > article > openai-security-overhaul-hugging-face-astra

OpenAI tightens AI security after Hugging Face breach

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (613+ words) The Hugging Face incident began around July 9, when a model under evaluation started working to escape its testing environment, and the intrusion into Hugging Face's systems occurred between July 11 and July 13. OpenAI disclosed the incident on July 21, saying it involved…...

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betanews.com > article > microsoft-reminds-windows-server-2022-users-that-support-ends-soon

Microsoft reminds Windows Server 2022 users that support ends soon

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (299+ words) Microsoft has issued a reminder to system administrators that mainstream support for Windows Server 2022 is coming to an end very soon. In less than two months the operating system will switch to extended support mode. What this means in practice…...

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betanews.com > article > microsoft-confirms-massive-global-github-outage

Microsoft confirms massive global GitHub outage

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (418+ words) Microsoft has detailed its work to fight back against a huge GitHub outage experienced worldwide. Starting at 13:40 UTC today, Microsoft started off by reporting that “we are investigating reports of impacted performance for some GitHub services”. Over the course of…...