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• Arc Institute opens 2026 Virtual Cell Challenge with zero-shot cell predictions

  The August 20th competition will test gene-knockdown predictions across multiple cell lines using newly generated experimental data.

• Dnotitia wins FMS award as it pitches VDPU to storage partners

  CEO MK Chung is using the FMS recognition to recruit vendors for joint AI storage products, building on early work with KT Cloud and hardware manufacturers.

• NVIDIA opens Alpamayo 2 Super for commercial AV model development

  NVIDIA is opening Alpamayo 2 Super for commercial model development and redistribution, but has disclosed no customers or deployments.

• TareBio joins YC's summer batch with a cancer vaccine program

  Physician-scientist Eta Atolia is turning years of neoantigen and synthetic-biology research into a Los Angeles biotech.

• Alibaba's Qwen-Image-3.0-Pro entered limited cloud preview in July

  The model targets text-heavy production assets, though Alibaba Cloud still documents invitation-only access and a one-request-per-minute limit.

• AI reaches 82% of journalists as deeper newsroom adoption looks inevitable

  Coding showed how quickly useful AI assistants can become standard workflow; journalism's adoption is already broad, even as UK first-draft use remains at 10%.

• Ambrook raises $30M Series B to expand beyond farm accounting

  Lachy Groom led the Series B as Ambrook expands into construction, trucking and other family-run industries.

• Psylo founders disclose three WebKit proxy leaks affecting iCloud Private Relay

  Mysk shipped Psylo 1.3.1 to close the paths, which the researchers say can expose a device's IP address or DNS infrastructure.

• Original reporting drove 71% of RuntimeWire reads in the last 30 days

  The share excludes unclassified early articles and uses a strict test that treats any cited news publication as press-sourced.

• Google will restore Familiar Faces on Walmart's Onn cameras

  Google says an update will restore paid face recognition on Walmart's cameras, which start around $23 and store face biometrics in the cloud.

• Military GPS jamming disrupted a medevac flight before fatal New Mexico crash

  Investigators documented a lost GPS signal and resumed jamming minutes before impact, but have not determined the crash's probable cause.

• OpenAI discloses two cyber evaluations where models reached real systems

  GPT-5.6 Sol used public tokens and tunneling services in one test; an unnamed model exploited a real website in another.

• MiniMax H3 draws local apps and training tools within 48 hours

  Maestro added desktop support as developers pushed H3 onto a gaming GPU and offline Macs beyond MiniMax's tested setups.

• Palona AI discloses $28.3 million financing for restaurant automation push

  The filing lifts disclosed funding to $38.3 million as Maria Zhang, Tim Howes and Steve Liu push Palona deeper into restaurant operations.

• AMD data center sales double as shares fall despite an earnings beat

  Under Lisa Su, AMD posted $11.54 billion in revenue and expects about $13 billion next quarter as Helios begins ramping.

• Head to head: Bitdance vs Juggernaut Flux Lightning

  This one is functionally a draw. Juggernaut Flux Lightning is a bit stricter on perspective and palette discipline, while Bitdance is better at obeying fussy object placement and style-specific briefs, leaving the aggregate too close to separate with any confidence.

• Perplexity wins appeal to keep its Comet browser shopping on Amazon

  The appeals court said Amazon users, rather than Perplexity, access the marketplace when Comet acts on their instructions.

• Kaizen rebuilds Pentagon counter-drone marketplace around faster buying

  The nine-week overhaul adds performance comparisons and AI recommendations as the military opens validated counter-drone systems to allies.

• 77 counterfeit Open VSX extensions harvested developer and CI metadata

  Manifold Security tied the packages to one domain; 19 profiled Git repositories and build environments before Open VSX removed them.

• Decade raised $85 million to pair AI with wealth advisers in Brazil

  In May 2026, the Brazilian wealth advisory disclosed an $85 million seed backed by Greenoaks, Benchmark and Diffusion.

• White House keeps frontier AI review rules private as Nvidia joins talks

  The voluntary process offers selected developers and partners early access while leaving excluded labs, researchers and U.S. allies without its operating rules.

• SpaceX's 911.5 million-share unlock will test its $1.8 trillion IPO math

  Employees and early investors can begin selling on August 6th, replacing the scarcity behind SpaceX's debut with a deeper test of demand.

• Sierra details Context Engine to turn customer history into an AI moat

  The system links interactions, business records and outcomes for Horizon agents working across sales, retention, lending and healthcare.

• Ore Energy raises $43 million to build its first iron-air battery factory

  Plural and HV Capital led the Series A as Ore Energy prepares a 400 MWh delivery to Budget Thuis in 2028.