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SpaceXAI’s Grok Build AI coding tool was spotted uploading users’ entire codebases to Google Cloud before it was reported, and the company turned it off. The Register reports that Cereblab published findings on Monday showing how the Grok Build CLI was packaging and uploading entire code repositories, “including files it was told not to open and secrets deleted from history,” significantly more data retention than similar tools like Claude Code.The researchers say that as of Monday, their tests show SpaceXAI’s servers returning a “disable_codebase_upload: true” flag, and the codebase upload “no longer fires.”Elon Musk responded to the incident in a…

The US Department of the Treasury and HM Treasury released a set of recommendations as part of the Transatlantic Taskforce for the Markets of the Future, which included stablecoin activity and tokenized finance.In a joint statement on Tuesday, the two treasury entities issued four recommendations focused on digital assets as part of bilateral cooperation between the two countries on financial markets. The task force recommended that authorities consider a private-sector-led group focused on “testing of cross-border use cases for tokenized assets” and that financial agencies in the US and the Bank of England identify shared approaches on the regulation of…

Millie Bobby Brown is returning to Celebrity Substitute with a new outlook after becoming a mother. “I’m honestly worried that I’m not going to give good advice. I don’t want to knock anything out of them. I’m here as a mom now. So it’s a different lens,” the actress, 22, says in Us Weekly’s exclusive first look of Celebrity Substitute season 3. “I think honestly before my daughter, I probably would have been like, ‘All right here’s our boot camp.’” Now, Brown is taking more of a “gentle parenting” approach this time around, adding that she wants the kids “to…

The Lagos State Police Command says it has dismantled an alleged criminal syndicate that defrauded vehicle dealers by obtaining vehicles with dud and post-dated cheques before reselling them for personal gain. The operation was carried out by detectives from the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Panti, on the directive of the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, Tijani Fatai. In a statement shared on Tuesday on X, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Abimbola Adebisi, stated that the breakthrough followed investigations into three separate cases that uncovered what investigators described as a coordinated criminal network. According to the…

Freed Oyo pupils and their teacher In the years ahead, Nigeria’s greatest security victories may not be defined by the loudest battles. They will be defined by whether the institutions charged with protecting the nation continue learning to think, plan, and act as one… That is the enduring lesson from Oyo. And if sustained, it may prove to be one of the most consequential developments in Nigeria’s evolving security story. There are moments when an entire nation seems to breathe again. The announcement on Friday, 10 July that all 39 pupils and seven teachers abducted from schools in Oriire Local…

Pupils rescued from captivity in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State have reunited with their families after receiving medical treatment. Videos from the reunions shot by our correspondent captured emotional scenes as parents embraced their children in tears after weeks of uncertainty following 56 days in terrorists’ captivity. In one of the videos, officials called out the names of the rescued children one after another as family members waited anxiously to receive them. Names including Testimony, Aliyu Ahmed, Abati Elizabeth and Adeleke Joshua were announced before relatives stepped forward amid tears, prayers and jubilation. Some parents wept openly, while…

Plex services experienced some major issues on Tuesday, with multiple users reporting problems on Plex’s forums and on Reddit. Many people use Plex as a way to stream shows and movies they host locally, but users are upset because today’s problems were reportedly affecting their ability to do that.“Basically all Plex is down unless you can play locally over LAN and even that takes ages and doesn’t always work,” said one user. Others reported problems with matching content on their servers. For me, the Plex TV website was loading slowly, though while initially writing this story, it started to load…

Japan’s largest domestic payment network, JCB, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Circle to explore using USDC for cross-border payments and merchant transactions.Under the memorandum, the companies will initially explore using USDC for JCB’s internal cross-border fund transfers through a proof of concept, while also evaluating stablecoin payments at merchants in Japan for international visitors. The companies said they will also assess technologies that support interoperability across multiple blockchain networks.The agreement builds on a separate initiative JCB launched in January with Digital Garage and Resona Holdings to test stablecoin payments at physical stores in Japan. That project focuses on…

The Senate on Tuesday passed three concurrence bills transmitted by the House of Representatives and advanced a bill seeking to establish a Federal Medical Centre in Arugungu, Kebbi State. The bills passed by the Senate are the Federal Road Safety Corps (Amendment) Bill, 2026, the Federal University of Medical Laboratory Science and Technology, Jos (Establishment) Bill, 2026, and the Federal Universities of Technology (Amendment) Bill, 2026, which were transmitted to the upper chamber by the House of Representatives for concurrence. The bills were presented during plenary by the Senate Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele (APC-Ekiti Central), who urged lawmakers to support their…

…financial institutions increasingly rely on AI to detect fraud, monitor suspicious transactions, strengthen anti-money laundering compliance, improve risk management, and personalise customer experiences. AI enables banks to analyse millions of transactions in real time, identifying anomalies that human analysts might never detect. The result is greater operational efficiency, improved customer service, and stronger protection against financial crime. “Today’s question is no longer whether we can raise capital, but whether we can protect, preserve, and grow that capital in the digital era.” Those words, delivered by the Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Malam Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, at…