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**Specification Engineering: The New Skill After Prompt Engineering** For the last two years, people have learned to get better results from large language models (LLMs) by writing clearer prompts: add context, define the role, give examples, specify the format, and iterate. This is still useful. But as AI moves from chatbots to coding agents, research assistants, data science copilots, and autonomous workflows, “good prompting” is no longer enough. The new skill is **specification engineering**: the ability to define the goal, constraints, expected outputs, edge cases, tests, success criteria, and failure modes of an AI-assisted task. In simple terms: > *Prompt…

**Understanding Passkey Bypass Risks: Recent Findings and Mitigations** Passkeys have been widely promoted as a more secure alternative to traditional passwords, designed to replace reusable credentials and resist phishing attacks. However, last week brought new research highlighting that passkey protections can still be bypassed—not by breaking the cryptography itself, but by exploiting weaknesses in how systems handle signed authentication material, cloud syncing, and session keys. — ### Recent Research Findings Three distinct research efforts revealed different methods to compromise passkey-based authentication: 1. **SpecterOps** demonstrated a Windows and Microsoft Entra ID attack chain that allows privileged user impersonation. By reusing signed…

**Thailand Takes a Major Crypto Step with 0% Capital Gains Tax** In a significant move to bolster its position as a leading digital asset hub, Thailand has introduced a groundbreaking 0% capital gains tax on cryptocurrency sales. This new policy, effective for five years from January 1, 2025, through December 31, 2029, is designed to make the country even more attractive to crypto investors and enthusiasts. ### The New Tax Exemption Under this new scheme, crypto investors in Thailand will no longer be required to pay capital gains taxes on profits made from sales via platforms that are licensed by…

### AWS Weekly Roundup: Key Launches and Innovations Last week, AWS brought together global innovators for the AWS Heroes Summit, an exclusive event focused on collaboration and technical deep-dives with product teams. During this gathering, AWS CEO Matt Garman provided an inspiring kickoff, while attendees engaged in sessions ranging from AI to serverless and containers. The event highlighted the power of community as builders connected, shared knowledge, and sparked new collaborations. Among the standout announcements last week were several major updates aimed at enhancing AI capabilities and modernization efforts. Web Search on Amazon Bedrock now supports OpenAI models, enabling real-time…

**Navigating the 2G Shutdown: Future-Proof Communication for Water and Environmental Sectors** The landscape of mobile communication is evolving, and for operators in critical sectors, this change brings both a challenge and an opportunity. In Germany, the impending shutdown of the 2G mobile network by Deutsche Telekom by June 30, 2028, is prompting a necessary migration towards more robust and future-proof technologies like 4G (LTE) and 5G. This deadline presents an urgent modernization need for numerous applications in the water and environmental sectors, many of which still rely on legacy GSM technology. Recognizing this pivotal moment, Panasonic Industry and INSYS icom…

**Meta Unveils Open-Source Agent Model Muse Glimmer for Local Deployment** Meta has taken a significant step in democratizing AI agent capabilities with the release of **Muse Glimmer**, a 30-billion-parameter model now available under the permissive Apache 2.0 license. The model is designed for **local execution on consumer-grade hardware**, particularly systems equipped with consumer GPUs, making advanced AI agents accessible without reliance on cloud infrastructure. The release comes through Meta’s **Superintelligence Labs**, which have published the model weights on Hugging Face. According to the company, Muse Glimmer is optimized for a range of practical applications, including **local coding, function calling, autonomous…

**Kimi K2.5: Visual Agentic Intelligence – A New Era in Multimodal AI** *Submitted on 2 Feb 2026 (v1), last revised 7 Aug 2026 (this version, v2)* **Authors:** Kimi Team: Tongtong Bai, Yifan Bai, Yiping Bao, S.H. Cai, Yuan Cao, Ziwei Chai, Y. Charles, H.S. Che, Cheng Chen, Guanduo Chen, Huarong Chen, Jia Chen, Jianlong Chen, Jun Chen, Kefan Chen, Liang Chen, Ruijue Chen, Xinhao Chen, Yanru Chen, Yanxu Chen, Yicun Chen, Yimin Chen, Yingjiang Chen, Yuankun Chen, Yujie Chen, Yutian Chen, Zhirong Chen, Ziwei Chen, Dazhi Cheng, Yean Cheng, Minghan Chu, Jialei Cui, Jiaqi Deng, Muxi Diao, Hao Ding, Mengfan…

**VicOne Brings DEF CON Research to Robotics Cyber-Safety Testing in Simulation** Robotics developers now have a new way to test for cybersecurity risks before deploying physical robots, thanks to a new tool from VicOne. The company has released a free extension for NVIDIA Isaac Sim, built from insights gathered at the recent DEF CON 34 conference. This move highlights how critical cybersecurity validation is becoming as robots move from controlled labs to widespread real-world operations. The VicOne Radeis Extension for NVIDIA Isaac Sim allows developers to import their own robot models and run curated attack scenarios within a simulated environment.…

**When Normal Activity Turns into a Security Risk** By Ravie Lakshmanan August 10, 2026 Tags: Cybersecurity / Hacking A lot of security problems still begin with someone doing a completely normal thing. Cloning a repo. Answering a call. Leaving a box exposed. Trusting the default. That pretty much covers the mood this week. Old bugs are back, supply chains are getting stranger, and some exploit paths are so short you wonder what was supposed to stop them in the first place. That’s only part of it. Here’s everything else that made the Monday recap. — ### ⚡ Threat of the…

**CT3 Advances Toward Mainnet Launch with Preparation of CT3GB Token and Ecosystem Economy** CT3 has announced the commencement of comprehensive preparations for the future listing of the **CT3GB token**, marking a significant step toward establishing a fully functional, in-house tokenized economy. The company is actively scaling its data storage infrastructure, building financial and operational reserves, and developing specialized smart contracts to support the token as the primary settlement asset within its ecosystem. ### Transition to an In-House Settlement System Currently, most internal operations on the CT3 platform rely on the Polygon network. With the introduction of **CT3GB**, the company plans…