

Attackers Used AI Against Singapore at 1.5 Times the Global Rate
Six in ten Singapore organisations hit by ransomware in the past year said their attackers used AI, against 40% globally, a gap Semperis puts at 1.5 times the global rate. The identity security company's annual ransomware report also found that 42% had an AI agent or system inside their own organisation manipulated or exploited, which places the risk on both sides of the perimeter.
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WhatsApp Lets People Without an Account Join a Call
WhatsApp has introduced guest calling, which lets an account holder invite anyone to join a call even if that person does not have the app or a WhatsApp account. Calls are free, carry no time limit and use the same encryption as ordinary WhatsApp calls.
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Ant Group Open Sources Ling-3.1-flash With a Million Token Context
Ant Group's inclusionAI has published the weights of its Ling flash model on Hugging Face under the MIT licence, completing a plan the team set out when the model was announced. The release carries a 560 billion parameter mixture of experts design with 25 billion parameters active for each token, and a context window that reaches one million tokens.
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Fujifilm Adds Mood Filter and Landscape Mode to the instax SQUARE 2
Fujifilm has added the instax SQUARE 2 to its instant camera range, an entry model for square format film that succeeds the SQ1 and reaches Singapore at S$169. The company says it keeps the simple operation of its predecessor while adding a landscape mode and a filter switch that changes the character of a finished print.
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China Approves Alibaba AI Models for Apple Handsets Including the iPhone Duo
China has approved Alibaba's artificial intelligence models for use in several Apple handsets, including the new iPhone Duo, clearing a regulatory hurdle for Apple Intelligence in the mainland. Updated network access permits for the iPhone Duo, the iPhone 18 Pro and several earlier Apple models now list three approved AI systems alongside the devices they run on.
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Robot Traffic Test
DEEP Robotics has been testing its DR02 humanoid on the streets of Hangzhou, putting the full size industrial robot to work beside traffic officers at busy crossings. The company says the machine carries an IP66 rating for dust and water protection, a level of sealing that suits outdoor duty in rain and spray. The trials took place in the city's Xihu district, on roads an officer would otherwise cover.
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Honda Reveals Advanced Avatar Robot Hand at CEATEC
Honda, the Japanese automaker, recently demonstrated a robotic hand engineered for precision and strength. This presentation at CEATEC 2026 in Japan introduced technology allowing individuals to perform physical work remotely. The Honda Avatar Robot features a multi fingered hand and an assistance system for user control.
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ModelBest Open Sources MiniCPM-V 4.7 for Use on the Phone Itself
ModelBest has released the next generation of its small multimodal family, shipped as a 35B-A3B version and a 1B version under the MiniCPM name. The larger one is the first mixture of experts model in the line, and the company says it runs on a phone using about 3GB of memory while decoding at more than 13 tokens per second.
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Huawei Says HiSilicon Designed the Sensor in Its XMAGE Z10 Camera
Huawei has confirmed that the image sensor inside its XMAGE Z10 camera module was designed in house by HiSilicon, its chip design unit, closing a question that earlier coverage of the module had left open. The disclosure came at the company's 2026 Kirin media briefing, held at its Lianqiu Lake research centre in Shanghai, where a semiconductor executive also detailed the security features of the Kirin 9050 mobile chip.
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Anthropic Warns Small AI Models Could Self-Replicate as Botnets
Anthropic recently warned that small artificial intelligence models could soon self replicate across internet connected devices. This development raises the prospect of AI driven botnets spreading rapidly, resisting efforts to remove them, and potentially accessing data centres to expand their operations. The company's experiments suggest these autonomous AI networks could prove challenging to disable once established, as no central control point would exist.
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