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• India and Japan have unveiled an ambitious roadmap to deepen maritime and defense cooperation within the Indo-Pacific region. • Key initiatives include increasing the frequency of naval exercises, collaborating on defense technology, and scheduling an early India-Japan 2+2 ministerial dialogue. • This strategic alignment is a response to shifting global geopolitics and energy disruptions caused by the ongoing crisis in West Asia.

• Beijing-based Z.ai recently released the GLM-5.2 AI model, which has earned praise from Silicon Valley for its ability to handle complex tasks with minimal prompts. • The model is noted for rivaling US counterparts while operating at a fraction of the cost, drawing comparisons to the "DeepSeek moment" of January 2025. • This development occurs despite stringent US export controls designed to prevent China from accessing the advanced hardware and inputs necessary for AI development.

Exclusive: Staff at Rockstar Games hope move can be completed before release of GTA VI scheduled for NovemberThe makers of Grand Theft Auto are attempting to gain official union recognition after mass sackings last year.Video game designers and other employees at Rockstar Games are working with the IWGB Game Workers Union to try to secure unionisation before the release of GTA VI scheduled for November. Continue reading...

Bank details at risk as criminals use AI to create fake sites and emails offering pre-release beta test versionLike millions of gamers around the world, you have been waiting years for Grand Theft Auto VI to be released. Now you have the opportunity to play the much-anticipated game before everyone else.An email has arrived inviting you to play a pre-release “beta” version of the game so that you can alert the makers to any bugs before its official release later this year. Continue reading...

Theft rises in both states, even as Victoria’s crime rate decreases 1.9% on the year beforeVictoria has recorded its first drop in crime in four years and fewer young people are offending, but a surge in theft is bucking the trend – mirroring concerns in New South Wales, where a sharp rise in ebike theft has helped drive stealing rates higher.The Victorian Crime Statistics Agency (CSA) on Thursday released data for the 12 months to March 2026, which showed there were 625,426 criminal offences recorded in Victoria – a decrease of 1,524 or 0.2% on the previous 12 months. Continue reading...

• Security firm CrowdStrike reports that Chinese hackers are intensifying cyberattacks to steal advanced artificial intelligence technology from the United States. • These efforts follow U.S. restrictions on China's access to high-end AI microchips, which have hindered Beijing's domestic development and forced a reliance on indigenous models. • The report highlights that China-linked actors targeted government communications in Southeast Asia and maintained persistent access to North American tech organizations by exploiting vulnerabilities.

• Cybercriminals are utilizing AI-native lures and adversary-in-the-middle (AiTM) proxy infrastructure to execute sophisticated phishing attacks. • These advanced techniques are specifically designed to bypass multi-factor authentication (MFA) by stealing active session tokens from users. • This evolution in social engineering matters because it renders traditional MFA insufficient, allowing attackers to gain unauthorized access to secure accounts without needing passwords.