(opens original source in a new tab)PandailyBetween Kimi K3 and DeepSeek V4: Why Native Multimodal Capability Defines the Next Phase of Chinese Frontier ModelsMoonshot AI Kimi K3, Alibaba Qwen3.8-Max, and ByteDance Doubao-Seed-2.1 commit to native multimodal training while DeepSeek, Zhipu, and Tencent Hunyuan stay text-only as vision-in-the-loop becomes decisive for long agent tasks. (opens original source in a new tab)contact@pandaily.com (Pandaily)·4 August 2026
(opens original source in a new tab)STAT NewsSTAT+: Kennedy and Oz call Medicaid cuts ‘myths.’ It’s more complicated than thatKennedy and Oz say Medicaid isn't being cut. But state Medicaid directors say new policies are likely to cause many people to lose coverage. (opens original source in a new tab)Chelsea Cirruzzo·4 August 2026
(opens original source in a new tab)STAT NewsSTAT+: As Trump administration pushes court-ordered mental health care, a new report raises questionsA study of New York’s court-ordered care for people with serious mental health conditions adds to the research on this type of involuntary care. (opens original source in a new tab)O. Rose Broderick·4 August 2026
(opens original source in a new tab)South China Morning PostProject mBridge moves closer to broader commercial use amid cross-border digital yuan pushProgress in Project mBridge, the multilateral central bank digital currency platform, is giving a fresh boost to China’s push to expand cross-border use of the digital yuan as it moves closer to broader commercial adoption. Among the latest developments, Industrial Bank launched mBridge payment services for cross-border transactions with Macau, with the lender saying it now supports mBridge settlements between the mainland and both Hong Kong and Macau. The move builds on mBridge’s expansion to.. (opens original source in a new tab)Sylvia Ma·4 August 2026
(opens original source in a new tab)The Hacker NewsCISA Adds Exploited N-able N-central Flaw to KEV After Customer CompromisesThe U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday added a high-severity security flaw impacting N-able N-central to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog following reports of active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-18577 (CVSS score: 8.2), is a case of incomplete patching for CVE-2026-18556 (CVSS score: 8.2) that allows (opens original source in a new tab)info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)·4 August 2026
(opens original source in a new tab)Dark ReadingDevice Code Phishing Up 1,500% in 2026; Vishing DoublesNewer social engineering techniques help attackers ignore entrenched security controls and limit the evidence they leave behind. (opens original source in a new tab)Nate Nelson·4 August 2026
(opens original source in a new tab)South China Morning PostChina accelerates nuclear roll-out with new reactor plans in energy-security pushBeijing has reaffirmed its 2030 nuclear-expansion target in its latest five-year plan for the power sector, following a new round of state approvals for eight reactor units. “By 2030, installed nuclear power capacity will reach around 110 million kilowatts [110 gigawatts],” authorities pledged in the document, released by the National Development and Reform Commission on Monday. While that would mark a sharp rise from China’s installed capacity of 68.5GW as of the end of June, according to data. (opens original source in a new tab)Xinyi Wu·4 August 2026
(opens original source in a new tab)CoinDeskA new Solana proposal would take daily SOL burns from $47,000 to $650,000SGP-0003 bundles a fee overhaul with a doubling of the disinflation rate. It needs 40 million more SOL of validator support in two weeks to reach a vote. (opens original source in a new tab)Shaurya Malwa·4 August 2026
(opens original source in a new tab)CoinDeskBitcoin nears $64,000 as traders look past Strategy's BTC sales and Coldcard sweepsEvery major token except ether is green on the week, with BTC up 1.9% over 24 hours and Asian equities selling off on AI-trade jitters. (opens original source in a new tab)Shaurya Malwa·4 August 2026
(opens original source in a new tab)CoinDeskA bitcoin wallet dormant since 2013 moved $31 million, and it's not the only oneA 12-year-old bitcoin wallet moved $31 million on Monday, part of a broader wave of dormant coins shifting since the Coldcard hack. (opens original source in a new tab)Omkar Godbole·4 August 2026
Clean Energy (opens original source in a new tab)CleanTechnicaXPENG’s Sales Rise 4% in JulyXPENG had very minor sales growth in July year over year, rising 4% from 36,717 in July 2025 to 38,027 in July 2026. Across the first seven months of the year, the company had 204,004 sales. That’s still down a bit from the first seven months of 2025 — 233,906 ... [continued] The post XPENG’s Sales Rise 4% in July appeared first on CleanTechnica. (opens original source in a new tab)Zachary Shahan·4 August 2026
