Author: MIL-OSI Publisher

Source: Microsoft

Headline: Rethinking security for the age of AI

Why security needs a new Cyber Stack — Introducing Project Perception

The physics of cybersecurity are changing. Autonomous systems can now reason, adapt and operate continuously. At the same time, the cost of offense is falling, while the volume, velocity and complexity of what must be secured continues to grow. Attackers can generate exploits faster, scale campaigns further and operate with unprecedented efficiency. The approaches built for a world of human actors cannot keep pace with a world of AI, agents and machine-speed attacks.

Security needs a new Cyber Stack. A new Cyber Stack must continuously perceive risk across the entire digital estate, reason across vast amounts of context and take action at machine speed. It must learn and adapt as environments evolve, helping organizations stay ahead of threats. And because security is ultimately a human mission, it must amplify defenders with better insights and more powerful ways to act. The defining characteristic of the next generation of security systems will not be their ability to generate more alerts. It will be their ability to continuously perceive, reason and act.

That vision led us to build Project Perception. A new agentic security system designed for the realities of AI. It turns signals into real-time protections using AI to defend against AI.

Project Perception brings together signals, context, models and specialized agents into a continuously learning system of defense. It can reason, prioritize and act at machine speed while keeping humans firmly in control and empowering them with powerful new workflows.

Project Perception is based on a simple idea: effective defense requires continuous understanding of how an attacker sees the world, how a defender evaluates risk and how protections are improved over time. To accomplish this, Perception coordinates three classes of specialized agents. Red team agents identify potential paths to compromise before an attacker can exploit them. Blue team agents investigate, reason over context and determine what represents meaningful risk. Green team agents take corrective actions and strengthen defenses across the environment. Working together, these agents form a closed-loop system that continuously discovers, evaluates and improves an organization’s security posture.

A system like Project Perception is only as effective as the visibility it has, the actions it can take, the experience of the teams building it and the models it can use. Microsoft brings together all four.

We see across identities, endpoints, applications, data, clouds and AI systems, providing broad visibility across the digital estate. Equally important, we can help customers take action across those environments. Combined with decades of security research, threat intelligence and real-world operational experience defending organizations, these capabilities shape how Project Perception reasons, prioritizes and responds.

Security is a 24/7 mission. Organizations need protection that is highly effective, continuously available and affordable at scale. That requires more than access to the most capable model. It requires applying the right model to the right task. Project Perception adopts a multi-model architecture that combines frontier and specialized cyber models, optimizing for both quality and cost.

As part of this multi-model strategy, we are committed to bringing customers the best models for each security task, including innovating with our own specialized models. The first scenario is software vulnerability management, bringing MAI-Cyber-1-Flash inside MDASH, our software vulnerability multi-model team of agents. MDASH with MAI-Cyber-1-Flash delivers 96% on CyberGym, an industry leading benchmark, +12 points above Mythos. And this same configuration delivers almost 50% of cost savings vs. the current MDASH configuration in market today. That’s the power of a well-tuned, multi-model system with access to uniquely rich historical training data. Next, Project Perception will take advantage of MAI-Cyber-1-Flash for many more security workflows, beyond the software vulnerability scenario.

We are bringing this vision to customers around the world through Project Perception, which enters public preview on August 3.

A Cyber Stack built for agentic security

Delivering agentic security requires more than adding agents to existing workflows. It requires a new Cyber Stack, designed from the ground up.

The stack begins with signals and sensors that provide awareness across the digital estate. Security context transforms those signals into token-efficient understanding that agents can use. Models provide intelligence and reasoning. A harness coordinates models and agents across security workflows. Agents apply that intelligence across security workflows and actuators translate decisions into protection. Together, these layers create a continuous learning system that can understand risk, adapt to changing conditions and improve security outcomes over time.

While each layer provides important capabilities, the power of Project Perception comes from how they work together.

Security context built for AI

Effective reasoning requires more than raw signals. Agents need context.

Microsoft transforms its breadth of visibility, threat intelligence and security expertise into a security context that connects security data, knowledge and semantics across the digital estate. The result is a continuously updated representation of an organization’s assets, identities, relationships, risks and activities that gives agents a shared, near real-time, understanding of the environment they are helping to defend.

This shared understanding is foundational to how Project Perception operates. Rather than forcing agents to continuously gather, correlate and reconstruct context from raw signals, it provides them with immediate and token-efficient access to the information they need to reason over risk, prioritize actions and make decisions. By grounding every interaction in this rich security context, Project Perception improves the accuracy and consistency of reasoning while reducing the time, compute and cost required to operate at scale.

A multi-model architecture built for security

No single model will be optimal for every security task. Effective cyber defense requires applying the right model to the right problem at the right time.

For Project Perception, the right model is determined by the combination of quality, reliability, latency and cost. Rather than relying on a single model, Project Perception adopts a multi-model architecture that continuously selects the capabilities best suited to the task, optimizing for both effectiveness and economics. Because security is an always-on mission, sustainable economics are essential to operating protection at scale.

This approach is shaped by ongoing research, benchmarking and evaluation across frontier and specialized models. Our security researchers continuously assess models against real-world security workflows, enabling us to match each task with the model that delivers the best outcome. This allows customers to benefit from advances in AI without being tied to any single model.

Actuators — insights to actions

Security teams do not need more information. They need better outcomes.

That is why actuators are a critical part of the Cyber Stack. Project Perception is deeply integrated across Microsoft Security products, enabling agents to connect insights to actions. Organizations can continuously reduce risk rather than simply identify it, helping defenders strengthen security while remaining in control.

Built with safety first

Underpinning every layer of the Cyber Stack is a foundation of trust. Project Perception is built in alignment with Microsoft’s Responsible AI principles and inherits the security, compliance, governance and operational controls our customers already rely on. This ensures these capabilities are delivered with the same rigor, accountability and enterprise readiness that customers expect.

The future of security

Security has always been a race between attackers and defenders. AI changes the speed, scale and economics of that race. Defenders need systems that can continuously perceive, reason and act alongside them.

 Project Perception is how we begin to build that future.

To learn more about Microsoft Security solutions, visit our website. Bookmark the Security blog to keep up with our expert coverage on security matters. Also, follow us on LinkedIn (Microsoft Security) and X (@MSFTSecurity) for the latest news and updates on cybersecurity.

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Hayete Gallot leads Microsoft’s work to help organizations operate securely in an AI-driven world. Her scope includes identity, threat protection, compliance and data security at global scale.

Tags: AI, Project Perception

Source: Samsung

When shopping for a new phone, you’ve probably read reviews and watched comparison videos in search of the “best” device.
While rankings can be helpful, they can’t answer the most important question: which phone is best for me? That answer depends on personal considerations like how you prefer to work, create, and stay connected throughout your day.
Why Does Samsung Offer Multiple Foldable Form Factors?
The best foldable isn’t the same for everyone. That’s exactly why Samsung offers three distinct foldable designs with the new Galaxy Z series.
Whether you want to consolidate with a single mobile device that can power through your to-do list, a screen built for streaming and reading, or looking for something more compact and convenient, Galaxy Z series has options.
Through eight generations of refinement, Samsung understands what users want most from foldables. The new Galaxy Z series is the result of all that experience. Every device delivers in the areas users care about most: displays, durability, portability, and performance.

Which Galaxy Z Foldable Is Right for You?
The latest Galaxy Z series offers a range of innovative foldable form factors, the compact Galaxy Z Flip8, the brand-new Galaxy Z Fold8, and the powerful Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra.
Deciding which is right for you ultimately depends on what you want from your smartphone experience, and how your phone fits into your life.
Choose Galaxy Z Flip8 if you want:

Maximum portability from Samsung’s slimmest and lightest Z series device
An experience built around self-expression and capturing the best selfies
Everyday convenience for quick tasks without opening your phone

Choose Galaxy Z Fold8 if you’re looking for:

A new foldable shape designed for modern content formats
An immersive viewing experience for watching, reading, and gaming
Samsung’s lightest Galaxy Z Fold yet

Choose Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra if you prioritize:

Samsung’s top-of the line experience reserved for Ultra devices
Multitasking on an expansive 8-inch folding main screen1
Productivity and flagship performance
The most versatile and capable camera system in the Galaxy Z series

Source: Microsoft

Headline: Fantasy Premier League Companion gives managers a new tool for success

How did the Premier League’s wealth of data help inform the Companion?

Selby: There are two buckets. There’s match data. That is, goals, assists, appearances, cards, minutes on the pitch, number of tackles, number of shots, which is, what is happening in the matches, what has happened in the matches historically, etc.

That is information which you can access already, but you need to know where to look for it. You need to know how to navigate the tables. That being accessible through Companion is a bit of a game changer to quickly finding and digesting that information.

Then there’s game data, the game being FPL in this instance. That is data which only exists because FPL exists as a game. And so that could be the number of transfers that a player has had, the number of managers that have captained a certain player, the number of managers that have played certain chips.

That stuff you can only get through Fantasy Premier League. You are taking those two data sets and pulling that together to give recommendations. When I’m asking, “My player is injured, who should I bring in as a replacement?” Companion is able to bring together those two data sets and say, here is the performance of the last six game weeks, which players are popular and which players may have the best fixtures.

Source: Bank of Botswana

Headline inflation was constant at 10.7 percent between May and June 2026, remaining above the medium-term objective range of 3 – 6 percent, and was significantly higher than the 2 percent recorded in June 2025. Inflation was constant between May and June 2026, reflecting generally stable prices across most categories of goods and services. The 16 percent trimmed mean inflation decreased slightly from 9.1 percent to 9 percent, while inflation excluding administered prices was unchanged at 5.9 percent between May and June 2026.

 Inflation for domestic tradeables increased slightly from 7.6 percent to 7.9 percent between May and June 2026, in part, due to the marginal increase in prices of some food items. In contrast, inflation for imported tradeables decreased slightly from 18.1 percent to 17.9 percent over the same period, partly due to a deceleration in the increase of vehicle prices. Overall, all tradeables inflation increased slightly from 15.2 percent to 15.3 percent between May and June 2026. Meanwhile, inflation for non-tradeables was constant at 3.9 percent in the same period.
 

Source: World Trade Organization

DS639: European Union and its Member States – Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism?

The Russian Federation submitted its first request for the establishment of a dispute panel to determine whether the European Union’s CBAM and alleged export subsidy under the EU scheme for trading greenhouse gas emission allowances are consistent with the EU’s WTO commitments.?

Russia said that as the European Union declined its request for consultations, it will proceed with the next steps in the dispute settlement process. Russia stated that it supports the protection of the environment but considers the EU measures to be overly restrictive and discriminatory and that they are aimed at protecting the EU’s domestic industries and disrupting competition.?

The EU objected to Russia’s request for a panel. The EU noted that it declined the request for consultations in light of “Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine,” which it considers to be a violation of international law. The EU recalled that this position was outlined in a joint statement to the General Council in 2022 (WT/GC/244). The EU assured WTO members that CBAM is designed in a non-discriminatory and even-handed manner to comply with WTO rules.?

The DSB took note of the statements and agreed to revert to this matter, should a requesting member wish to do so.?

Appellate Body appointments proposal?

Colombia, speaking on behalf of 130 members, introduced for the 99th time the group’s proposal to start the selection processes for filling vacancies on the Appellate Body (AB). The extensive number of members submitting the proposal reflects a common interest in the functioning of the Appellate Body and, more generally, in the functioning of the WTO’s dispute settlement system, Colombia said. ?

The United States said that it does not support the proposed decision. The US reiterated that it has set out its fundamental concerns on WTO dispute settlement and that the proposal does not address those concerns. The US stated that, despite efforts by the US and other members in recent years to identify suitable reforms, there remains a wide divergence in views among members regarding the necessary changes.?

Over 20 members then took the floor and reiterated their support for the joint proposal and for the urgent need to restore a fully functioning dispute settlement system.?Several of the members that took the floor encouraged others to consider taking part in?the Multi-Party Interim Appeal Arbitration Arrangement (MPIA),?which provides the possibility of resorting to arbitration under?Article 25 of the Dispute Settlement Understanding?(DSU) in case of an appeal in disputes between any two or more participating members. The list of current members of the MPIA is available?here.?

Colombia, on behalf of the 130 members, said it regretted that for the 99th occasion members have not been able to launch the selection processes. Ongoing conversations about reform of the dispute settlement system should not prevent the Appellate Body from continuing to operate fully, and members shall comply with their obligations under the DSU to fill the vacancies as they arise, Colombia said for the group.??

Dispute settlement reform?

The Chair provided members with a detailed update on discussions on dispute settlement (DS) reform held at an informal meeting on 23 June, as well as on the subsequent consultations with groups of members. He said that a clear majority indicated that the dispute settlement system of the WTO is a priority and a key pillar of the system for them. However, views differed among members on when and how best to restart the process of DS reform.?

Overall, he added there was support for maintaining engagement on DS reform, including through information sessions as suggested by many members. The Chair emphasized that his objective is to preserve momentum, maintain institutional memory and prepare the ground for future progress, rather than resuming technical discussions on previous DS reform texts. The chair said he aims to hold monthly consultations.?

The Chair convened an informal meeting after the regular DSB meeting to further hear members’ views on DS reform and to also invite members to make suggestions on which aspects of the DS reform process could be considered in information sessions to be organized after the summer break.?

Surveillance of implementation?

At the regular DSB meeting, the United States presented status reports with regard to?DS184, “US – Anti-Dumping Measures on Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Products from Japan”,??DS160, “United States – Section 110(5) of US Copyright Act”,?DS464, “United States – Anti-Dumping and Countervailing Measures on Large Residential Washers from Korea”, and?DS471, “United States – Certain Methodologies and their Application to Anti-Dumping Proceedings Involving China.”?

The EU presented its status report with regard to DS600 “European Union and Certain Member States – Certain Measures Concerning Palm Oil and Oil Palm Crop-Based Biofuels” and? DS291, “EC – Measures Affecting the Approval and Marketing of Biotech Products” and?DS593, “European Union – Certain Measures Concerning Palm Oil and Oil Palm Crop-Based Biofuels.”?

Indonesia presented its status reports in?DS477?and?DS478, “Indonesia – Importation of Horticultural Products, Animals and Animal Products.”?

Next meeting?

The next regular DSB meeting will take place on 25 September 2026.

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Source: Fannie Mae

WASHINGTON, DC – Fannie Mae (FNMA/OTCQB) plans to report its second quarter 2026 financial results on Wednesday morning, July 29, 2026, before the opening of U.S. financial markets.

Fannie Mae Acting Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer Peter Akwaboah and Chief Financial Officer Chryssa C. Halley will discuss the company’s results during a webcast at 8:00 a.m., ET, on Wednesday, July 29, 2026. 

Prior to the webcast, the company’s second quarter 2026 financial results news release, quarterly report on Form 10-Q, earnings presentation, and other supplemental information will be posted to the company’s Quarterly and Annual Results webpage at fanniemae.com/financialresults. Following the webcast, a transcript will be published to the financial results webpage and will remain available for at least one year.

WEBCAST PARTICIPATION DETAILS – Fannie Mae Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results

Event day and time 
Wednesday, July 29, 2026  
8:00 a.m. (ET)

Webcast link: https://event.webcasts.com/starthere.jsp?ei=1766445&tp_key=f4c741c907

Click on the link above to access the webcast. If you have difficulty accessing the webcast at the link above, please click the “Listen by Phone” button on the webcast player and dial the number provided.