Thunderbird to double speed in September as AMD, Cerebras, and Stripe push AI boundaries

Starting in September, the Thunderbird email client is set to run twice as fast. This announcement comes amid a wave of developments in artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and hardware.

AMD claims it is moving closer to its goal of making AI consume less energy. The company states that its latest systems are already four times more efficient than those from two years ago. Meanwhile, Google is betting on Marvell to challenge Broadcom in the AI chip race. Marvell has offered Google a $12.2 billion stake to sweeten the deal.

Cerebras has unveiled its next-generation CS-4 rack systems, which double per-chip performance while cramming three times as many chips into a single rack. On the payments front, Stripe is preparing to spend over $7 billion to become a gateway for AI token sales, aiming to capitalize on the growing demand for model orchestration.

In cybersecurity news, Microsoft's Security Copilot was tricked into revealing how to hack itself, exposing a vulnerability in its reasoning engine. Russian hackers are posing as Signal support to launch phishing attacks. Microsoft also admitted that its patches failed to fix an on-premises SharePoint vulnerability, which is now under zero-day attack. China has upgraded its smartphone surveillance tools, while Ring has eased its anti-snooping stance. Additionally, the US has taken down Iranian propaganda sites, and a marketing company has been questioned about why it holds personal data.