Welcome to the BrevFeed daily tech briefing for Monday, August 3. We've got 6 stories for you today across A.I., security, software, cloud, hardware and startups. Let's get into it.

Turning to security, Adobe has released urgent patches for critical vulnerabilities in its ColdFusion and Campaign Classic software. These flaws, some with a maximum CVSS score of 10.0, allow for remote code execution and are actively being exploited in the wild.

One specific ColdFusion vulnerability, CVE-2026-48282, was exploited within hours of its discovery. CISA has added this to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, emphasizing the immediate need for federal agencies and all users to update their systems.

This situation highlights the ongoing threat landscape, where prompt patching is essential to prevent unauthorized access and protect against potential attacks on systems running Adobe ColdFusion and Campaign Classic.

In AI, new controls for bots have been announced, aiming to help web creators manage the impact of artificial intelligence on search traffic. This comes as over half of all online traffic is now non-human, largely due to AI-generated summaries.

These AI summaries provide quick answers to users, drastically reducing traditional link clicks. Research from the 2025 Pew Research Center indicates that when AI summaries appear, only 8% of users click on traditional search result links.

This shift significantly impacts web creators who rely on traffic for revenue. The new bot options allow site owners to better control AI access to their content, with the goal of enhancing transparency and rebuilding economic models to better reward content creators in an AI-centric search environment.

In hardware, LG's 27-inch OLED gaming monitor, the 27GX704A-B, is now available for $379.99. This is a significant drop from its original price of $799.99, and a new low for the monitor, which has been priced under $500 since May.

The monitor features a glossy WOLED panel with a 1440p resolution and a fast 240Hz refresh rate. It also supports both Nvidia G-Sync and AMD FreeSync Premium Pro for smooth gameplay.

This deal is notable because most OLED monitors under $400 typically use QD-OLED panels, which can sometimes have less optimal black levels. LG's WOLED display, with its glossy finish, is designed to deliver more accurate blacks and vibrant colors. The monitor also includes multiple ports and an adjustable stand for versatile setup options.

In AI, several new models have been released, pushing the boundaries of long-horizon coding and robotics tasks. These advancements highlight a growing focus on scaling and reasoning capabilities in artificial intelligence.

Hugging Face introduced GLM-5.2, which supports coding-agent scenarios with a substantial one-million-token context. This open-source model, available under an MIT license, is designed to efficiently handle complex coding tasks. Meanwhile, Cognition's SWE-1.7 enhances long-horizon asynchronous tasks through improved reinforcement learning, aiming for better cost-performance in software engineering.

For robotics, Xiaomi-Robotics-1 leverages 100,000 hours of pre-training data to overcome data scarcity in the field. This model combines extensive pre-training with real-robot data to significantly improve its capabilities. These developments collectively point towards a future with more sophisticated AI solutions capable of tackling complex, multi-step problems.

In autonomous vehicles, Uber and Waymo are clashing over proposed legislation in Washington D.C. that would allow robotaxis to operate in the city. Uber is lobbying against the bill, arguing it could give Waymo a monopoly and threaten the jobs of human drivers.

Uber also claims robotaxis create congestion and cannot adequately serve disabled or elderly passengers. Waymo, however, supports the bill, stating it aligns with their goals for expanding autonomous vehicle services.

This conflict highlights the intense competition between the two companies in the robotaxi sector. While their partnership in Phoenix has ended, Uber and Waymo still have robotaxi service agreements in Atlanta and Austin, though Waymo plans to offer its own app-based service in those cities starting in 2028.

In hardware, AMD has released initial details for its Zen 6 Epyc "Venice" server processors, including a 256-core variant and the Venice-X CPU, both scheduled for release in the second half of 2027. The Venice-X will feature 96 cores, over a gigabyte of 3D V-Cache, and a 5.15 GHz boost clock, targeting high-performance computing workloads.

The broader Venice lineup will include the Epyc 9996, a 256-core chip offering up to 1.6 terabytes per second of memory bandwidth and 128 PCIe 6 lanes. This 256-core variant uses AMD's Zen 6c "dense" design. The Venice-X CPU was revealed at AMD's Advancing AI event and is built on the Zen 6 microarchitecture, the same as Venice SP7, which is now in production.

That's the BrevFeed daily briefing. We'll be back tomorrow with the stories that matter in tech. Thanks for listening.