Chinese AI startup Moonshot AI is deliberately limiting the hacking capabilities of its latest artificial intelligence model, highlighting a growing dilemma for the industry: how do companies make AI more powerful without making cyberattacks easier to carry out?

The company introduced Kimi K3.1 Pro on October 24, describing it as a highly capable, open-weight model with around 3 trillion parameters. Unlike conventional AI services that operate entirely through a provider’s servers, open-weight models allow developers to download the underlying model files, run them on their own systems, and modify how they work.

Moonshot said it removed cyber-related data from the model’s training dataset and reinforcement-learning environments to reduce its ability to conduct offensive cyber operations, while retaining its general coding capabilities. The company plans to release the model’s weights on November 4, opening it up to a wider developer community. 

Moonshot reduces hacking capabilities without sacrificing coding

Moonshot’s internal testing suggests the safeguards have made a measurable difference. Kimi K3.1 Pro scored 81% on the company’s cybersecurity benchmark, which involved finding and exploiting software vulnerabilities in a controlled environment. A similar version without the risk-reduction measures scored 90.5%.

That represents a 9.5-percentage-point drop in the reported score. However, the results have not been independently verified, and the model reportedly still outperformed its predecessor.

The distinction matters because the same AI capabilities can be used for both defence and offence. Security teams could use AI to identify weaknesses in software before criminals exploit them. Attackers, meanwhile, could use models that write code, operate software tools and complete multi-step tasks to automate parts of an attack.

Moonshot argues that open-weight AI can help organisations inspect and secure neglected or older software. But once model files are distributed widely, the original developer has less control over who uses them and whether safeguards remain effective.

AI security concerns are becoming a global policy issue

Moonshot’s decision comes as governments and technology companies worry that increasingly capable AI could make sophisticated cyberattacks cheaper and easier to execute. China has also proposed export controls targeting AI-driven malware-generation technology and certain AI-assisted vulnerability-discovery tools. The proposals remain subject to public comment.

For businesses and ordinary users, the stakes extend beyond individual computers. More automated attacks could increase pressure on organisations responsible for protecting personal information, financial systems and critical infrastructure. At the same time, restricting AI security research too aggressively could leave vulnerabilities undiscovered.

Kimi K3.1 Pro also features a one-million-token context window, allowing it to process large amounts of information in one go. Moonshot has introduced a Highspeed version that it says runs two to three times faster than the standard model.

The next major test will come when Moonshot releases the model weights on November 4. Developers and security researchers will then have greater access to examine its capabilities, while the industry will face a difficult question: can safeguards remain effective once a powerful AI model is available for independent use?

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A five-year-old boy stepped onto a Pan Am Boeing 747 bound for Europe to visit his grandparents and never quite left that cabin in his mind. Anthony Toth, raised near Cleveland Hopkins International Airport in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, began photographing interiors, collecting anything with the blue logo, and building wooden mockups in his parents’ basement by the time he turned twelve.

That one flight had left quite the impression on him, as he had grown to appreciate the airline’s laid-back approach to service, as well as the seating, magazines, and other details that made the journey feel special. Years later, when United acquired parts of Pan American’s network, Toth’s employment as a Global Sales Director gave him a leg start on a wealth of artifacts destined for the dumpster. During his nocturnal trips, he began stocking his Honda Civic with galley gear, glassware, and linens, keeping them until he could utilize them in his own small Pan Am world.

By the time he reached his forties, his collection had taken up a storage unit and the garage at his Redondo Beach home. Toth found space for eighteen of those lovely first-class seats alternating in red and blue, wired them to work with the original Pan Am headsets, and built a small staircase that led to nowheresville.

When visitors came by, he gave them boarding cards that looked like the ones from the old days, and then he served peanuts in their original package. Everything else, including the bins, ashtrays, napkins, and console between the seats, was either original or meticulously recreated from his own photographs and Pan Am documents. Those early events in the fall of 2007 were fairly casual; people brought their own wine, while Toth took out the green tea and served real Pan American china. His garage layout had already cost him over $50,000, with seat pairs ranging from $800 to $1200 each and bins costing $350.

Toth ultimately ran out of garage space, so he rented a big 3,000-square-foot warehouse in the City of Industry in 2012 and spent $100,000 of his own money to build the set. The new layout was approximately 60 feet long from the nose to the front of the wing and 22 feet high, and he was able to incorporate the upper deck lounge with its bright yellow and orange chairs, a full first-class galley unit (8 hundred pounds of pure awesomeness) brought in all the way from the Mojave desert, and twenty-six snazzy Clipper Class seats in a stunning powder blue.The majority of the shell came from a former Japan Airlines 747, as did the side panels from a DC-10, which he trucked out and built on-site. He added a ticket desk, a short jet bridge section, and an actual aircraft door so that his guests could board as they had in the past. It’s no surprise that the old Pan Am flight attendants started showing up in their old uniforms, and the dinners became much more regimented.

Toth met Talaat Captan, the creator of Air Hollywood, an interesting aviation-themed production studio, through an offhand meeting in 2013. So Toth and Captan ended up licensing the Pan Am name, hijacking the entire interior, and transporting it to the studio’s Los Angeles facility, where it was meticulously reconstructed with far better acoustics, programmable lighting, and, you guessed it, air conditioning. Before and after the “flight,” the Clipper Lounge served beverages to the lucky passengers.

Cut to October 18, 2014, when the Pan Am Experience officially opened its doors to the public at Air Hollywood in Valencia, Los Angeles, and what a night it was, Thirty-two lucky people arrived from all over, some of whom had flown in specifically from other locations. Today, passengers can sign in for a multi-course meal served on trolleys, with actual china. While dining, they can listen to some period-accurate music, watch a movie, and be fully attended after by the cabin crew as they work their way up and down the aisles.

Toth still likes to wander the cabin in a captain’s uniform during many of the events, which is not surprising given how many thousands of pieces of Pan Am memorabilia he has on display, right down to the salt and pepper shakers, the exact carpet color, and even the packaging on the peanuts that started it all. As a parting gift, passengers receive a genuine boarding card and the impression that they have just spent an evening on a 1970s-era airliner that is still flying high.
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You want to watch one specific thing tonight, and you have no idea which of the services you pay for actually has it. The fastest reliable answer is a two-part move: search a cross-service aggregator for the exact title, then confirm on the provider’s own page or app before you commit. That second step is not paranoia. Streaming catalogs shift constantly and differ by country, so any single lookup is a snapshot of one moment in one region.

Why one search beats opening every app in turn

JustWatch pitches itself as a streaming guide that shows “where to watch movies, TV shows & sports” and lets you skip “going back-and-forth between streaming services” by offering one search across platforms. That is the whole value proposition, and it holds up: instead of opening one app, then a second, then a third, you type the title once and read a list.

What the aggregator gives you is a starting point, not a verdict. It tells you which services to check. The provider tells you whether the title is really available to you right now. Keep those two jobs separate and you will rarely waste a rental or a sign-up.

Why a title may not appear: region and time

Two forces explain almost every “it said it was streaming, but it isn’t” moment. The first is geography. Netflix’s own help documentation states plainly that “Netflix content varies by region and may change over time.” That single sentence covers both failure modes: the same title can be on a service in one country and absent in another, and it can leave a catalog without warning.

The second is rotation. Licensing deals expire and get renewed on their own schedules, so a title that was streaming last month may be gone this month, and one that was gone may be back. This is why the confirm-on-provider step matters more than the search itself. The aggregator told you where to look; the provider tells you what is true for you today.

Consumer search vs. provider check vs. API lookup

There are three routes to the same answer, and they suit different people. Most readers only need the first two.

Advanced option: programmatic lookup with the TMDB API

If you are building something, whether a personal dashboard, a small script, or a hobby app, The Movie Database (TMDB) API v3 exposes methods for movie, TV, actor, and image data. Registration for an API key happens in your account settings, and the docs note the process is not optimized for mobile devices, so use a desktop browser. The API also enforces rate limiting, which you should read up on before you hammer it.

This route is not a shortcut around the consumer workflow. It gives you structured data, not a live guarantee of what a given service carries in your country today. Treat it as a building block, not an oracle.

When the lookup fails

Most dead ends fall into three buckets. Work through them in order before you give up on a title.

The bottom line

Search once, confirm at the source. An aggregator like JustWatch saves you from opening every app in turn, and the provider’s own page settles the question for your account and region. If you are comparing what you get for your money, our guide to free vs paid streaming is the natural next read. And once you have found the title, cast streaming apps to a smart TV so it lands on the big screen instead of your phone.

When an ageing fitness tracker finally needs to be replaced, sometimes you’re tempted to switch brands — for example, trading in your ageing slim Fitbit for a bigger running watch. You might be getting a new running watch in the Black Friday sales, or hoping for one under your tree — but a new tracker sometimes that means losing years of data about your workouts, sleep, heart rate, and general activity.

Your historical health data is useful for more than just flexing on your Strava contacts or keeping those fitness rings closed. Changes in your resting heart rate or sleep pattern, for example, can contribute to a fuller picture of your health. That’s why in 2026, many of the best options like the Apple Watch, Google‘s Fitbit lineup and the best Garmin models have made transferring your data remarkably simple – or at least easier than ever.

Audio-Technica, a brand well known for making some of the best studio and professional headphones on the market, has just come out with the ATH-AWX7000, which the company itself claims to be its “finest headphones ever.” The new flagship closed-back headphone has debuted at an eye-watering price of $3,799. It combines hand-finished Japanese woodwork with a newly developed 58mm driver.

The earcups are made from Kiso cypress, a prized wood historically used for Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples. Each housing is finished by hand with traditional Echizen lacquer, which brings out the grain and is expected to darken over time. The frame and sliders are finished in a deep navy kachi-iro shade traditionally associated with samurai.

There is a new driver inside all that wood

The ATH-AWX7000 is the first Audio-Technica headphone to use its new Hybrid Matrix Diaphragm, or HMD, technology. The 58mm diaphragm combines a polymer film with a metal dome instead of relying on a single material.

Audio-Technica says the design helps the diaphragm hold its shape when dealing with high air pressure inside the closed-back earcups. It is paired with the company’s HXDT molding process, first used on the ATH-ADX7000, which is designed to make the diaphragm move more uniformly.

In practical terms, Audio-Technica is promising stronger and cleaner bass, better dynamics, and a wider soundstage. The company describes the sound as warm and lush, although those are claims that will ultimately need to be heard rather than taken at face value.

Nothing else about them is particularly ordinary

There is no Bluetooth or active noise cancellation here. The ATH-AWX7000 is a fully wired pair of audiophile headphones, and Audio-Technica includes two detachable eight-braid cables using its A2DC connectors. One is a 2.5-meter balanced cable with a four-pin XLR connector, while the other is a 3-meter unbalanced cable terminating in a 6.3mm plug.

The magnesium frame and aluminum sliders help keep the weight to around 353 grams, while Japanese deerskin covers the headband and earpads. Every pair is manufactured in Tokyo and comes with a hard carrying case. The ATH-AWX7000 is available now for $3,799.