The world’s capitalists have been waiting with bated breath for the day AI finally delivers on the tech industry’s longstanding promise to create a tool more efficient than human workers. In the four years since… Read more: Employees Who Use AI End Up Working Vastly More Time Per Day

Earlier this week, the New York Times reported that Google is pressuring schools not to ban AI — by rescinding their access to its eponymous search engine if they do. The decision triggered a firestorm… Read more: It’s Awful That Google Won’t Just Let Users Turn Off AI Overviews

Exclusive: Head of IFPI says allowing AI companies access to online content would be a ‘huge mistake’ and damage Australia’s reputation Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Australia weakening copyright… Read more: Weakening AI copyright law will spell ‘disaster for creativity’, global music body warns Albanese

Superconductors carry electricity without resistance, but most only work a few degrees above absolute zero. In the late 1980s, copper-based materials called cuprates were found to superconduct at higher temperatures—reachable with affordable liquid nitrogen. Yet… Read more: Physicists listened to electrical noise to crack a superconductor mystery

New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani blasted Google’s decision to block its search engine in schools that restrict its AI features. “Google is trying to use its monopoly power to force AI into our public… Read more: Mamdani Blasts Google for Using Monopoly to Bully Schools That Ban AI

The New York Times has added a beta feature to its Cooking app that helps readers swap ingredients or adjust recipes to suit their needs. It mostly hits the mark.

From roundabouts to the stock market, relentless streamlining could be making the world more dangerous We have all been there: packed shoulder to shoulder on the train while the person beside us coughs and sneezes.… Read more: The efficiency trap: why optimising everything can backfire, badly

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Election results appear to have turbo-charged an already growing social, political and financial market rethink about AI ‘AI clog’: UK battles onslaught of chatbot-generated complaints Editorial: the AI backlash – Silicon Valley’s political power is… Read more: 1-0 to humankind? US midterms vote puts AI, datacentres and the broligarchy back in their box | Heather Stewart

Scientists have discovered a surprising quantum limit that prevents electrons from being tracked with unlimited precision in both space and time. The breakthrough could pave the way for manipulating chemical reactions and developing electronics hundreds… Read more: A hidden limit of space and time could unlock electronics 100,000 times faster

Mysterious gas emissions and fresh volcanic fissures suggest that Mars may not be geologically dead after all, with hot magma potentially still active deep underground. The discovery could point to hidden pockets of warmth and… Read more: Mysterious gas leaks suggest Mars may still be volcanically alive

A surprising new study suggests that a stronger flu shot could offer older adults significantly greater protection against Alzheimer’s disease. Researchers at UTHealth Houston analyzed nearly 200,000 adults ages 65 and older and found that… Read more: Stronger flu shot linked to nearly 55% lower Alzheimer’s risk

Scientists have created record-breaking X-ray flashes lasting just 300 attoseconds, concentrating enormous power into an incredibly tiny spot. The breakthrough could unlock a new way to observe electrons in action and potentially control the ultrafast… Read more: Scientists squeeze record-breaking X-ray power into an incredibly tiny spot

Scientists have discovered that sleep disorders are associated with structural changes in brain regions that control attention, decision-making, and emotions, potentially explaining why disrupted sleep can affect everyday thinking and behavior. The findings, drawn from… Read more: Scientists discover hidden brain changes linked to common sleep disorders

Scientists investigating a 2,800-year-old Siberian tomb discovered roughly 1,000 cannabis seeds and chemical evidence suggesting ancient Scythians used the plant for its intoxicating effects. The remarkable find, surrounded by evidence of elaborate burial rituals and… Read more: Ancient Siberian tomb reveals surprising secrets of cannabis use 2,800 years ago

A nuclear explosion might save Earth from a deadly asteroid, but new research suggests that hitting the wrong side could make the difference between success and disaster. Scientists found that an asteroid’s irregular shape can… Read more: A nuclear blast could save Earth from an asteroid, but there’s a catch

Moving AI from text to 3D space, world models simulate real-world physics to teach robots and autonomous cars how to navigate reality.

MPs, local authorities, lawyers, schools and more are receiving floods of grievances, requests and legal challenges, often complex to read and respond to “It started as a trickle in 2024 and now it’s an onslaught.”… Read more: ‘AI clog’: UK public bodies battle onslaught of chatbot-generated complaints

As AI exposes flaws in IT systems and geopolitics plays out on the cyber frontline, some experts say the events of recent weeks could soon be a common occurence Alex Pearce was doing the morning… Read more: Hot fridges, a fake nuclear alert and a $6bn heist: are we in the foothills of a hacking epidemic?

Systems provide 360-degree view of airport operations, but concerns have been raised about the technology The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has announced that the first digital air traffic control towers in the US are officially… Read more: FAA announces first US digital air traffic control towers in Florida and Alaska

For years, many bosses have been adamant that employees use AI at all costs — despite research suggesting there’s little to gain from it in terms of productivity, evidence that flies in the face of… Read more: Remember When Bosses Were Forcing Their Workers to Use AI? They’re Now Realizing They Made a Huge Mistake

The “blue tsunami” that swept over the midterm elections made it clear that voters are sick of tech billionaires meddling in politics, opposed to data center construction, and deeply suspicious of the AI industry. But… Read more: OpenAI Hears Voters’ Overwhelming Rebuke To Data Centers, Vows to Build More of Them

After delivering a hard blow to the MAGA-aligned Republican party in this week’s midterm elections, signs are emerging that the new Democratic majorities in the House and Senate are planning to crack down hard on… Read more: New Democratic Congressional Majority Preparing Barrage of AI Legislation

Geoffrey Hinton is regarded as a godfather of AI, but he deserves equal recognition for being one of the most disappointed parents of all time. Sounding as gloomy about his own creation as ever, the… Read more: AI Godfather Says to Get Ready for a Chernobyl-Style “Blackout” Caused by AI

Semi-retired professor Carolyn Marvin became a local celebrity facing down Philadelphia’s growing robot delivery army: ‘It’s my first amendment right to protest’ “One of you needs to be on the lookout for cops, while I… Read more: Standing in the way of slop bowls: the woman blocking food delivery robots

Welcome back to the Abstract! Here are the studies this week that drew a blank, felt the squeeze, played the queen, and made donkey-bull love. First, scientists shed new light on how Earth ended up… Read more: How Earth Lost a Billion Years of Its History

An Estonian newspaper recently revealed that a British soldier disobeyed a direct order to remove the SIM card from his cellphone before being deployed to a part of Estonia, approximately 90 miles west of the… Read more: British soldier ignored order to pull his SIM card, then got blackmailed

It’s not easy to extract iron from its ore. But the peoples of the ancient city of Great Zimbabwe—the capital of a thriving kingdom in southern Africa between 1000 to 1700 AD—were masters. At sites… Read more: The migration that transformed Africa’s languages, genes, and cultures

The governor-elect of Texas Gina Hinojosa made it clear on the campaign trail that she would work to rein in data centers and billionaire tech barons. And now that she’s headed into office, that means… Read more: Governor-Elect of Texas Announces Plans to Control Elon Musk

After more than 60 years of unsuccessful attempts, scientists have finally isolated stable examples of elusive boron-oxygen molecules once considered too unstable to capture. The surprising breakthrough, achieved using relatively simple chemical reactions, could pave… Read more: Scientists accidentally solve a chemistry mystery that lasted 60 years

Astronomers have discovered a strange double ring of planetary wreckage around a dead star, revealing a possible preview of our Solar System’s distant future. The two rings are separated by a mysterious gap that researchers… Read more: A dead star’s mysterious rings reveal what could happen when our Sun dies

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has already uncovered two previously unknown companions of the Milky Way using preliminary observations covering just 7% of the night sky. The discoveries include an extremely faint galaxy 355,000 light-years… Read more: Rubin Observatory discovers two hidden companions of the Milky Way. Hundreds more may be waiting

Scientists have uncovered evidence that Europe was dominated for more than 20 million years by open woodlands, colorful meadows, and large grazing animals, not the dense forests long considered its natural state. The surprising discovery… Read more: Scientists discover Europe’s ancient forests were nothing like we imagined

Humans collectively produce more than 2 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide annually just by turning food into energy, a 74% increase over three decades largely driven by population growth. Unlike fossil fuel emissions, however, the… Read more: Human bodies produce 2 billion metric tons of CO2 a year just by staying alive

The apps and platforms that help family caregivers manage their loved ones’ needs are becoming more capable, but the broader issue of caregivers’ well-being remains unsolved.

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Power and water constraints are pressuring what seemed like a juggernaut of growth for the region just months ago In early 2026, Thailand’s datacentre industry was on a roll. The country’s board of investment had… Read more: The datacentre arms race hits pause in south-east Asia

DataVita has revised plan for Chapelhall development to be wholly powered by 1GW of renewable energy A datacentre company that said it would power a massive AI development near Glasgow with renewable energy has admitted… Read more: Lanarkshire AI datacentre to fully rely on National Grid despite renewables claim

Samuel Gibbs doubted he could cut costs and still keep warm by putting tech in control. The results surprised him Can smart thermostats and AI reduce your heating bills? Every manufacturer claims the answer is… Read more: Can AI really save you money on your heating bill? I spent two years testing to find out

Many people are not big fans of game publisher EA right now for good reason, but for those who remember a better time in the 1990s, there’s a little good news. Twenty-five classic games from… Read more: Re-releases of Wing Commander, Ultima titles hit Steam and GOG

Several tanker ships linked to Iran have been loitering over subsea Internet cables in the Gulf of Oman near the Strait of Hormuz—a possible indication that the Iranian government is preparing to attack such undersea… Read more: Ships loiter near subsea cables amid Iran’s warnings to Trump

A man in his 20s showed up to a UK hospital with the hilt of a knife sticking out of his face. The 15 mm blade hidden within went completely through his right eye and… Read more: Man unexpectedly recovers from a knife wound through his eye and brain

OpenAI Group PBC has reportedly raised $11 billion as part of a funding round that could nearly double in size over the coming weeks, as sources told Bloomberg that investors wired the funds to the… Read more: OpenAI reportedly raises $11B in new funding at $1.25T valuation

While you might be pondering whether to replace a smartphone with one that has a slightly better camera or a second screen, the Federal Aviation Administration is planning a much bigger leap in technology for… Read more: FAA to finally ditch floppy disks in what it calls “historic” tech upgrade

Some Roku OS users have been sad to learn that their favorite screensaver will no longer be available as of December 1. This week, affected users reported receiving an alert on their device that they… Read more: Developer ends lucrative screensaver deal with Roku because Fox bought it

A shipment of Nvidia hardware valued at $11.4 million vanished in transport between Oakland and Texas over the summer, and more than two months later, police have announced no arrests or recovery of the cargo.… Read more: Nvidia hardware worth $11.4M vanished between Oakland and Texas

In the Grand Canyon, there is a line in the rock where time seems to have gone missing. Ancient crystalline rocks mark its bottom, while sandstones laid down as life started to diversify during the… Read more: Earth’s churning mantle may have created the Great Unconformity

Blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis said that hackers have obtained sensitive personal information—including names, usernames, password hashes, and live tokens—for all of its users following a breach of its network security. The accomplishment could be a… Read more: Chainalysis says hackers stole credentials and tokens for all of its customers

Men allegedly impersonated voices and images of executives to convince employees to send large payments Three foreign nationals were arrested and charged with using AI to allegedly impersonate corporate CEOs and attorneys to steal over… Read more: Three men charged in US with using AI to impersonate CEOs and steal millions

Thinking Machines Labs Inc. has released a new large language model that can automate artificial intelligence training tasks. The algorithm, Inkling 2 Small, made its debut late Thursday. Around the same time, Business Insider reported… Read more: Thinking Machines debuts Inkling 2 Small amid reported $5B fundraising push

A very special roundtable on the 2026 midterms, aka the anti-AI elections, featuring Molly White, Dave Karpf, and Sophie Song. To discuss what the election means for AI, the tech lobby, data centers and beyond,… Read more: 2026 election breakdown: Americans vote down data centers, AI and oligarchy

Tech industry fears delays to its multi-trillion dollar infrastructure buildout meant to power artificial intelligence Several newly elected Democrats and Senator Bernie Sanders have renewed calls for datacenter moratoriums in the days after the US… Read more: Several Democrats renew calls for datacenter pauses after blue wave

Anthropic launches Claude Personal Finance for bank account analysis. Explore its features, privacy considerations, availability and comparison with ChatGPT. The post Claude Personal Finance: Features, Privacy and ChatGPT Comparison appeared first on TechRepublic.

Aina’s $399 AI ring lets users approve tasks with a thumb flick. Check iPhone and Mac compatibility, shipping plans, and key considerations for IT teams. The post Aina’s $399 AI Ring Turns Your Thumb Into… Read more: Aina’s $399 AI Ring Turns Your Thumb Into an AI Approval Button

After weeks of backlash—and a failed attempt to quell it—Meta has indefinitely delayed plans to update its commercial terms and require Meta Business account users to allow extensive AI training on external websites linked on… Read more: “Does Meta think we can’t read?” Meta abandons sketchy commercial terms update.

There are optimistic plans for spaceflight, and then there are optimistic plans. AST SpaceMobile is a Texas-based, publicly traded company building very large satellites to provide direct-to-cell communications on Earth. But it has been having… Read more: You know the launch market is tough when satellite companies start building rockets

Those of us missing the John Wick universe can take heart, because Chad Stahelski—who created that franchise—is coming back early next year with a new dystopian action film. It’s called Karōshi (a Japanese term that means… Read more: The folks behind John Wick are back with Karōshi trailer

An experiment in which AI models were asked to break into simulated networks showed the hacking skills of DeepSeek and GLM to be not far behind OpenAI’s most advanced cyber model, which isn’t public.

Big tech got a bruising reality check after this week’s midterm elections. American voters overwhelmingly voted for candidates promising to hold Silicon Valley leaders accountable — while approving dozens of ballot measures opposing the construction… Read more: Anthropic’s IPO Is Cratering

Separate actions also take place outside fence and across Europe in backlash against impact of AI boom Activists have stormed the site of a Microsoft datacentre being built in Amsterdam, as the backlash to the… Read more: Activists break into building site of Microsoft datacentre in Amsterdam

There isn’t a business or information technology leader today who doesn’t have artificial intelligence at the top of their priority list. The challenge for most organizations is deciding what to measure and how to determine… Read more: AWS’ Colleen Aubrey: Stop inventing new AI metrics — it’s your business metrics that matter

Discovering new molecules for specific uses is a major driver of progress in a wide variety of industries, whether it’s pharmaceutical companies looking for new drugs, or electronics or energy companies seeking new materials with… Read more: How to predict the behavior of molecules from scant data

Apple’s new MacBook Pro is expensive as hell. Let’s get that out there right away, because for a lot of people, it will be the only thing that matters. As with so many things in… Read more: It’s a weird time to buy a laptop, but the new MacBook Pro doesn’t skimp on quality

Yesterday, when reporting on emerging efforts to pipe the console version of GTA VI through a PC’s DLSS-powered Nvidia GPU, we mentioned in passing that PC players could instead just wait for the AI-assisted decompilation… Read more: Could potential AI clones of GTA VI force a quicker official port?

An infant in Wisconsin has died of measles, the first measles death in the state since 1990, officials reported Thursday. The death comes amid an outbreak in the badger state that has stricken over 430… Read more: Wisconsin reports measles death of a baby, first death in over 35 years

Discover the 5 best Canva alternatives for businesses in 2027. Compare Adobe Express, Visme, VistaCreate, Figma, and Piktochart on features, pricing, and more. The post 5 Best Canva Alternatives for Businesses in 2027 appeared first… Read more: 5 Best Canva Alternatives for Businesses in 2027

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The tech sell-off exposes fragile promises, while Democratic victories offer a chance to protect workers and hold firms accountable This week’s midterms showed that the political bill for the AI boom is falling due. The… Read more: The Guardian view on the AI backlash: American voters want a say in their future | Editorial

Nothing CEO Carl Pei has confirmed a December launch for the company’s first AI-native device. Here’s what we know about its design, features, and availability. The post Nothing’s First AI Device Is Coming in December:… Read more: Nothing’s First AI Device Is Coming in December: What We Know

Global tech stocks have plunged after the Democrats’ victory in the US midterm elections, with fears of a slowdown in AI development. Major tech corporations including Apple, Tesla and Nvidia shed about $1tn in a… Read more: Could the AI bubble burst after Democrats’ midterms sweep? – The Latest

Anti-AI activists in Amsterdam flooded onto an unfinished Microsoft data center campus on Friday as part of a massive demonstration against big tech. The protest, first reported in the US by The Verge, saw around… Read more: Hundreds of Protestors Bust Into Construction Site to Stop Microsoft Data Center

Global tech stocks have plunged after the Democrats’ victory in the US midterm elections, with fears of a slowdown in AI development. Major tech corporations including Apple, Tesla and Nvidia shed about $1tn in a… Read more: Could the AI bubble burst after Democrats’ midterms sweep? – The Latest

This is Behind the Blog, where we share our behind-the-scenes thoughts about how a few of our top stories of the week came together. This week, we discuss election outcomes and code as a human… Read more: Behind the Blog: Dam’s Bursting

Grok’s Odysseus wears cloth we have no evidence for. Grok Imagine Tech billionaire Elon Musk was up in arms about the recent adaptation of Homer’s Odyssey by director Christopher Nolan, which he heavily criticised for… Read more: AI won’t ever make a historically accurate film – but it could help archaeology create better stories

Immediately after the UK banned a wide range of porn fantasies involving choking, breath-restriction, and relative roleplay, adult creators watched platforms remove hundreds of their videos — even when the creators thought they were in… Read more: UK Sex Workers Wake Up to Sites Purging Their Content Follow UK Porn Ban

Data brokers are collecting all sorts of internal corporate files to help train AI models. Not everyone is thrilled.

After Thursday’s share price plunge on Wall Street, could the volatility be the start of a huge market meltdown? Business live – latest updates Global financial markets have been thrown into a tailspin as investors… Read more: US tech stock rout: is the AI bubble bursting?

Meta’s acquisition of Conductor means its cloud service will shut down Nov. 20. Here’s how to export projects, save chats, and prepare for the local app’s wind-down. The post Meta Buys Conductor: How to Export… Read more: Meta Buys Conductor: How to Export Your Projects Before Nov. 20

Welcome to Edition 9.18 of the Rocket Report! Blue Origin packed a lot of news into one afternoon Thursday with the reveal of a new kick stage for the New Glenn rocket, a new rocket… Read more: Rocket Report: Artemis II literally tore through the atmosphere; New Glenn delay

Perplexity’s new Teammates AI agents can manage ongoing tasks and work through connected apps. Here’s how they work, what they cost, and who gets access. The post Perplexity Teammates Launches: How Its $200-a-Month AI Agents… Read more: Perplexity Teammates Launches: How Its $200-a-Month AI Agents Work

Elon’s Edsel is no more. Last night Tesla CEO Elon Musk revealed on social media that his car company is calling time on its failed attempt to wrest control of the American pickup truck market.… Read more: No more Cybertrucks; Musk moves on from the angular metallic flop

Top Republican lawmakers have asked Jensen Huang to appear before Congress to answer questions after it was reported that US intelligence officials believe Nvidia’s chief executive has been targeted by a Chinese spying operation. The… Read more: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang summoned by Congress over Chinese espionage concerns

If someone asked you to name the single biggest takeaway from the current wave of AI-driven software development, what would you say? Faster coding? Better automation? Smarter models? Here’s what I’d tell you, based on… Read more: Why enterprise AI comes down to coordination and understanding.

Cursor’s new Build Live Apps feature creates and deploys web applications with databases, authentication, and hosting. Here’s what’s included and what it costs. The post Cursor Can Now Build and Deploy Web Apps From Prompts:… Read more: Cursor Can Now Build and Deploy Web Apps From Prompts: What’s Included?

Artificial intelligence infrastructure commitments are growing faster than the evidence connecting contracted capacity to sustained economic value. I spent 13 years on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. One lesson stayed with me… Read more: The AI boom’s missing balance-sheet question: What has actually been verified?

METR finds faster Anthropic AI benchmark progress, but key evidence remains redacted. Learn what IT buyers should check before adopting new model releases. The post Anthropic’s AI Progress Nearly Doubles: What IT Buyers Should Know… Read more: Anthropic’s AI Progress Nearly Doubles: What IT Buyers Should Know

Every big model launch in 2026 arrived with a benchmark chart, a launch video, and several thousand replies declaring the end of software engineering. The people who explain why the thing works tend to post… Read more: 25 AI researchers to follow in 2027

It may be a little soon to determine the ultimate winners and losers among enterprise suppliers after the midterm elections, but the early line is: Big Tech wins and data center suppliers operators such as… Read more: Midterm elections will put AI and data centers on trial, but Big Tech may end up winning anyway

Andrew Angelov / Shutterstock OpenAI recently announced that one of its AI models solved one of the hardest problems in modern mathematics: the Navier–Stokes problem. The equations at the heart of this problem describe the… Read more: AI could transform mathematics, but humans will still need to be in the loop

AgentGarten couples executable scene programs with a shared neural renderer, so agents act in worlds whose rules and state remain explicit while their observations look like video. The engine updates object poses and task variables,… Read more: What if agents could practice in endless, realistic worlds that remember every interaction

We’d like to hear from teachers and parents about how AI is changing communication between schools and families As AI tools such as ChatGPT and Claude become increasingly common in everyday life, we are interested… Read more: Teachers and parents: what are your experiences of AI-generated emails?

While there’s no evidence linking AI to mass layoffs, the tech has already ‘changed worker psychology’ When artificial intelligence researcher Mrinank Sharma quit his job at Anthropic earlier this year, the news rippled across the… Read more: Fearing AI disruption, white-collar workers are quitting their jobs

Information technology service management startup Atomicwork Inc. today announced the launch of an Artificial Intelligence Coworker Marketplace that will give enterprise IT and security teams access to prebuilt, certified AI coworkers that can work alongside… Read more: Atomicwork launches certified AI coworker marketplace for enterprise IT and security

The recognition highlights Corsica’s security-first AI services and practical applications that improve customer productivity Corsica Technologies, a leading national managed service provider and industry pioneer in AI-enabled managed services, announced today that it has been… Read more: Corsica Technologies Named on the CRN® AI Innovators List for 2026

A surprising new discovery suggests that some dead stars can grow far more massive than scientists once thought possible. Computer simulations show that powerful magnetic fields could allow white dwarfs to reach 2.4 times the… Read more: Dead stars could break one of physics’ most famous limits

After nearly 22 years of exploring the universe’s most violent explosions, NASA’s Swift Observatory has re-entered Earth’s atmosphere over Indonesia. Originally designed to last just two years, the pioneering space telescope transformed our understanding of… Read more: NASA’s Swift telescope falls to Earth after nearly 22 years in space

November’s night sky is packed with celestial wonders, from bright meteor fireballs and a close pairing of Mars and Jupiter to a spectacular supermoon. Meanwhile, NASA’s Voyager 1 is making history by becoming the first… Read more: Don’t miss: Meteor showers, fireballs, and a supermoon light up November’s night sky

Scientists have solved a mystery surrounding destructive beetles attacking blueberry bushes in North Carolina, identifying a species whose massive larvae can grow up to five inches long and destroy plant roots. Although farmers have reported… Read more: Five-inch-long beetle larvae are quietly destroying blueberry roots

Scientists have discovered chemically confirmed traces of ancient blood inside 115-million-year-old dinosaur bones, challenging assumptions about how long biological molecules can survive. The extraordinary preservation could unlock new clues about dinosaur physiology and even help… Read more: Scientists just found dinosaur blood that survived 115 million years

Google’s Omni 1.2 Flash creates AI videos up to 15 seconds at 30% lower generation prices. See what changes for businesses and developers. The post Google’s New AI Video Model Creates 15-Second Clips at 30%… Read more: Google’s New AI Video Model Creates 15-Second Clips at 30% Lower Prices