
- Windows 12 Could Arrive in 2026 as Millions of PCs Near Windows 10 Deadline
Leaks and reports suggest Microsoft is working on Windows 12 for 2026, with NPUs, deeper Copilot integration, and tighter security in focus. The post Windows 12 Could Arrive in 2026 as Millions of PCs Near… Read more: Windows 12 Could Arrive in 2026 as Millions of PCs Near Windows 10 Deadline - Apple Launch Week: New iPhones, M5 Macs, and a $599 MacBook Neo
Apple unveiled seven new products, including the iPhone 17e, M5 MacBooks, and the $599 MacBook Neo — its cheapest laptop ever. The post Apple Launch Week: New iPhones, M5 Macs, and a $599 MacBook Neo… Read more: Apple Launch Week: New iPhones, M5 Macs, and a $599 MacBook Neo - Grammarly Offering Manuscript Reviews by AI Versions of Recently Deceased Professors
Grammarly is being accused of “necromancy” after users discovered a feature for reviewing manuscripts with AI versions of real professors — some of whom have already left this mortal coil. The issue was first flagged… Read more: Grammarly Offering Manuscript Reviews by AI Versions of Recently Deceased Professors - Scientists capture a magnetic flip in 140 trillionths of a second
Scientists at the University of Tokyo have captured something never seen before: a frame-by-frame view of how electron spins flip inside an antiferromagnet, a material once thought to be magnetically “invisible.” By firing ultrafast electrical… Read more: Scientists capture a magnetic flip in 140 trillionths of a second - MacBook Neo hands-on: Apple build quality at a substantially lower price
NEW YORK CITY—Whether you’re talking about the iBook, MacBook, or MacBook Air, Apple’s most basic laptops have started at or within $100 of the $1,000 price point for over 20 years. Sure, the company had… Read more: MacBook Neo hands-on: Apple build quality at a substantially lower price - The US Senate empowers NASA to fully engage in lunar space race
During a brief hearing on Wednesday morning, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation spent only a few minutes “marking up” new legislation that provides guidance to NASA for its various initiatives, including the… Read more: The US Senate empowers NASA to fully engage in lunar space race - Re-creating the complex cuisine of prehistoric Europeans
Archaeologists are keen to learn more about the specific diets and culinary practices of ancient populations around the globe. An interdisciplinary team of scientists analyzed the residues on prehistoric ceramic cooking pots and concluded that… Read more: Re-creating the complex cuisine of prehistoric Europeans - After a rocky six years, Sony cancels future single-player PC game releases
Sony no longer plans to bring current and future single-player games to personal computers, according to Bloomberg. The report specifically names last year’s Ghost of Yotei and the soon-to-be-released Returnal successor, Saros, as games whose… Read more: After a rocky six years, Sony cancels future single-player PC game releases - After Banning Anthropic From Military Use, Pentagon Still Relying Heavily on It in Iran War
Last week, Anthropic’s CEO Dario Amodei publicly drew a line in the sand with the US military, insisting that its AI models may not be used for mass surveillance of Americans or deadly autonomous weapons.… Read more: After Banning Anthropic From Military Use, Pentagon Still Relying Heavily on It in Iran War - A simple hand photo may be the key to detecting a serious disease
Researchers at Kobe University have developed an AI system that can detect acromegaly, a rare hormone disorder, by analyzing photos of the back of the hand and a clenched fist. The disease often develops slowly… Read more: A simple hand photo may be the key to detecting a serious disease - Google Pixel 10a review: The sidegrade
Google’s budget Pixels have long been a top recommendation for anyone who needs a phone with a good camera and doesn’t want to pay flagship prices. This year, Google’s A-series Pixel doesn’t see many changes,… Read more: Google Pixel 10a review: The sidegrade - World’s smallest OLED pixel could transform smart glasses
Researchers have built the smallest OLED pixel ever made—just 300 nanometers across—without sacrificing brightness. By redesigning the pixel with a nano-sized optical antenna and a protective insulation layer, they prevented the short circuits that normally… Read more: World’s smallest OLED pixel could transform smart glasses - Popular fruits and vegetables linked to higher pesticide levels
A sweeping new study reveals that what’s on your plate may directly shape the pesticides circulating in your body. Researchers found that people who eat more fruits and vegetables known to carry higher pesticide residues—such… Read more: Popular fruits and vegetables linked to higher pesticide levels - Residents Say Elon Musk’s AI Facility Is Like Living Next Door to Mordor
Elon Musk’s new AI data center has turned a formerly quiet Mississippi town into a noisy nightmare. The $20 billion facility, run by Musk’s AI firm xAI, is powered by 27 methane gas turbines that… Read more: Residents Say Elon Musk’s AI Facility Is Like Living Next Door to Mordor - Xiaomi’s HyperOS AI Push Aims Beyond Voice Assistants
Xiaomi’s HyperOS AI push is about making assistance feel native to the OS, with privacy positioning and a longer-term bet on tighter stack control. The post Xiaomi’s HyperOS AI Push Aims Beyond Voice Assistants appeared… Read more: Xiaomi’s HyperOS AI Push Aims Beyond Voice Assistants - Perplexity AI Browser Flaw Could Let Calendar Invites Access Local Files
Researchers say a vulnerability in Perplexity’s Comet AI browser could expose local files and credentials through malicious calendar invites. The post Perplexity AI Browser Flaw Could Let Calendar Invites Access Local Files appeared first on… Read more: Perplexity AI Browser Flaw Could Let Calendar Invites Access Local Files - Podcast: The Depravity Economy
This week we discuss our coverage of the U.S.-Israel strikes against Iran, specifically how Polymarket and Kalshi are letting people profit from death, and that Amazon data centers were on fire after missiles hit Dubai.… Read more: Podcast: The Depravity Economy - Mutable Tactics raises $2.1 million for AI drone coordination in satellite-denied environments
British startup Mutable Tactics has raised $2.1 million in pre-seed funding to develop AI software enabling groups of military drones to operate autonomously, even when satellite navigation and communications are disrupted. The post Mutable Tactics… Read more: Mutable Tactics raises $2.1 million for AI drone coordination in satellite-denied environments - Joy of teaching English in the age of AI | Letter
Reading and writing are still uniquely human activities even though artificial intelligence can complete complex “English learning” tasks in seconds, says Richard Farmer Your long read (Teacher v chatbot: my journey into the classroom in… Read more: Joy of teaching English in the age of AI | Letter - The US is using repurposed Iranian drone technology to wage war on Iran – a military expert explains why
Amid the biggest concentration of American military power in the Middle East in decades, the significance – and irony – of one aspect of the US war on Iran has gone largely unnoticed. In the… Read more: The US is using repurposed Iranian drone technology to wage war on Iran – a military expert explains why - LILT Launches Industry-First MCP Server and Agent-to-Agent Integration
LILT MCP bridges the gap between GenAI speed and enterprise-grade quality LILT, the leading provider of enterprise AI translation, today announced the launch of its Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server and Agent-to-Agent (A2A) card. This integration enables professional,… Read more: LILT Launches Industry-First MCP Server and Agent-to-Agent Integration - Google’s AI Sent an Armed Man to Steal a Robot Body for It to Inhabit, Then Encouraged Him to Kill Himself, Lawsuit Alleges
A bizarre new wrongful death lawsuit against Google alleges that the tech giant’s chatbot, Gemini, urged a 36-year-old Florida man named Jonathan Gavalas to kill others as part of a delusional mission to obtain a… Read more: Google’s AI Sent an Armed Man to Steal a Robot Body for It to Inhabit, Then Encouraged Him to Kill Himself, Lawsuit Alleges - OpenAI Reportedly Eyes a GitHub Alternative
A reported OpenAI repo project hints at a future where AI agents don’t just write code, they manage the workflow that ships it. The post OpenAI Reportedly Eyes a GitHub Alternative appeared first on TechRepublic. - AI Voice Tech Built for Production Teams Is on Sale
Create lifelike voiceovers, music, and sound effects in one platform built for production speed and scale. The post AI Voice Tech Built for Production Teams Is on Sale appeared first on TechRepublic. - Google Speeds Up Chrome Updates for Its 3 Billion Users
Google speeds up Chrome’s release cycle to biweekly updates, a move affecting 3 billion users as AI-powered browsers like Atlas and Comet emerge. The post Google Speeds Up Chrome Updates for Its 3 Billion Users… Read more: Google Speeds Up Chrome Updates for Its 3 Billion Users - Are consumers doomed to pay more for electricity due to data center buildouts?
Big Tech is set to agree to build its own power plants for data centers and shield consumers from rising electricity costs, but companies face daunting logistical obstacles to delivering on the pledge championed by… Read more: Are consumers doomed to pay more for electricity due to data center buildouts? - Teaching mathematical statistics: one lecturer’s way of testing what students understand
Unsplash It’s getting tougher to assess how much university students have learnt. In his work as a Mathematical Statistics lecturer, Michael von Maltitz has tried a new way of getting students to learn, and of… Read more: Teaching mathematical statistics: one lecturer’s way of testing what students understand - Polymarket Pulls Bet on Nuclear Detonation in 2026
For a few hours on Tuesday, Polymarket hosted a bet about the possibility of nuclear war in 2026. The market asked the question “Nuclear weapon detonation by …?” and racked up close to a million… Read more: Polymarket Pulls Bet on Nuclear Detonation in 2026 - Goldman Sachs Head During Financial Crisis Says He “Smells” a Similar Crash Coming
For quite some time, investors have been warning that the hundreds of billions of dollars being poured into the buildout of enormous AI data centers could trigger a credit crisis. A recent Bank of America… Read more: Goldman Sachs Head During Financial Crisis Says He “Smells” a Similar Crash Coming - The $599 MacBook Neo is Apple’s long-awaited, colorful, lower-cost MacBook
Most of Apple’s announcements this week have been fairly straightforward internal updates to existing products, give or take some big architectural changes to its high-end processors. But Apple has saved its most interesting announcement for… Read more: The $599 MacBook Neo is Apple’s long-awaited, colorful, lower-cost MacBook - Google faces lawsuit after Gemini chatbot allegedly instructed man to kill himself
Lawsuit is first wrongful death case brought against Google over flagship AI product after death of Jonathan Gavalas Last August, Jonathan Gavalas became entirely consumed with his Google Gemini chatbot. The 36-year-old Florida resident had… Read more: Google faces lawsuit after Gemini chatbot allegedly instructed man to kill himself - ‘AI will be the end of us’ – is Colm Tóibín right about the threat to creative writing?
In 1950, William Faulkner delivered a famous acceptance speech for the Nobel prize in literature in which he rallied for the “inexhaustible [human] voice” and his belief in its supremacy – not merely to endure… Read more: ‘AI will be the end of us’ – is Colm Tóibín right about the threat to creative writing? - Will AI drones, robots and wearable sensors revolutionize workplace safety?
Around 60 per cent of Canadian employees can expect their job to be transformed through artificial intelligence (AI). For many, AI will complement, rather than replace, their work. For some, it could prevent illness, injury… Read more: Will AI drones, robots and wearable sensors revolutionize workplace safety? - X to ban users from earning revenue if they post unlabelled AI-generated war videos
Social media feeds have been flooded with fake battle scenes since start of Iran conflict Elon Musk’s X will ban users from making money on the platform if they repeatedly post unlabelled AI-generated war videos,… Read more: X to ban users from earning revenue if they post unlabelled AI-generated war videos - AI and 3D printing help researchers create heat- and pressure-resistant materials for aerospace and defense applications
Hypersonic aircraft, like NASA’s X-43A shown here, are exposed to extreme heat and pressure. Jim Ross/NASA via Getty Images From hypersonic aircraft to nuclear-powered submarines, many of today’s most advanced defense systems rely on a… Read more: AI and 3D printing help researchers create heat- and pressure-resistant materials for aerospace and defense applications - AI Translations Are Adding ‘Hallucinations’ to Wikipedia Articles
Wikipedia editors have implemented new policies and restricted a number of contributors who were paid to use AI to translate existing Wikipedia articles into other languages after they discovered these AI translations added AI “hallucinations,”… Read more: AI Translations Are Adding ‘Hallucinations’ to Wikipedia Articles - The AI Jobs Apocalypse Is Starting to Feel Real
It’s difficult to say how many jobs have been lost to AI, or will be lost in the future. But in tech and financial circles, anxieties over an AI jobs apocalypse are running higher than… Read more: The AI Jobs Apocalypse Is Starting to Feel Real - Meta: From social platforms to systems architecture heavyweight
For years, Meta Platforms was best known for building social products at planetary scale. Today, it is equally defined by the distributed systems, AI infrastructure, and platform architectures that underpin those products. In Silicon Valley,… Read more: Meta: From social platforms to systems architecture heavyweight - Singapore Introduces AI Work Pass as Tech Talent Shortage Widens
Singapore will introduce a new AI-focused work pass under the ONE Pass framework to attract global tech talent as demand for specialised skills grows. The post Singapore Introduces AI Work Pass as Tech Talent Shortage… Read more: Singapore Introduces AI Work Pass as Tech Talent Shortage Widens - Physical AI is having its moment–and everyone wants a piece of it
There is a particular kind of momentum in the technology industry that announces itself not through a single breakthrough, but through the simultaneous convergence of many. Physical AI is having that moment right now–and paying… Read more: Physical AI is having its moment–and everyone wants a piece of it - Logicalis Report: CIOs Boost AI Spending Amid Governance Concerns
94% of CIOs say organisational appetite for AI is growing, yet half say adoption is too fast CIOs report early proof-of-concept success, but two-thirds don’t believe they can scale AI beyond initial deployments 62% report… Read more: Logicalis Report: CIOs Boost AI Spending Amid Governance Concerns - Latent AI Receives Investment From AUM Ventures
Support highlights focus on edge AI as an enabler for real-world AI adoption across numerous industries Latent AI, the global leader in edge AI solutions, announced today a new investment from AUM Ventures to accelerate… Read more: Latent AI Receives Investment From AUM Ventures - Defusing the MCP ticking time bomb
MCP (Model Context Protocol) is changing how AI agents interact with data, but the sprawl is creating a silent security crisis. An analysis of 281 MCP servers found that ten server MCP carries a 92%… Read more: Defusing the MCP ticking time bomb - AI agents prefer Bitcoin shaping new finance architecture
AI agents prefer Bitcoin for digital wealth storage, forcing finance chiefs to adapt their architecture for machine autonomy. When AI systems gain economic autonomy, their internal logic dictates how corporate capital flows. Non-partisan research by… Read more: AI agents prefer Bitcoin shaping new finance architecture - Google makes its industrial robotics AI play official–and this time, it means business
When Google folds a moonshot into its core operations, it’s not cleaning house. It’s placing a bet. On February 25, Alphabet-owned Intrinsic–which builds AI models and software designed to make industrial robotics more accessible–officially joined Google. The… Read more: Google makes its industrial robotics AI play official–and this time, it means business - Survey: AI Adoption Surges but Consumers Want More Control
51% Say Customizable AI is Important; 44% Worry About Unauthorized AI Actions AI adoption is accelerating, but consumer expectations are evolving just as quickly. According to Shift Browser’s 2026 AI Consumer Insights Survey of over 1,400 nationally… Read more: Survey: AI Adoption Surges but Consumers Want More Control - Revenium Launches Tool Registry for Better Agentic AI Monitoring
The platform shows full-stack attribution for agentic AI spending by mapping every API call, external service, and human review step back to the specific agent decision that triggered it Revenium, the AI Economic Control System,… Read more: Revenium Launches Tool Registry for Better Agentic AI Monitoring - Quit ChatGPT: right now! Your subscription is bankrolling authoritarianism | Rutger Bregman
As a historian, I’ve studied the major consumer boycotts of history. We can take down ChatGPT and send a powerful signal to Silicon Valley OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, is on track to lose $14bn… Read more: Quit ChatGPT: right now! Your subscription is bankrolling authoritarianism | Rutger Bregman - A “ChatGPT for spreadsheets” helps solve difficult engineering challenges faster
Many engineering challenges come down to the same headache — too many knobs to turn and too few chances to test them. Whether tuning a power grid or designing a safer vehicle, each evaluation can… Read more: A “ChatGPT for spreadsheets” helps solve difficult engineering challenges faster - CPP Investments and Equinix join forces to acquire atNorth
CPP Investments and Equinix Have Provisionally Agreed a US$4.2 Billion Financing Package, Providing Growth Runway to Meet Strong AI, Hyperscale and Enterprise Demand atNorth, the leading Nordic high-density colocation and built-to-suit data center provider, today… Read more: CPP Investments and Equinix join forces to acquire atNorth - What snow monkeys’ steamy baths are really doing to their bodies
Japanese snow monkeys don’t just soak in hot springs to escape the winter chill — their steamy spa sessions may also be reshaping their invisible world. Researchers in Japan found that macaques who regularly bathe… Read more: What snow monkeys’ steamy baths are really doing to their bodies - Neutrinos could explain why matter survived the Big Bang
An international team combining two major neutrino experiments has uncovered stronger evidence that neutrinos and antimatter don’t behave as perfect mirror images. That subtle difference may hold the key to why the universe didn’t vanish… Read more: Neutrinos could explain why matter survived the Big Bang - News Corp says media is a valuable ‘input’ for AI as US$50m content deal inked with Meta
Chief executive Robert Thomson says he often speaks to both OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily… Read more: News Corp says media is a valuable ‘input’ for AI as US$50m content deal inked with Meta - AI could help us more accurately screen for breast cancer – new research
Sasun Bughdaryan/Unsplash At least 20,000 Australian women are diagnosed with breast cancer each year. And more than 3,300 die from the disease. To save women’s lives, we need to detect breast cancer early. Breast screening,… Read more: AI could help us more accurately screen for breast cancer – new research - The Sun Is ‘Glitching.’ Scientists Investigated and Solved a Cosmic Mystery
Scientists have peered inside the Sun and observed subtle shifts and “glitches” that have occurred over four decades, shedding light on the enigmatic long-term vibrations of our star, reports a study published on Tuesday in… Read more: The Sun Is ‘Glitching.’ Scientists Investigated and Solved a Cosmic Mystery - FCC chair calls Paramount/WBD merger “a lot cleaner” than defunct Netflix deal
Paramount Skydance’s $111 billion purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) has a notable supporter in Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr. The FCC boss told CNBC today that the Paramount/WBD combination “is a lot cleaner”… Read more: FCC chair calls Paramount/WBD merger “a lot cleaner” than defunct Netflix deal - Downdetector, Speedtest sold to IT service provider Accenture in $1.2B deal
IT consultant and services provider Accenture has agreed to buy Speedtest and Downdetector owner Ookla from Ziff Davis for $1.2 billion in cash. Accenture plans to integrate Ookla’s data products into its own offerings that… Read more: Downdetector, Speedtest sold to IT service provider Accenture in $1.2B deal - No fooling: NASA targets April 1 for Artemis II launch to the Moon
NASA has fixed the problem that forced the removal of the rocket for the Artemis II mission from its launch pad last month, but it will be a couple of weeks before officials are ready… Read more: No fooling: NASA targets April 1 for Artemis II launch to the Moon - Apple Calls New M5 MacBook Pro Its Most Powerful Laptop Yet
Apple unveils M5-powered MacBook Pro and MacBook Air models with major AI performance gains, faster SSDs, Wi-Fi 7, and doubled base storage. The post Apple Calls New M5 MacBook Pro Its Most Powerful Laptop Yet… Read more: Apple Calls New M5 MacBook Pro Its Most Powerful Laptop Yet - What we can learn from scientific analysis of Renaissance recipes
Forget “eye of newt and toe of frog/wool of bat and tongue of dog.” People in the 16th century were more akin to DIY scientists than Macbeth’s three witches when it came to concocting home… Read more: What we can learn from scientific analysis of Renaissance recipes - OpenAI Says It Will Let Users Add Trusted Contacts to Alert If They Experience a Mental Health Crisis While Using ChatGPT
As it fights a growing stack of user safety and wrongful death lawsuits, OpenAI says it will introduce a “trusted contact feature” in ChatGPT that will alert a chatbot user’s designated loved one in the… Read more: OpenAI Says It Will Let Users Add Trusted Contacts to Alert If They Experience a Mental Health Crisis While Using ChatGPT - M5 Pro and M5 Max are surprisingly big departures from older Apple Silicon
As part of today’s MacBook Pro update, Apple has also unveiled the M5 Pro and M5 Max, the newest members of the M5 chip family. Normally, the Pro and Max chips take the same basic… Read more: M5 Pro and M5 Max are surprisingly big departures from older Apple Silicon - The FBI Is Using AI to Hack Targets
The FBI is using artificial intelligence in what it describes as “remote access operations,” FBI parlance for hacking, according to an FBI official. The comments, given at a national security and AI conference 404 Media… Read more: The FBI Is Using AI to Hack Targets - There are plenty of great choices if you want to spend less than $15K on an EV
Last time we looked at the used electric vehicle market, it was to see what the options are if you’re spending $10,000 or less. Two solid choices emerged quickly: a BMW i3 if you don’t… Read more: There are plenty of great choices if you want to spend less than $15K on an EV - Humongous Numbers of People Are Uninstalling ChatGPT as Anti-OpenAI Sentiment Surges
This is one PR hit that’ll be hard to come back from. After OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced a new deal with the Department of Defense last week, droves of once-loyal users vowed that they’d… Read more: Humongous Numbers of People Are Uninstalling ChatGPT as Anti-OpenAI Sentiment Surges - New Podcast Alert: The Globe-Spanning, Multi-Newsroom Hunt for Mr. Deepfakes
Mr. Deepfakes was the biggest website in the world for sharing AI-generated abuse imagery, swapping tips and tricks for more realistic results, and posting endless, fake, nonconsensual videos of everyone from celebrities to everyday people.… Read more: New Podcast Alert: The Globe-Spanning, Multi-Newsroom Hunt for Mr. Deepfakes - X Will Stop Paying People for Sharing Unlabeled AI-Generated War Footage
X said it will temporarily demonetize accounts that share AI-generated war footage without a label. The decision comes days after the US and Israel launched airstrikes in Iran and AI-slop war footage flooded social media… Read more: X Will Stop Paying People for Sharing Unlabeled AI-Generated War Footage - Inside the Gas Engine Strategy Powering AI’s Next Wave
AI data centers face grid delays and turbine shortages, pushing developers toward gas reciprocating engines for fast, scalable gigawatt power. The post Inside the Gas Engine Strategy Powering AI’s Next Wave appeared first on TechRepublic. - AI has powerful uses for First Nations oral cultural knowledge. Here’s how
Wandjina located at the ‘Cave of the Two Brothers’ in Jiliya (Secure Bay region), in Wororra Country, Kimberley Coast, WA. Author supplied Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains names and… Read more: AI has powerful uses for First Nations oral cultural knowledge. Here’s how - Elon Musk: X Shatters All-Time Traffic Record During US-Israeli Strikes on Iran
Elon Musk says X hit its highest usage ever as US and Israeli strikes on Iran drove real-time updates, videos, and political debate across the platform. The post Elon Musk: X Shatters All-Time Traffic Record… Read more: Elon Musk: X Shatters All-Time Traffic Record During US-Israeli Strikes on Iran - Harvard Professor Says AI Users Are Losing Cognitive Abilities
Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb is perhaps best known for raising eyebrows with public suggestions that various stellar phenomena could be evidence of extraterrestrial civilization. It’s controversial, to be sure — but if nothing else, at… Read more: Harvard Professor Says AI Users Are Losing Cognitive Abilities - New MacBook Airs come with M5, double the storage, and higher starting prices
Most of Apple’s laptop lineup is getting refreshed today—the high-end MacBook Pros are getting M5 Pro and M5 Max chip refreshes, and the MacBook Air is getting upgraded with an M5. The more significant update… Read more: New MacBook Airs come with M5, double the storage, and higher starting prices - SpaceX Sets First Starship Launch Since xAI Merger
SpaceX is lining up its next Starship test in the coming weeks as it eyes a mid-2027 Starlink upgrade and weighs xAI-era ambitions. The post SpaceX Sets First Starship Launch Since xAI Merger appeared first… Read more: SpaceX Sets First Starship Launch Since xAI Merger - A flash of laser light flips a magnet in major light-control breakthrough
Researchers at the University of Basel and the ETH in Zurich have succeeded in changing the polarity of a special ferromagnet using a laser beam. In the future, this method could be used to create… Read more: A flash of laser light flips a magnet in major light-control breakthrough - James Webb spots a galaxy with tentacles in deep space
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have spotted the most distant “jellyfish galaxy” ever seen — a cosmic oddity streaming long, tentacle-like trails of gas and newborn stars as it speeds through a dense… Read more: James Webb spots a galaxy with tentacles in deep space - Blasted off Mars and still alive
A famously resilient bacterium may be tough enough to survive one of the most violent events imaginable on Mars. In laboratory experiments designed to mimic the crushing shock of a massive asteroid impact, researchers squeezed… Read more: Blasted off Mars and still alive - Intelligence emerges when the whole brain works as one
For decades, scientists have mapped attention, memory, language, and reasoning to separate brain networks — yet one big mystery remained: why does the mind feel like a single, unified system? Researchers at the University of… Read more: Intelligence emerges when the whole brain works as one - From Anthropic to Iran: Who sets the limits on AI’s use in war and surveillance?
Anthropic, a leading AI company, recently refused to sign a Pentagon contract that would allow the United States military “unrestricted access” to its technology for “all lawful purposes.” To sign, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei required… Read more: From Anthropic to Iran: Who sets the limits on AI’s use in war and surveillance? - Can AI do 40% of your job? Block’s Jack Dorsey thinks so
Jack Dorsey to cut 4,000 workers at Block amid AI advances – but specters such as weak crypto market haunt company Jack Dorsey cited AI as the driving force behind cutting 40% of his company’s… Read more: Can AI do 40% of your job? Block’s Jack Dorsey thinks so - Waymo Says It Has Nothing to Say After Its Self-Driving Taxi Blocked an Ambulance Responding to a Mass Shooting
A Waymo robotaxi blocked an ambulance from responding to the scene of a mass shooting in Austin, Texas, on Sunday, EMS and Waymo officials confirmed. “A driverless vehicle was stopped in the area while our… Read more: Waymo Says It Has Nothing to Say After Its Self-Driving Taxi Blocked an Ambulance Responding to a Mass Shooting - As Moon interest heats up, two companies unveil plans for a lunar “harvester”
The Moon has received a lot of attention in recent months, particularly the surface of Earth’s cold and dusty companion. This has largely been driven by a decision from SpaceX founder Elon Musk to pivot,… Read more: As Moon interest heats up, two companies unveil plans for a lunar “harvester” - This is why our electricity bills are so high right now
COLUMBUS, Ohio—Protestors stood in the snow outside the offices of Ohio’s utility regulator in January to say they were fed up with rising electricity rates. Even a few years ago, the scene would have been… Read more: This is why our electricity bills are so high right now - Apple intros M5 Pro and Max MacBook Pros and its first new monitors in years
Apple updated its low-end MacBook Pro with the Apple M5 back in October of last year, but the higher-end 14-inch and 16-inch Pros stuck with the M4 Pro and M4 Max chips. This morning Apple… Read more: Apple intros M5 Pro and Max MacBook Pros and its first new monitors in years - Sam Altman Admits He’s Made a Huge Mistake
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman went into full damage control mode over the weekend. A day before the United States attacked Iran, the embattled CEO announced that the company had signed a new agreement with the… Read more: Sam Altman Admits He’s Made a Huge Mistake - The integration of AI in modern forex automation
Try to think of just one area where artificial intelligence is not leaving a mark, and you’ll realise there’s almost none. And in the forex world, things have not been any different. It’s a big… Read more: The integration of AI in modern forex automation - Best AI security solutions 2026: Top enterprise platforms compared
Artificial intelligence is no longer just powering defensive cybersecurity tools, it is reshaping the entire threat landscape. AI is accelerating reconnaissance, improving the realism of phishing, automating malware mutation, and enabling adaptive attack techniques. At… Read more: Best AI security solutions 2026: Top enterprise platforms compared - Medical journal The Lancet blasts RFK Jr.’s health work as a failure
The medical journal The Lancet did not pull any punches in a scathing editorial on Robert F. Kennedy Jr, calling the anti-vaccine activist’s first year as US Health Secretary “a failure by most measures, especially… Read more: Medical journal The Lancet blasts RFK Jr.’s health work as a failure - Don’t bet that the Pentagon – or Anthropic – is acting in the public interest | Bruce Schneier and Nathan E Sanders
The lesson here isn’t that one AI company is more ethical than another. It’s that we must renovate our democratic structures OpenAI is in and Anthropic is out as a supplier of AI technology for… Read more: Don’t bet that the Pentagon – or Anthropic – is acting in the public interest | Bruce Schneier and Nathan E Sanders - CBP Tapped Into the Online Advertising Ecosystem To Track Peoples’ Movements
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) bought data from the online advertising ecosystem to track peoples’ precise movements over time, in a process that often involves siphoning data from ordinary apps like video games, dating services,… Read more: CBP Tapped Into the Online Advertising Ecosystem To Track Peoples’ Movements - For every known vertebrate species, two more may be hiding in plain sight
Earth’s vertebrate diversity may be far richer than anyone realized. A sweeping analysis of more than 300 studies suggests that for every known fish, bird, reptile, amphibian, or mammal species, there are about two nearly… Read more: For every known vertebrate species, two more may be hiding in plain sight - The hidden technology that could unlock commercial fusion power
Fusion energy may be one of the most promising clean power sources of the future—but only if scientists can precisely measure the extreme, fast-moving plasmas that make it possible. A new U.S. Department of Energy–sponsored… Read more: The hidden technology that could unlock commercial fusion power - Schools are using AI counselors to track students’ mental health. Is it safe?
As hundreds of schools implement an automated monitoring tool, educators say that students can find talking to chatbots ‘more natural’ than confiding in a human • Produced in partnership with EdSurge The alert came around… Read more: Schools are using AI counselors to track students’ mental health. Is it safe? - With developer verification, Google’s Apple envy threatens to dismantle Android’s open legacy
It’s been nearly 20 years since Google revealed Android, which the company described as the first “truly open” mobile operating system, setting Google-powered phones apart from the iPhone’s aggressively managed experience. Over time, though, Android… Read more: With developer verification, Google’s Apple envy threatens to dismantle Android’s open legacy - LLMs can unmask pseudonymous users at scale with surprising accuracy
Burner accounts on social media sites can increasingly be analyzed to identify the pseudonymous users who post to them using AI in research that has far-reaching consequences for privacy on the Internet, researchers said. The… Read more: LLMs can unmask pseudonymous users at scale with surprising accuracy - AWS Data Centers Hit: Drone Strikes Cripple Cloud
AWS says drone strikes damaged data center facilities in the UAE and Bahrain, disrupting and degrading dozens of cloud services across the Middle East. The post AWS Data Centers Hit: Drone Strikes Cripple Cloud appeared… Read more: AWS Data Centers Hit: Drone Strikes Cripple Cloud - Standardize AI Outputs Across Teams for a One-Time $100 Fee
Build a scalable internal prompt infrastructure that your team can standardize, publish, and reuse long-term. The post Standardize AI Outputs Across Teams for a One-Time $100 Fee appeared first on TechRepublic. - Showdown over datacenter politics at heart of North Carolina primary
Democratic rematch in Durham-area district draws focus to fight over AI datacenters increasingly shaping US elections A North Carolina congressional primary on Tuesday is an early test of datacenter politics – a fight increasingly shaping… Read more: Showdown over datacenter politics at heart of North Carolina primary - Physical AI adoption boosts customer service ROI
The adoption of physical AI drives ROI in frontline customer service by merging digital intelligence with human-like physical interaction. As businesses navigate shrinking labour pools, they are finding that simply automating routine workflows is no… Read more: Physical AI adoption boosts customer service ROI - OpenAI amends Pentagon deal as Sam Altman admits it looks ‘sloppy’
ChatGPT owner’s CEO says it will bar its technology being used for mass surveillance or by intelligence services Business live – latest updates OpenAI is amending its hastily arranged deal to supply artificial intelligence to… Read more: OpenAI amends Pentagon deal as Sam Altman admits it looks ‘sloppy’ - Teeth smaller than a fingertip reveal the first primate ancestor
Tiny, tooth-sized fossils have just reshaped the story of our deepest ancestry. Paleontologists have discovered the southernmost remains ever found of Purgatorius—the earliest-known relative of all primates, including humans—in Colorado’s Denver Basin. Previously thought to… Read more: Teeth smaller than a fingertip reveal the first primate ancestor
