Tech billionaires continue to find new ways to alienate themselves from the public. After broad disillusionment with Big Tech played a major role in last week’s midterm elections, AI chipmaker Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang was… Read more: We Are Now Learning Whether the Stock Market Cares About an AI Executive Admitting to an Affair With an Alleged Chinese Spy

Good Monday morning. Last week, the UK imposed one of the strictest, most vague (and therefore overly broad) new laws around pornography in recent memory. Recording yourself having consensual kinky sex in private could come with… Read more: Bad news for kinky Brits

The Nvidia CEO began working with consultants from Heller as early as October 2025, around the same time he was first linked to a suspected Chinese spy.

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A woman in New Port Richey, Fla., voices her opposition to the construction of AI data centers on July 18, 2026. Thomas Simonetti/AFP via Getty Images Data centers were on the ballot, both directly and… Read more: Voters rejected data centers in dozens of communities, fueling the narrative that opposition to the AI infrastructure contributed to the 2026 blue wave

FormAssembly Inc., a provider of online data collection and workflow automation software, today announced a complete platform overhaul that expands its capabilities beyond building forms to automating complex business processes using artificial intelligence. The new… Read more: Exclusive: FormAssembly overhauls its platform to expand into AI-powered process automation

Company says schools should control student AI use, but if they block its AI tools, they’ll lose access to search engine Parents and teachers across the US are criticizing Google’s announcement that schools choosing to… Read more: Parents and teachers decry Google pledge to yank Search if schools block AI: ‘This threat is nothing but extortion’

Two of the top lawmakers backing the Pentagon’s Golden Dome missile defense shield are among the wave of Republicans leaving Congress in the coming Democratic takeover, raising questions about the future of President Donald Trump’s… Read more: New Democratic Congress will likely strip the gilding from Trump’s Golden Dome

NASA has revealed an accelerated plan to land astronauts on the Moon in 2028, with SpaceX and Blue Origin developing competing lunar landers and a crucial orbital test scheduled for 2027. Faster rocket preparations, new… Read more: NASA reveals bold new plan to return astronauts to the Moon in 2028

For the first time, a robot has autonomously built part of a structure in space, demonstrating a breakthrough that could fundamentally change space exploration. The technology could one day allow scientists to construct enormous telescopes,… Read more: Caltech robot makes history by building a structure in space

A surprising new study from UCLA suggests that a naturally occurring molecule could help breast cancer survivors overcome the frustrating brain fog and exhaustion that can linger long after treatment ends. Researchers found that women… Read more: A simple supplement may help clear brain fog after cancer

After more than 35 years of research, scientists have uncovered surprising clues about what really drives Lyme disease risk. Contrary to longstanding assumptions, deer populations appear less important than mice, which can fuel a 40%… Read more: Scientists discover a surprising link between acorns and lyme disease

Indian IT services firm Coforge has joined SpaceX’s Super Intelligence Partner Network to develop enterprise applications using the Grok artificial intelligence portfolio. Coforge will participate as a Transformation Partner, developing industry-specific solutions and integrating them… Read more: Coforge Joins SpaceX Network to Develop Industry-Specific Grok Applications

Scientists have observed a bizarre quantum state of matter that combines the structure of a crystal with the frictionless flow of a liquid, all at room temperature. The breakthrough overturns a major practical limitation of… Read more: A quantum breakthrough makes light behave like both a solid and a liquid

EXL has acquired data and AI consulting firm Aimpoint Digital to expand its forward-deployed AI engineering capabilities and help enterprises move AI projects from pilot stages to production.  The acquisition adds around 250 AI engineers,… Read more: EXL Acquires Aimpoint Digital, Adds 250 AI and Data Experts

Sarvam AI has appointed former Google Cloud India Managing Director Sashikumar Sreedharan as its President and Chief Business Officer (CBO), as the Indian AI startup looks to strengthen its presence in the enterprise and government… Read more: Sarvam AI Appoints Ex-Google Cloud India MD Sashikumar Sreedharan as President and CBO

On November 6, Adobe announced that CX Enterprise Coworker, which serves as an agentic teammate for customer experience orchestration, will now be embedded in leading AI platforms including ChatGPT as a plugin, Claude, Databricks Genie,… Read more: Adobe’s CX Enterprise Coworker Gets Embedded Within Leading AI Platforms

India’s office-using workforce is projected to increase from around 38 million in 2025 to 48 million by 2030, as artificial intelligence (AI) reshapes commercial office demand, according to a study by real estate consultancy Cushman… Read more: India’s Office Workforce to Reach 48 Mn by 2030 as AI Reshapes Demand: Report

Enterprises are moving toward a model where AI does more than automate individual tasks or answer queries. The next phase will see AI connect fragmented data across human resources, finance, sales, and operations to help… Read more: Beyond Hire-to-Rehire: How Workforce Data Can Turn HRTech From a Cost Centre

As the publishing industry wrestles with paranoia over the provenance of manuscripts, writers are caught in an impossible bind.

The same technical limits that prevent superintelligence make these systems dangerous. But we know how to regulate them Many Silicon Valley leaders believe superintelligence is an imminent threat to society. The White House even published… Read more: Today’s AI won’t achieve superintelligence. But catastrophic risk is real | Sunita Verma

Democrats should drag Sam Altman, Dario Amodei and Elon Musk before the world and make them explain just what it is they’re trying to do and why The AI industry had a bad night last… Read more: Anti-AI populism is the future of American politics | Garrison Lovely

The National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) has introduced new digital features across its website and mobile applications, including a beta version of NSE Market Lens, a stock discovery and screening platform designed to make… Read more: NSE Launches Stock Discovery Platform, Adds AI Features

WhatsApp has become a convenient way for businesses to communicate with employees, customers, and partners. This is especially true for India, which boasts 550 million WhatsApp users and where 90% of consumers message at least… Read more: Salesforce Wants Indian SMBs to Ditch WhatsApp for Slack

As data center protests break out across Europe, a mismatched band of campaigners is trying to block Google from building a sprawling new facility east of London.

Teslariu Mihai / Unsplash In the past few months, partly autonomous or “agentic” artificial intelligence (AI) systems have racked up some astonishing feats, from hacking tech startups to solving some of the world’s most famous… Read more: Do AI agents have minds? A philosopher explains

NVIDIA, the world’s most valuable US company with a $4.5 trillion valuation, launched an independent investigation into its Chief Executive Officer and billionaire Jensen Huang after he admitted to having a relationship outside marriage with… Read more: NVIDIA to Investigate CEO Jensen Huang’s Relationship with a ‘Chinese Spy’

IT services company LTM and US enterprise software company ServiceNow have announced plans to expand their partnership and develop joint AI agent offerings for more than 700 shared customers. LTM will use its internal deployment… Read more: LTM, ServiceNow to Expand Partnership to Scale AI Agent Deployments

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), a multilateral development bank operating across 40 economies, has selected Hexaware Technologies under a five-year framework to develop the bank’s technology operations. The agreement covers the EBRD’s… Read more: Hexaware to Drive EBRD’s Banking Tech Ops for 5 Years

Humans are intuitive by nature. We can sense meaning beyond the literal words that we encounter. Now, a new artificial intelligence-assisted learning platform developed by MIT engineers is enabling robots to read larger meaning into… Read more: AI-assisted learning platform helps robots reason beyond literal commands

Today, a scientist who wants to simulate a physical process must pick the right tool for that one job, such as a solver built for flowing water or another designed to model the way a… Read more: A single AI model simulates the behavior of many substances, from sliding sand to folding proteins

India’s global capability centres (GCCs) are taking on larger technology, product development and innovation mandates, raising questions about whether multinational companies will increasingly build capabilities in-house at the expense of Indian IT services firms. Workato… Read more: Why GCCs and Indian IT are Partnering at Enterprise Scale

More than a century after Einstein revolutionized our understanding of gravity, scientists have uncovered a surprising new phenomenon hidden within his equations. Researchers at Columbia University and Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez have identified a theoretical process… Read more: Einstein’s equations reveal how gravity could break, reconnect, and release energy

A remarkable fossil discovery in Colombia is challenging how scientists understand major evolutionary changes in Earth’s history. Researchers uncovered an incredibly diverse ancient marine ecosystem where giant reptiles, sharks, and other creatures thrived as older… Read more: An ancient ocean full of giant predators reveals a surprising twist in evolution

Scientists at UC San Francisco have developed a powerful new cancer therapy that remains inactive until it reaches the brain, where it switches on to attack deadly tumors. The engineered immune cells, called B-SYNC CAR-T… Read more: Scientists wipe out deadly brain tumors in every mouse tested with new cancer therapy

Researchers have discovered a stunning new species of tiny orange-patterned fish in the Brazilian Amazon, but its survival may already be at risk. Named Laimosemion laranja, the brilliantly colored killifish measures less than three centimeters… Read more: Scientists discover stunning new Amazon fish that may already be endangered

Scientists have discovered that the stickiness of underwater “marine snow” plays a surprisingly important role in how much carbon reaches the deep ocean. Gooier particles resist bacterial breakdown and can transport more than six times… Read more: Hidden climate superpower: Why some ocean “snow” carries six times more carbon

CEO reportedly ‌had close relationship ‌with a Chinese businesswoman who passed information to ‌Beijing Nvidia said ⁠on Sunday that it “is initiating an independent investigation in light of recent reporting that founder and CEO Jensen… Read more: Nvidia opens investigation after report CEO Jensen Huang was target of foreign intelligence

Mustafa Suleyman, Microsoft’s AI CEO — a human in charge of its AI operations, we should clarify — says he’s willing to consider giving AI models rights if they ever become conscious. But he really… Read more: Microsoft AI CEO Says He’s Open to Agents Deserving Rights If He Sees the Right Evidence

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