
- Trump abruptly cancels EO signing event after top AI firm CEOs declined to go
President Donald Trump abruptly canceled an event on Thursday just hours before he was scheduled to sign an executive order granting the government the power to test frontier AI models before their public release. As… Read more: Trump abruptly cancels EO signing event after top AI firm CEOs declined to go - Soaring solar and a surge in hydro push more coal off the US grid
Last year, the first few months of data from the US grid suggested that fears of a data-center-driven surge in demand were becoming a reality. Demand had risen by about 3 percent, triggering a surge… Read more: Soaring solar and a surge in hydro push more coal off the US grid - Cannes Film Festival Says the Wall Street Journal Is Wrong: It’s Not Debuting an AI-Generated Feature Film This Week
This week, the Wall Street Journal ran a provocative story claiming that a fully AI-generated movie called “Hell Grind” was being screened at the iconic Cannes Film Festival, dropping a nuclear bomb in the middle… Read more: Cannes Film Festival Says the Wall Street Journal Is Wrong: It’s Not Debuting an AI-Generated Feature Film This Week - Finance Bros Tremble in Fear That They Could Be Replaced by AI Too
It’s not looking good for finance bros as another major banker has sung the praises of AI automating their profession. On Monday, CEO of JPMorgan Jamie Dimon said that the multinational lender would likely hire… Read more: Finance Bros Tremble in Fear That They Could Be Replaced by AI Too - NASA undertakes major reorganization to reduce bureaucracy and move faster
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman sent a long email to employees on Friday morning outlining several structural changes that are intended to make the sprawling agency more efficient and allow it to better accomplish major goals,… Read more: NASA undertakes major reorganization to reduce bureaucracy and move faster - Behind the Blog: The Attention Wars
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 Spencer Pratt, bricking phones, and the FTC.… Read more: Behind the Blog: The Attention Wars - PSA: The Steam Controller’s magnetic charger can be a fire hazard
When we reviewed the new Steam Controller last month, we noted how the satisfying click of the magnetic charging puck easily connecting to the back of the controller lets users “save the hassle of fiddling… Read more: PSA: The Steam Controller’s magnetic charger can be a fire hazard - Democrats’ 2024 Election Autopsy Shows Signs of Sloppy AI Generation
The long awaited Democratic Party “autopsy” of the 2024 election failure has finally been released, and it’s riddled with errors. Facining mounting pressure to release the report, Democratic National Convention chairman Ken Martin finally relented,… Read more: Democrats’ 2024 Election Autopsy Shows Signs of Sloppy AI Generation - Einstein’s “wormhole” may actually reveal a hidden mirror of time
What if wormholes were never cosmic tunnels at all? New research suggests Einstein and Rosen’s famous “bridge” may actually reveal something even stranger: time itself could flow in two directions at once. Instead of connecting… Read more: Einstein’s “wormhole” may actually reveal a hidden mirror of time - Scientists discover a strange hidden state in “sandwich” molecules
Scientists have uncovered a strange hidden structure formed during the creation of metallocenes, a class of sandwich-like molecules used in everything from catalysis to medicine. The newly characterized intermediate features a rare “double ring-slip,” where… Read more: Scientists discover a strange hidden state in “sandwich” molecules - AI put “synthetic quotes” in his book. But this author wants to keep using it.
Journalist and author Steven Rosenbaum has more reasons than most to distrust AI. His new book, The Future of Truth: How AI Reshapes Reality, is all about “how Truth is being bent, blurred, and synthesized”… Read more: AI put “synthetic quotes” in his book. But this author wants to keep using it. - Scientists uncover cancer-causing chemicals hidden in everyday foods
Scientists have identified potentially cancer-causing chemicals hiding in many everyday foods, especially those exposed to high heat cooking methods like grilling, roasting, smoking, and frying. The compounds, known as PAHs, can form during cooking or… Read more: Scientists uncover cancer-causing chemicals hidden in everyday foods - Town Councilmember Goes Berzerk at Surveillance Camera Ban, Threatens to Outlaw Virtually All Modern Technology
Like data centers, automatic license plate readers (ALPRs) are incredibly unpopular with voters around the US. Plenty of local politicians are taking the hint, choosing to cancel controversial surveillance contracts with the granddad of ALPR… Read more: Town Councilmember Goes Berzerk at Surveillance Camera Ban, Threatens to Outlaw Virtually All Modern Technology - Even If You Hate AI, You Will Use Google AI Search
The search giant’s AI-crafted answers are so convenient, you’ll be sucked in—to the detriment of the web and the artists and thinkers behind it. - Has the great AI backlash begun? | Fiona Katauskas
The signs are there See more of Fiona Katauskas’s cartoons here Continue reading… - The 3 reasons your AI never makes it to production
When I say scale here, I’m not talking about handling more traffic. I’m talking about getting AI to work for you without a human eyeball sitting on every single output. Let’s get into it. Start… Read more: The 3 reasons your AI never makes it to production - Palantir hits back at Sadiq Khan after £50m contract with Met police blocked
London mayor accused of ‘putting politics above public safety’ for rejecting deal to use AI in intelligence analysis UK politics live – latest updates Palantir has accused Sadiq Khan of “putting politics above public safety”… Read more: Palantir hits back at Sadiq Khan after £50m contract with Met police blocked - Scientists warn that current vitamin B12 guidelines may be putting your brain at risk
Getting enough vitamin B12 to meet current health guidelines may not actually be enough to protect the aging brain. Researchers at UC San Francisco found that older adults with “normal” but lower levels of active… Read more: Scientists warn that current vitamin B12 guidelines may be putting your brain at risk - First vaccines, now mammograms? RFK Jr.’s latest firings have doctors outraged.
Top medical groups are outraged and alarmed that anti-vaccine Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has fired two leaders of an influential panel that makes recommendations and sets insurance coverage for preventive care—such as mammograms,… Read more: First vaccines, now mammograms? RFK Jr.’s latest firings have doctors outraged. - Mimecast Extends Governance Platform to AI Systems Adding Claude Enterprise
Mimecast’s governance platform will bring enterprise AI conversations into the same search, archive, and legal hold infrastructure as email and collaboration platforms Mimecast, a global leader in securing humans, data and AI, today announced that… Read more: Mimecast Extends Governance Platform to AI Systems Adding Claude Enterprise - Ancient chemistry trick unlocks new type of glass that traps CO2 and hydrogen
Researchers have discovered how to fine-tune a futuristic type of porous glass that can trap gases like CO2 and hydrogen. Inspired by centuries-old glassmaking techniques, the team added sodium and lithium compounds to make the… Read more: Ancient chemistry trick unlocks new type of glass that traps CO2 and hydrogen - A hacker group is poisoning open source code at an unprecedented scale
A so-called software supply chain attack, in which hackers corrupt a legitimate piece of software to hide their own malicious code, was once a relatively rare event but one that haunted the cybersecurity world with… Read more: A hacker group is poisoning open source code at an unprecedented scale - The $58,000 TV bill: When DirecTV sued O.J. Simpson for piracy
Imagine the life of a federal judge in the Southern District of Florida back in 2005. On Monday, you hold a hearing on contested legislation. On Tuesday, you rule in a national security case. But… Read more: The $58,000 TV bill: When DirecTV sued O.J. Simpson for piracy - Rocket Report: Starship launch delayed, German launch company may aid Canada
Welcome to Edition 8.42 of the Rocket Report! SpaceX nearly launched its Starship rocket on Thursday amid much pomp and circumstance in South Texas, only to be foiled by a ground system issue. Such delays… Read more: Rocket Report: Starship launch delayed, German launch company may aid Canada - Trump postpones executive order on AI over China concerns – US politics live
The US president said he doesn’t ‘want to do anything to get in the way’ of tech firms competing with China House Republicans canceled a scheduled Thursday vote on a war powers resolution aimed at… Read more: Trump postpones executive order on AI over China concerns – US politics live - Standard Chartered boss apologises for ‘lower-value human capital’ comments amid job cuts
Bill Winters faced backlash over remarks about some of near 80,000 staff set to lose roles to AI The chief executive of Standard Chartered has apologised for referring to some of the almost 8,000 staff… Read more: Standard Chartered boss apologises for ‘lower-value human capital’ comments amid job cuts - OpenAI opens Singapore AI lab as IMDA updates AI framework
OpenAI will open its first Applied AI Lab outside the US in Singapore. The lab is part of a new partnership with the Ministry of Digital Development and Information. The initiative, called OpenAI for Singapore,… Read more: OpenAI opens Singapore AI lab as IMDA updates AI framework - China’s AI just mapped its entire renewable energy grid. Here’s why the rest of the world should pay attention
Every major economy is staring at the same problem right now. Artificial intelligence is consuming electricity at a pace that grids were never designed to handle. In the US, capacity market prices in PJM, the… Read more: China’s AI just mapped its entire renewable energy grid. Here’s why the rest of the world should pay attention - SailPoint Announces New Integration with the Claude Compliance API
SailPoint’s new Claude Compliance API connector, delivers essential governance and visibility over Claude Enterprise access and usage SailPoint, Inc. (Nasdaq: SAIL), a leader in enterprise identity security, today announced a new integration with the Claude Compliance API.… Read more: SailPoint Announces New Integration with the Claude Compliance API - OVHcloud structures Europe key accounts organization to accelerate growth
OVHcloud, the European Cloud and AI leader, today announces that it is adapting its organization to meet the growing European demand for sovereign cloud, data control and trusted artificial intelligence. The Group is appointing Bruno Ronsse as… Read more: OVHcloud structures Europe key accounts organization to accelerate growth - LayerX Security Integrates With New Extended Plan For AWS Security Hub
LayerX brings real-time AI Usage Control to AWS customers, enabling centralized policy management across browsers and native desktop AI applications LayerX Security, the leader in AI Usage Control, today announced that the LayerX platform is… Read more: LayerX Security Integrates With New Extended Plan For AWS Security Hub - Innovaccer Acquires CaduceusHealth to Make Revenue Cycle Autonomous
Innovaccer’s fifth acquisition expands Flow suite to deliver end-to-end revenue cycle operations for ambulatory care Innovaccer Inc., a leading healthcare AI company, today announced the asset acquisition of CaduceusHealth, a nationally recognized revenue cycle management… Read more: Innovaccer Acquires CaduceusHealth to Make Revenue Cycle Autonomous - Musk and Zuckerberg convinced Trump to scrap AI executive order
The ceremony was scheduled. The CEOs were on the guest list. And then it wasn’t happening. On Thursday, US President Donald Trump scrapped a planned AI executive order, which had already been delayed multiple times,… Read more: Musk and Zuckerberg convinced Trump to scrap AI executive order - The Gulf’s AI Boom Has an Undersea Cable Problem
Hyperscalers are pushing the Gulf to rethink internet infrastructure as AI raises the stakes of cable disruptions. - Mars colony and Grok warnings: five strange details in SpaceX’s pitch to investors
IPO filing from Elon Musk’s company reveals closer look at finances, cosmic ambitions and tech empire’s quirks SpaceX publicly released an investor prospectus on Wednesday as part of its plan for a $1.75tn debut on… Read more: Mars colony and Grok warnings: five strange details in SpaceX’s pitch to investors - CGI expands governed AI capabilities for government
New CGI Advantage enhancements help state and local governments integrate AI with confidence CGI (TSX: GIB.A) (NYSE: GIB) today announced expanded artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities within CGI Advantage®, its enterprise resource planning (ERP) platform purpose-built for state and… Read more: CGI expands governed AI capabilities for government - AEON Unveils Roadmap to Power the Global Agentic Economy
AI is entering a new phase. What began as chatbots and productivity tools is rapidly evolving into autonomous agents that can search, decide, negotiate, execute tasks, and operate continuously on behalf of users and businesses.… Read more: AEON Unveils Roadmap to Power the Global Agentic Economy - Ancient asteroid craters may have sparked Earth’s oxygen-producing life
A hidden crater in South Korea may hold clues to one of the biggest turning points in Earth’s history: the rise of oxygen. Scientists discovered fossil-like stromatolites — layered structures built by ancient microbes —… Read more: Ancient asteroid craters may have sparked Earth’s oxygen-producing life - James Webb discovers a rare giant planet with surprisingly Earth-like temperatures
Astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have uncovered a rare world unlike anything in our solar system — a giant planet about the size of Saturn with surprisingly Earth-like temperatures and an atmosphere packed… Read more: James Webb discovers a rare giant planet with surprisingly Earth-like temperatures - Scientists discover towering red auroras reaching deep into space above Japan
Mysterious red auroras spotted over Japan were found reaching astonishingly high altitudes, even during space storms considered relatively mild. The discovery suggests hidden solar activity may be stronger than scientists realized — with potential consequences… Read more: Scientists discover towering red auroras reaching deep into space above Japan - “Zombie cells” aren’t always bad and that could transform anti-aging medicine
Scientists are uncovering a surprising truth about aging cells: some may damage the body, while others help protect it. The discovery is fueling a new wave of precision anti-aging therapies aimed at removing only the… Read more: “Zombie cells” aren’t always bad and that could transform anti-aging medicine - Ground system issue scrubs first launch of SpaceX’s Starship V3 rocket
SpaceX got within 40 seconds of launching the first flight of a taller, more powerful version of its Starship rocket Thursday, but a pesky problem with the launch tower kept the vehicle bound to Earth… Read more: Ground system issue scrubs first launch of SpaceX’s Starship V3 rocket - What do the Commonwealth Writers Prize AI allegations mean for prizes – and short stories?
Nikolaos Dimou/Pexels, Kostiantyn Klymovets/Pexels, The Conversation, CC BY-SA Another day, another literary scandal involving AI. It has been alleged that the judges of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize have been duped by an author using… Read more: What do the Commonwealth Writers Prize AI allegations mean for prizes – and short stories? - If Australia is home to an AI gold rush, let’s not squander it. Let’s fjord a different path | Peter Lewis
Tech titans appear to be cosying up to Canberra with an eye to training data models here. An AI wealth fund could share in the profits Get our breaking news email, free app or daily… Read more: If Australia is home to an AI gold rush, let’s not squander it. Let’s fjord a different path | Peter Lewis - Can OpenAI’s ‘Master of Disaster’ Fix AI’s Reputation Crisis?
Global affairs chief Chris Lehane wants to tone down the debate over AI’s societal impacts—and get states to pass laws that won’t derail OpenAI’s meteoric rise. - As Grok flounders, SpaceX bets future on beating Big Tech at AI
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has highlighted AI as the tentpole of the company’s future, projecting a multi-trillion-dollar market opportunity that rivals the total value of all US economic activity. But the company must first win over… Read more: As Grok flounders, SpaceX bets future on beating Big Tech at AI - IoT gadget maker AcuRite shares reasoning for killing customers’ favorite app
AcuRite must kill its customers’ favorite companion app due to “obsolete technology,” VP of product development Jeff Bovee tells Ars Technica. AcuRite, which makes smart weather-monitoring devices, announced this month that the My AcuRite iOS… Read more: IoT gadget maker AcuRite shares reasoning for killing customers’ favorite app - New Verizon Report Reveals the Security Gap Attackers Are Exploiting Most
Verizon’s 2026 DBIR shows vulnerability exploitation, AI-enabled attacks, third-party risk, and ransomware are reshaping cyber threats. The post New Verizon Report Reveals the Security Gap Attackers Are Exploiting Most appeared first on TechRepublic. - AT&T sues California in attempt to shut off old phone network
AT&T sued California yesterday over the state’s refusal to let the carrier stop providing phone service to all potential customers in its wireline network territory. AT&T is also asking the Federal Communications Commission to declare… Read more: AT&T sues California in attempt to shut off old phone network - Fake OpenAI Ads Appear on Subway: “Yes, We Built a Machine That Tells Teenagers to Kill Themselves… But It Might Also Help Them With Their Homework”
An artist in London plastered fake OpenAI ads inside city subway cars calling attention to ChatGPT’s close ties to a series of youth suicides. The artist Darren Cullen, a Banksy-like figure who has conducted many… Read more: Fake OpenAI Ads Appear on Subway: “Yes, We Built a Machine That Tells Teenagers to Kill Themselves… But It Might Also Help Them With Their Homework” - Would you trust AI to help you find ‘the one’? Dating apps are betting it can
In the relatively short time they’ve been around, online dating apps have transformed how we hook up, date and fall in love. These apps have long been characterised by “swipe logic”: users are shown profiles… Read more: Would you trust AI to help you find ‘the one’? Dating apps are betting it can - Meta Is in Crisis, Google Search’s Makeover, and AI Gets Booed by Graduates
In this episode of Uncanny Valley, we unpack the mass layoffs at Meta, big announcements at Google I/O, and the latest backlash against AI. - JWST maps the weather on a hot gas giant 700 light-years away
WASP-94A b is a hot, tidally locked gas giant orbiting close to one of the stars in a binary system roughly 690 light-years away from Earth. In a new Science study, scientists led by Sagnick… Read more: JWST maps the weather on a hot gas giant 700 light-years away - Spotify and Universal Music agree deal to let subscribers create AI remixes
Licensing agreement will allow listeners to use AI to create content on streaming platform for first time Spotify and Universal Music Group have agreed on a deal that will allow subscribers to generate song covers… Read more: Spotify and Universal Music agree deal to let subscribers create AI remixes - Zillow loses thousands of listings in fight over “hidden” homes
On Wednesday, Zillow abruptly lost access to thousands of property listings in the Chicago area after filing a lawsuit accusing a private listing network owner of colluding with the nation’s largest brokerage to harm consumers… Read more: Zillow loses thousands of listings in fight over “hidden” homes - Virtualitics and OpenAI Announce Strategic Collaboration
Collaboration brings together deep mission readiness expertise and frontier AI models to support trusted decision-making at scale Virtualitics, the category leader in AI-native readiness solutions for government and critical infrastructure, and OpenAI today announced a… Read more: Virtualitics and OpenAI Announce Strategic Collaboration - Jeff Bezos Lectures the Public, Saying They Should Be Grateful for the Wonders of AI
Feeling grateful for all the wonderful ways AI has changed your life yet? Jeff Bezos thinks you should be. On Wednesday, the Amazon founder brushed aside fears that AI would replace people’s jobs, arguing instead… Read more: Jeff Bezos Lectures the Public, Saying They Should Be Grateful for the Wonders of AI - Uh-oh, the International Space Station is leaking again
NASA confirmed Thursday that the Russian segment of the International Space Station has begun leaking atmosphere into space again. It’s an old problem that NASA recently hoped was resolved. For more than half a decade,… Read more: Uh-oh, the International Space Station is leaking again - OpenAI makes breakthrough on 80-year-old maths problem
Company says work on Paul Erdős planar unit distance problem shows advance in AI reasoning OpenAI has claimed a further advance in AI reasoning after its technology successfully tackled an 80-year-old maths problem. The company… Read more: OpenAI makes breakthrough on 80-year-old maths problem - A musical Turing test for AI consciousness | Letters
Stephen Ladyman suggests a question to ask artificial intelligence systems, while John van Someren is suspicious of advice he got from the AI assistant Claude There is a test that Prof Richard Dawkins might use… Read more: A musical Turing test for AI consciousness | Letters - Top Gun turns 40
When the action film Top Gun hit the big screen in 1986, critical reviews were mixed, but audiences were thrilled. The film racked up $358 million globally, making it the highest-grossing film of that year.… Read more: Top Gun turns 40 - Zuckerberg Tells the Tattered Remainder of His Workers That He Won’t Conduct Another a Mass Firing for at Least Seven Months
The tech giant Meta fired about 8,000 workers yesterday — about 10 percent of its staff — and reassigned 7,000 more to AI projects. The company’s remaining workers continue to have every click of their work lives… Read more: Zuckerberg Tells the Tattered Remainder of His Workers That He Won’t Conduct Another a Mass Firing for at Least Seven Months - Glucose Tracking Is Turning Into the Next Big Health Data Platform
Glucose tracking is moving beyond diabetes care as CGMs, AI platforms, and wearable sensors reshape personalized health data and wellness tools. The post Glucose Tracking Is Turning Into the Next Big Health Data Platform appeared… Read more: Glucose Tracking Is Turning Into the Next Big Health Data Platform - Historic SpaceX IPO Filing Reveals Starlink, AI, and Mars Ambitions
SpaceX’s IPO filing reveals Starlink’s revenue role, major AI spending, Starship costs, Musk’s control, and legal risks facing investors. The post Historic SpaceX IPO Filing Reveals Starlink, AI, and Mars Ambitions appeared first on TechRepublic. - I Cloned Myself With Gemini’s AI Avatar Tool. The Result Was Unnervingly Me
I used the Gemini app to generate lifelike videos featuring a digital clone of myself. Google sees this as the future of creation. I’m still creeped out. - Plug-in hybrids get plugged in more than you might think
Plug-in hybrid powertrains were developed to be the best of both worlds: a combustion engine and fuel tank that can handle those longer journeys exactly the same as a non-hybrid car, with an electric motor… Read more: Plug-in hybrids get plugged in more than you might think - US government takes $2 billion equity stake in nine quantum computing firms
The US government will take equity stakes worth a total of $2 billion in a slew of quantum computing companies, including a startup backed by a firm with links to the Trump family and one… Read more: US government takes $2 billion equity stake in nine quantum computing firms - AI can design cities, but can it understand what matters to people? 10 ways to keep humans in control
Cottonbro Studio/Pexels, CC BY Generative AI (GenAI) is a type of artificial intelligence that creates new content – like text, images, or ideas – by learning patterns from existing data. GenAI, particularly through large language… Read more: AI can design cities, but can it understand what matters to people? 10 ways to keep humans in control - How Deepfakes Tore a High School Apart
On a school night in early December, a freshman at Radnor High School in Pennsylvania wrote in Snapchat messages to his friends that his parents took his phone away. “why,” one replied. “the app,” he… Read more: How Deepfakes Tore a High School Apart - WiseTech begins redundancies – but omits ‘AI’ from emails to Chinese employees, workers say
ASX-listed company announced in February it would lay off almost 30% of its 7,000-strong workforce across 40 countries Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast WiseTech has begun informing staff that… Read more: WiseTech begins redundancies – but omits ‘AI’ from emails to Chinese employees, workers say - A CEO of a Bank Just Said Something So Ghoulish About Its Plans for AI That He’s Now in Full Damage Control Mode
AI has emboldened CEOs to make all kinds of smug declarations that betray their contempt for lowly human laborers. But Bill Winters, the CEO of the British multinational bank Standard Chartered, said something so viscerally… Read more: A CEO of a Bank Just Said Something So Ghoulish About Its Plans for AI That He’s Now in Full Damage Control Mode - Physicists finally solve the strange mystery of “breathing” lasers
Scientists have finally figured out how mysterious “breather” laser pulses work, solving a puzzle that has frustrated laser physicists for years. These unusual ultrafast lasers produce light pulses that rhythmically grow and shrink instead of… Read more: Physicists finally solve the strange mystery of “breathing” lasers - Scientists discover strange “narwhal” waves that trap light beyond known limits
Physicists at Peking University have uncovered a new way to confine light far beyond conventional limits — without relying on metals and their inherent energy dissipation. By formulating the singular dispersion equation, the team discovered… Read more: Scientists discover strange “narwhal” waves that trap light beyond known limits - Common pesticide linked to hidden brain damage, scientists warn
Scientists have uncovered alarming new evidence that a common insecticide may leave lasting marks on the developing brain before a child is even born. Researchers studying New York City children found that prenatal exposure to… Read more: Common pesticide linked to hidden brain damage, scientists warn - Do AI Risks Require Extraordinary Government Intervention?
In a recent essay, Derek Thompson engages with AI as Normal Technology (AINT). He agrees with our thesis about AI’s slow labor market impacts, relying on the fact that GDP growth has so far been… Read more: Do AI Risks Require Extraordinary Government Intervention? - Childhood junk food may rewire the brain for life
Eating too much junk food early in life may rewire the brain in ways that last into adulthood, even after switching to a healthier diet. Scientists found that high-fat, high-sugar diets changed feeding behavior and… Read more: Childhood junk food may rewire the brain for life - Tricentis Releases Agentic AI Testing for SAP Business Transformation
New AI functionality brings Tricentis Agentic Test Automation capabilities into SAP Enterprise Continuous Testing by Tricentis, helping to enable smarter and more scalable quality assurance. Tricentis, a global leader in agentic quality engineering, today announcedSAP… Read more: Tricentis Releases Agentic AI Testing for SAP Business Transformation - It Seems a Lot Like Trump Accidentally Invested $1 Million in a Conveyor Belt Sushi Restaurant Thinking It Was an AI Hardware Company
Donald Trump is nothing if not a keen investor. As recent tax filings have shown, the US president has made a number of canny trades over the past few months for tech stocks like Nvidia,… Read more: It Seems a Lot Like Trump Accidentally Invested $1 Million in a Conveyor Belt Sushi Restaurant Thinking It Was an AI Hardware Company - BT warns of smartphone price rises due to chip shortages from AI boom
Telecoms company CEO says tech firms are buying up memory chips to power datacentres relied on by AI Business live – latest updates BT has said that the cost of smartphones could rise as technology… Read more: BT warns of smartphone price rises due to chip shortages from AI boom - Google Is Making Huge Changes That Are Poised to Decimate What’s Left of Journalism
It’s looking like time to sound two death knells. One for the demise of the simple Google search, and another for the entire journalism industry. On Tuesday, Google announced a massive change to its homepage… Read more: Google Is Making Huge Changes That Are Poised to Decimate What’s Left of Journalism - These clever active beam headlights are finally coming to America
Audi provided flights from Washington, DC, to Munich, Germany, and accommodation so Ars could test out its headlights, as well as some other things you can read about in the coming weeks. Ars does not… Read more: These clever active beam headlights are finally coming to America - The Oldest Evidence of Animal Sex Has Been Found, and It’s Mind-Boggling
Scientists have discovered the oldest fossilized evidence of sexual reproduction and locomotion in animals at a remote site in Canada’s Northwest Territories that dates back 567 million years to the Ediacaran period, according to a… Read more: The Oldest Evidence of Animal Sex Has Been Found, and It’s Mind-Boggling - This Archivist Has Saved 175,000 Articles from 30 Years of Writing about Magic: The Gathering
I have been playing Magic: The Gathering on and off since I was a child and in that time I’ve read countless articles and websites about the game. Much of it is lost to time… Read more: This Archivist Has Saved 175,000 Articles from 30 Years of Writing about Magic: The Gathering - London mayor Sadiq Khan blocks £50m Met police deal with Palantir
Exclusive: Scotland Yard had been in talks to use Palantir’s AI technology to automate intelligence analysis A £50m Met police deal with the controversial US tech company Palantir has been blocked by the London mayor,… Read more: London mayor Sadiq Khan blocks £50m Met police deal with Palantir - TriluxTech Launches to Help Enterprises Build AI-Ready Ops
Enterprises have AI ambition and platform debt in equal measure. TriluxTech builds the operational foundation that closes the gap. TriluxTech today launched its “AI is Now” strategy, positioning the firm as the enterprise transformation partner… Read more: TriluxTech Launches to Help Enterprises Build AI-Ready Ops - VINSI.AI Expands Platform to Address the Full Scope of Business Ops and CX
VINSI.AI today announced the expansion of its platform beyond AI voice infrastructure into a fully connected suite covering every major operational and customer experience touchpoint. The company, which established its reputation as an enterprise AI… Read more: VINSI.AI Expands Platform to Address the Full Scope of Business Ops and CX - Trust3 AI Announced the Launch of MCP Security
Trust3 AI today announced the launch of Model Context Protocol (MCP) Security, establishing a new standard for safeguarding enterprise agentic AI workloads. This innovative solution forms a key capability within Trust3 AI’s enterprise agent control… Read more: Trust3 AI Announced the Launch of MCP Security - Force Equals Launches Dynamic Portfolio Management
New AI-native capabilities help organizations continuously prioritize initiatives, reduce redundancy, and move from idea to execution-ready plans faster. Force Equals today announced Dynamic Portfolio Management, a major expansion of its AI-native Enterprise Planning Operating System that… Read more: Force Equals Launches Dynamic Portfolio Management - Nvidia’s Vera chip is the US$200 billion bet Jensen Huang doesn’t want you to overlook
The Nvidia Vera chip is rarely the headline when earnings beat estimates, but it should be. When Nvidia reported Q1 revenue of US$81.62 billion on Wednesday, beating analyst estimates of US$78.86 billion, and guided Q2… Read more: Nvidia’s Vera chip is the US$200 billion bet Jensen Huang doesn’t want you to overlook - Scientists discover the nutrient that can supercharge cellular energy
Researchers discovered that leucine, a nutrient found in protein-rich foods, can supercharge mitochondria by protecting crucial energy-producing proteins inside cells. The breakthrough uncovers a powerful new link between diet and cellular energy — with possible… Read more: Scientists discover the nutrient that can supercharge cellular energy - MIT scientists discover amino acid that helps the gut heal itself
MIT scientists have identified cysteine — an amino acid found in foods like meat, dairy, beans, and nuts — as a potent trigger for intestinal repair. In mice, a cysteine-rich diet activated immune cells that… Read more: MIT scientists discover amino acid that helps the gut heal itself - New quantum sensor could count individual photons and hunt dark matter
Researchers have built an ultra-sensitive sensor capable of detecting unimaginably small amounts of energy — below one zeptojoule. The breakthrough relies on fragile superconducting materials that react to even the slightest temperature change. This level… Read more: New quantum sensor could count individual photons and hunt dark matter - Scientists solve 320-million-year mystery of reptile bone armor
Reptiles have been growing armor in their skin on and off for hundreds of millions of years, but scientists never fully understood how it evolved. A massive new evolutionary study shows these skin bones appeared… Read more: Scientists solve 320-million-year mystery of reptile bone armor - UNESCO warns a tsunami in the Mediterranean is inevitable
The French Riviera may look like an unlikely place for a tsunami disaster, but scientists warn the threat is far more real than most people realize. Historical events and new modeling show that destructive waves… Read more: UNESCO warns a tsunami in the Mediterranean is inevitable - Technology usually creates jobs for young, skilled workers. Will AI do the same?
At any given time, technology does two things to employment: It replaces traditional jobs, and it creates new lines of work. Machines replace farmers, but enable, say, aeronautical engineers to exist. So, if tech creates… Read more: Technology usually creates jobs for young, skilled workers. Will AI do the same? - AI will help make a Nobel prize-winning discovery within a year, says Anthropic co-founder
Jack Clark describes ‘vertiginous sense of progress’ and ‘profound changes’ to society alongside risks of technology An AI system will work with humans to make a Nobel prize-winning discovery within 12 months and tradespeople will… Read more: AI will help make a Nobel prize-winning discovery within a year, says Anthropic co-founder - Famously secret about its finances, SpaceX opens its books for the first time
After nearly a quarter of a century operating as a private company, with its financial accounts a closely guarded secret, SpaceX on Wednesday afternoon released a detailed accounting of its business in a nearly 400-page… Read more: Famously secret about its finances, SpaceX opens its books for the first time - SpaceX Listed Grok’s ‘Spicy’ Mode as a Risk in Its IPO Filing
The rocket company has set aside more than $500 million for potential litigation losses, in part to account for complaints alleging Grok created sexualized images. - Google Gives Search Its Biggest AI Overhaul in 25 Years
Google is redesigning Search with AI agents, conversational queries, custom tools, and booking features, raising new questions about web traffic. The post Google Gives Search Its Biggest AI Overhaul in 25 Years appeared first on… Read more: Google Gives Search Its Biggest AI Overhaul in 25 Years - OpenAI Co-Founder Andrej Karpathy Joins Anthropic in AI Research Shakeup
Andrej Karpathy, OpenAI co-founder and former AI director with Tesla, recently joined Anthropic to build a team focused on pretraining research. The post OpenAI Co-Founder Andrej Karpathy Joins Anthropic in AI Research Shakeup appeared first… Read more: OpenAI Co-Founder Andrej Karpathy Joins Anthropic in AI Research Shakeup
