
- Apple Launches iPhone 17e: Everything You Need to Know
Apple unveils the iPhone 17e with 256GB base storage, A19 chip, MagSafe, and a smarter 48MP camera, all starting at $599. The post Apple Launches iPhone 17e: Everything You Need to Know appeared first on… Read more: Apple Launches iPhone 17e: Everything You Need to Know - Sam Altman in Damage Control Mode as ChatGPT Users Are Mass Cancelling Subscriptions Because OpenAI Is “Training a War Machine”
OpenAI just handed one of its biggest rivals a massive PR victory, in a blunder that even CEO Sam Altman admitted had optics that “don’t look good.” On Friday, Altman announced that OpenAI had reached… Read more: Sam Altman in Damage Control Mode as ChatGPT Users Are Mass Cancelling Subscriptions Because OpenAI Is “Training a War Machine” - Anthropic’s AI model Claude gets popularity boost after US military feud
Claude climbs to top of app store charts in US and UK after being blacklisted by Pentagon over ethics concerns The AI model Claude has surged in popularity after being blacklisted by the Pentagon last… Read more: Anthropic’s AI model Claude gets popularity boost after US military feud - ChatOn Reaches 100M Downloads as Its Global Audience Continues to Grow
In just three years, ChatOn has evolved into one of the world’s leading AI assistants. As of March 2026, ChatOn, one of the most popular AI chatbots, has achieved 100 million downloads on iOS, Android, and Web.… Read more: ChatOn Reaches 100M Downloads as Its Global Audience Continues to Grow - Keebo Appoints Eric Shoemaker as Chief Executive Officer
Keebo, Inc., a pioneer in autonomous cloud data warehouse optimization, today announced the appointment of Eric Shoemaker as Chief Executive Officer. Shoemaker is a seasoned SaaS executive with a proven record of building and scaling… Read more: Keebo Appoints Eric Shoemaker as Chief Executive Officer - Charter gets FCC permission to buy Cox and become largest ISP in the US
Charter Communications, operator of the Spectrum cable brand, has obtained Federal Communications Commission permission to buy Cox and surpass Comcast as the country’s largest home Internet service provider. Charter has 29.7 million residential and business… Read more: Charter gets FCC permission to buy Cox and become largest ISP in the US - US Military Using Claude to Select Targets in Iran Strikes
The ongoing attacks on the Islamic Republic of Iran, launched by a joint coalition of US and Israeli military forces, have so far claimed 555 Iranian lives, including 165 deaths from an attack on an… Read more: US Military Using Claude to Select Targets in Iran Strikes - With Iran War, Kalshi and Polymarket Bet That the Depravity Economy Has No Bottom
The main bet on the front page of Polymarket right now is “Will the Iranian regime fall by June 30?” The site has this at a 41 percent chance of happening as I write this. … Read more: With Iran War, Kalshi and Polymarket Bet That the Depravity Economy Has No Bottom - Microsoft Bans the Word “Microslop” on Copilot Discord, Gets So Humiliated That It Locks Down the Whole Server
Last year, the editors of Merriam-Webster’s dictionary anointed their word of the year as “slop,” a term denoting the low-quality flood of AI output that’s been jamming up feeds for years now. The latest victim?… Read more: Microsoft Bans the Word “Microslop” on Copilot Discord, Gets So Humiliated That It Locks Down the Whole Server - Time to retrain? How to future-proof your career in the AI age
StratfordProductions/Shutterstock These days, gen Z appears to be pivoting towards skilled trades, perhaps driven by a desire for “AI-proof” job security. Many young workers now view blue-collar careers as more stable than office jobs in… Read more: Time to retrain? How to future-proof your career in the AI age - Will AI tools make better police officers?
Police officers often work with partial information under severe time constraints in situations that can change in seconds. Whether investigating a crime or patrolling a neighbourhood, they regularly have to make predictions based on instinct.… Read more: Will AI tools make better police officers? - Research roundup: Six cool science stories we almost missed
It’s a regrettable reality that there is never enough time to cover all the interesting scientific stories we come across each month. So every month, we highlight a handful of the best stories that nearly… Read more: Research roundup: Six cool science stories we almost missed - ChatGPT as a therapist? New study reveals serious ethical risks
As millions turn to ChatGPT and other AI chatbots for therapy-style advice, new research from Brown University raises a serious red flag: even when instructed to act like trained therapists, these systems routinely break core… Read more: ChatGPT as a therapist? New study reveals serious ethical risks - $599 M4 iPad Air is a lot like the old one, but with a substantial RAM boost
As expected, Apple has announced a mild update for the iPad family’s middle child today. The new iPad Air is a lot like the old one, but it replaces the Apple M3 chip with an… Read more: $599 M4 iPad Air is a lot like the old one, but with a substantial RAM boost - Iowa county adopts strict zoning rules for data centers, but residents still worry
PALO, Iowa—There are two restaurants in Palo, not counting the chicken wings and pizza sold at the only gas station in town. All three establishments, including the gas station, stand on the same half-mile stretch… Read more: Iowa county adopts strict zoning rules for data centers, but residents still worry - Atacama surprise: The world’s driest desert is teeming with hidden life
Even in the ultra-dry Atacama Desert, tiny soil-dwelling nematodes are thriving in surprising diversity. Scientists found that biodiversity increases with moisture and altitude shapes which species survive. In the most extreme zones, many nematodes reproduce… Read more: Atacama surprise: The world’s driest desert is teeming with hidden life - Why we shouldn’t abandon handwriting at school
Over the decades, technological devices have been gradually integrated into language learning, as is recently the case with generative artificial intelligence (AI). Does the sophistication of these tools eventually render pencils and pens obsolete? Or… Read more: Why we shouldn’t abandon handwriting at school - Amazon Data Centers on Fire After Iranian Missile Strikes on Dubai
Amazon’s cloud services are down in some of the Middle East after “objects” hit data centers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) causing “sparks and fire.” Around 60 services tied to AWS are down in… Read more: Amazon Data Centers on Fire After Iranian Missile Strikes on Dubai - Google’s New AI Certification Teaches Prompts, Research, and App Building
Google introduces an AI Professional Certificate with six courses and a capstone, plus 20+ hands-on activities, and free access for small businesses. The post Google’s New AI Certification Teaches Prompts, Research, and App Building appeared… Read more: Google’s New AI Certification Teaches Prompts, Research, and App Building - Former NASA chief turned ULA lobbyist seeks law to limit SpaceX funding
A former NASA administrator says he is “encouraged” that the US Congress is considering legislation to prevent NASA from spending more than 50 percent of its launch funding on any single provider. “America succeeds in… Read more: Former NASA chief turned ULA lobbyist seeks law to limit SpaceX funding - Elon Musk’s xAI Signs Deal to Bring Grok Into Classified Military Systems
Elon Musk’s xAI has locked in a Pentagon deal to deploy its Grok AI model in classified military systems, pushing Anthropic out and sparking a new era of AI defense partnerships. The post Elon Musk’s… Read more: Elon Musk’s xAI Signs Deal to Bring Grok Into Classified Military Systems - It’s almost a station wagon: The 2026 Subaru Trailseeker, driven
A new pair of EV siblings joins the Subaru lineup this year, each using a shared skateboard chassis developed in partnership with Toyota. Compared to the original Solterra and smaller Uncharted, the new Trailseeker bears… Read more: It’s almost a station wagon: The 2026 Subaru Trailseeker, driven - OpenAI Secures Major Deal with Pentagon as Trump, Hegseth Condemn Anthropic
OpenAI secures a Pentagon deal to deploy AI on classified systems as the US government bars Anthropic over national security concerns. The post OpenAI Secures Major Deal with Pentagon as Trump, Hegseth Condemn Anthropic appeared… Read more: OpenAI Secures Major Deal with Pentagon as Trump, Hegseth Condemn Anthropic - Apple’s new iPhone 17e has an A19 chip, MagSafe, and 256GB of storage for $599
Apple’s biggest iPhone announcements usually happen in September, but for the second year in a row the company is also bringing out a new iPhone in March. The new iPhone 17e is a new version… Read more: Apple’s new iPhone 17e has an A19 chip, MagSafe, and 256GB of storage for $599 - ‘The digital colonization of flyover states’: how datacenters are tearing small-town America apart
The rapid rollout of datacenters across the US is creating a divide between municipal governments and residents Wilmington, Ohio, resident Quintin Koger Kidd was so concerned last June with his local public officials’ alleged misdoings… Read more: ‘The digital colonization of flyover states’: how datacenters are tearing small-town America apart - Robo.ai Completes Initial Data Delivery Collection in Middle East
Robo.ai Inc. (NASDAQ: AIIO), a technology company developing a global artificial intelligence machine economy platform, today announced that following the execution of data collection services related agreement with DaBoss.AI Inc. (“DaBoss”) earlier this month, the parties… Read more: Robo.ai Completes Initial Data Delivery Collection in Middle East - Project Evident Launches Equitable AI Adoption Framework
Framework provides practical guidance for responsible, safe, outcome-driven AI use, and debuts alongside new podcast series Project Evident announced today the launch of its Equitable AI Adoption Framework, a practical guide designed to help practitioners responsibly… Read more: Project Evident Launches Equitable AI Adoption Framework - Top Tech Conferences to Attend in 2026
Explore the top tech conferences to attend in 2026. Discover key dates, locations, and must-see events in AI, cloud, cybersecurity, IT, and emerging tech. The post Top Tech Conferences to Attend in 2026 appeared first… Read more: Top Tech Conferences to Attend in 2026 - Trump FCC’s equal-time crackdown doesn’t apply equally—or at all—to talk radio
In the Trump FCC’s latest series of attacks on TV broadcasters, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr has been threatening to enforce the equal-time rule on daytime and late-night talk shows. The interview portions of… Read more: Trump FCC’s equal-time crackdown doesn’t apply equally—or at all—to talk radio - How to Detect Phone Spying Tech (with Cooper Quintin)
Joseph speaks to Cooper Quintin, a security researcher and senior public interest technologist with the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). Quintin is one of the people behind Rayhunter, an easy to install tool that can detect… Read more: How to Detect Phone Spying Tech (with Cooper Quintin) - New crystal seeding method boosts perovskite solar cell efficiency to 23%
Inverted perovskite solar cells offer strong potential for scalable, low-cost solar power, but a hidden interface inside the device has limited their performance and durability. Researchers have now introduced crystal-solvate nanoseeds that guide crystal growth… Read more: New crystal seeding method boosts perovskite solar cell efficiency to 23% - Scientists just turned light into a remote control for crystals
NYU researchers have found a way to use light to control how microscopic particles assemble into crystals, effectively turning illumination into a tool for shaping matter. By adding light-sensitive molecules to a liquid filled with… Read more: Scientists just turned light into a remote control for crystals - A tiny twist creates giant magnetic skyrmions in 2D crystals
Twisting atomically thin magnetic layers does more than reshape their electronics—it can create giant, topological magnetic textures. In chromium triiodide, researchers observed skyrmion-like patterns stretching far beyond the expected moiré scale, reaching hundreds of nanometers.… Read more: A tiny twist creates giant magnetic skyrmions in 2D crystals - Hidden oceans on icy moons may be boiling beneath the surface
Icy moons circling the outer planets may be far more dynamic—and explosive—than they appear. New research suggests that when heat from tidal forces melts their ice shells from below, the sudden drop in pressure could… Read more: Hidden oceans on icy moons may be boiling beneath the surface - There’s a lot to hate about AI. But what if there was a mindful way to use it?
Our new free course AI for the People will show you practical ways to work with AI –without giving up judgment, privacy or your humanity Sign up for AI for the People, a six-week newsletter… Read more: There’s a lot to hate about AI. But what if there was a mindful way to use it? - I’m on the Meta Oversight Board. We need AI protections now | Suzanne Nossel
AI is transforming our world. Accepting independent oversight is the least companies can do to protect our rights The speed with which AI is transforming our lives is head-spinning. Unlike previous technological revolutions – radio,… Read more: I’m on the Meta Oversight Board. We need AI protections now | Suzanne Nossel - Subscribed to AI for the People? Share your new favorite prompts with us
Tell us how you’ve been using AI since signing up to our newsletter course on how to make it work for you Our six-week newsletter course AI for the People is helping Guardian readers use… Read more: Subscribed to AI for the People? Share your new favorite prompts with us - Scientists reveal why a popular anti-aging compound may also fuel cancer
Polyamines—natural molecules found in every living cell—have become stars in the longevity world for their ability to boost cellular cleanup and support healthy aging. But there’s a dark twist: high levels of these same molecules… Read more: Scientists reveal why a popular anti-aging compound may also fuel cancer - The Data Centers Have Arrived at the Edge of the Arctic Circle
As AI labs gorge themselves on compute, data center operators are flooding north in search of cheap and plentiful energy. - MWC 2026: SK Telecom lays out plan to rebuild its core around AI
At MWC 2026 in Barcelona, SK Telecom outlined how it is rebuilding itself around AI, from its network core to its customer service desks. The shift goes beyond adding new AI tools. It involves rewriting… Read more: MWC 2026: SK Telecom lays out plan to rebuild its core around AI - AI adoption in financial services has hit a point of no return
AI adoption in financial services has effectively become universal–and the institutions still treating it as an experiment are now the outliers. According to Finastra’s Financial Services State of the Nation 2026 report, which surveyed 1,509… Read more: AI adoption in financial services has hit a point of no return - AMD will bring its “Ryzen AI” processors to standard desktop PCs for the first time
AMD has been selling “Ryzen AI”-branded laptop processors for around a year and a half at this point. In addition to including modern CPU and GPU architectures, these attempting to capitalize on the generative AI… Read more: AMD will bring its “Ryzen AI” processors to standard desktop PCs for the first time - Arcfra Launches Neutree to Power Scalable Enterprise AI Infrastructure
Arcfra, an innovator in cloud & AI-ready infrastructure, today announced the launch of Arcfra Neutree, an enterprise-grade Model-as-a-Service (MaaS) platform designed to industrialize AI operations. As the centerpiece of the new Arcfra AI Infrastructure Solution, Neutree shifts… Read more: Arcfra Launches Neutree to Power Scalable Enterprise AI Infrastructure - Virtualitics Names Salesforce’s Dave Rey as New Board Member
Rey brings decades of experience in the public sector software arena as Virtualitics continues rapid growth Virtualitics, the category leader in AI-native readiness applications for defense, government and critical infrastructure, today announced that Dave Rey… Read more: Virtualitics Names Salesforce’s Dave Rey as New Board Member - The Pentagon strongarmed AI firms before Iran strikes – in dark news for the future of ‘ethical AI’
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman (left) and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei (right) at an AI summit in India in February 2026. Ludovic Marin / Getty Images In the leadup to the weekend’s US and Israeli attacks… Read more: The Pentagon strongarmed AI firms before Iran strikes – in dark news for the future of ‘ethical AI’ - The Pentagon strongarmed AI firms before Iran strikes – in dark news for the future of ‘ethical AI’
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman (left) and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei (right) at an AI summit in India in February 2026. Ludovic Marin / Getty Images In the leadup to the weekend’s US and Israeli attacks… Read more: The Pentagon strongarmed AI firms before Iran strikes – in dark news for the future of ‘ethical AI’ - AI is already creeping into election campaigns. NZ’s rules aren’t ready
Getty Images If you’re often on social media, you’ve probably seen it: the deluge of low-quality, artificial intelligence-made material clogging up our feeds. So-called “AI slop” – the Macquarie Dictionary’s Word of the Year for… Read more: AI is already creeping into election campaigns. NZ’s rules aren’t ready - Beyond amyloid plaques: AI reveals hidden chemical changes across the Alzheimer’s brain
Scientists at Rice University have produced the first full, dye-free molecular atlas of an Alzheimer’s brain. By combining laser-based imaging with machine learning, they uncovered chemical changes that spread unevenly across the brain and extend… Read more: Beyond amyloid plaques: AI reveals hidden chemical changes across the Alzheimer’s brain - Scientists just created chocolate honey packed with surprising health perks
Scientists in Brazil have transformed cocoa waste into a functional chocolate-infused honey packed with antioxidants and natural stimulants. Using ultrasound waves, they enhanced honey’s ability to pull beneficial compounds from cocoa shells—no synthetic solvents required.… Read more: Scientists just created chocolate honey packed with surprising health perks - Massive asteroid impact 6.3 million years ago left giant glass field in Brazil
For the first time ever, scientists have uncovered a vast field of tektites in Brazil — mysterious glassy fragments forged when a powerful extraterrestrial object slammed into Earth about 6.3 million years ago. Named “geraisites”… Read more: Massive asteroid impact 6.3 million years ago left giant glass field in Brazil - US military reportedly used Claude in Iran strikes despite Trump’s ban
Trump calls Anthropic a ‘Radical Left AI company run by people who have no idea what the real World is all about’ US-Israel war on Iran – latest updates The US military reportedly used Claude,… Read more: US military reportedly used Claude in Iran strikes despite Trump’s ban - Data Centers in Space Are Even More Cursed Than Previously Believed
Elon Musk and other AI leaders have repeatedly insisted that the solution to the industry’s extremely costly and energy-intensive data centers is to launch them into space, taking advantage of unfettered access to solar energy… Read more: Data Centers in Space Are Even More Cursed Than Previously Believed - A Staggering Proportion of High School Kids Are Using AI to Do Their Homework, Which Is Probably Not Going to End Well
Who could’ve guessed that when you give millions of kids free access to a homework-writing chatbot, they’d stop writing their own essays? According to new research from the Pew Research Center, the number of kids… Read more: A Staggering Proportion of High School Kids Are Using AI to Do Their Homework, Which Is Probably Not Going to End Well - Datacentre developers face calls to disclose effect on UK’s net emissions
Campaign groups write to technology secretary amid concerns that sites could double overall electricity demand Datacentre developers are facing pressure to reveal whether their projects will increase the UK’s net greenhouse gas emissions, amid concerns… Read more: Datacentre developers face calls to disclose effect on UK’s net emissions - AI-Generated Film Pulled From AMC Cinemas
Moviegoers just took a stand against slop and won. Following a flurry of online backlash, AMC Theaters said it would no longer allow an AI-generated short film to be shown at its US locations, in… Read more: AI-Generated Film Pulled From AMC Cinemas - Jupiter’s moons may have formed with the ingredients for life
Jupiter’s icy moons may have been seeded with the chemical ingredients for life from the very beginning. An international team of scientists modeled how complex organic molecules—essential building blocks for biology—could have formed in the… Read more: Jupiter’s moons may have formed with the ingredients for life - The strange animals that control their body heat
In 1774, British physician-scientist Charles Blagden received an unusual invitation from a fellow physician: to spend time in a small room that was hotter, he wrote, “than it was formerly thought any living creature could… Read more: The strange animals that control their body heat - A faint cosmic hum could solve the Universe’s expansion mystery
Astronomers have long known the universe is expanding—but exactly how fast remains one of the biggest mysteries in cosmology. Different techniques for measuring the Hubble constant stubbornly disagree, creating the so-called “Hubble tension.” Now researchers… Read more: A faint cosmic hum could solve the Universe’s expansion mystery - For the first time, light mimics a Nobel Prize quantum effect
Scientists have pulled off a feat long considered out of reach: getting light to mimic the famous quantum Hall effect. In their experiment, photons drift sideways in perfectly defined, quantized steps—just like electrons do in… Read more: For the first time, light mimics a Nobel Prize quantum effect - Readers reply: what would happen to the world if computer said yes?
The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions asks whether we could cope with a world where computer gave up saying no … This week’s question: what if Shakespeare were dropped in modern-day… Read more: Readers reply: what would happen to the world if computer said yes? - ‘Big energy users’: how will datacentres affect Australia’s power prices, water supply and emissions?
There’s a growing expectation that if you build a datacentre, you must meet your own energy needs. But there are other key policy questions that need answering Get our breaking news email, free app or… Read more: ‘Big energy users’: how will datacentres affect Australia’s power prices, water supply and emissions? - Meta Reels Is Filling Up With AI Slop of Faith Healers Performing Miraculous Cures
If you haven’t taken a scroll through the reels on Instagram and Facebook in a while — or if your algorithm is sufficiently shielded from the avalanche of troubling AI slop infesting its feed —… Read more: Meta Reels Is Filling Up With AI Slop of Faith Healers Performing Miraculous Cures - Investment in AI-resistant ‘Halo’ companies helps push UK and EU markets to record highs
Investors are shifting toward physical assets that are partially insulated from disruption, says Goldman Sachs Investors have a new mantra as they prepare for AI to shake up the global economy – the Halo trade.… Read more: Investment in AI-resistant ‘Halo’ companies helps push UK and EU markets to record highs - Trump moves to ban Anthropic from the US government
US President Donald Trump announced Friday that he was instructing every federal agency to “immediately cease” use of Anthropic’s AI tools. The move comes after Anthropic and top officials clashed for weeks over military applications… Read more: Trump moves to ban Anthropic from the US government - Scientists Reveal the Surprising Sex Lives of Neanderthals and Early Humans
Welcome back to the Abstract! Here are the studies this week that exposed prehistoric hookups, marched toward death, feasted on their own bodies, and found a buried legend in the Sahara. First, Neanderthal males had… Read more: Scientists Reveal the Surprising Sex Lives of Neanderthals and Early Humans - Uber Employees Have Created an AI Clone of Its CEO
In need of a little confidence boost before a face-to-face with your boss? That urge seems to be driving employees at rideshare giant Uber to strange places. According to CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, some of his… Read more: Uber Employees Have Created an AI Clone of Its CEO - In puzzling outbreak, officials look to cold beer, gross ice, and ChatGPT
Health officials in Illinois turned to an AI chatbot to try to solve a puzzling outbreak linked to a county fair. But whether it was actually helpful or not remains unclear. According to a report… Read more: In puzzling outbreak, officials look to cold beer, gross ice, and ChatGPT - This plastic is made from milk and it vanishes in 13 weeks
Scientists racing to tackle plastic pollution have created a surprising new contender: a biodegradable packaging film made partly from milk protein. Researchers at Flinders University blended calcium caseinate with starch and natural nanoclay to form… Read more: This plastic is made from milk and it vanishes in 13 weeks - Your morning coffee could one day help fight cancer
Scientists at Texas A&M are turning an everyday pick-me-up into a high-tech medical switch. By combining caffeine with CRISPR gene editing, researchers have created a system that allows cells to be programmed in advance —… Read more: Your morning coffee could one day help fight cancer - Scientists discover a bacterial kill switch and it could change the fight against superbugs
Drug-resistant bacteria are becoming harder to treat, pushing scientists to look for new antibiotic targets. Researchers have now discovered that several unrelated viruses disable a key bacterial protein called MurJ, which is essential for building… Read more: Scientists discover a bacterial kill switch and it could change the fight against superbugs - Textbooks challenged by new discovery about how cells divide
Scientists have uncovered a surprising new way that giant embryonic cells divide—without relying on the classic “purse-string” ring long thought essential for splitting a cell in two. Studying zebrafish embryos, researchers found that instead of… Read more: Textbooks challenged by new discovery about how cells divide - The first animals on Earth had no skeletons and that changes everything
Sponges may be ancient, but their timeline has been murky. New research suggests the earliest sponges were soft and skeleton-free, explaining why their fossils don’t appear until much later. By analyzing hundreds of genes and… Read more: The first animals on Earth had no skeletons and that changes everything - How the body really ages: 7 million cells mapped across 21 organs
Scientists have built a massive cellular atlas showing how aging reshapes the body across 21 organs. Studying nearly 7 million cells, they found that aging starts earlier than expected and unfolds in a coordinated way… Read more: How the body really ages: 7 million cells mapped across 21 organs - Creator of Claude Code Fears This Could Be the Last Year That Software Engineers Are Employable
The warning signs are piling up for anyone still working as a software engineer in 2026. In a recent episode of former Airbnb guy Lenny Rachitsky’s tidily-named audio show, “Lenny’s Podcast,” the creator of one… Read more: Creator of Claude Code Fears This Could Be the Last Year That Software Engineers Are Employable - Government Insiders Concerned by Musk’s Erratic and Sycophantic Grok Being Deployed for Incredibly Sensitive Purposes
The Trump administration is scrambling to replace Claude, the chatbot embedded throughout the Pentagon’s entire scaffolding, with Elon Musk’s pet AI system, Grok. On paper, xAI’s Grok makes sense: the AI model is already used… Read more: Government Insiders Concerned by Musk’s Erratic and Sycophantic Grok Being Deployed for Incredibly Sensitive Purposes - Jack Dorsey Lays Off 4,000 Employees After Move to AI
After taking his company, Block Inc — formerly Square Inc — to a market cap of over $30 billion, billionaire entrepreneur Jack Dorsey has laid off nearly 40 percent of the fintech giant’s staff. In… Read more: Jack Dorsey Lays Off 4,000 Employees After Move to AI - Her husband wanted to use ChatGPT to create sustainable housing. Then it took over his life.
Kate Fox says Joe Ceccanti was the ‘most hopeful person’ before he started spending 12 hours a day with a chatbot On 7 August, Kate Fox received a phone call that upended her life. A… Read more: Her husband wanted to use ChatGPT to create sustainable housing. Then it took over his life. - Scientists discover microbe that breaks a fundamental rule of the genetic code
Scientists at UC Berkeley have discovered a microbe that bends one of biology’s most sacred rules. Instead of treating a specific three-letter DNA code as a clear “stop” signal, this methane-producing archaeon sometimes reads it… Read more: Scientists discover microbe that breaks a fundamental rule of the genetic code - Google quantum-proofs HTTPS by squeezing 2.5kB of data into 64-byte space
Google on Friday unveiled its plan for its Chrome browser to secure HTTPS certificates against quantum computer attacks without breaking the Internet. The objective is a tall order. The quantum-resistant cryptographic data needed to transparently… Read more: Google quantum-proofs HTTPS by squeezing 2.5kB of data into 64-byte space - Anthropic Hits Back After US Military Labels It a ‘Supply Chain Risk’
Anthropic says it would be “legally unsound” for the Pentagon to blacklist its technology after talks over military use of its artificial intelligence models broke down. - The Air Force’s new ICBM is nearly ready to fly, but there’s nowhere to put it
DENVER—The US Air Force’s new Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile is on track for its first test flight next year, military officials reaffirmed this week. But no one is ready to say when hundreds of new… Read more: The Air Force’s new ICBM is nearly ready to fly, but there’s nowhere to put it - Under a Paramount-WBD merger, two struggling media giants would unite
Netflix has dropped out of the bidding war for Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), making Paramount Skydance the expected owner of WBD. A Paramount-WBD merger remains subject to regulatory approval, but it’s likely that we will… Read more: Under a Paramount-WBD merger, two struggling media giants would unite - Featured video: Coding for underwater robotics
During a summer internship at MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Ivy Mahncke, an undergraduate student of robotics engineering at Olin College of Engineering, took a hands-on approach to testing algorithms for underwater navigation. She first discovered her… Read more: Featured video: Coding for underwater robotics - Photons that aren’t actually there influence superconductivity
Despite the headline, this isn’t really a story about superconductivity—at least not the superconductivity that people care about, the stuff that doesn’t require exotic refrigeration to work. Instead, it’s a story about how superconductivity can… Read more: Photons that aren’t actually there influence superconductivity - Trump Moves to Ban Anthropic From the US Government
President Donald Trump’s sudden order comes after the Defense Department pressured Anthropic to drop restrictions on how its AI can be used by the military. - Trump orders US agencies to stop use of Anthropic technology amid dispute over ethics of AI
Department of Defense and artificial intelligence company were unable to reach agreement before deadline Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox Donald Trump said Friday he will… Read more: Trump orders US agencies to stop use of Anthropic technology amid dispute over ethics of AI - The Economy Is Lurching Downward as Fear of AI Spreads
AI chipmaker Nvidia, the world’s most valuable company, demolished analyst expectations this week when it posted a massive 73 percent increase in fourth-quarter revenue. But then something strange happened: Nvidia’s shares tanked by over five… Read more: The Economy Is Lurching Downward as Fear of AI Spreads - AI Workers, and Even CEOs, Suddenly Turning Against the Trump Administration
The Trump administration has a new rival in its ongoing feud with AI company Anthropic: Silicon Valley’s rank-and-file. Newly reported by Bloomberg, a coalition of labor groups representing over 700,000 workers from Amazon, Google, Microsoft,… Read more: AI Workers, and Even CEOs, Suddenly Turning Against the Trump Administration - The AI apocalypse is nigh in Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die
We haven’t had a new film from Gore Verbinski for nine years. But the director who brought us the first three Pirates of the Caribbean movies, the nightmare-inducing horror of The Ring (2002), and the… Read more: The AI apocalypse is nigh in Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die - Whoops: US military laser strike takes down CBP drone near Mexican border
The US military mistakenly shot down a Customs and Border Protection (CBP) drone near the Mexican border in a strike that reportedly used a laser-based anti-drone system. The CBP uses drones to track people crossing… Read more: Whoops: US military laser strike takes down CBP drone near Mexican border - OpenAI announces $110bn funding round that would value firm at $840bn
Deal signals feverish pace of AI investment with multibillion-dollar backings from Nvidia, Amazon and more OpenAI said on Friday it is raising $110bn in a blockbuster funding round that would value the ChatGPT maker at… Read more: OpenAI announces $110bn funding round that would value firm at $840bn - Chatbot Use Can Cause Mental Illness to Get Worse, Research Finds
A new study found that chatbot use appeared to worsen symptoms of mental illness in people struggling with an array of conditions, adding to a rising consensus among medical experts that interacting with unregulated chatbots… Read more: Chatbot Use Can Cause Mental Illness to Get Worse, Research Finds - Gcore Integrates NVIDIA Dynamo for AI Inference
One-click deployment of NVIDIA’s open-source inference framework across public, private, hybrid, and on-prem environments Gcore, the global infrastructure and software provider for AI, cloud, network, and security solutions, today announced the integration of NVIDIA Dynamo into its… Read more: Gcore Integrates NVIDIA Dynamo for AI Inference - Anthropic Blowout With Military Involved Use of Claude for Incoming Nuclear Strike
Anthropic’s ongoing battle with the Pentagon over the military’s use of its AI systems flared up this week around a hypothetical nuclear strike scenario, according to new reporting from the Washington Post. The Claude AI… Read more: Anthropic Blowout With Military Involved Use of Claude for Incoming Nuclear Strike - How strong is New York’s “illegal gambling” case against Valve’s loot boxes?
For years now, Valve fans have been making jokes about the company’s slow transition from game maker to glorified digital hat and knife paint marketplace. This week, though, a lawsuit brought by the state of… Read more: How strong is New York’s “illegal gambling” case against Valve’s loot boxes? - Hyperion author Dan Simmons dies from stroke at 77
Dan Simmons, the author of more than three dozen books, including the famed Hyperion Cantos, has died from a stroke. He was 77. Simmons, who worked in elementary education before becoming an author in the… Read more: Hyperion author Dan Simmons dies from stroke at 77 - Questions loom over FBI raid of LA superintendent’s home and district office
Media outlets indicate connection to bankrupt educational technology company that created chatbot for district Two days after the FBI searched the headquarters of the Los Angeles unified school district and the home of its superintendent,… Read more: Questions loom over FBI raid of LA superintendent’s home and district office - OpenAI Fires an Employee for Prediction Market Insider Trading
Prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi are big business, and some Big Tech employees are testing boundaries by making trades based on insider knowledge. - James Webb reveals a barred spiral galaxy shockingly early in the Universe
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This strategic integration empowers AWS customers to move beyond visibility and take control, providing a unified platform to discover, purchase, and govern every identity at the heart of their cloud security strategy SailPoint, Inc. (Nasdaq: SAIL), a… Read more: SailPoint Integrates with New Extended Plan for AWS Security Hub
