Elon Musk must defend himself against a lawsuit alleging that he unlawfully seized too much power as the leader of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), a judge ruled Monday. According to the plaintiffs, Musk… Read more: All of DOGE’s work could be undone as lawsuit against Musk proceeds

Tencent integrates OpenClaw AI agents into WeChat, bringing autonomous assistants to 1 billion users and raising new security and governance concerns. The post Tencent Brings OpenClaw AI Agents to 1B WeChat Users appeared first on… Read more: Tencent Brings OpenClaw AI Agents to 1B WeChat Users

Apple announces WWDC 2026, with iOS 27, major Siri AI upgrades, and a renewed focus on bug fixes and performance improvements across devices. The post Apple Announces WWDC 2026: What to Expect From iOS 27,… Read more: Apple Announces WWDC 2026: What to Expect From iOS 27, Siri Revamp

The chip design firm says Meta, OpenAI, Cerebras, and Cloudflare are among the first customers of its new artificial intelligence hardware.

Where traditional religion once gathered people together, digital spirituality is now consumed in isolation, mediated by tech gods with opaque agendas Sign up for AI for the People, a six-week newsletter course, here Jim Pu’u… Read more: ‘I’m deathly afraid’: what is digital spirituality leading us toward?

A Serve Robotics food delivery robot crashed through the glass wall of a bus stop shelter in Chicago earlier this week, shattering the glass all over the sidewalk. The crash comes amid a protest against… Read more: Delivery Robot Drives Through Bus Stop Shelter, Shattering Glass Everywhere

The New York Times faced scrutiny online this week after netizens speculated that a personal essay featured in its storied “Modern Love” column was generated using AI and published without disclosure. Nothing is proven; the… Read more: New York Times Accused of Running AI-Generated Article

Finance leaders are automating their complex workflows by actively adopting powerful new multimodal AI frameworks. Extracting text from unstructured documents presents a frequent headache for developers. Historically, standard optical character recognition systems failed to accurately… Read more: Automating complex finance workflows with multimodal AI

A Serve Robotics food delivery robot crashed through the glass wall of a bus stop shelter in Chicago earlier this week, shattering the glass all over the sidewalk. The crash comes amid a protest against… Read more: Delivery Robot Drives Through Bus Stop Shelter, Shattering Glass Everywhere

Anthropic is joining the increasingly crowded field of companies with AI agents that can take direct control of your local computer desktop. The company has announced that Claude Code (and its more casual user-oriented Claude… Read more: Claude Code can now take over your computer to complete tasks

Evidence cited in an eBook titled “AI Quantum Resilience”, published by Utimaco [email wall], shows organisations consider security risks as the leading barrier to effective adoption of AI on data they hold. AI’s value depends… Read more: Securing AI systems under today’s and tomorrow’s conditions

Struggling to find the right buzzwords to adorn your CV, or to put a gloss on a series of professional setbacks? There’s a translation app for that Name: LinkedIn Speak. Age: One month old. Continue… Read more: Does your business English let you down? Turn it into pure corporate gibberish with LinkedIn Speak

New “Deploy Anywhere” Solution Sets Industry Standard for Security, Availability, and Compliance Across Critical Sectors Today at RSAC Conference 2026, RSA, the security-first identity leader, announced the launch of RSA® ID Plus Sovereign Deployment, a groundbreaking evolution… Read more: RSA Launches ID Plus Sovereign Deployment

SiMa.ai, a leader in Physical AI solutions, today announced the Modalix PCIe HHHL Card, the newest addition to its Modalix product portfolio, developed in partnership with Advantech. Purpose-built for the demands of Physical AI, the… Read more: SiMa.ai Introduces Modalix PCIe HHHL Card

When the Trump administration announced plans last year to rescind a rule limiting roadbuilding and timber harvests on millions of acres of national forests and grasslands, officials called the repeal necessary to prevent and manage… Read more: Study says roads bring more fires to forests; USDA wants more roads to fight fires

A top result on Google for people searching for Claude plugins sent users to a site that recently contained malicious code in an apparent attempt to steal their credentials.  The news shows how the explosion… Read more: A Top Google Search Result for Claude Plugins Was Planted by Hackers

Big tech believes the future is AI while everyday Americans remain wary; and the dangers of riding in a Tesla Cybertruck Hello, and welcome to TechScape. I’m your host, Blake Montgomery. This week in tech,… Read more: Divide between Silicon Valley and ordinary people grows ever larger

What would you do if you found out a for-profit AI assistant had been trained on your work — and was using your name — without your permission? The company formerly known as Grammarly, Superhuman,… Read more: CEO Confronted Over Using AI to Clone Real People Without Their Consent

An AI system can analyze data from a drone to detect people in a forest – and determine what condition they’re in. Adeel Khalid A combination of infrared imaging, thermal imaging and color cameras on… Read more: Drones paired with AI could help search-and-rescue teams find missing persons faster

A new hacking group has been rampaging the Internet in a persistent campaign that spreads a self-propagating and never-before-seen backdoor—and curiously a data wiper that targets Iranian machines. The group, tracked under the name TeamPCP,… Read more: Self-propagating malware poisons open source software and wipes Iran-based machines

WebinarTV, a company that bills itself as “a search engine for the best webinars,” is secretly scanning the internet for Zoom meeting links, recording the calls, and turning them into AI-generated podcasts for profit. In… Read more: This Company Is Secretly Turning Your Zoom Meetings into AI Podcasts

Let’s start with the basics. What, exactly, is an orbital data center? On the ground, data centers are typically large, warehouse-sized facilities filled with racks of storage and servers, and usually some high-speed networking gear… Read more: Orbital data centers, part 1: There’s no way this is economically viable, right?

Scientists have uncovered a new species of rhinoceros in the Canadian High Arctic, revealing that rhinos once lived far farther north than expected. The fossil, dating back 23 million years, is unusually complete and has… Read more: Scientists found a rhino in the Arctic and it changes everything

Scientists have found a clever way to supercharge ultra-thin semiconductors by reshaping the space beneath them rather than altering the material itself. By placing a single-atom-thick layer of tungsten disulfide over tiny air cavities carved… Read more: New light trap design supercharges atom-thin semiconductors

Scientists have turned simple glass into a powerful quantum communication device that could safeguard data against future quantum attacks. The chip combines stability, speed, and versatility—handling both ultra-secure encryption and record-breaking random number generation in… Read more: Physicists just turned glass into a powerful quantum security device

Astronomers have finally cracked a decades-old mystery about red giant stars—how material from their deep interiors makes its way to the surface. Using cutting-edge supercomputer simulations, researchers discovered that stellar rotation plays a powerful role… Read more: Supercomputers just solved a 50-year-old mystery about giant stars

There is a political divide over AI but few leaders are taking a strong stand. It’s time for that to change In December, the Trump administration signed an executive order that neutered states’ ability to… Read more: As the US midterms approach, AI is going to emerge as a key issue concerning voters | Nathan E Sanders and Bruce Schneier

The host of MS Now’s All In, knows how hard it is to stay current. But he also knows where you should focus your attention—and it starts with a sober view of AI.

Fintech company’s profits leap to £1.7bn as it gears up for US push after getting UK banking licence this month Business live – latest updates The UK banking app Revolut has said it could face… Read more: Revolut warns it risks backlash over support for energy-intensive AI and crypto

The promise of AI systems that can analyze and explain other AI systems has captivated researchers for years. As language models grow larger and more complex, the dream of automating the painstaking work of understanding… Read more: The problem with AI explaining AI

Attachment to smart devices and biometric surveillance leaves Americans more vulnerable to police searches than ever. Left unchecked it will only get worse.

Looking for the best business email provider? Compare top options like Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, and Zoho Mail to choose the right one. The post 10 Best Business Email Providers for Small Businesses in 2026… Read more: 10 Best Business Email Providers for Small Businesses in 2026

A new study suggests a widely used bone hormone could help relieve chronic back pain in an unexpected way. Instead of just strengthening bone, it appears to stop pain-sensing nerves from growing into damaged spinal… Read more: Scientists discover hormone that may stop chronic back pain at its source

For the first time, scientists have reconstructed the full history of a galaxy outside the Milky Way using chemical clues. By analyzing oxygen across NGC 1365 and comparing it with simulations, they traced its growth… Read more: Astronomers reconstruct a galaxy’s 12-billion-year history using chemical clues

Drone footage has revealed sperm whales headbutting each other—something scientists had only speculated about until now. Surprisingly, it’s younger whales doing it, not the giant males researchers expected. The behavior echoes old seafaring tales of… Read more: Sperm whales caught headbutting each other on camera for the first time

Two new species of black bass have been officially identified after decades of confusion with similar fish. Bartram’s bass and Altamaha bass stand out not just in appearance, but in their DNA, revealed through detailed… Read more: DNA reveals two new bass species hidden in plain sight

Foams have long baffled scientists because liquid drains from them far sooner than theory predicts. New research shows the reason: the bubbles don’t stay put—they rearrange, opening pathways for liquid to escape. The key factor… Read more: A surprising foam discovery could change everyday products

For over a century, scientists have chased the dream of insulin pills, but the digestive system kept destroying the drug before it could work—forcing millions of patients to rely on daily injections. Now, researchers at… Read more: Insulin pills may soon replace daily injections

Internet Watch Foundation verified 8,029 pieces of realistic AI-made content, with 65% of videos in worst category The amount of AI-generated child sexual abuse material found online rose by 14% last year, with the majority… Read more: Amount of AI-generated child sexual abuse material found online surged in 2025

Artificial intelligence holds promise for helping doctors diagnose patients and personalize treatment options. However, an international group of scientists led by MIT cautions that AI systems, as currently designed, carry the risk of steering doctors… Read more: How to create “humble” AI

Postmenopausal women may have a powerful new edge in the battle against weight gain. A Mayo Clinic study found that those using menopausal hormone therapy while taking the obesity drug tirzepatide lost about 35% more… Read more: Women over 50 lost 35% more weight with this surprising combo

Scott Blake/Unsplash Yesterday, the Australian federal government released new expectations for data centres and artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure. The message is simple: if companies want faster federal approvals, they must show their projects are in… Read more: Australia has set new expectations for AI data centres – they should serve the public

Jupiter’s colossal storms generate lightning flashes at least 100 times more powerful than those on Earth, according to scientists analyzing data from NASA’s Juno spacecraft. The findings were published March 20 in the journal AGU… Read more: A mission NASA might kill is still returning fascinating science from Jupiter

Driving after a DUI conviction can be a dicey experience. Many states require drivers, if they want to keep using their cars, to install ignition interlock devices that measure alcohol levels before allowing the vehicle… Read more: After hackers hit an Iowa company, cars around the country failed to start

Last week, Nvidia’s public reveal of DLSS 5—and its “generative AI” enhanced glow-ups of gaming scenes—drew widespread condemnation from the gaming community. In a podcast published Monday, though, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang tried to differentiate… Read more: Nvidia CEO tries to explain why DLSS 5 isn’t just “AI slop”

President Trump’s pick for surgeon general, Casey Means, is in jeopardy, as at least four Republican senators have expressed misgivings over her medical qualifications, views on vaccines, and some dubious advice she’s given as a… Read more: Trump’s MAHA pick for surgeon general flounders amid GOP doubts

AI growth is accelerating, but energy limits may slow it down as data center demand strains power grids and raises concerns across the tech industry. The post AI’s Power Crisis Is Closer Than You Might… Read more: AI’s Power Crisis Is Closer Than You Might Think

Teleport today announced Beams, a trusted runtime designed to solve the security and IAM challenges blocking teams from designing and running AI agents in production infrastructure. Beams runs each agent in an isolated Firecracker VM with… Read more: Teleport Launches Beams, Trusted Agent Runtimes For Infrastructure

The sense of support and community was palpable when Sojun Park, a postdoc at the MIT Center for International Studies (CIS), delivered a recent presentation on The Global Diffusion of AI Technologies and Its Political Drivers.… Read more: Advancing international trade research and finding community

Lightedge, a leading provider of managed services specializing in secure, compliant, hybrid cloud infrastructure solutions announced today that it has achieved its Amazon Web Services (AWS) Managed Service Provider (MSP) Partner Program designation for the… Read more: Lightedge Secures AWS MSP Designation for the 9th Year

On Monday, the Trump administration announced its newest approach to its goal of blocking the development of offshore wind: pay companies to walk away from lease sites they had paid for under the Biden administration.… Read more: US to pay TotalEnergies $1 billion to stop developing offshore wind in US

LG Display is mass-producing laptop screens that automatically change their refresh rate from 1 Hz to up to 120 Hz, based on what’s on-screen, it announced this week. The display supplier said that it’s the… Read more: LG Display starts mass-producing LTPO-like 1 Hz LCD displays for laptops

For quite some time now, human musicians have watched in horror as AI-generated slop has started drowning out their work on streaming platforms. Companies like Spotify have discovered entire networks of bots that were designed… Read more: Man Pleads Guilty to Making $8 Million by Creating Music With AI and Using Bots to Drive Zillions of Fake Streams

On Monday a judge said videos of recent depositions from DOGE members can be published online once again. The ruling is something of an about face for Judge Colleen McMahon, who originally ordered plaintiffs in… Read more: Judge Allows DOGE Deposition Videos Back Online

Amazon is reportedly working on building an AI-native smartphone, codenamed ‘Transformer,’ several years after its Fire Phone flopped. The post Amazon Reportedly Building AI Smartphone to Revive Alexa Ecosystem appeared first on TechRepublic.

Otto Group uses Nvidia Omniverse and AI to coordinate warehouse robots, boosting efficiency and redefining logistics with digital twins and automation. The post Inside the AI Warehouse: How Otto Group Is Teaching Robots to Work… Read more: Inside the AI Warehouse: How Otto Group Is Teaching Robots to Work Together

Apple announced today that it would be holding its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) from June 8 to 12 this year, giving both developers and the general public a first look at “incredible updates for… Read more: Apple will talk iOS 27, macOS 27, and more at WWDC 2026 on June 8

An appeals court invalidated the Biden-era Federal Trade Commission’s attempt to punish Intuit for allegedly deceptive ads that pitched TurboTax as free. Under then-Chair Lina Khan, the FTC determined in 2024 that the TurboTax maker… Read more: Intuit beats FTC in court, ending restrictions on “free” TurboTax ads

Scanning the headlines, it can be easy to get the impression that every investor, banker, and financial analyst is enamored with AI. Yet this simplified view obscures a more complicated story: the US economy isn’t… Read more: You’ll Snort-Laugh When You Learn How Much AI Actually Added to the US Economy Last Year

Musk’s Terafab plan ties Tesla, SpaceX, and xAI to a new Texas chip push, but the biggest factory may not end up in Austin. The post Musk Unites Tesla, SpaceX, xAI for Texas Chip Plant… Read more: Musk Unites Tesla, SpaceX, xAI for Texas Chip Plant

Fear not, dreary laborer. There will always be back-breaking jobs you can do when your office ones get taken over by obsequious AI models. For one reason or another, plumbing is the profession that AI… Read more: Doctor Reels as Son Becomes Plumber in Age of AI

Generally, when you hear “water use” and “sustainability,” you expect those words to be followed by some bad news. Humanity’s enduring ability to ignore the math of declining water supplies is almost impressive. But there… Read more: A bit of good news: It’s possible to turn around a groundwater crisis

Two teens behind one of the earliest US high school deepfake scandals will be sentenced this week, but the case is unlikely to resolve families’ concerns about the school’s significantly delayed response. Earlier this month,… Read more: As teens await sentencing for nudifying girls, parents aim to sue school

They might be better than gas-powered cars in most conceivable ways, but electric vehicle sales are having an undeniably hard time right now. The cause is no mystery: since January 2025 the US government has… Read more: Republicans in Congress add $250 annual federal EV tax to transport bill

The rise of touchscreen technology has been a boon in many respects, but for people with long fingernails, there can be issues with the capacitive variety since fingernails are non-conductive and thus don’t register on… Read more: Long fingernails vs. touchscreens: This nail polish could help

From enhancing international business logistics to freeing up more hospital beds to helping farmers, MIT Professor Dimitris Bertsimas SM ’87, PhD ’88 summarized how his work in operations research has helped drive real-world improvements, while… Read more: On algorithms, life, and learning

Perplexity is moving deeper into health AI with a tool that connects your records, labs, and wearables in one place. The post Perplexity Health Connects Medical Records and Wearables in New AI Push appeared first… Read more: Perplexity Health Connects Medical Records and Wearables in New AI Push

CEO of asset manager says only a few firms and investors may reap rewards from growth in the technology The boom in artificial intelligence risks widening inequality, with only a handful of companies and investors… Read more: AI boom risks widening wealth divide, says BlackRock’s Larry Fink

Here’s one job we won’t be sorry to see get automated with AI. According to a new scoop from the The Wall Street Journal, Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg is building a CEO AI agent… Read more: Mark Zuckerberg Secretly Training an AI Agent to Do CEO Job

Google Search is rewriting headlines with AI, raising concerns about accuracy, trust, and publisher control. The post Google’s AI Is Rewriting Headlines — and Publishers Are Taking Notice appeared first on TechRepublic.

Watching people outsource their critical thinking, emotions, and sanity to glitchy “AI” chatbots has been one of the most uniquely terrifying aspects of being a human being in recent years.  While wealthy tech evangelists like… Read more: This Web Tool Sabotages AI Chatbots By Making Them Really, Really Slow

In spring 2024, two days after undergoing complex cardiac surgery in the Midlands, a man in his mid-70s unexpectedly deteriorated and died. The hospital referred the death to the coroner’s service, as is protocol when… Read more: AI is beginning to change the business of law

dotshock/Shutterstock.com A workplace wellbeing app might seem like a simple and helpful tool – a mood check-in, some stress management advice, or a chatbot asking how your week has gone. But behind that supportive language,… Read more: Your voice, your typing, your sleep – what workplace wellbeing apps are really analysing

Microsoft’s commitment to shoving its Copilot AI chatbot into every imaginable facet of its widely-used Windows operating system hasn’t gone over well with users. Copilot feels like it’s infiltrated everything, from a dedicated keyboard key… Read more: Microsoft Realizes It’s Epically Screwed Up Windows 11 as Users Rage at Copilot AI Crammed Everywhere

UK authorities believe improving efficiency across national finance operations requires applying AI platforms from vendors like Palantir. The country’s financial regulator, the FCA, has initiated a project leveraging AI to identify illicit activities. The FCA… Read more: Palantir AI to support UK finance operations

This week, Sam talks to Emily Bender and Alex Hanna about the marketing ploys of “artificial intelligence,” why ridicule works to keep big tech’s claims in check, and what makes them hopeful for the future.… Read more: Ridicule as Praxis (with Emily Bender and Alex Hanna)

Whether you want to free it or regulate it into submission, one thing is clear: this new technology is moving so fast that we can’t fully grasp it At an 80th birthday party at the… Read more: Do we have to keep talking about AI? The machines are always one step ahead | Zoe Williams

The British de Havilland DH-112 Venom is one of the most iconic combat jets of the Cold War, with a distinctive two-pronged tail design that stretched out far behind the main body of the aircraft… Read more: An Adrenaline Junkie Billionaire’s Quest to Become a Cocaine Kingpin

BROOMFIELD, Colorado—One of NASA’s oldest astronomy missions, the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, has been out of action for more than a month as scientists await the arrival of a pioneering robotic rescue mission. The 21-year-old… Read more: A unique NASA satellite is falling out of orbit—this team is trying to rescue it

Industry leaders from Airship, Google Cloud, and top global brands will converge to share practical frameworks for turning Agentic AI strategy into measurable business value. Airship, the mobile-first customer experience platform that delivers measurable results… Read more: Elevate’26 Gathers CX Leaders on Agentic AI, Mobile Innovation

Pipefy, a global leader in AI-driven business process orchestration, today announced that technology sales leader Rodrigo Paiva was named VP of U.S. Sales. With more than 25 years of global sales leadership experience in the… Read more: Pipefy Accelerates 2026 U.S. Presence: Rodrigo Paiva Joins as VP of Sales

As financial institutions accelerate AI adoption across operations and risk management, many are finding that innovation is moving faster than governance, security controls, and regulatory clarity. To help close that gap, SBS CyberSecurity has launched the SBS… Read more: SBS CyberSecurity Debuts AI Peer Group for Financial Risk

New CMEK capability gives regulated enterprises full control over encryption keys for AI-scale vector workloads Zilliz, the company behind Milvus, the world’s most widely adopted open-source vector database, today announced the general availability of Customer-Managed Encryption Keys… Read more: Zilliz Cloud Launches Customer-Managed Encryption Keys

In its early days, the AI initiative known as Project Maven had its fair share of skeptics at the Pentagon. Today, many of them are true believers.

People often get the environmental impact of food wrong, according to new research. While many assume processed foods are the worst, they tend to overlook the surprisingly high impact of items like nuts and underestimate… Read more: Most people get food’s environmental impact completely wrong, study finds

Scientists have uncovered a hidden “death switch” in the brain that may be driving Alzheimer’s disease—and even found a way to turn it off in mice. The culprit is a toxic pairing of two proteins… Read more: Scientists discover Alzheimer’s hidden “death switch” in the brain

As data center developers queue up to connect to power grids across Europe, network operators are experimenting with novel ways of clearing room for them.

Australians have become increasingly anxious about national security – even before the outbreak of the recent US-Israel war with Iran, according to a new report. The Australian National University’s National Security College surveyed more than… Read more: Politics with Michelle Grattan: Rory Medcalf on Australians’ growing national security fears

What was supposed to be a quick win has become a quagmire, so it now must be reduced to a dopamine hit The war on Iran, even as it spreads and destabilises the Middle East… Read more: Trump’s video game war: AI, memes and a simplistic narrative have flattened the conflict | Nesrine Malik in Iran

A decades-old superconducting mystery just took a surprising turn. Strontium ruthenate, a material that conducts electricity with zero resistance at low temperatures, has long puzzled scientists with hints of an exotic, complex superconducting state. But… Read more: Scientists twisted a mysterious superconductor and got a shocking result

Scientists in Australia have demonstrated a prototype quantum battery that could revolutionize energy storage. By harnessing quantum effects, it can absorb energy in a rapid “super absorption” event, enabling much faster charging than conventional batteries.… Read more: World’s first quantum battery could enable ultra fast charging

Scientists have created a new kind of time crystal using sound waves to levitate tiny beads in mid-air. These particles interact in a one-sided, unbalanced way, breaking the usual rules of motion and creating a… Read more: This floating time crystal breaks Newton’s third law of motion

Getty Images During the first world war, the British government was looking for ways to help people stretch their limited food supplies. It found pamphlets from a noted 19th-century herbalist who said rhubarb leaves could… Read more: Using your AI chatbot as a search engine? Be careful what you believe

As Microsoft has aggressively pushed its Copilot AI, it’s logged more than a few high-profile errors. Copilot has been found hallucinating police reports, exposing secure passwords, and digesting confidential emails — prompting security fears as… Read more: Analyst Warns Against Using Microsoft’s Copilot AI on Friday Afternoons

Exclusive: Allowing US tech firm to analyse intelligence in name of tackling fraud raises fresh concerns over privacy FCA deal gives Palantir yet more access to inner workings of power in Britain Palantir is to… Read more: Palantir extends reach into British state as it gets access to sensitive FCA data

Contract affords AI analytics firm access to trove of data on one of the most important financial centres in the world Palantir extends reach into British state as it gets access to sensitive FCA data… Read more: FCA deal gives Palantir yet more access to inner workings of power in Britain

The 1980s brought us so many terrific films, including director Russell Mulcahy’s sword-and-sorcery fantasy action film Highlander, starring Christopher Lambert as an immortal Scotsman who must battle others like him to the death until just… Read more: There can (still) be only one: Highlander is 40

A Starlink train passing through auroras over rural Saskatchewan in November 2025. (Samantha Lawler), CC BY-NC-ND More than 10,000 Starlink satellites currently orbit the Earth. We see them crawling across dark skies, no matter how… Read more: A million new SpaceX satellites will destroy the night sky — for everyone on Earth

Beavers may be unlikely climate heroes, but new research suggests they could play a powerful role in fighting climate change. By building dams and transforming streams into wetlands, these industrious animals dramatically reshape how carbon… Read more: Beavers are turning rivers into powerful carbon sinks

Scientists have finally cracked how mosquitoes decide where to fly—and it’s not by following each other. Instead, each insect independently reacts to visual cues and carbon dioxide, zeroing in on humans when both signals align.… Read more: Why mosquitoes always find you and how they decide to attack