
- FutureVault Launches MCP and AI Orchestration Layer
FutureVault MCP gives firms a secure, governed connection between AI tools like Claude and ChatGPT and their document infrastructure, without breaking permissions, governance, or data privacy controls FutureVault, a leader in AI-powered Digital Vaults and Intelligent Document Processing (IDP)… Read more: FutureVault Launches MCP and AI Orchestration Layer - Join Our Livestream: Musk v. Altman and the Future of OpenAI
On May 8, we’re going live to answer your questions about the Musk v. Altman trial that could determine the fate of OpenAI. - Ancient DNA reveals a hidden Neanderthal group frozen in time
A remarkable genetic breakthrough has uncovered what may be one of the clearest snapshots yet of a Neanderthal “community” living together 100,000 years ago in what is now Poland. The findings reveal that these individuals… Read more: Ancient DNA reveals a hidden Neanderthal group frozen in time - This donut-shaped discovery just shattered a 150-year math rule
A 150-year-old rule in geometry has been proven wrong. Mathematicians found two different doughnut-shaped surfaces that look identical when measured locally but are actually different overall. For decades, researchers suspected this might be possible but… Read more: This donut-shaped discovery just shattered a 150-year math rule - This “quantum” material fooled scientists and revealed something new
A mysterious magnetic material once thought to host an exotic “quantum spin liquid” has turned out to be something entirely different—and possibly just as intriguing. Scientists studying cerium magnesium hexalluminate found it showed the hallmark… Read more: This “quantum” material fooled scientists and revealed something new - AI just revealed ocean currents we’ve never been able to see
A new AI-driven method called GOFLOW is turning weather satellite images into highly detailed maps of ocean currents. By tracking how temperature patterns shift over time, it can reveal fast-moving, small-scale currents that were previously… Read more: AI just revealed ocean currents we’ve never been able to see - DNA reveals a hidden pitviper species in China
A vivid green pitviper hiding in Sichuan’s misty mountains has been revealed as a completely new species. Scientists had overlooked it for decades, assuming it was a common snake—until DNA analysis proved otherwise. Named after… Read more: DNA reveals a hidden pitviper species in China - Scientists stunned as JWST finds ice clouds on a giant alien planet
Scientists have discovered unexpected water-ice clouds on a distant, Jupiter-like exoplanet, challenging current atmospheric models. By directly imaging Epsilon Indi Ab with the James Webb Space Telescope, they found less ammonia than expected—likely hidden by… Read more: Scientists stunned as JWST finds ice clouds on a giant alien planet - The Pope’s Warnings About AI Were AI-Generated, a Detection Tool Claims
Pangram Labs’ updated Chrome extension puts warning labels on AI slop as you scroll your social feeds. - Acsense and Carahsoft Partner to Bring IAM Resilience to Government Agencies
Identity and Access Management (IAM) Resilience Platform Now Available to the Public Sector as AI Agents Expand the Identity Attack Surface Acsense, the IAM Resilience Platform, and Carahsoft Technology Corp., The Trusted Government IT Solutions Provider®,… Read more: Acsense and Carahsoft Partner to Bring IAM Resilience to Government Agencies - AI Is Hitting Operational Limits as Companies Rush to Scale: Datadog Report
Nearly 1 in 20 AI requests fail in production as capacity limits become the primary bottleneck to scaling AI reliably As AI adoption accelerates, operational complexity – not model intelligence – is becoming the primary… Read more: AI Is Hitting Operational Limits as Companies Rush to Scale: Datadog Report - Airia Shortlisted in The 2026 Security Awards
Airia, the unified platform that gives CIOs control over every AI tool, model, and agent in their organization, has been named to the shortlist in The 2026 Security Awards in the Best Use of AI in a Cloud… Read more: Airia Shortlisted in The 2026 Security Awards - Anthropic investigates report of rogue access to hack-enabling Mythos AI
‘Handful’ of people allegedly gain unauthorised access to model adept at detecting cybersecurity vulnerabilities Business live – latest updates The AI developer Anthropic has confirmed it is investigating a report that unauthorised users have gained… Read more: Anthropic investigates report of rogue access to hack-enabling Mythos AI - AI hallucinations found in high-profile Wall Street law firm filing
Sullivan & Cromwell apologises to New York federal judge for string of errors in documents for Prince Group case The elite Wall Street law firm Sullivan & Cromwell has told a court that a major… Read more: AI hallucinations found in high-profile Wall Street law firm filing - Blend’s Ozgur Dogan Named CEO as Enterprise AI Adoption Accelerates
Leadership transition positions the company for its next phase of growth Blend announced today that co-founder Ozgur Dogan has been named Chief Executive Officer. Dogan has played a central role in building Blend’s capabilities in… Read more: Blend’s Ozgur Dogan Named CEO as Enterprise AI Adoption Accelerates - The role of AI in modern forex bot development
Artificial intelligence has become a defining force in financial markets. And currency trading is no exception. The rise of the AI-powered forex bot reflects a change toward automated systems capable of processing vast amounts of… Read more: The role of AI in modern forex bot development - Blaize, Datacomm Sign Technology MOU to Explore AI Inference in Indonesia
Technology Alliance Targets Indonesia’s Growing AI Inference Market, with an Initial Focus on Physical AI, Public Safety, Surveillance, and Industrial AI Applications Blaize Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: BZAI, Nasdaq: BZAIW) (“Blaize,” the “Company,” “we,” “our,” or “us”), a global… Read more: Blaize, Datacomm Sign Technology MOU to Explore AI Inference in Indonesia - UK could face ‘hacktivist attacks at scale’, says head of security agency
Officials warn a conflict situation could cause disruption similar to recent major ransomware incidents The UK could face “hacktivist attacks at scale” if it becomes embroiled in a conflict and the impact could be similar… Read more: UK could face ‘hacktivist attacks at scale’, says head of security agency - ‘No accountability, no checks and balances, no responsibility’: how Indigenous peoples think about AI
AI was used to create this ‘Elder’ as a provocation to research participants. Relational Futures Much of the current conversation about AI assumes uptake is inevitable, more technology means better outcomes and the main task… Read more: ‘No accountability, no checks and balances, no responsibility’: how Indigenous peoples think about AI - Meta Installing Software on Employee Computers to Track Everything They Do, Feed the Data to AI
As if activity-monitoring software installed on your work computer that snitches on you if you’re away from the keyboard for too long wasn’t enough, Meta is taking the trend to its logical — and dystopian… Read more: Meta Installing Software on Employee Computers to Track Everything They Do, Feed the Data to AI - SpaceX secures option to buy AI startup Cursor for $60bn or partner for $10bn
Cursor is aSilicon Valley startup using AI to automate coding as Elon Musk’s firm seeks foothold in the AI market SpaceX said it has secured an option to either acquire code-generation startup Cursor for $60bn… Read more: SpaceX secures option to buy AI startup Cursor for $60bn or partner for $10bn - Supreme Court arguments make it clear that FCC fines are “nonbinding”
Supreme Court justices today expressed skepticism of AT&T and Verizon’s claim that the Federal Communications Commission’s procedure for imposing fines violated their right to a jury trial. But companies regulated by the FCC may come… Read more: Supreme Court arguments make it clear that FCC fines are “nonbinding” - Florida to open criminal investigation into OpenAI over ChatGPT’s influence on alleged mass shooter
State attorney general said inquiry will look into whether AI tool offered ‘significant advice’ to campus shooting suspect Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox Florida’s top… Read more: Florida to open criminal investigation into OpenAI over ChatGPT’s influence on alleged mass shooter - Mozilla: Anthropic’s Mythos found 271 zero-day vulnerabilities in Firefox 150
Earlier this month, Anthropic said its Mythos Preview model was so good at finding cybersecurity vulnerabilities that the company was limiting its initial release to “a limited group of critical industry partners.” Since then, debate… Read more: Mozilla: Anthropic’s Mythos found 271 zero-day vulnerabilities in Firefox 150 - Pentagon wants $54B for drones, more than most nations’ military budgets
The US military’s massive $1.5 trillion budget request for the next fiscal year includes what Pentagon officials described as the largest investment in drone warfare and counter-drone technology in US history. The proposed spending on… Read more: Pentagon wants $54B for drones, more than most nations’ military budgets - Framework’s CEO on the RAM crisis and creating a “MacBook Pro for Linux users”
We’ve seen enough product announcements from Framework at this point that today’s updates feel more or less routine. The biggest new thing is an updated motherboard with Intel’s Core Ultra Series 3 processors that can… Read more: Framework’s CEO on the RAM crisis and creating a “MacBook Pro for Linux users” - Silo S3 teaser turns back the clock to a greener past
The critically acclaimed second season of Apple TV’s dystopian sci-fi drama Silo ended on one heck of a cliffhanger, with at least one major character’s fate unclear. The streamer just released the first teaser for… Read more: Silo S3 teaser turns back the clock to a greener past - EMERGENCY BREAKING NEWS PODCAST: Tim, Cooked
Today after recording our normal weekly podcast, Sam, Emanuel, and Jason spontaneously began discussing the legacy of Tim Cook as Apple CEO, the #BreakingTechNewsofTheWeek. We got really riled up so decided to press record to… Read more: EMERGENCY BREAKING NEWS PODCAST: Tim, Cooked - MacBook Neo Cheat Sheet: Everything to Know About Apple’s Budget Mac
MacBook Neo starts at $599 with an A18 Pro chip, a bright 13-inch display, and clear trade-offs in ports, battery claims, and premium features. The post MacBook Neo Cheat Sheet: Everything to Know About Apple’s… Read more: MacBook Neo Cheat Sheet: Everything to Know About Apple’s Budget Mac - Report: Meta will train AI agents by tracking employees’ mouse, keyboard use
Meta will begin tracking the mouse movements, clicks, and keystrokes of its US employees to generate high-quality training data for future AI agents, Reuters reports. The news organization cites internal memos posted by the Meta… Read more: Report: Meta will train AI agents by tracking employees’ mouse, keyboard use - Florida probes ChatGPT role in mass shooting. OpenAI says bot “not responsible.”
OpenAI now faces a criminal probe after ChatGPT advised a gunman ahead of a mass shooting at a university in Florida, where two people were killed and six were wounded last year. In a press… Read more: Florida probes ChatGPT role in mass shooting. OpenAI says bot “not responsible.” - Internal emails show how Amazon raises prices across the Internet, lawsuit says
Newly unsealed emails reveal the sneaky ways that Amazon colludes with rivals to raise prices across the Internet on “everything from diapers to clothing to furniture,” California Attorney General Rob Bonta alleged in a press release… Read more: Internal emails show how Amazon raises prices across the Internet, lawsuit says - Framework Laptop 16 upgrades make it look less like an unfinished prototype
When Framework launches a new laptop, it usually takes the opportunity to put out some other refinements to its designs. Although its updates for the Framework Laptop 16 aren’t as significant as the changes to… Read more: Framework Laptop 16 upgrades make it look less like an unfinished prototype - Framework Laptop 13 Pro is a major overhaul for the modular, upgradeable laptop
Framework has been selling and shipping its modular, repairable, upgradable Laptop 13 for five years now, and in that time, it has released six distinct versions of its system board, each using fresh versions of… Read more: Framework Laptop 13 Pro is a major overhaul for the modular, upgradeable laptop - Microsoft removes Call of Duty from Game Pass, lowers subscription pricing
Microsoft announced Tuesday that subscribers to its Game Pass service will see significant price reductions starting today. But those subscribers will also be losing included day-one access to Activision’s popular Call of Duty series from… Read more: Microsoft removes Call of Duty from Game Pass, lowers subscription pricing - Aptean Debuts AI Platform for Business Central On-Premises Users
Aptean today announced the exclusive preview of its AI platform, AppCentral, and AI Agents for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central on-premises customers. Previewing at Directions North America, the solution brings the power of AI to organizations… Read more: Aptean Debuts AI Platform for Business Central On-Premises Users - InfluxData and Litmus Partner to Power Scalable Industrial AI at the Edge
Integration of InfluxDB 3 Enterprise with Litmus Edge delivers high-performance processing, context-rich data, cost-efficient storage, and seamless edge-to-cloud data transfer InfluxData, creator of the leading time series database InfluxDB, today announced a strategic partnership with Litmus,… Read more: InfluxData and Litmus Partner to Power Scalable Industrial AI at the Edge - China Deploys Robot Dogs, Drones, and Humanoids to Run a ‘Full-Space’ Metro System
China’s Hefei metro is testing robot dogs, drones, and humanoids to inspect trains, patrol platforms, and assist passengers during busy travel periods. The post China Deploys Robot Dogs, Drones, and Humanoids to Run a ‘Full-Space’… Read more: China Deploys Robot Dogs, Drones, and Humanoids to Run a ‘Full-Space’ Metro System - OpenAI Beefs Up ChatGPT’s Image Generation Model
The ChatGPT Images 2.0 model is here. Our testing shows it’s better at creating more detailed images and rendering text, but it still struggles with languages other than English. - Google Photos Rolls Out New AI-Powered Portrait Editing Features
Google Photos is rolling out AI-powered portrait touch-up tools that make skin smoothing, eye brightening, and quick facial edits easier on Android. The post Google Photos Rolls Out New AI-Powered Portrait Editing Features appeared first… Read more: Google Photos Rolls Out New AI-Powered Portrait Editing Features - Four key takeaways from Apple’s change of leadership
Analysts say next boss John Ternus should diversify tech giant away from iPhones and raise its game in AI John Ternus takes over from Tim Cook as chief executive of Apple in September. A company… Read more: Four key takeaways from Apple’s change of leadership - Mozilla Used Anthropic’s Mythos to Find and Fix 151 Bugs in Firefox
The Firefox team doesn’t think emerging AI capabilities will upend cybersecurity long term, but they warn that software developers are likely in for a rocky transition. - Anthropic gets $5B investment from Amazon, will use it to buy Amazon chips
Amazon has significantly boosted its multibillion-dollar bet on Claude developer Anthropic by investing an additional $5 billion—enabling Anthropic to eventually secure up to 5 gigawatts’ worth of AI chips from Amazon to help train and… Read more: Anthropic gets $5B investment from Amazon, will use it to buy Amazon chips - ‘I’ll key your car’: ChatGPT can become abusive when fed real-life arguments, study finds
Researchers find model starts to mirror tone when exposed to impoliteness – sometimes escalating into explicit threats ChatGPT can escalate into abusive and even threatening language when drawn into prolonged, human-style conflict, according to a… Read more: ‘I’ll key your car’: ChatGPT can become abusive when fed real-life arguments, study finds - Chinese Workers Horrified as Bosses Direct Them to Train Their AI Replacements
For years, a buzzy Silicon Valley startup called Mercor has been hiring an army of desperate job-seekers — often including educated and underemployed experts — to train AI models to replace them in the workforce.… Read more: Chinese Workers Horrified as Bosses Direct Them to Train Their AI Replacements - Tim Cook’s Legacy Is Turning Apple Into a Subscription
The soon-to-exit Apple CEO went all in on services. Now, the incoming CEO, John Ternus, will need to embrace the AI era. - Concern Grows That AI Is Damaging Users’ Cognitive Abilities
Last year, a team of researchers led by MIT research scientist Nataliya Kosmyna used electroencephalograms to monitor the brains of students while they were writing short, deliberately open-ended essays. They split the 54 participants into… Read more: Concern Grows That AI Is Damaging Users’ Cognitive Abilities - The social sciences need tools for the 21st century | Letters
Readers respond to an editorial on difficulties with replicability of results in social science research Your editorial on social science research (15 April) highlights the poor replicability of results, and the misuse of this by… Read more: The social sciences need tools for the 21st century | Letters - Verifiable execution for AI agents
AI systems can now execute arbitrary tasks autonomously — running code, invoking external APIs, and making decisions without direct human oversight. This creates a foundational trust problem: when an agent acts independently, how do you… Read more: Verifiable execution for AI agents - This new camera captures what happens in a trillionth of a second
Scientists have unveiled a breakthrough imaging method that can capture the hidden details of events unfolding in trillionths of a second. This new technique doesn’t just track how bright something is—it also reveals subtle structural… Read more: This new camera captures what happens in a trillionth of a second - Scientists sculpt Einstein onto a crystal using only light
A light-sensitive crystal is opening the door to a new era of “light-written” technology. Arsenic trisulfide can be reshaped and permanently altered using simple light, creating ultra-fine optical patterns without expensive manufacturing tools. Scientists even… Read more: Scientists sculpt Einstein onto a crystal using only light - A bizarre new state of matter may be hiding inside Uranus and Neptune
Deep inside planets like Uranus and Neptune, scientists may have uncovered a bizarre new state of matter where atoms behave in unexpected ways. Advanced simulations suggest that carbon and hydrogen, under crushing pressures and scorching… Read more: A bizarre new state of matter may be hiding inside Uranus and Neptune - Google’s AI Overviews Produce Hundreds of Millions of Inaccurate Answers Every Day, Analysis Suggests
A new Oumi analysis reveals Google’s AI Overviews may produce up to 225 billion false summaries annually. Learn about the accuracy gap between Gemini 2 and Gemini 3. The post Google’s AI Overviews Produce Hundreds… Read more: Google’s AI Overviews Produce Hundreds of Millions of Inaccurate Answers Every Day, Analysis Suggests - These tiny dinosaur fossils fooled scientists for 20 years
Tiny dinosaur fossils that puzzled scientists for over 20 years have finally revealed their true identity. Rather than belonging to a miniature species, they are actually baby ankylosaurs—some less than a year old, including a… Read more: These tiny dinosaur fossils fooled scientists for 20 years - Loneliness in older adults can often lead to memory impairment
Neuroscientists know that there is a link between loneliness and cognitive decline in older adults, although it is still difficult to understand the exact magnitude of the link. A new longitudinal study provides evidence that… Read more: Loneliness in older adults can often lead to memory impairment - What’s the deal with spacesuits for the Moon? Will they be ready in time?
After the successful conclusion of the Artemis II mission earlier this month, focus turned to what comes next in NASA’s roadmap to return humans to the Moon. The biggest question concerned the readiness of lunar… Read more: What’s the deal with spacesuits for the Moon? Will they be ready in time? - AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition review: Tons of cache for tons of dollars
AMD is releasing its Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition processor on April 22. The processor will cost $899, though this could go up or down based on supply and demand. To recap, it’s a version… Read more: AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition review: Tons of cache for tons of dollars - Scientists just captured trees glowing with electricity during storms
Scientists chasing thunderstorms in a retrofitted minivan finally captured something never seen before in nature: faint electrical glows shimmering from treetops during a storm. These “corona discharges,” long suspected but never observed outside a lab,… Read more: Scientists just captured trees glowing with electricity during storms - CATL’s new LFP battery can charge from 10 to 98% in less than 7 minutes
As prophesied by more than a few analysts along the years, China’s full-hearted embrace of electric vehicles has paid dividends. Starting with also-rans that required joint ventures with Western automakers, Chinese OEMs now make world-leading… Read more: CATL’s new LFP battery can charge from 10 to 98% in less than 7 minutes - Contrary to popular superstition, AES 128 is just fine in a post-quantum world
With growing focus on the existential threat quantum computing poses to some of the most crucial and widely used forms of encryption, cryptography engineer Filippo Valsorda wants to make one thing absolutely clear: Contrary to… Read more: Contrary to popular superstition, AES 128 is just fine in a post-quantum world - Amazon Deepens Anthropic Partnership, Eyeing Up to $25B as Claude Demand Surges
Amazon is investing another $5 billion in Anthropic, deepening its AWS partnership as Claude expands across chips, cloud, and enterprise access. The post Amazon Deepens Anthropic Partnership, Eyeing Up to $25B as Claude Demand Surges… Read more: Amazon Deepens Anthropic Partnership, Eyeing Up to $25B as Claude Demand Surges - Snowflake expands its technical and mainstream AI platforms
Snowflake is expanding its Snowflake Intelligence and Cortex Code offerings in the hope of bringing users deploying and developing artificial intelligence inside the Snowflake portfolio. Snowflake Intelligence is framed as a tool for generalised business… Read more: Snowflake expands its technical and mainstream AI platforms - This AI Tool Rips Off Open Source Software Without Violating Copyright
For a small price, Malus.sh will use AI to ingest any piece of software you give and spit out a new version of it that “liberates” it from any existing copyright licenses. The result is… Read more: This AI Tool Rips Off Open Source Software Without Violating Copyright - JPMorganChase Data Center Gets $77 Million Handout to Create Grand Total of One Job
Back in March, we shared the story of a $136 million data center going up in Northeastern Ohio, which was slated to bring in a whopping ten full-time jobs. That project received a $4.5 million… Read more: JPMorganChase Data Center Gets $77 Million Handout to Create Grand Total of One Job - Global growth in solar “the largest ever observed for any source”
On Monday, the Energy Information Agency released its analysis of the energy trends of 2025, covering the entire globe. It confirms and extends the primary conclusion of a more limited analysis by the International Renewable… Read more: Global growth in solar “the largest ever observed for any source” - US government ramps up mass surveillance with help of AI tech, data brokers – and your apps and devices
On a Saturday morning, you head to the hardware store. Your neighbors’ Ring cameras film your walk to the car. Your car’s sensors, cameras and microphones record your speed, how you drive, where you’re going,… Read more: US government ramps up mass surveillance with help of AI tech, data brokers – and your apps and devices - Jean-Michel Jarre urges music and film industries to embrace AI
French musician’s comments are in stark contrast to fears expressed by artists such as Elton John and Dua Lipa Jean-Michel Jarre has attacked the conservatism of the music and film industries over AI and urged… Read more: Jean-Michel Jarre urges music and film industries to embrace AI - Diplomatic duties for Tim Cook after stepping down as Apple CEO
John Ternus ascends the throne – but Cook will stay on to manage tech giant’s foreign policy as executive chair Hello, and welcome to TechScape. I’m your host, Blake Montgomery, US tech editor at the… Read more: Diplomatic duties for Tim Cook after stepping down as Apple CEO - Proximie Advances the Intelligent Operating Room of the Future With NVIDIA
Initiative brings Proximie’s vision of real-time, agentic OR intelligence, with NVIDIA collaboration powering the next generation of AI for healthcare Proximie, the operating system for intelligent operating rooms (ORs), is building upon NVIDIA’s foundation models… Read more: Proximie Advances the Intelligent Operating Room of the Future With NVIDIA - OpenAI gets set to go public: can we entrust the financial markets with ChatGPT and AI?
The OpenAI offices in San Francisco (California) when it was established in 2015. HaeB/Wikimedia, CC BY-SA OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, is gearing up to launch its Initial Public Offerings (IPO) this year. This financial… Read more: OpenAI gets set to go public: can we entrust the financial markets with ChatGPT and AI? - Politics with Michelle Grattan: former minister Ed Husic on why Labor must ‘stare down’ gas companies over tax
Next month’s federal budget is an even tighter balancing act than usual, with Treasurer Jim Chalmers facing global economic uncertainty, a fuel crisis and the need to juggle cost-of-living relief with combating inflation. The government… Read more: Politics with Michelle Grattan: former minister Ed Husic on why Labor must ‘stare down’ gas companies over tax - BearingPoint launches GenAIQ to turn Gen AI into enterprise-scale automation
GenAIQ helps organizations scale generative AI from isolated pilots to secure, enterprise-wide automation across their business functions. BearingPoint today announced the launch of GenAIQ, its proprietary agentic AI platform designed to help organizations move beyond fragmented AI… Read more: BearingPoint launches GenAIQ to turn Gen AI into enterprise-scale automation - This Scammer Used an AI-Generated MAGA Girl to Grift ‘Super Dumb’ Men
A med student says he’s made thousands of dollars selling photos and videos of a young conservative woman he created using generative tools. He’s not alone. - Source Support Services Unveils the Unified Services Platform
The Service Orchestration Engine for the Data Center Buildout Economy Source Support Services, a leading provider of global IT services for more than 25 years, today announced the launch of its Unified Services Platform, a… Read more: Source Support Services Unveils the Unified Services Platform - Siemens introduces AI system for automation engineering
Siemens has introduced the Eigen Engineering Agent, an AI system designed to plan and validate automation engineering tasks in operational environments. The system uses multi-step reasoning and self-correction to carry out tasks autonomously and operates… Read more: Siemens introduces AI system for automation engineering - ‘Uber for nurses’: gig-work apps lobby to deregulate healthcare, report finds
Growing use of AI tech comes at expense of workers’ rights, protections and pay, report warns Billion-dollar tech platforms are aggressively pushing for deregulation of the “Uber for nursing” industry in an effort to expand… Read more: ‘Uber for nurses’: gig-work apps lobby to deregulate healthcare, report finds - IaCConf 2026 Tackles Gap Between Dev Speed, Infra Readiness
Free virtual conference on May 14 brings together platform engineers, DevOps practitioners and infrastructure leaders to share real-world strategies for scaling infrastructure without sacrificing governance or control IaCConf 2026: Keeping Pace, the second annual virtual conference… Read more: IaCConf 2026 Tackles Gap Between Dev Speed, Infra Readiness - Relativity to Establish Singapore Entity, Expanding APAC Footprint
News Summary: Relativity plans to establish a Singapore entity in Q4, enabling local hiring to enhance its presence in Asia. Adoption of RelativityOne and Relativity aiR continues to grow as APAC customers manage surging data… Read more: Relativity to Establish Singapore Entity, Expanding APAC Footprint - Why are respected film-makers suddenly embracing AI?
From Soderbergh to Aronofsky, esteemed Hollywood directors are starting to find ways to include artificial intelligence in the production of their films In Steven Soderbergh’s beguiling new movie The Christophers, a reclusive artist (Ian McKellen)… Read more: Why are respected film-makers suddenly embracing AI? - European Commission Moving to Classify ChatGPT as ‘Very Large Online Search Engine’ Under Digital Services Act
The European Commission is set to designate ChatGPT as a ‘Very Large Online Search Engine,’ subjecting OpenAI to strict Digital Services Act compliance rules. The post European Commission Moving to Classify ChatGPT as ‘Very Large… Read more: European Commission Moving to Classify ChatGPT as ‘Very Large Online Search Engine’ Under Digital Services Act - Palantir manifesto described as ‘ramblings of a supervillain’ amid UK contract fears
Alarm caused by posts of Alex Carp, tech firm’s CEO, championing US military dominance and of AI weapons The US spy tech company Palantir published a manifesto extolling the benefits of American power and implying… Read more: Palantir manifesto described as ‘ramblings of a supervillain’ amid UK contract fears - These California bees are beating a killer that’s wiping out colonies
A unique hybrid honeybee thriving in Southern California may hold a powerful clue to saving struggling bee populations. While U.S. beekeepers are losing massive numbers of colonies—largely due to destructive Varroa mites—a locally adapted mix… Read more: These California bees are beating a killer that’s wiping out colonies - 95% success rate: This new trick lures termites straight to their death
Scientists at UC Riverside have found a clever new way to outsmart termites—by turning their own instincts against them. Using a natural pine scent called pinene, which smells like food to termites, researchers can lure… Read more: 95% success rate: This new trick lures termites straight to their death - Mythos: are fears over new AI model panic or PR? – podcast
Earlier this month the AI company Anthropic said it had created a model so powerful that, out of a sense of responsibility, it was not going to release it to the public. Anthropic says the… Read more: Mythos: are fears over new AI model panic or PR? – podcast - Pentagon pulls the plug on one of the military’s most troubled space programs
The Pentagon has canceled a ground control system for the US military’s GPS satellite navigation network after the program’s enduring problems “proved insurmountable,” the US Space Force announced in a press release Monday. The Global Positioning… Read more: Pentagon pulls the plug on one of the military’s most troubled space programs - A Humanoid Robot Set a Half-Marathon Record in China
An autonomous robot from the company Honor ran a half marathon in 50:26, beating the human record by 7 minutes. - Absurd study suggests eating fruits and vegetables leads to cancer
Dubious nutrition research and downright terrible diet and health advice are nothing new, but the situation has devolved as of late. With the rise of anti-vaccine Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, federal food guidelines have… Read more: Absurd study suggests eating fruits and vegetables leads to cancer - John Ternus will replace Tim Cook as Apple CEO
Apple CEO Tim Cook will step down from the job effective September 1, 2026. As has long been rumored, Senior Vice President of Hardware Engineering John Ternus will become Apple’s new CEO. While Cook will… Read more: John Ternus will replace Tim Cook as Apple CEO - Hyperscale Data Accelerates Michigan Ops for AI Data Center and Robotics Hub
Company Advances Facility Reconfiguration and Robotics Capabilities, with Plans to Hire 500+ Employees Over Three Years Hyperscale Data, Inc. (NYSE American: GPUS), an artificial intelligence (“AI“) data center company anchored by Bitcoin (“Hyperscale Data” or the “Company“), today… Read more: Hyperscale Data Accelerates Michigan Ops for AI Data Center and Robotics Hub - Nvidia CEO Loses His Cool at Tough Question
Look, being CEO of the largest company by market cap in the world isn’t a cakewalk. It takes a tough person not to crack under that kind of pressure — just ask Nvidia CEO Jensen… Read more: Nvidia CEO Loses His Cool at Tough Question - US opens refund portal to start paying back Trump’s illegal tariffs
The US government today opened an online portal for submitting tariff refund requests, two months after the Supreme Court ruled that President Trump illegally imposed the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) tariffs. The refunds… Read more: US opens refund portal to start paying back Trump’s illegal tariffs - The MCP Disclosure Is the AI Era’s ‘Open Redirect’ Moment
The MCP flaw reveals a systemic AI security gap, exposing enterprise systems to supply chain attacks and forcing a shift toward data-layer governance. The post The MCP Disclosure Is the AI Era’s ‘Open Redirect’ Moment… Read more: The MCP Disclosure Is the AI Era’s ‘Open Redirect’ Moment - Scientists Gave a Bunch of Salmon Cocaine. This Is What Happened Next.
🌘 Subscribe to 404 Media to get The Abstract, our newsletter about the most exciting and mind-boggling science news and studies of the week. Salmon exposed to cocaine swim farther and behave differently than unexposed… Read more: Scientists Gave a Bunch of Salmon Cocaine. This Is What Happened Next. - ChronicCareIQ Appoints Venkata Reddy Gogulamudi as CTO
ChronicCareIQ, the most highly rated care management software by doctors and patients on Google Play and the Apple App store, announced the appointment of Venkata Reddy Gogulamudi as Chief Technology Officer. As CTO, Venkat will… Read more: ChronicCareIQ Appoints Venkata Reddy Gogulamudi as CTO - Riverbed Wins Data Observability Platform of the Year
Leading Market Intelligence Program Honors Innovation in Analytics, AI, DataOps and Next-Generation Data Technologies Riverbed, the leader in AIOps for observability, today announced that it has been selected as winner of the “Data Observability Platform… Read more: Riverbed Wins Data Observability Platform of the Year - CEO of $1.5 Billion AI Startup Accused of Massive Fraud by Justice Department
The AI boom has brought with it untold levels of fraud and graft. One of the largest schemes so far, concealed within the record-breaking valuations of the AI hype cycle, was iLearning Engines, a relatively… Read more: CEO of $1.5 Billion AI Startup Accused of Massive Fraud by Justice Department - Slanguage: Why AI’s stylistic negation — ‘it’s not X, it’s Y’ — is both annoying and doesn’t work
If you spend any amount of time on LinkedIn, you’ll have certainly come across this type of phrasing: “This isn’t a job, it’s a calling” or “This isn’t marketing, it’s a movement” or “This isn’t… Read more: Slanguage: Why AI’s stylistic negation — ‘it’s not X, it’s Y’ — is both annoying and doesn’t work - Robot runner handily beats humans in half-marathon, setting new record
Humanoid robots outran the fastest human competitors while surpassing the human world record during a half-marathon event held in Beijing on April 19. The demonstration of fast-improving robotic speed and autonomy comes as China’s tech… Read more: Robot runner handily beats humans in half-marathon, setting new record - Here’s how F1 is tweaking its hybrid systems to try to save the show
After spending the last couple of weeks discussing the problem, Formula 1’s stakeholders have arrived at a number of solutions to the sport’s hybrid energy problem. F1 started this year with all-new powertrains with much… Read more: Here’s how F1 is tweaking its hybrid systems to try to save the show - Rogue Trooper brings the Genetic Infantry to the silver screen
For more than 49 years, a comic called 2000 AD has been responsible for giving science-fiction junkies a weekly infusion of “thrill power.” The series is based in the UK, far from the action in… Read more: Rogue Trooper brings the Genetic Infantry to the silver screen
