
- Blue Origin may need external funding to hit ambitious launch targets
Blue Origin is weighing its first external fundraising as part of a push by Jeff Bezos’ rocket venture to hit ambitious launch targets and tap investor appetite boosted by SpaceX’s upcoming initial public offering. Chief… Read more: Blue Origin may need external funding to hit ambitious launch targets - War and Data Centers Are Driving Up the Cost of Fiber-Optic Cable
Fiber-optic cable has become a staple of drone war. From Ukraine to the Sahel, combatants are fielding quadcopters piloted via kilometer-long lengths of cable that allows operators to control them across vast distances while insulating… Read more: War and Data Centers Are Driving Up the Cost of Fiber-Optic Cable - Humans returned to Britain 500 years earlier than scientists thought after the last ice age
Humans may have returned to Britain far earlier than scientists once believed — not long after the last ice sheet began retreating. New evidence suggests people were already moving into the British Isles around 15,200… Read more: Humans returned to Britain 500 years earlier than scientists thought after the last ice age - Halley’s comet may be named after the wrong person
A medieval monk may have beaten Edmond Halley to one of astronomy’s greatest discoveries by nearly 700 years. Researchers say Eilmer of Malmesbury recognized that the blazing comet seen in 1066 was the same one… Read more: Halley’s comet may be named after the wrong person - Scientists finally solve the 100-year mystery behind tough tires
For nearly 100 years, reinforced rubber has powered everything from car tires to airplanes, yet scientists never fully understood why adding tiny particles of carbon black made rubber so incredibly strong. Now, researchers at the… Read more: Scientists finally solve the 100-year mystery behind tough tires - The AI Industry Is Secretly Powered by Homeless People
Last year, a San Francisco-based AI company called Mercor exploded onto the tech scene, just as US workers were buckling under the grip of unemployment. The online job marketplace connects contractors — often struggling unemployed… Read more: The AI Industry Is Secretly Powered by Homeless People - Chinese court awards compensation to sacked worker replaced by AI
Case attracts widespread attention as example of China balancing enthusiastic adoption of AI with job security A court in China has ruled in favour of a worker whose company replaced him with artificial intelligence (AI),… Read more: Chinese court awards compensation to sacked worker replaced by AI - Anthropic Says Claude Turned Evil for a Bizarre Reason
In a classic example of the AI industry’s reputational alchemy, Anthropic has often transformed bad behavior by its flagship model Claude into fresh hype. When it revealed its Mythos Preview model last month, for example,… Read more: Anthropic Says Claude Turned Evil for a Bizarre Reason - Rivian adds a new onboard AI assistant to its latest software update
Rivian has quickly built a reputation as one of the auto industry’s leaders when it comes to vehicle software. Its clean-sheet approach to an electric vehicle’s electronic architecture earned it a $5 billion investment from… Read more: Rivian adds a new onboard AI assistant to its latest software update - Daredevil: Born Again S2 gives us a darker, grittier canvas
We loved the first season of Daredevil: Born Again, Marvel’s hotly anticipated revival of the popular series in the Netflix Defenders universe, and its sophomore outing did not disappoint. The show just wrapped its critically… Read more: Daredevil: Born Again S2 gives us a darker, grittier canvas - Physical AI Conference Comes to San Jose as Robotics & Autonomous AI Go Mainstream
The Physical AI Conference shaping the future of robotics, autonomous systems and real-world AI deployment lands in Silicon Valley this May, bringing together the engineers, builders and AI pioneers turning intelligence into physical action. Physical AI Expo… Read more: Physical AI Conference Comes to San Jose as Robotics & Autonomous AI Go Mainstream - WhatsApp Adds Meta AI Chats That Are Built to Be Fully Private
The company says its new Incognito Chat allows you to use its AI chatbot without anyone else—including Meta—being able to access your conversations. - Software Developers Say AI Is Rotting Their Brains
Tech company executives are confident that AI will completely transform the economy and point to the changes they see in-house to prove that this change is coming fast. At Meta, Google, Microsoft, and others, leadership… Read more: Software Developers Say AI Is Rotting Their Brains - Podcast: The Chinese Deepfake Software Powering Scams
We start this week with Joseph’s story about how we obtained Haotian AI, a sought-after piece of realtime video deepfake software that lets you turn into anyone else during Microsoft Teams, WhatsApp, or Zoom calls.… Read more: Podcast: The Chinese Deepfake Software Powering Scams - How tarot readers are using AI – and what it says about our growing reliance on chatbots for emotional support and advice
Tarot readings can encourage self-reflection. But what happens when you turn to AI to interpret the cards? Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images for Sally Hansen If you’ve ever turned to artificial intelligence to try to figure… Read more: How tarot readers are using AI – and what it says about our growing reliance on chatbots for emotional support and advice - ‘Irresponsible’: backlash as Utah approves datacenter twice the size of Manhattan
Facility would require more power than entire state uses and suck up vast amount of water in drought-stricken area A plan to create one of the world’s largest datacenters, a gargantuan project spanning an area… Read more: ‘Irresponsible’: backlash as Utah approves datacenter twice the size of Manhattan - Saturn Cloud, Mirantis Deliver AI Stack for Enterprises
Enables GPU providers and enterprises to transform bare metal infrastructure into self-service, enterprise-grade AI platforms without hyperscaler complexity or cost. Saturn Cloud, the AI development platform, today announced a partnership with Mirantis, a leader in Kubernetes-native… Read more: Saturn Cloud, Mirantis Deliver AI Stack for Enterprises - Coworked Raises $1.8M to Bring Agentic AI to Enterprise Project Management
Funding round co-led by Open Opportunity Fund and Two Ravens, with participation from Techstars and Underdog Coworked, an enterprise AI startup, today announced a $1.8 million funding round co-led by Open Opportunity Fund and Two Ravens, with participation… Read more: Coworked Raises $1.8M to Bring Agentic AI to Enterprise Project Management - Could this be the moment that drug manufacturing takes off in orbit?
NASA has enabled scientists to study the impact of microgravity on drug development for decades, beginning with the Space Shuttle. This work accelerated in the 2010s, with the completion of the International Space Station and… Read more: Could this be the moment that drug manufacturing takes off in orbit? - Xurrent Extends Its AI Fabric with Autonomous Agents and an Open MCP Server
New autonomous agents take routine work off the IT queue while an open MCP server connects any external model, on a platform built for the AI era from the start. Xurrent, the AI-powered service and… Read more: Xurrent Extends Its AI Fabric with Autonomous Agents and an Open MCP Server - Datacentres using 6% of electricity supply in UK and US, research says
Industry body says energy consumption driven by AI up 15% globally in two years as it warns of societal backlash Datacentres are consuming 6% of electricity in the UK and US, with the growing strain… Read more: Datacentres using 6% of electricity supply in UK and US, research says - Submit Your Questions: AI Is Changing Your Job—Now What?
Pose your questions ahead of our May 27 livestream AMA, where a panel of WIRED experts will discuss how AI is transforming work. - From AirTags to AI nudification: the growing toolkit of technology-facilitated abuse
LightField Studios/Shutterstock It’s hard to overstate the impact that artificial intelligence has had since the release of generative AI platforms such as ChatGPT just three years ago. While they have led to countless advances in… Read more: From AirTags to AI nudification: the growing toolkit of technology-facilitated abuse - Meet the Sad Wives of AI
Are you married to a man who’s obsessed with AI? I’m so, so sorry. - SAP Unveils the Autonomous Enterprise
The company introduces a unified SAP Business AI Platform, deepening partnerships with Anthropic, Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, Microsoft, NVIDIA and Palantir At SAP Sapphire in 2026, SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) introduced the Autonomous Enterprise to help enhance… Read more: SAP Unveils the Autonomous Enterprise - Nvidia’s Jensen Huang joins Trump as tech dominates China trip
Invitation to be part of group including Elon Musk and Tim Cook highlights American AI and tech ambitions The billionaire chief executive of the chipmaker Nvidia, Jensen Huang, has joined Donald Trump’s China delegation after… Read more: Nvidia’s Jensen Huang joins Trump as tech dominates China trip - Chelsea flower show garden designers clash over use of AI
Horticulturalists express alarm after award-winning Matt Keightley launches app that can automate designs With glasses of champagne sipped among the peonies, Chelsea flower show is generally a friendly and genteel occasion. But this year, the… Read more: Chelsea flower show garden designers clash over use of AI - Scientists make old blood stem cells young again in major anti-aging breakthrough
As blood stem cells age, their lysosomes become overactive and damaged, triggering inflammation and weakening the body’s ability to regenerate healthy blood and immune cells. By calming this cellular “overdrive,” researchers restored the stem cells’… Read more: Scientists make old blood stem cells young again in major anti-aging breakthrough - New drugs could wipe out the “zombie cells” linked to cancer and aging
Researchers found a new way to kill harmful “zombie” cells that linger after chemotherapy and help cancers become more aggressive. These senescent cells survive by relying on a protective protein called GPX4, even while sitting… Read more: New drugs could wipe out the “zombie cells” linked to cancer and aging - Scientists discover a weak spot shared by polio and common cold viruses
Scientists at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, have uncovered a crucial trick used by enteroviruses—the group behind diseases like polio, myocarditis, encephalitis, and even the common cold—to reproduce inside human cells. The team captured,… Read more: Scientists discover a weak spot shared by polio and common cold viruses - A rare cancer-fighting plant compound has been decoded
Scientists at UBC Okanagan have uncovered how plants produce mitraphylline, a rare natural compound with promising anti cancer potential. The team identified two enzymes that work together to build the molecule’s unusual twisted structure, solving… Read more: A rare cancer-fighting plant compound has been decoded - Is Big Brother watching you shop? – podcast
From supermarkets to corner shops, live facial recognition could be coming to retailers near you. Jessica Murray on the AI systems increasingly used by the police and stores Live facial recognition is being hailed as… Read more: Is Big Brother watching you shop? – podcast - Elon Musk Had ‘Hair-Raising’ Idea of Passing OpenAI Onto His Kids, Sam Altman Says
Musk’s lawyers questioned Altman over allegations of deception and his network of financial investments, but the OpenAI CEO painted a picture of Musk as obsessed with controlling the company. - xAI Adds 16 New Gas Turbines at Mississippi Facility Despite Ongoing Lawsuit
Emails show that Elon Musk’s company is expanding its use of portable gas-fired power at its Colossus 2 site as a fight over air quality continues. - WWDC 2026 Preview: Apple Readies Siri Overhaul, AI Updates, and More
Apple’s WWDC 2026 is expected to preview iOS 27, a smarter Siri, broader AI model options, and macOS 27 design refinements. The post WWDC 2026 Preview: Apple Readies Siri Overhaul, AI Updates, and More appeared… Read more: WWDC 2026 Preview: Apple Readies Siri Overhaul, AI Updates, and More - FDA chief resigns after Trump admin forced approval of fruity e-cigs
Marty Makary on Tuesday resigned from his role as Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, days after news broke on Friday that the White House had signed off on plans to fire him. Trump… Read more: FDA chief resigns after Trump admin forced approval of fruity e-cigs - The newest AI boom pitch: Host a mini data center at your home
Data centers may be coming to your neighborhood as side installations associated with new homes—and in exchange would offer subsidized electricity and Internet access along with backup batteries to homeowners. The company behind the plan… Read more: The newest AI boom pitch: Host a mini data center at your home - The Unitree GD01 Is a Giant Mecha Robot You Can Actually Buy
China’s Unitree, famous for making low-cost dancing robots, will now sell you a giant, wall-smashing mecha. - Twin brothers wipe 96 gov’t databases minutes after being fired
In the US, fired and laid-off workers often have their digital credentials deactivated before they learn about the loss of their jobs; indeed, the inability to log in to a corporate system may be the… Read more: Twin brothers wipe 96 gov’t databases minutes after being fired - Florida students boo graduation speaker who called AI ‘next Industrial Revolution’
Real estate executive got an unexpected earful when she spoke of ‘living in a time of profound change’ Though college graduations usually consist of a speaker giving advice to students, one recent ceremony featured students… Read more: Florida students boo graduation speaker who called AI ‘next Industrial Revolution’ - Large Study Finds That Replacing Workers With AI Is Backfiring Badly
As AI continues to weave its way into every corner of daily life, one of the public’s chief fears is what it will mean in the workplace. They’re not irrational to worry. Many name-brand big… Read more: Large Study Finds That Replacing Workers With AI Is Backfiring Badly - Sam Altman defends OpenAI in courtroom showdown with Elon Musk
The OpenAI chief rejects claims he deceived Elon Musk as high-stakes AI trial nears its end Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email The OpenAI CEO, Sam Altman, took the stand on Tuesday… Read more: Sam Altman defends OpenAI in courtroom showdown with Elon Musk - Microsoft will lean on your CPU to speed up Windows 11’s apps and animations
Microsoft has heard your complaints about Windows 11, and it wants to make things better. That has been the messaging out of Microsoft for most of this year, and the company is also going out… Read more: Microsoft will lean on your CPU to speed up Windows 11’s apps and animations - 6 Best ChatGPT Photo Editing Trends in 2026 (With Prompts to Try)
Explore the biggest ChatGPT photo editing trends of 2026, from caricatures and toy-style portraits to nostalgic film edits and AI collages. The post 6 Best ChatGPT Photo Editing Trends in 2026 (With Prompts to Try)… Read more: 6 Best ChatGPT Photo Editing Trends in 2026 (With Prompts to Try) - OpenAI Sued Over ChatGPT Medical Advice That Allegedly Killed College Student
The family of a 19-year-old college student who died of an overdose after consulting ChatGPT for medical advice is suing OpenAI, alleging that chatbot-generated drug recommendations were responsible for the teen’s death. Filed this morning… Read more: OpenAI Sued Over ChatGPT Medical Advice That Allegedly Killed College Student - “Will I be OK?” Teen died after ChatGPT pushed deadly mix of drugs, lawsuit says
OpenAI is facing down another wrongful-death lawsuit after ChatGPT told a 19-year-old, Sam Nelson, to take a lethal mix of Kratom and Xanax. According to a complaint filed on behalf of Nelson’s parents, Leila Turner-Scott… Read more: “Will I be OK?” Teen died after ChatGPT pushed deadly mix of drugs, lawsuit says - Android is getting a big AI overhaul in 2026
Google’s I/O conference is next week, and we expect to hear a lot about the company’s AI endeavors. The company says there’s so much to talk about that it’s spilling the Android beans a little… Read more: Android is getting a big AI overhaul in 2026 - Google’s Android-powered laptops are called Googlebooks, and they’re coming this year
Google took its first swing at laptops with Chromebooks way back in 2011. These web-first laptops have seen success over the years, mostly in enterprise and education. Google insists Chromebooks aren’t going away, but the… Read more: Google’s Android-powered laptops are called Googlebooks, and they’re coming this year - eBay rejects GameStop’s $56B offer: “Your proposal is neither credible nor attractive”
eBay’s board of directors today rejected GameStop’s $55.5 billion offer to buy the company. “We have concluded that your proposal is neither credible nor attractive,” eBay Chairman Paul Pressler wrote in a letter to GameStop… Read more: eBay rejects GameStop’s $56B offer: “Your proposal is neither credible nor attractive” - New York Times Issues Stark Warning About AI Use to Its Freelancers After String of Incidents
After a string of AI controversies, The New York Times emailed a “periodic reminder” to freelancers on Tuesday reminding them of the paper’s AI policy. “To be clear on AI: All writing and visuals that… Read more: New York Times Issues Stark Warning About AI Use to Its Freelancers After String of Incidents - AI has cut my pay as a memoir writer in half | Letter
Using a large language model instead of me to write and then getting me to edit the result is a cynical way for my employer to cut my fee in half, says a freelance writer… Read more: AI has cut my pay as a memoir writer in half | Letter - Researchers Put Google Gemini in Charge of an Entire Coffee Shop, and It’s Inexorably Driving It Out of Business
An AI agent was given free rein to run a coffee shop in Sweden, and it’s going about as well as you’d expect. Dubbed “Mona,” the Google Gemini-powered agent was given a $21,000 budget in… Read more: Researchers Put Google Gemini in Charge of an Entire Coffee Shop, and It’s Inexorably Driving It Out of Business - Google announces raft of free upgrades for Android phones
Tech firm to expand AI capabilities of high-end devices with Gemini Intelligence and says new range of laptops on the way Google has announced a range of features coming to Android phones this year, including… Read more: Google announces raft of free upgrades for Android phones - Film world must not resist rise of artificial intelligence, says Demi Moore
US actor says working with the technology is better than fighting a losing battle against it Demi Moore has urged her peers not to resist the rise of artificial intelligence, saying “to fight it is… Read more: Film world must not resist rise of artificial intelligence, says Demi Moore - AI doesn’t create bias, it inherits it – how do we ensure fairness when it comes to automated decisions?
Hiring algorithms are one of the systems that could be affected by discrimination. PeopleImages If artificial intelligence (AI) systems shape decisions that affect people’s lives, they should do so fairly. This should be a given… Read more: AI doesn’t create bias, it inherits it – how do we ensure fairness when it comes to automated decisions? - Q&A: Expanding MIT’s global reach through Universal Learning
MIT’s Universal Learning is a new initiative from MIT Open Learning designed to prepare learners everywhere to tackle complex global challenges through boundary-crossing thinking. Universal Learning offerings combine subject matter expertise from MIT faculty and… Read more: Q&A: Expanding MIT’s global reach through Universal Learning - JBS Dev: On imperfect data and the AI last mile – from model capability to cost sustainability
Joe Rose, president at strategic technology provider JBS Dev, wants to cut through one of the myths of working with generative and agentic AI systems. “It’s a common misconception that your data has to be… Read more: JBS Dev: On imperfect data and the AI last mile – from model capability to cost sustainability - Is your AI chatbot manipulating you? Subtly reshaping your opinions?
A billboard tries to sell you something. So does a used car salesman. But no matter how smooth the pitch, you’re quite aware of the profit motive, and you can walk away at any time.… Read more: Is your AI chatbot manipulating you? Subtly reshaping your opinions? - Unitree Shows Off Fully Functional Mecha Suit
Chinese tech company Unitree has quickly established itself as the brand to beat in the humanoids robotics industry, wowing observers with a string of headline-grabbing demos of its bots’ abilities in everything from acrobatics to… Read more: Unitree Shows Off Fully Functional Mecha Suit - Universal AI is “a pathway to AI fluency that’s accessible and approachable to anyone, anywhere”
“Artificial intelligence is not just for computer scientists anymore; it’s going to permeate every aspect of our lives and influence every business,” says MIT President Sally Kornbluth. The world is reaching an inflection point with… Read more: Universal AI is “a pathway to AI fluency that’s accessible and approachable to anyone, anywhere” - Hacking the bomb? What Claude Mythos AI reveals about the gamble of nuclear deterrence
Frontier AI-first cybersecurity platforms like OpenAI’s “Daybreak” and Anthropic’s newest Claude “Mythos” model are at the forefront of artificial intelligence but their advanced capabilities in offensive cybersecurity are a source of both fascination and concern.… Read more: Hacking the bomb? What Claude Mythos AI reveals about the gamble of nuclear deterrence - Stephen Colbert on Trump’s 22ft gold statue at his golf club: ‘recreational idolatry’
The host reacted to the president’s ‘very simple’ Iran peace plan, his AI Mother’s Day images and the US transport secretary’s new reality show On Monday night, Stephen Colbert gathered his “best television friends” Jimmy… Read more: Stephen Colbert on Trump’s 22ft gold statue at his golf club: ‘recreational idolatry’ - Man Behind Simulation Hypothesis Warns That Extinction of Humanity Is a Risk We Have to Take
Even if you don’t know Nick Bostrom’s name, you’re almost certainly familiar with the idea he’s most famous for. Back in 2003, when he was at Oxford, Bostrom penned an influential philosophical paper with the… Read more: Man Behind Simulation Hypothesis Warns That Extinction of Humanity Is a Risk We Have to Take - Hugging Face hosted malicious software masquerading as OpenAI release
A malicious Hugging Face repository that posed as an OpenAI release delivered infostealer malware to Windows machines and recorded about 244,000 downloads before removal, according to research from AI security firm HiddenLayer. The number of… Read more: Hugging Face hosted malicious software masquerading as OpenAI release - CTI Acquires Data Conversion Laboratory
Acquisition advances CTI’s strategy to enhance its platform across the data lifecycle Cartridge Technologies, LLC (“CTI”) today announced the acquisition of Data Conversion Laboratory, LLC (“DCL”), a provider of structured data and content transformation services. The acquisition… Read more: CTI Acquires Data Conversion Laboratory - PagerDuty Appoints John DiLullo as Chief Executive Officer
Jennifer Tejada Transitions to Executive Chair of Board of Directors After Serving as CEO Since 2016 John DiLullo Brings Deep Enterprise, Product and Go-to-Market Leadership Experience to Lead Next Phase of Growth Company Reaffirms First Quarter… Read more: PagerDuty Appoints John DiLullo as Chief Executive Officer - Amazon employees are “tokenmaxxing” due to pressure to use AI tools
Amazon employees are using an internal AI tool to automate non-essential tasks in a bid to show managers they are using the technology more frequently. The Seattle-based group has started to widely deploy its in-house… Read more: Amazon employees are “tokenmaxxing” due to pressure to use AI tools - Husband Alarmed as Wife Starts Whispering Quietly to Her Computer
In a trend that sounds like it was engineered in a lab to send chills down the spine of beleaguered librarians everywhere, it looks like more people are ditching typing in favor of mumbling into… Read more: Husband Alarmed as Wife Starts Whispering Quietly to Her Computer - The end of typing? Why workers are suddenly ditching their keyboards
Employees are now whispering to AI voice dictation tools rather than clacking the keys. Will ‘voicepilling’ make everyone more productive – or just more annoying? Name: Voicepilled. Age: Reid Hoffman first declared himself “voicepilled” in… Read more: The end of typing? Why workers are suddenly ditching their keyboards - ICE Agents Have List of 20 Million People on Their iPhones Thanks to Palantir
Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) use of Palantir systems now means agency officials effectively have a list of 20 million people readily accessible on their iPhones, increasing the speed at which ICE can find houses… Read more: ICE Agents Have List of 20 Million People on Their iPhones Thanks to Palantir - AI Is Giving Your Boss Tools to Be More Monstrous Than Ever Before
The debate raging about AI’s future consequences, with a complete AI automation apocalypse on one side and a resplendent AI utopia on the other, has overlooked one tiny detail: the tech is already making workers’… Read more: AI Is Giving Your Boss Tools to Be More Monstrous Than Ever Before - This strange giant dinosaur may change what we know about Jurassic titans
A bizarre new giant dinosaur discovered in Argentina is giving paleontologists a fresh look at how Jurassic titans evolved in the Southern Hemisphere. Bicharracosaurus dionidei stretched about 20 meters long and carried a strange mix… Read more: This strange giant dinosaur may change what we know about Jurassic titans - Scientists say this algae could remove microplastics from drinking water
Researchers created a special kind of algae that can grab microscopic plastic pollution out of water almost like a magnet. The algae produce limonene, an orange-scented oil that helps them bind to water-repelling microplastics, forming… Read more: Scientists say this algae could remove microplastics from drinking water - Button-pushing explorers: How to grasp that AI agents can do amazing things while knowing nothing
The simple process of taking an action, assessing what happens and adjusting can lead to smart-seeming behavior. Westend61 via Getty Images The nonprofit ARC Prize Foundation on May 1, 2026, released the results of a… Read more: Button-pushing explorers: How to grasp that AI agents can do amazing things while knowing nothing - Google Says Hackers Used AI to Build Zero-Day Exploit
Google says hackers used AI to help build a zero-day exploit targeting 2FA, raising concerns about AI-assisted hacking. The post Google Says Hackers Used AI to Build Zero-Day Exploit appeared first on TechRepublic. - Chasing Utopia review – renegade Google exec Mo Gawdat searches for ethical AI in alarming insider warning
Delivering much information about the scale of what’s coming, documentary also follows Gawdat’s campaign to get the programs with empathy Another day, another warning about AI; vis-a-vis the reality we all know, this has roughly… Read more: Chasing Utopia review – renegade Google exec Mo Gawdat searches for ethical AI in alarming insider warning - SAP, Cyberwave Deploy Autonomous AI Warehouse Robots
SAP SE (NYSE: SAP), the global leader in enterprise application software, and Cyberwave, an AI robotics software company, today announced the successful deployment of fully autonomous, AI-powered robots in an active SAP logistics warehouse. Building on SAP’s… Read more: SAP, Cyberwave Deploy Autonomous AI Warehouse Robots - Once again, SpaceX has set a new record for the tallest rocket ever built
For the third time in three years, SpaceX has stacked a new version of its enormous Starship rocket on a launch pad in South Texas, just a few miles north of the US-Mexico border. The… Read more: Once again, SpaceX has set a new record for the tallest rocket ever built - FriendliAI Expands to San Francisco for AI Growth
New 7,000-square-foot SoMa office anchors FriendliAI’s global push as AI agents drive a generational surge in token consumption FriendliAI, The Frontier AI Inference Cloud, today announced the opening of its new San Francisco office at… Read more: FriendliAI Expands to San Francisco for AI Growth - Protera Announced the Launch of TeraAI
Protera, a global leader in enterprise cloud modernization and managed services, today announced the launch of TeraAI, its patent-pending SAP modernization suite that brings AI- and automation-driven, data-integrated capabilities to help business leaders optimize financial, operational,… Read more: Protera Announced the Launch of TeraAI - Elastic Introduces Jina v5 Omni Family
New addition to the Jina v5 model family delivers flexible, cost-efficient AI search across media types without rebuilding existing systems Elastic (NYSE: ESTC), the Search AI Company, today announced jina-embeddings-v5-omni, a new family of multimodal… Read more: Elastic Introduces Jina v5 Omni Family - Stonebranch Unveils SAP Orchestration Innovation at Sapphire 2026
Company highlights SAP-certified orchestration solutions designed to help enterprises modernize SAP operations across hybrid, cloud, and AI-driven environments. Stonebranch, a leading provider of service orchestration and automation solutions, will showcase its AI-powered platform at SAP… Read more: Stonebranch Unveils SAP Orchestration Innovation at Sapphire 2026 - Self-driving cars struggle to see at night or in fog – but imitating the human brain can make them safe
AI-powered autonomous vehicles still have major hurdles to clear. Samuele Errico Piccarini/Unsplash, CC BY-SA Picture this: you’re driving on a mountain road, when you suddenly hit a thick patch of fog. You respond instinctively. Your… Read more: Self-driving cars struggle to see at night or in fog – but imitating the human brain can make them safe - 8 ways self-evolving AI agents are about to change how we build software
For years, building a multi-agent AI system meant making a lot of upfront decisions. Which agents do you need? What are their roles? How do they hand off to each other? You designed the workforce,… Read more: 8 ways self-evolving AI agents are about to change how we build software - Laserfiche unveils AI agents for natural language workflows
Laserfiche has announced the release of AI agents that can help perform tasks through natural language prompts. Intelligent assistants follow Laserfiche’s integrated security rules and compliance requirements, helping ensure all sensitive data remains protected. Karl… Read more: Laserfiche unveils AI agents for natural language workflows - TrustCloud Introduces Agentic, Data-Driven Third Party Cyber Assessments
Company Replaces Low-Confidence, Point-in-Time Workflows so Enterprises can Continuously Analyze Outside-in Security Feeds and Vendor Security Posture Artifacts to Accurately Identify Gaps and Complete Risk Assessments TrustCloud®, the AI-native Security Assurance Platform for enterprise CISOs,… Read more: TrustCloud Introduces Agentic, Data-Driven Third Party Cyber Assessments - Stunning fossil discovery challenges the origins of animal life
Scientists revisiting mysterious 540-million-year-old microfossils from Brazil have overturned a major idea about early animal life. What were once thought to be trails left behind by tiny worm-like creatures are now believed to be fossilized… Read more: Stunning fossil discovery challenges the origins of animal life - A supervolcano nearly wiped out humanity 74,000 years ago, but humans did something incredible
The Toba supereruption 74,000 years ago was so massive it may have plunged Earth into years of darkness and cold, leading some scientists to believe humanity nearly went extinct. Yet archaeological evidence from Africa and… Read more: A supervolcano nearly wiped out humanity 74,000 years ago, but humans did something incredible - James Webb telescope reveals the clearest map ever of the Universe’s cosmic web
Astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have created the clearest map yet of the universe’s “cosmic web” — the enormous hidden structure that connects galaxies across space. By analyzing more than 164,000 galaxies through… Read more: James Webb telescope reveals the clearest map ever of the Universe’s cosmic web - NASA’s Hubble reveals a giant chaotic planet nursery unlike anything seen before
Hubble has revealed a giant planet-forming disk unlike anything astronomers have seen before. Nicknamed “Dracula’s Chivito,” the enormous structure appears turbulent and oddly lopsided, with towering filaments visible on only one side. The disk contains… Read more: NASA’s Hubble reveals a giant chaotic planet nursery unlike anything seen before - Scientists discover hidden chemical signature that could reveal alien life
Scientists may have found a powerful new way to hunt for alien life — not by searching for specific molecules, but by looking for hidden patterns in how those molecules are organized. Researchers discovered that… Read more: Scientists discover hidden chemical signature that could reveal alien life - Datacentres should be forced to invest in wind and solar energy, agree all states except Queensland
State and federal energy ministers say investments in new renewable energy and storage should ‘fully offset’ new datacentres’ energy needs Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free… Read more: Datacentres should be forced to invest in wind and solar energy, agree all states except Queensland - Ilya Sutskever Stands by His Role in Sam Altman’s OpenAI Ouster: ‘I Didn’t Want It to Be Destroyed’
The former OpenAI chief scientist may be estranged from the company, but he still came to its defense as he testified on Monday. - Audi has a new Q9 flagship coming soon: Here’s its interior
Audi provided flights from Washington, DC, to Munich, Germany, and accommodation so Ars could see the new Q9 (and drive something you can read about later). Ars does not accept paid editorial content. MUNICH—Later this… Read more: Audi has a new Q9 flagship coming soon: Here’s its interior - Linux bitten by second severe vulnerability in as many weeks
Linux users have been bitten by yet another vulnerability that gives containers and untrusted users the ability to gain root access, marking the second time in as many weeks that a severe threat has caught… Read more: Linux bitten by second severe vulnerability in as many weeks - Data center guzzled 30 million gallons of water and nobody noticed for months
A curious case in Georgia serves as a warning for many parts of the US hastily approving data center developments without first updating their water systems to better monitor for severe upticks in usage. On… Read more: Data center guzzled 30 million gallons of water and nobody noticed for months - After banning foreign routers, FCC says existing ones can get updates until 2029
The Federal Communications Commission is relenting a bit on its restrictive router rules, saying it will allow foreign-made routers to receive software and firmware updates until at least January 1, 2029. The FCC also expanded… Read more: After banning foreign routers, FCC says existing ones can get updates until 2029 - Google Alarmed by Formidable AI-Powered Zero-Day Cyberattack
Google was rattled by a cyberattack that used AI to unearth a major flaw in its software that its own developers had no idea about. The attack, which the New York Times reports was ultimately… Read more: Google Alarmed by Formidable AI-Powered Zero-Day Cyberattack - Angry Mom Defeats Entire AI Data Center
Jayne Black is a Wisconsin-area environmentalist and mother of four. An organizer with the group Moms Clean Air Force, Black has plenty of experience struggling for environmental justice throughout her home state — but when… Read more: Angry Mom Defeats Entire AI Data Center - 1.8 Billion Gmail Users May Want to Check This AI Privacy Setting
Google’s new Gmail AI personalization features are raising privacy concerns. Here’s what users should know and how to review smart settings. The post 1.8 Billion Gmail Users May Want to Check This AI Privacy Setting… Read more: 1.8 Billion Gmail Users May Want to Check This AI Privacy Setting
