
- Tiny robots powered by light can hunt down and collect bacteria
Researchers have built microscopic, light-driven robots that can rapidly navigate through liquid, collect bacteria, and deposit them in chosen locations. These tiny “cleaners” could open new possibilities for manipulating cells and microbes with remarkable precision. - Japanese scientists use tiny silver particles to make DNA assembly up to 5x more efficient
Silver nanoparticles can precisely slice DNA and create longer “sticky ends,” helping genetic fragments join up to five times more efficiently than conventional methods. The breakthrough could eventually simplify the construction of large DNA sequences… Read more: Japanese scientists use tiny silver particles to make DNA assembly up to 5x more efficient - 16 mummies and a dog reveal a hidden order inside an ancient Egyptian tomb
A tomb in Egypt’s Theban Necropolis reveals a surprisingly organized story of burial, reuse, and changing beliefs spanning hundreds of years. Researchers found 16 mummified people, the remains of at least four more, and a… Read more: 16 mummies and a dog reveal a hidden order inside an ancient Egyptian tomb - This 23-foot crocodylian may have ruled South America’s food chain
Miocene South America was packed with giant prey—and the predators hunting them were just as spectacular. Fossil bite marks suggest crocodylians, especially the enormous Purussaurus neivensis, were more important predators than mammals in this ancient… Read more: This 23-foot crocodylian may have ruled South America’s food chain - 91% of eDiscovery Buyers Demand Private AI Deployment, Reveal Finds
Survey of 200 senior legal technology decision-makers shows nearly half of all matters already require private deployment, with 100% demand for AI model independence Reveal, the provider of integrated AI-native platforms spanning the eDiscovery lifecycle,… Read more: 91% of eDiscovery Buyers Demand Private AI Deployment, Reveal Finds - Why are progressives winning across the United States? It’s not complicated | Bernie Sanders
Poll after poll shows the same thing. The American people know that the current economic system is rigged The media pundits have written article after article desperately trying to understand why progressive candidates, despite being… Read more: Why are progressives winning across the United States? It’s not complicated | Bernie Sanders - Aixle Launches to Help Organizations Define How Work Runs in Age of AI
New AI Operating Model from Dualboot Partners enables organizations to govern, execute, and continuously improve work performed by people and AI Dualboot Partners today announced the launch of Aixle, an AI Operating Model designed to help… Read more: Aixle Launches to Help Organizations Define How Work Runs in Age of AI - Flock Has a Powerful New AI Tool for Police. We Got Its Code
Flock’s surveillance cameras have already sparked outrage. WIRED reconstructed its next-generation AI system, already in use by some police, to confirm it goes much further than tracking license plates. - Sitero Extends Ash Across the Full Clinical Data Lifecycle
Sitero today released three Ash agentic workflows simultaneously, covering clinical study setup, continuous data review, and portfolio-level insights, all governed by human review at every step. Sitero, a clinical research organization (CRO) and clinical technology… Read more: Sitero Extends Ash Across the Full Clinical Data Lifecycle - Portnox Launches Network Kill Switch to Block Risky AI Agents
Cloud-native platform extends continuous, policy-based access control to AI agents across networks, applications, and infrastructure Portnox, a provider of cloud-native enterprise access control, today announced expanded capabilities to help organizations continuously secure and govern the… Read more: Portnox Launches Network Kill Switch to Block Risky AI Agents - The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State by Jill Lepore review – an ominous warning of tech takeover
A historian charts the emergence of a democracy-crushing dystopia that is – in some ways – already with us Pulitzer prize-winning US historian Jill Lepore’s new book addresses the threat posed to liberal democracy by artificial… Read more: The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State by Jill Lepore review – an ominous warning of tech takeover - Graphwise aims to become the semantic layer for AI agents after securing major investment from Oakley Capital
Graph database startup Graphwise said today it has secured a significant investment from the European venture capital firm Oakley Capital as it looks to beef up its go-to-market strategy and expand globally. It will also… Read more: Graphwise aims to become the semantic layer for AI agents after securing major investment from Oakley Capital - Concentric AI Expands Sensitive Data Discovery for Documents
Unique Visual-Signature Technology Enables Concentric AI to Discover Sensitive Data in Documents That Traditional OCR Can’t Reliably Process Concentric AI, a leading provider of AI and data security governance solutions, today announced an industry-first vision… Read more: Concentric AI Expands Sensitive Data Discovery for Documents - OpenAI’s junior version of ChatGPT with guardrails has launched
OpenAI Group PBC today announced it’s rolling out a stricter version of its ChatGPT chatbot created for younger users. The announcement of “ChatGPT for Teens” follows scrutiny over how generative artificial intelligence, whether the products… Read more: OpenAI’s junior version of ChatGPT with guardrails has launched - Cybersecurity concerns prompt OpenAI to pause some AI training runs
OpenAI Group PBC recently paused some of its artificial intelligence training workloads over concerns that they could cause cybersecurity issues. The ChatGPT developer disclosed the move in a blog post published today. According to the… Read more: Cybersecurity concerns prompt OpenAI to pause some AI training runs - OpenAI falls further behind Anthropic, with disappointing revenue growth and mounting losses
OpenAI Group PBC is falling further behind its rival Anthropic PBC, if its latest financials are any indication. The artificial intelligence model maker told investors that its revenue rose 18% on a sequential basis, from… Read more: OpenAI falls further behind Anthropic, with disappointing revenue growth and mounting losses - Offloading work tasks to AI comes with a cost – to our brains
JDawnInk/Getty Imagine your team has been tasked to deliver a high-stakes policy paper under intense time pressure. Everyone turns to generative artificial intelligence (AI) and within minutes, it delivers a full draft complete with structured… Read more: Offloading work tasks to AI comes with a cost – to our brains - Google partners with the aviation industry to prevent climate-warming contrails with AI
Google LLC today revealed it’s partnering with the U.K. government and the country’s aviation industry on a new initiative called Operation Blue Skies that aims to use artificial intelligence insights to reduce the impact of… Read more: Google partners with the aviation industry to prevent climate-warming contrails with AI - Ukrainian drones overwhelm Russian tanks’ new active protection system—for now
Russian tanks have entered battle for the first time with a new active protection system designed to shoot down incoming drones. But the technology’s recent combat debut in Ukraine met with only limited success—Ukrainian drones… Read more: Ukrainian drones overwhelm Russian tanks’ new active protection system—for now - “Sabotage”: Experts, lawmakers blast RFK Jr. for destroying healthcare research
The federal agency tasked with studying ways to improve America’s outstandingly poor healthcare system is “on the brink,” experts warn. The Trump administration has cut its staff by 75 percent, canceled its grants en masse,… Read more: “Sabotage”: Experts, lawmakers blast RFK Jr. for destroying healthcare research - Disney sues FCC and its chair, escalating fight against Trump’s chief censor
Disney today sued the Federal Communications Commission and FCC Chairman Brendan Carr in a lawsuit that aims to stop what it called a “campaign of censorship” waged by the Trump administration against ABC. Disney, ABC,… Read more: Disney sues FCC and its chair, escalating fight against Trump’s chief censor - Against all odds, SpaceX finally tugs Starship into port after 24 days at sea
SpaceX’s most recent Starship test flight may have ended July 24, but its mission isn’t over yet. The spacecraft splashed down in the Indian Ocean intact after flying halfway around the world from SpaceX’s launch… Read more: Against all odds, SpaceX finally tugs Starship into port after 24 days at sea - Inference chip startup Etched raises another $700M at $21B valuation
A few weeks after closing a $300 million round backed by Nvidia Corp., Etched Inc. today announced that it has raised another $700 million in funding. Investment firm Jane Street led the deal. It was… Read more: Inference chip startup Etched raises another $700M at $21B valuation - OpenAI announces slowing pace of development after hack by rogue agent
Firm said it was overhauling its research and training and will require greater safety parameters of AI after hack OpenAI on Tuesday said it had slowed down the pace of its AI development while it… Read more: OpenAI announces slowing pace of development after hack by rogue agent - Does ‘AI-watermarking’ mean the party is over for cheating students?
Concerns about students cheating with AI are rife within schools and universities. Some lecturers have even expressed fears students have been “lobotomised by AI” amid reports AI-detection tools are patchy and far from fool-proof. Last… Read more: Does ‘AI-watermarking’ mean the party is over for cheating students? - An ‘AI legal team’ has won its first case. It’s a rare win for access to justice
gremlin/Getty Last week, the Fair Work Commission ruled Gregory Baker, a computing academic at Macquarie University, should be treated as an ongoing, part-time employee, after the university had earlier declined his request to convert from… Read more: An ‘AI legal team’ has won its first case. It’s a rare win for access to justice - Neoclouds reshape traditional architectures to meet AI demands
The rise of neoclouds — AI-first cloud providers — is transforming enterprise infrastructure. The unique requirements of AI models and agents have paved the way for new collaborations between hardware companies, data platforms and neoclouds.… Read more: Neoclouds reshape traditional architectures to meet AI demands - OpenAI Overhauls Safety Protocols After Its AI Agents Went Rogue
The ChatGPT maker says its upcoming Astra model may have reached “critical” cyber capabilities, prompting it to halt a significant number of training runs while it tightens internal safeguards. - Keyfactor Earns ISO 42001 Certification
Certification reinforces Keyfactor’s commitment to ethical AI governance, robust risk management and secure technology deployment Keyfactor, the leader in trust infrastructure for AI and machines, today announced it achieved ISO 42001 certification, the international standard for Artificial… Read more: Keyfactor Earns ISO 42001 Certification - Students need more than AI skills — they need accountable AI literacy
Learning to use an AI system is not the same as becoming AI literate. Students need more than the ability to write effective prompts or complete tasks faster. (Solen Feyissa/Unsplash) As students return to Canadian… Read more: Students need more than AI skills — they need accountable AI literacy - CI&T Launches Business Builders and Debuts New Agentic Enterprise Reinvention
New Unit Expands CI&T’s Work in AI Deployment and Helps Established Companies Reinvent Themselves to Compete in the Age of Artificial Intelligence CI&T (NYSE: CINT), a global AI deployment partner for tech-integrated business solutions, announces… Read more: CI&T Launches Business Builders and Debuts New Agentic Enterprise Reinvention - Novi AMS Unveils Amplify: AI That Already Knows Your Association
Amplify is the AI intelligence layer built into Novi AMS and designed specifically for associations, giving teams predictive insights, answers from their own data, and trusted context inside the AI tools they already use Novi… Read more: Novi AMS Unveils Amplify: AI That Already Knows Your Association - Ford hopes this Hypercar will be its next Le Mans winner
The car that Ford hopes will return it to overall victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans made its unofficial debut this week. Ford sent us some pictures of the still-unnamed car conducting its… Read more: Ford hopes this Hypercar will be its next Le Mans winner - Fairphone’s latest repairable phone is finally available in the US for $650
As smartphone designs have become more refined, they’ve also become less repairable. Fairphone bucks that trend, offering devices that can be fully disassembled and serviced using a single screwdriver. But its devices were a pain… Read more: Fairphone’s latest repairable phone is finally available in the US for $650 - The United States is about to wake up to the threat from China’s space program
There are generally two schools of thought in the Western space community when it comes to the prospect of China landing humans on the Moon in the next few years and very possibly beating NASA… Read more: The United States is about to wake up to the threat from China’s space program - Peacock raises prices by 18 percent after becoming profitable
For the fourth time in four years, Peacock has raised its prices. The Select plan, which has ads and doesn’t include sports, movies, or Peacock originals, went from $8/month to $9/month. The monthly fee for… Read more: Peacock raises prices by 18 percent after becoming profitable - When AI art has no author: Study finds generated images often can’t be traced to training data
When an artificial intelligence image generator produces a portrait, whose work went into it? The question sits at the center of lawsuits, licensing deals, and proposed regulations worldwide. Artists want credit. Companies want clarity. Policymakers… Read more: When AI art has no author: Study finds generated images often can’t be traced to training data - Autonomous drones and the future of war in an AI-driven world | Letter
Machines that kill without distinction, answerable to no one, leave no one safe, writes military surgeon Dr Darren Mann Stuart Russell is right that AI’s builders fear losing control of it (Experts are warning: our… Read more: Autonomous drones and the future of war in an AI-driven world | Letter - Firefox updates Smart Window: A new in-browser AI assistant that can keep up with you
Mozilla Corp. rolled out updates today to its popular Firefox browser, updating an artificial intelligence assistant called Smart Window, currently in beta, that lets users check answers, summarize open tabs and retrace search history. Smart Window is… Read more: Firefox updates Smart Window: A new in-browser AI assistant that can keep up with you - Hypercubic raises $5.3M to map out and rewrite legacy COBOL apps with AI agents
An artificial intelligence startup called Hypercubic Inc. is taking on the problem of modernizing legacy applications written in the COBOL programming language after raising $5.3 million in seed funding today. The round was led by… Read more: Hypercubic raises $5.3M to map out and rewrite legacy COBOL apps with AI agents - Canada’s AI strategy needs educators who feel prepared, not just trained
The Canadian government recently introduced AI for All, a national artificial intelligence strategy that has two focuses: building trust and creating opportunity. As Canada invests in AI literacy and adoption, schools and post-secondary institutions can… Read more: Canada’s AI strategy needs educators who feel prepared, not just trained - X-rays add new twist to narwhal’s spiral tusk
CT scan of a narwhal tusk. Credit: Adrian Rodriguez Palomo/CC BY-NC CT scan of a narwhal tusk. Credit: Adrian Rodriguez Palomo/CC BY-NC Narwhals are toothed whales, renowned for their distinctive straight, spiraling tusks, which many… Read more: X-rays add new twist to narwhal’s spiral tusk - OpenAI launches ChatGPT for Teens with stronger safeguards
Teen version is intended for children aged 13 to 17 and includes content protections on self-harm and sexual chats OpenAI is launching a version of ChatGPT designed for teenagers – the first generation to grow… Read more: OpenAI launches ChatGPT for Teens with stronger safeguards - Bridging the gap from supercomputing to AI factories
A comprehensive industry report on modernizing high-performance computing for production AI, featuring insights from NVIDIA and WEKA leaders. - Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma takes pains to deliver a slasher fan’s dream
Here’s one for all the kids who were exposed to lurid slasher movies when they were way too young and it kinda messed them up… but they’re finally ready to laugh about it. Jane Schoenbrun’s… Read more: Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma takes pains to deliver a slasher fan’s dream - Get 50-Plus AI Models for Life in One Plan for $40
Cancel your individual AI subscriptions and get lifetime access to 50+ models for only $39.99 (reg. $499). The post Get 50-Plus AI Models for Life in One Plan for $40 appeared first on TechRepublic. - An AI Store Manager Helped Fire a Human Worker: Here’s What Went Wrong
An AI store manager recommended firing a worker after repeated lateness, revealing both the potential and limits of using AI agents to manage employees. The post An AI Store Manager Helped Fire a Human Worker:… Read more: An AI Store Manager Helped Fire a Human Worker: Here’s What Went Wrong - Anthropic’s Text Watermarking Proves AI Companies Do Not Care at All About Writing
Earlier this month, Anthropic announced that future versions of Claude will generate text that includes watermarks showing it was AI-generated. At the time, Anthropic did not explain how this would work, leaving us to speculate… Read more: Anthropic’s Text Watermarking Proves AI Companies Do Not Care at All About Writing - Australia’s AI Dilemma: Build More at Home or Keep Paying Overseas
Australia is pushing for greater AI sovereignty as reliance on foreign models grows. Here’s what the shift could mean for Australian IT leaders. The post Australia’s AI Dilemma: Build More at Home or Keep Paying… Read more: Australia’s AI Dilemma: Build More at Home or Keep Paying Overseas - OpenAI president urges enterprises to hasten AI security defences
OpenAI president and co-founder Greg Brockman warns that enterprise security teams face a compressed timeline to adopt AI defences. Brockman has published an account of what the company calls the “OpenAI-Hugging Face” incident, using it… Read more: OpenAI president urges enterprises to hasten AI security defences - Meta Declines to Remove Horrific Posts Calling for Violence Against Muslims, Calling Them “Cockroaches” and Saying It’s “Time for Hunting”
Back in 2022, the Center for Countering Digital Hate released a blistering report finding that social media platforms Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok all failed to remove 90 percent of Islamophobic content from their… Read more: Meta Declines to Remove Horrific Posts Calling for Violence Against Muslims, Calling Them “Cockroaches” and Saying It’s “Time for Hunting” - Microsoft Copilot reveals secret input that allowed it to be hacked
It’s not every day that attackers can force a frontier AI model to cough up user passwords and other sensitive data without user confirmation. That’s exactly what researchers recently did to Microsoft 365 Copilot Enterprise.… Read more: Microsoft Copilot reveals secret input that allowed it to be hacked - X’s Algorithm Feeds Off Ragebait and Impacts Democrats More, Study Finds
X’s algorithm learns what you hate and shows you more of it, according to a new study just published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). The paper, titled Value misalignment of… Read more: X’s Algorithm Feeds Off Ragebait and Impacts Democrats More, Study Finds - Robust.AI Names Marin Tchakarov CEO as Orders for Carter Mobile Robot Soar
Robust.AI, a leader in AI-driven warehouse automation, today announced the appointment of Marin Tchakarov as its new CEO. Tchakarov takes over as Robust.AI marks the deployment of more than 100 Carter collaborative mobile robots and prepares to… Read more: Robust.AI Names Marin Tchakarov CEO as Orders for Carter Mobile Robot Soar - Meta’s legal jeopardy is growing by the day
Also: AI’s implications on cybersecurity in an era of private attacks Hello, and welcome to TechScape. I’m your host, Blake Montgomery, US tech editor at the Guardian. Today in tech, we’re discussing Meta’s legal danger… Read more: Meta’s legal jeopardy is growing by the day - The National Park Service Is Using Flock. Rangers Are Pissed
The National Park Service (NPS), the agency tasked with managing the U.S. national parks and monuments, has purchased Flock cameras and had them installed at parks including in Yosemite. Current and former NPS rangers are… Read more: The National Park Service Is Using Flock. Rangers Are Pissed - Reddit Turns Text Posts Into AI Videos: How the Test Works
Reddit is testing AI-narrated versions of selected text posts, with Read/Play controls that keep the original thread intact. Here’s how the experiment works. The post Reddit Turns Text Posts Into AI Videos: How the Test… Read more: Reddit Turns Text Posts Into AI Videos: How the Test Works - Dell Targets AI Storage Growth With 9.83PB ObjectScale System
Dell’s ObjectScale configuration supports 40 KIOXIA 245.76TB SSDs in 2U, delivering 9.83PB of raw capacity for data-intensive AI workloads. The post Dell Targets AI Storage Growth With 9.83PB ObjectScale System appeared first on TechRepublic. - Man Obliterated When Court Obtains His ChatGPT Transcripts
Normally, you’d imagine huge megacorporations having a personal army of the best lawyers in the world who can spin anything in their favor. You’d certainly think that would be the case for 3M, the industrial… Read more: Man Obliterated When Court Obtains His ChatGPT Transcripts - NLPatent rebrands as Clerq, launches agentic patent research workflows
Toronto patent research startup NLPatent rebranded as Clerq today and launched its first agentic workflows. The software runs a full patentability analysis in about 10 minutes. The company says every conclusion arrives with citations. That work… Read more: NLPatent rebrands as Clerq, launches agentic patent research workflows - Exclusive: Synthefy raises $6.5M for its number-crunching models trained on numerical data instead of words
A startup called Synthefy Inc. said today it’s going to for numbers what large language models did for words after raising $6.5 million in seed funding today. The funds will help to expand its new… Read more: Exclusive: Synthefy raises $6.5M for its number-crunching models trained on numerical data instead of words - As temperatures get hotter, pesticides are more dangerous to farmworkers
For the nation’s 2.4 million farmworkers, climate change is poised to exacerbate the harms of pesticides, a growing body of research shows. Heat stresses the body, making it more vulnerable to pesticides and other toxicants,… Read more: As temperatures get hotter, pesticides are more dangerous to farmworkers - Alvys launches AI agents for freight TMS workflows
Freight software provider Alvys has launched an agentic AI platform that allows carriers and brokers to automate operational tasks directly within its transportation management system (TMS). Called Alvys Foundry, the platform supports pre-built and custom… Read more: Alvys launches AI agents for freight TMS workflows - Vight Launches AI-Powered Level 2 Support for MSPs
Vight, a leader in AI-powered conversation intelligence and automation, is proud to announce the launch of its groundbreaking AI-powered Level 2 support capability, designed specifically for Managed Service Providers (MSPs). This innovative solution empowers MSPs… Read more: Vight Launches AI-Powered Level 2 Support for MSPs - Reading Zhipu’s GLM-5.3 results past the headline number
Zhipu’s release note for GLM-5.3 contains a sentence that did not make it into most of the coverage. Describing its own cybersecurity results, the Beijing company writes that capability “is growing fastest exactly where we are furthest… Read more: Reading Zhipu’s GLM-5.3 results past the headline number - Governments shouldn’t rely on AI to decide who gets a social grant: inside a South African court case
South Africa introduced a digital social assistance programme in 2020 to identify who was eligible for its Social Relief of Distress grant. The country’s High Court later found that the automated vetting system it relied… Read more: Governments shouldn’t rely on AI to decide who gets a social grant: inside a South African court case - Fobi AI Announced the Launch of FORTRESS
FORTRESS Transforms Proprietary Data Into the Intelligence Layer for the Agentic AI Era Fobi AI Inc. (TSXV: FOBI) (Pink: FOBIF) (“Fobi” or the “Company”), an enterprise technology company delivering artificial intelligence, intelligent automation and data intelligence… Read more: Fobi AI Announced the Launch of FORTRESS - Ciklum partners with ClickHouse to speed enterprise migrations to real-time analytics
Experience engineering firm Ciklum Group Ltd. today announced a partnership with database management company ClickHouse Inc. intended to speed up enterprise migrations onto the company’s open-source analytics database. Ciklum joins the ClickHouse partner program House… Read more: Ciklum partners with ClickHouse to speed enterprise migrations to real-time analytics - The Powerful Chinese Model Experts Warned About—and Waited for—Is Here
Z.ai’s latest AI model release could help companies secure their systems—or find its way into the hands of hackers. - Dickovers, baggravation and botiquette: 18 new words to describe our tech hellscape
There are many tech irritants that are a scourge of modern life, yet we have lacked the vocabulary to describe them … until now The “dickover” is the scourge of the modern age. Coined in… Read more: Dickovers, baggravation and botiquette: 18 new words to describe our tech hellscape - Ambi Introduces Ambient Intelligence Beyond Prompt-and-Response
Early beta users achieved a 37.8% Day 7 retention rate as Ambi’s ambient intelligence platform helps people turn everyday conversation context into memory, follow-through and focus—without constantly switching between apps. Ambi, an ambient intelligence company… Read more: Ambi Introduces Ambient Intelligence Beyond Prompt-and-Response - Xpander Secures $7.5M Seed to Unleash AI for Enterprises
Former AWS principal engineers launch Xpander to overcome the challenges enterprises are facing when aiming to become AI-native and to enable AI utilization at unparalleled scale Xpander today announced a $7.5 million Seed round led by Pico Venture Partners with… Read more: Xpander Secures $7.5M Seed to Unleash AI for Enterprises - The bacteria that make cheese taste so good may also benefit your gut
Scientists studying three artisan British cheeses found that the microbes responsible for their distinctive flavors may also offer surprising benefits for gut health. As the cheeses matured, helpful bacteria transformed their aromas and textures while… Read more: The bacteria that make cheese taste so good may also benefit your gut - A therapy that “rewrites” childhood memories can ease fear of failure
Childhood criticism can leave people carrying a fear of failure long into adulthood, but new research suggests those emotional patterns may be surprisingly flexible. Young adults who revisited painful memories through imagery-based therapy showed lasting… Read more: A therapy that “rewrites” childhood memories can ease fear of failure - Einstein’s biggest “mistake” came back — and changed cosmology forever
Einstein’s abandoned cosmological constant made a spectacular comeback when astronomers discovered that the universe’s expansion is accelerating. It now sits at the heart of our best cosmological model—a model that works extraordinarily well, yet may… Read more: Einstein’s biggest “mistake” came back — and changed cosmology forever - Scientists may have finally proved that “empty” space isn’t really empty
A magnetar’s colossal magnetic field may have revealed a quantum effect predicted by Werner Heisenberg nearly 90 years ago, in which seemingly empty space alters the behavior of light. If confirmed, the discovery could offer… Read more: Scientists may have finally proved that “empty” space isn’t really empty - Theban tomb reveals how Egyptian burial trends evolved in time
Egypt’s Theban necropolis holds over 400 tombs, a rich resource for archaeologists eager to learn more about that region’s ancient history. A new paper published in the journal Frontiers in Environmental Archaeology outlines how Egyptian… Read more: Theban tomb reveals how Egyptian burial trends evolved in time - The use of AI in biotechnology is changing faster than the rules governing either technology
Just_Super/Getty Images The recent announcement of novel, viable viruses created by artificial intelligence (AI) was celebrated as a major advance in the fight against antibiotic resistance. But it also raised urgent concerns about regulation. Alongside… Read more: The use of AI in biotechnology is changing faster than the rules governing either technology - Cursor launches Origin code hosting service to compete with GitHub
Cursor today introduced Origin, a cloud service that software teams can use to store their code. The launch marks the company’s first major product update since its $60 billion sale to SpaceX Corp. in June.… Read more: Cursor launches Origin code hosting service to compete with GitHub - Three insights you may have missed from theCUBE’s coverage of Black Hat USA
Cyber resilience is becoming a business imperative as AI accelerates attacks, expands the enterprise attack surface and gives autonomous systems greater access to sensitive data and critical operations. Preventing every disruption is no longer a… Read more: Three insights you may have missed from theCUBE’s coverage of Black Hat USA - AI cloud operator Groq raises $350M more in funding
Artificial intelligence startup Groq Inc. today announced that it has raised $350 million in funding. The Series A round was led by returning backer Disruptive. Grok stated that Nvidia Corp. plans to join the round… Read more: AI cloud operator Groq raises $350M more in funding - Google pays $10M to get its hands on Spirit Airlines’ business data for AI training
Alphabet Inc.’s Google LLC has won an auction to acquire massive volumes of internal business data from the bankrupt airline operator Spirit Airlines Inc. for a hefty $10 million price. A report by Bloomberg says… Read more: Google pays $10M to get its hands on Spirit Airlines’ business data for AI training - Former SpaceX engineers are building a robotic factory for making steel parts
Three former SpaceX engineers have switched their attention from making rocket engines to manufacturing steel parts by using AI-driven software and robots. Their immediate goal involves establishing a prototype factory that can automate most of… Read more: Former SpaceX engineers are building a robotic factory for making steel parts - US vaccination rates fall again as exemptions continue to rise, CDC data shows
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday released data on the vaccination rates of US kindergarteners in the 2025–2026 school year, revealing that rates have once again decreased from the previous school year.… Read more: US vaccination rates fall again as exemptions continue to rise, CDC data shows - Australia must move up the AI ‘value chain’ to capture maximum value from the technology: Andrew Charlton
Australia must move up the Artificial Intelligence (AI) value chain rather than simply hosting data centres, the Assistant Minister for Science, Technology and the Digital Economy, Andrew Charlton, says. In a lecture to be delivered… Read more: Australia must move up the AI ‘value chain’ to capture maximum value from the technology: Andrew Charlton - Oral exams are making a comeback to stop AI cheating. But they have their own problems
izusek/Getty Images Universities are increasingly turning to oral exams to stop students using artificial intelligence (AI) to cheat. Some unis say it allows teachers to more accurately test students’ knowledge. Meanwhile, some NSW schools are… Read more: Oral exams are making a comeback to stop AI cheating. But they have their own problems - As Wisconsin cities flee Flock, its shared camera network loses value
Perhaps it’s the local summer diet of deep-fried cheese curds, corn on the cob, and Spotted Cow, but Wisconsin residents have been feeling pretty dyspeptic about Flock’s automated license plate cameras. Over the past few… Read more: As Wisconsin cities flee Flock, its shared camera network loses value - The Moon’s shadow raced across the heart of Spain, and I was there to see it
DURATÓN, Spain—I’ll say it: I’m hooked. Standing in the shadow of the Moon is one of the rarest opportunities to directly sense the mechanics of our Solar System, when the dance between three celestial bodies… Read more: The Moon’s shadow raced across the heart of Spain, and I was there to see it - Pornhub’s Parent Company to Pay $120 Million to Settle Child Sexual Abuse Lawsuits
Pornhub’s parent company will pay $120 million to settle claims that its platforms violated federal sex trafficking and child sexual abuse imagery laws. The deal settles two 2021 class action lawsuits in California and Alabama… Read more: Pornhub’s Parent Company to Pay $120 Million to Settle Child Sexual Abuse Lawsuits - Petlibro accused of “gaslighting” users over smart pet feeder outage
Petlibro founder and CEO York Wu provided more information about an outage that left users unable to control their smart pet feeders through the companion app and, in some reported cases, left them with hungry… Read more: Petlibro accused of “gaslighting” users over smart pet feeder outage - Q&A: Rethinking how innovation happens
Innovation is a concept that has become mythologized in the modern era: what it is, how to manage it, how to teach it, and how to get it to work for us. Despite these explorations,… Read more: Q&A: Rethinking how innovation happens - Supreme Court rejects Verizon bid for $47 million refund of FCC fine
The Supreme Court today rejected Verizon’s attempt to get a $47 million refund from the Federal Communications Commission. In a list of orders issued by the court, Verizon’s petition was denied without explanation. The denial… Read more: Supreme Court rejects Verizon bid for $47 million refund of FCC fine - On theCUBE Pod: AI bubble debate heats up and neocloud earnings challenge doubters
The debate over whether we are in an artificial intelligence bubble took a new turn this week. Despite the ballooning AI spending, Dave Vellante (pictured, right), chief analyst for theCUBE Research, contends that any bursting… Read more: On theCUBE Pod: AI bubble debate heats up and neocloud earnings challenge doubters - Hidden Airtag reveals Amazon is trashing rare books to train AI
For the past year or so, booksellers have suspected that AI firms are buying up huge lots of rare books, then destroying them after scanning them to train AI. But this was hard to prove… Read more: Hidden Airtag reveals Amazon is trashing rare books to train AI - Amazon Caught Destroying Rare Books to Train AI
Amazon has been caught scanning and destroying a large shipment of rare books so it can train its AI models. In an investigation by 404 Media, a bookseller suspected that an order they received for… Read more: Amazon Caught Destroying Rare Books to Train AI - Can Open-Weight AI Pressure OpenAI and Anthropic Valuations?
Open-weight AI does not need to beat frontier models to test the growth and margin assumptions behind OpenAI and Anthropic’s soaring valuations. The post Can Open-Weight AI Pressure OpenAI and Anthropic Valuations? appeared first on… Read more: Can Open-Weight AI Pressure OpenAI and Anthropic Valuations? - How to Take Notes for In-Person Meetings With Google Meet
Google Meet can use Gemini to capture in-person conversations and turn them into a Google Doc with summaries and action items. The post How to Take Notes for In-Person Meetings With Google Meet appeared first… Read more: How to Take Notes for In-Person Meetings With Google Meet - Google Makes Visible Gemini Watermarks Optional for AI Images, Videos and Music
Google now lets Gemini users disable visible AI watermarks while keeping invisible SynthID markers and C2PA credentials embedded for transparency. The post Google Makes Visible Gemini Watermarks Optional for AI Images, Videos and Music appeared… Read more: Google Makes Visible Gemini Watermarks Optional for AI Images, Videos and Music - Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei Says Open-Weight AI Won’t Decentralize Power
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei argues that open-weight AI alone cannot decentralize power while advanced chips and compute remain concentrated. The post Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei Says Open-Weight AI Won’t Decentralize Power appeared first on TechRepublic. - OpenAI Launches Computer History for ChatGPT and Codex on Mac
OpenAI’s Computer History turns Mac activity into searchable memories. See how it works, who can use it, and the privacy and security risks. The post OpenAI Launches Computer History for ChatGPT and Codex on Mac… Read more: OpenAI Launches Computer History for ChatGPT and Codex on Mac
