
- A space history mystery: What happened to the Viking arm used 50 years ago?
Michael Collins looked down at his watch. The Apollo 11 astronaut had already beaten the original schedule for the opening of the National Air and Space Museum by three days, but no one would remember… Read more: A space history mystery: What happened to the Viking arm used 50 years ago? - NASA inspector general suggests Boeing’s Starliner will now be a decade late
NASA’s inspector general released an audit Tuesday of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program, and it looks increasingly likely that Boeing’s Starliner crew capsule won’t be certified for operational flights to the International Space Station until… Read more: NASA inspector general suggests Boeing’s Starliner will now be a decade late - Deploying retail AI to scale personalisation and customer insight
Optimising retail AI infrastructure drives the successful deployment of personalisation systems and real-time customer insight. Leaders are replacing static customer interaction patterns with data pipelines capable of modifying the user environment during a live session.… Read more: Deploying retail AI to scale personalisation and customer insight - We can live without AI, but can we live without clean water? | Letters
Readers respond to an article about Erin Brockovich’s battle against datacentres and voice their fears for the environment What are the benefits obtained from AI’s massive use of electricity and water (‘We’re up against forces… Read more: We can live without AI, but can we live without clean water? | Letters - Anthropic Added a New Security Measure to Get Back Into the Trump Administration’s Good Graces
The government has removed restrictions on Anthropic’s Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models—but there were strings attached. - Thieves Are Absolutely Loving All of These New Data Center Projects
An enormous amount of resources and money go into the construction of a data center. The enormous facilities are filled to the brim with extremely sought-after gear, from hard-to-get-by AI chips to cooling equipment. And… Read more: Thieves Are Absolutely Loving All of These New Data Center Projects - 25 AI engineers you should be following in 2026
Your X/LinkedIn feed is a product. What you put in is what you get out, and if most of what you’re ingesting is founder announcements and AI hype roundups, you’re essentially running your professional development… Read more: 25 AI engineers you should be following in 2026 - UK likely to intervene in Paramount takeover of Warner Bros Discovery
The British government could intervene in the $111 billion takeover of Warner Bros Discovery by Paramount Skydance, citing concerns around the need for a plurality of views in news as well as media ownership in… Read more: UK likely to intervene in Paramount takeover of Warner Bros Discovery - Programmed Unifies Vendor Data With Boomi
Boomi enables Australasian operations and services provider to centralise vendor management, connecting onboarding, compliance, and financial systems. Boomi, the data activation company for AI, today announced Programmed has transformed its vendor data management using the Boomi Enterprise Platform,… Read more: Programmed Unifies Vendor Data With Boomi - Cyndra AI Brings AI Employees to Business Operations
Cyndra helps companies and agencies launch AI employees that learn internal processes, connect to 1,000+ tools, and complete repeatable work with approvals, memory, audit logs, and human oversight. Cyndra AI today announced the launch of its… Read more: Cyndra AI Brings AI Employees to Business Operations - LogicGate Announced Spring 2026 Release
The latest release features Workflow Agents, enterprise platform enhancements, and top-tier analyst recognition LogicGate, the Leading AI GRC Platform for the Enterprise, today announced its Spring 2026 Release, anchored by transformative Workflow Agents and AI… Read more: LogicGate Announced Spring 2026 Release - Globant, Anthropic Partner on Claude-Powered AI Pods
Globant is expanding its AI Pods offering by introducing Claude-powered AI Pods, reinforcing Globant’s AI-native services model and deepening the security, innovation, and scalability of its solutions for top clients worldwide. By joining the global… Read more: Globant, Anthropic Partner on Claude-Powered AI Pods - Trump accused of ‘disgusting’ crypto greed after earning over $1bn since return to office
Elizabeth Warren and colleagues demanded tighter rules on political figures’ crypto dealings, citing disclosures of large-scale Trump family profits US politics live – latest updates Donald Trump has again been accused of “brazen crypto corruption”… Read more: Trump accused of ‘disgusting’ crypto greed after earning over $1bn since return to office - Short story accused of being AI-written wins overall Commonwealth prize
Jamir Nazir’s The Serpent in the Grove, which critics allege has ‘obvious markers’ of AI use, was described as ‘original, poetic and deeply moving’ by the judging chair A story widely accused on social media… Read more: Short story accused of being AI-written wins overall Commonwealth prize - Sonar Announced the Launch of Sonar Vortex and SonarQube Remediation Agent
New offerings improve quality of agentic output, decrease token usage by up to 36%, and autonomously burn down technical debt AI Engineer World’s Fair — AI agents now assist in generating more than 40% of committed enterprise code and the… Read more: Sonar Announced the Launch of Sonar Vortex and SonarQube Remediation Agent - Scientists find no link between Tylenol and autism, again, after Trump warning
Another large study has found no link between autism and Tylenol use during pregnancy, refuting claims by President Trump and anti-vaccine Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. In September, Trump and Kennedy held a press… Read more: Scientists find no link between Tylenol and autism, again, after Trump warning - Japan’s answer to its worker shortage: An AI model for 10 million robots
Japan’s AI robots plan just went from a talking point to a formal national strategy. This week, the government confirmed the numbers everyone’s been quoting: 10 million AI-powered robots deployed across 18 industries by 2040,… Read more: Japan’s answer to its worker shortage: An AI model for 10 million robots - Apple ‘Hide My Email’ Vulnerability Reveals Peoples’ Real Email Addresses
A vulnerability in Apple’s “Hide My Email” tool lets almost anyone discover a person’s real email address that is supposed to be hidden by the feature, and Apple has failed to fix it for more… Read more: Apple ‘Hide My Email’ Vulnerability Reveals Peoples’ Real Email Addresses - Bank of England reviews AI rules for agentic AI in finance
The Bank of England is reviewing whether existing rules can cover the use of agentic AI in finance, including payments, trading, cybersecurity, and operations. Deputy Governor Sarah Breeden said existing regulatory frameworks were not designed… Read more: Bank of England reviews AI rules for agentic AI in finance - Claude Helped a Hacker Find a Way to Issue Tickets to Almost Every US Music Festival
A researcher found that using Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.7, he could break into the website of Front Gate—used by every festival from Lollapalooza to Bonnaroo—and freely issue any ticket he chose. - Rapid spread of AI may worsen global inequality, UN warns
Panel proses shared framework for responsible AI development as adoption grows unevenly across world A new United Nations report warns that the development of artificial intelligence may exacerbate global inequality and proposes a shared framework… Read more: Rapid spread of AI may worsen global inequality, UN warns - Flux Report: AI Visibility Gap Grows as AI Code Hits 44.7% in Production
The AI Code Generation Reality Check finds AI-written code is now standard practice, but over a third of teams remain hesitant to ship, wary of risks they can’t fully see. Flux, the code–first engineering intelligence… Read more: Flux Report: AI Visibility Gap Grows as AI Code Hits 44.7% in Production - Actia AI Powers Enterprises with Business-Ready AI Agents
Collaborative AI solution enables staff and AI agents to work side by side on everyday business tasks Actia AI today announced the launch of the Actia platform, a business-focused collaborative AI solution that helps companies… Read more: Actia AI Powers Enterprises with Business-Ready AI Agents - Anthropic deploys Claude Sonnet 5, Fable and Mythos restored
Anthropic has launched Claude Sonnet 5 and restored access to its Fable and Mythos frontier models following a federal export control review. The decision marks the conclusion of an eighteen-day operational pause triggered by a… Read more: Anthropic deploys Claude Sonnet 5, Fable and Mythos restored - BBI Marks 10 Years Building Data Foundations for Analytics, Apps, and AI
Built on technical talent, strategic thinking, and partnerships that last BBI, a global data and AI consultancy, today announced its 10-year anniversary, marking a decade of building, modernizing, and operating data foundations capable of launching analytics,… Read more: BBI Marks 10 Years Building Data Foundations for Analytics, Apps, and AI - Creatives sound alarm on copyright as Pocock calls $50bn datacentre proposal ‘ultimate dirty deal’
Proposal has been put to cabinet to allow AI companies to mine content, in exchange for investment and $350m fund to compensate artists, sources say Creatives are demanding fresh assurances from the Albanese government that… Read more: Creatives sound alarm on copyright as Pocock calls $50bn datacentre proposal ‘ultimate dirty deal’ - Australian musicians hate AI using their songs, but have little legal protection
Music from Kylie Minogue, John Farnham, INXS, Midnight Oil, AC/DC, Tones and I, Gotye, Ben Frost, Nick Cave, Tame Impala, Parkway Drive, The Living End and Vance Joy has been found in a database of… Read more: Australian musicians hate AI using their songs, but have little legal protection - Anthropic: US has lifted export controls on Fable and Mythos AI models after security risk fears
The AI company was forced earlier this month to suspend access to its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models for all foreign nationals Anthropic has said the US commerce department has lifted export controls on… Read more: Anthropic: US has lifted export controls on Fable and Mythos AI models after security risk fears - AI can be a personal trainer in your pocket – but is it safe?
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is changing the fitness industry: people can now ask chatbots to write marathon plans, build gym programs and even adjust workouts based on sleep or heart rate data. For many, AI… Read more: AI can be a personal trainer in your pocket – but is it safe? - The Trump Administration Is Lifting Its Export Controls on Anthropic’s Mythos and Fable AI Models
The White House is easing restrictions on Anthropic’s most advanced AI models weeks after ordering the company to suspend access for foreign nationals. - Amazon blames piracy apps with malware for killing new Fire Stick sideloading
Amazon is blaming the threat of malware for its decision to stop releasing new Fire Sticks that support sideloading apps from outside Amazon’s Appstore. Amazon has released two Fire Stick models that use its proprietary,… Read more: Amazon blames piracy apps with malware for killing new Fire Stick sideloading - Reddit will require you to log in to use old.reddit.com
Reddit will start requiring people to be logged into Reddit to use old.reddit.com. The new requirement will take effect “over the next month,” a Reddit employee going by the username boat-botany announced on the social… Read more: Reddit will require you to log in to use old.reddit.com - June research roundup: 6 cool science stories we almost missed
It’s a regrettable reality that there is never enough time to cover all the interesting scientific stories we come across. So every month, we highlight a handful of the best stories that nearly slipped through… Read more: June research roundup: 6 cool science stories we almost missed - Firmus Plans 360MW Nvidia AI Data Center in Indonesia
Firmus Technologies plans a 360MW Nvidia-powered AI data center in Batam, Indonesia, as APAC demand for AI compute capacity grows. The post Firmus Plans 360MW Nvidia AI Data Center in Indonesia appeared first on TechRepublic. - Claude Tag Arrives in Slack as Australia Embraces Enterprise AI
Anthropic has launched Claude Tag for Slack users at a moment when Australian enterprises are among the world’s most active users of both tools. The post Claude Tag Arrives in Slack as Australia Embraces Enterprise… Read more: Claude Tag Arrives in Slack as Australia Embraces Enterprise AI - SpaceX’s Cursor: New iPhone App Brings AI Coding Agents to Mobile
Cursor launched a public beta for iPhone and iPad that lets paid subscribers run, monitor, and review AI coding agents on mobile devices. The post SpaceX’s Cursor: New iPhone App Brings AI Coding Agents to… Read more: SpaceX’s Cursor: New iPhone App Brings AI Coding Agents to Mobile - Claude Sonnet 5: Everything to Know About Anthropic’s New Model
Claude Sonnet 5 brings stronger agentic AI features, lower pricing, and updated safety protections. Here’s what IT leaders need to know. The post Claude Sonnet 5: Everything to Know About Anthropic’s New Model appeared first… Read more: Claude Sonnet 5: Everything to Know About Anthropic’s New Model - New attack provides one more reason why AI browsers are a bad idea
Makers of AI browsers make lofty promises. With a single prompt, users can ask one to find a restaurant in a particular part of town, reserve a table, invite a colleague to lunch, and email… Read more: New attack provides one more reason why AI browsers are a bad idea - Apple takes Epic fight over app store fees to the Supreme Court
Apple is hoping the Supreme Court will reverse a contempt finding that threatens to block the tech giant from charging high commission fees when developers divert iPhone users to non-Apple payment methods for app purchases.… Read more: Apple takes Epic fight over app store fees to the Supreme Court - Google kills Tenor GIF API, forcing changes at X, Discord, and more
Google is so famous for killing products that there’s a whole virtual graveyard you can explore. Google’s latest shutdown now has a headstone of its own. Effective today, Google has discontinued the Tenor API, which… Read more: Google kills Tenor GIF API, forcing changes at X, Discord, and more - NASA may send a backup, nuclear-powered Mars rover to the Moon
NASA officials said Tuesday that they are seriously considering sending the full-scale engineering model of the Perseverance rover, which is currently housed at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California, to the Moon to expedite their… Read more: NASA may send a backup, nuclear-powered Mars rover to the Moon - Top AI Researchers Terrified of a “Chernobyl Moment”: a Mass Casualty Event, or Worse, That Turns the World Against AI Forever
US and Chinese AI researchers are calling for global cooperation on the tech, fearing that its unchecked development could lead to an unimaginable catastrophe. “AI is a global technology with global benefits, global harms, and… Read more: Top AI Researchers Terrified of a “Chernobyl Moment”: a Mass Casualty Event, or Worse, That Turns the World Against AI Forever - Omada Extends Identity Governance to AI Agents
New solution helps organizations discover AI agents, establish accountability, understand access, and reduce risk across cloud environments Today Omada A/S (“Omada”), a global leader in AI-powered Identity Governance and Administration (IGA), announced Omada Agent Governance,… Read more: Omada Extends Identity Governance to AI Agents - Token Appoints Torrell Funderburk to Its Industry Advisory Board
Fortune 500 and global insurance security leader joins Token’s board of CISOs and government security leaders as Cryptographic Biometric Identity Assurance becomes the control point for both human and AI authorization. Token, the biometric identity… Read more: Token Appoints Torrell Funderburk to Its Industry Advisory Board - Surgical Information Systems Welcomes Tim O’Brien as CEO
Tom Stampiglia Transitions to Chairman of the Board as SIS Enters Its Next Phase of Growth and Innovation Surgical Information Systems (SIS), a leading provider of software and services for ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs), today announced the appointment of… Read more: Surgical Information Systems Welcomes Tim O’Brien as CEO - NTT Report Explores Power Needs for Next-Gen AI
New global analysis highlights power, supply chain, and land availability as key factors that could drive or inhibit sustainable AI-driven growth NTT DATA, a global leader in AI, digital business and technology services, today released Can… Read more: NTT Report Explores Power Needs for Next-Gen AI - RFK Jr. stacks FDA panel with peptide peddlers as FDA scientists oppose access
Anti-vaccine Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has stacked another federal advisory panel with allies, advancing his efforts to force the Food and Drug Administration to reverse its stance on a dozen popular but unproven… Read more: RFK Jr. stacks FDA panel with peptide peddlers as FDA scientists oppose access - Google’s new Nano Banana 2 Lite image model is its fastest and cheapest yet
There are plenty of AI image-generation models these days, but the ones capable of quality outputs tend to be slow and expensive. Google DeepMind says its new image model, known as Nano Banana 2 Lite,… Read more: Google’s new Nano Banana 2 Lite image model is its fastest and cheapest yet - Workato Signs SCA with AWS to Scale Agentic Success with Enterprise MCP
New alliance momentum with AWS accelerates enterprise path from AI experimentation to production at scale Workato®, the leading Enterprise Control and Execution Plane for AI, announced a significant expansion of its strategic relationship with Amazon… Read more: Workato Signs SCA with AWS to Scale Agentic Success with Enterprise MCP - groundcover Expands Agent Mode for AI Developers
Governed by admin-level controls and per-user permissions, new connectors and customizable agent skills put telemetry-aware AI agents to work in tools like Slack, Linear and GitHub groundcover, the world’s leading bring-your-own-cloud (BYOC), eBPF and OpenTelemetry… Read more: groundcover Expands Agent Mode for AI Developers - Frequent AI chatbot use linked to belief in anti-vaccine myths, poll finds
Poll finds use of AI tools for health advice is correlated with belief in vaccine falsehoods, such as shots causing autism Adults in the US who frequently seek out health advice from artificial intelligence chatbots… Read more: Frequent AI chatbot use linked to belief in anti-vaccine myths, poll finds - I Have Thoughts About That Kylie Jenner Meta Glasses Ad
Meta just released a new ad for its creeper glasses. In the video, Kylie Jenner, the new face of the glasses called Starfire, goes through a day-in-the-life style video from her point of view. Mostly,… Read more: I Have Thoughts About That Kylie Jenner Meta Glasses Ad - Brown University Professor Horrified to Discover Largest AI Cheating Scandal in Ivy League History
Award winning economist and Brown University professor Roberto Serrano says he has detected what appears to be the largest AI cheating scandal in Ivy League history. As Spanish newspaper El País reports, Serrano noticed red… Read more: Brown University Professor Horrified to Discover Largest AI Cheating Scandal in Ivy League History - Trump asked Musk for SpaceX stock to seed US kids’ savings accounts, report says
One way Donald Trump plans to celebrate July 4th is by rolling out children’s savings accounts, known as Trump Accounts, and apparently, he’s been angling to get a big donation from SpaceX as part of… Read more: Trump asked Musk for SpaceX stock to seed US kids’ savings accounts, report says - The US going 100% EV by 2040 would save more than 100k lives, study says
Although climate change is the primary motivation behind electric vehicle adoption, it isn’t the only consideration. Removing internal combustion engines from the road directly saves lives by reducing airborne pollutants that can cause and trigger… Read more: The US going 100% EV by 2040 would save more than 100k lives, study says - Trump’s plan to redesign every .gov website leads to AI-designed horrors
President Donald Trump’s plan to “fill the digital potholes” and use AI to quickly redesign every government website isn’t going very well. Last August, Trump created the National Design Studio, or NDS, by executive order.… Read more: Trump’s plan to redesign every .gov website leads to AI-designed horrors - Q&A: What is agentic AI today, and what do we want it to be?
The deployment of automated software systems called AI agents has recently exploded. A November 2025 report by MIT Sloan School of Management and Boston Consulting Group found that 35 percent of surveyed businesses had already deployed… Read more: Q&A: What is agentic AI today, and what do we want it to be? - Virtue AI Announces Leadership Transition to Drive Mission Forward
Sohaib Shaikh Appointed as Chief Executive Officer and Daniel Le Continues as Chief Financial and Operating Officer Following 600 percent Year-over-Year Growth Virtue AI has named Sohaib Shaikh Chief Executive Officer and confirmed that Daniel Le… Read more: Virtue AI Announces Leadership Transition to Drive Mission Forward - County With 37 Data Centers Asks Schools to ‘Conserve Electricity’
On June 26, the County Manager of Henrico County, Virginia, John Vithoulkas, sent an email to thousands of county employees asking them to help the local government conserve electricity. “Beginning July 1st, the rate we… Read more: County With 37 Data Centers Asks Schools to ‘Conserve Electricity’ - Silicon Valley donations make Colorado Democratic primary one of state’s most expensive
Manny Rutinel’s House campaign draws millions from big tech as pro- and anti-AI factions spar over regulation Political groups funded by top tech executives have been homing in on one local race in Colorado, as… Read more: Silicon Valley donations make Colorado Democratic primary one of state’s most expensive - China’s LineShine Tops Supercomputer List Despite AI Benchmark Gap
China’s LineShine debuted as the world’s fastest supercomputer on TOP500, but mixed-precision benchmark results complicate its AI performance claim. The post China’s LineShine Tops Supercomputer List Despite AI Benchmark Gap appeared first on TechRepublic. - Florida bans local governments from pursuing net-zero emissions goals
A new state law limits Florida communities’ aims to offset greenhouse gas emissions that are warming the global climate and intensifying disasters such as hurricanes. Specifically, HB 1217 prohibits local governments from pursuing net-zero emissions goals.… Read more: Florida bans local governments from pursuing net-zero emissions goals - Ford Brings Back Veteran Engineers After AI Quality Setback
Ford rehired veteran engineers after AI quality systems fell short, showing why expert oversight still matters in high-stakes automation. The post Ford Brings Back Veteran Engineers After AI Quality Setback appeared first on TechRepublic. - iPhone Security Fixes May Arrive Sooner as AI Speeds Up Threats
Apple is releasing some iPhone security fixes earlier as AI raises concerns about faster cyberattacks and shorter patch windows. The post iPhone Security Fixes May Arrive Sooner as AI Speeds Up Threats appeared first on… Read more: iPhone Security Fixes May Arrive Sooner as AI Speeds Up Threats - Return of the ‘greybeards’: AI backfired – so Ford had to rehire humans
The US motor company found that the hundreds of AI cameras being used for design and manufacturing checks were prone to pitfalls Name: “Greybeards.” Age: There’s a clue in the name. Continue reading… - Scammers Sell Seeds for Exotic AI-Generated Flowers That Don’t Exist
Scammers are selling seeds for plants that don’t exist with spectacular, AI-generated images of technicolor leaves that bloom in the shape of birds, butterflies, and cat heads. This type of fake seeds scam predates widespread… Read more: Scammers Sell Seeds for Exotic AI-Generated Flowers That Don’t Exist - Anthropic Hires Economist Who Says 33 Percent Chance of Human Extinction Is Acceptable
Out of all the big AI players, Anthropic is the one that likes to doomsay about AI the most — because it’s also the most concerned about AI safety, of course. So you’ll never guess… Read more: Anthropic Hires Economist Who Says 33 Percent Chance of Human Extinction Is Acceptable - Companies Are Making Claude and Codex Talk Like Cavemen to Stop AI’s Soaring Costs
Companies are deliberately making their AI tools speak like cavemen in an attempt to stop burning through AI tokens and curb their massive expenditure on AI, 404 Media has found. The tool turns the usually… Read more: Companies Are Making Claude and Codex Talk Like Cavemen to Stop AI’s Soaring Costs - World Cup propels surveillance to new heights
Under the watchful eye of surveillance cameras, fans leave after the France-Senegal World Cup match in East Rutherford, N.J., on June 16, 2026. AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey The 2026 FIFA World Cup is the largest sporting… Read more: World Cup propels surveillance to new heights - Anybody Who Thinks Orbital Data Centers are a Good Idea Is Suffering from AI Psychosis, Experts Argue
Demand for the computing power that undergirds AI models — “compute,” in the lingo of the industry — has skyrocketed. Tech giants are committing hundreds of billions of dollars to construct massively resource-intensive data centers… Read more: Anybody Who Thinks Orbital Data Centers are a Good Idea Is Suffering from AI Psychosis, Experts Argue - How I Bought a Private Jet By Selling $10 Subscriptions to 404 Media
Sitting on a white leather recliner on my private jet, I needed to decide how many millions of dollars to give myself, a process that was less about thinking and more about how many times… Read more: How I Bought a Private Jet By Selling $10 Subscriptions to 404 Media - Rocky week for AI as shares slump but no sign of crash – yet
The markets are souring on artificial intelligence, but is this the bubble being burst? Meanwhile, California proposes a tax on billionaires Hello, and welcome to TechScape. I’m Blake Montgomery, US tech editor at the Guardian,… Read more: Rocky week for AI as shares slump but no sign of crash – yet - Bernie Sanders Saw This Coming
For decades, the senator has argued that concentrated wealth threatened American democracy. Now he’s betting that frustration with Big Tech, billionaires, and unchecked AI is reaching a tipping point. - Fusemachines Rolls Out Agentic AI Assessments Sponsored by AWS
Four-to-six-week assessments to help organizations evaluate Agentic AI readiness, identify high-value use cases, and build practical implementation roadmaps Fusemachines Inc. (NASDAQ: FUSE), a leading provider of enterprise AI products and services, today announced the rollout of… Read more: Fusemachines Rolls Out Agentic AI Assessments Sponsored by AWS - OpenBox AI, CopilotKit Partner to Bring Enterprise-Grade Trust to Agentic AI
As AG-UI becomes a standard interaction layer, this runtime governance integration enables secure, policy-compliant AI agents without disrupting development workflows. OpenBox AI today announced an integration with CopilotKit, the creators of the open AG-UI (Agent-User Interaction)… Read more: OpenBox AI, CopilotKit Partner to Bring Enterprise-Grade Trust to Agentic AI - Why scientists fear we’re missing evidence of extraterrestrial life
Scientists are raising concerns that we may be overlooking evidence of extraterrestrial life even when it is present. Hidden biosignatures, limitations in detection technology, and assumptions about what life should look like can all create… Read more: Why scientists fear we’re missing evidence of extraterrestrial life - A massive asteroid slammed into the North Sea and triggered a 330-foot tsunami
Scientists have finally confirmed the origin of the mysterious Silverpit Crater beneath the North Sea. New evidence shows that an asteroid about 160 meters wide struck the seabed roughly 43 to 46 million years ago.… Read more: A massive asteroid slammed into the North Sea and triggered a 330-foot tsunami - Scientists say creatine may help fight depression
Creatine is best known as a muscle-building supplement, but scientists are now investigating whether it could also help treat depression by boosting the brain’s energy supply. A new review examined five randomized clinical trials involving… Read more: Scientists say creatine may help fight depression - Scientists may have finally found how Alzheimer’s spreads through the brain
A common brain protein may be giving Alzheimer’s disease an unexpected way to spread, carrying toxic Tau proteins from damaged neurons into healthy ones. By blocking these harmful protein packages before they reach new cells,… Read more: Scientists may have finally found how Alzheimer’s spreads through the brain - ‘There’s this deep mystery of what, actually, is this thing?’: the philosopher inside Google DeepMind
Since 2017, Iason Gabriel has worked at the tech giant, trying to anticipate – and think through – the impact of AI. But as commercial and geopolitical pressures escalate, can ethicists make any difference? In… Read more: ‘There’s this deep mystery of what, actually, is this thing?’: the philosopher inside Google DeepMind - US offers $10 million for info on group behind Signal and WhatsApp hacking spree
Federal authorities are offering a reward of up to $10 million for information leading to the identification or location of a Russian state cyber group that has compromised thousands of Signal and WhatsApp accounts belonging… Read more: US offers $10 million for info on group behind Signal and WhatsApp hacking spree - USC scientists just unlocked an endless supply of cancer-fighting immune cells
A new stem-cell-inspired technique allows scientists to grow vast numbers of immune-cell progenitors that can be engineered to hunt cancer and strengthen immune responses. In animal studies, the cells fought tumors, restored immune function, and… Read more: USC scientists just unlocked an endless supply of cancer-fighting immune cells - South Korea to spend $1T on more memory chip production and humanoid robots
South Korea’s government and top tech companies are committing $1 trillion to several flagship megaprojects that could bolster global memory chip supply, build new AI data centers and spur commercial deployment of humanoid robots by… Read more: South Korea to spend $1T on more memory chip production and humanoid robots - Meta Contractors Posed as Teens to Prompt Rival Chatbots About Suicide, Sex, and Drugs
Hundreds of contractors working on a project for Meta pretended to be kids in order to see how other chatbots like Gemini and ChatGPT would respond to high-risk subjects, WIRED found. - Millions of exploding stars could soon reveal dark energy’s secrets
A new AI-powered framework could transform how astronomers measure the expansion of the Universe. By analyzing images of Type Ia supernovae and modeling their environments in unprecedented detail, researchers can estimate cosmic distances with near-spectroscopic… Read more: Millions of exploding stars could soon reveal dark energy’s secrets - North Korea-Linked macOS Malware Uses Prompt Injection to Evade AI Analysis
SentinelOne says macOS.Gaslight uses prompt injection to mislead AI-based malware analysis, steal data, and use Telegram for C2. The post North Korea-Linked macOS Malware Uses Prompt Injection to Evade AI Analysis appeared first on TechRepublic. - AI-Driven Identity Attacks Are Surging, PwC Warns
AI has given cybercriminals a big advantage in attacking organizations, which they are using to go after weaknesses on edge devices The post AI-Driven Identity Attacks Are Surging, PwC Warns appeared first on TechRepublic. - Ozone loss was a thing even before CFCs were widely used
The ban on ozone-depleting substances that successfully reversed the growth of the hole in the ozone layer isn’t seen as a missed opportunity. On the contrary, the quick global response is one of the best… Read more: Ozone loss was a thing even before CFCs were widely used - Sony erases digital content from libraries; we’re reminded we don’t own what we buy
Sony recently informed its PlayStation customers in the United Kingdom that they will no longer be able to watch previously purchased movies and shows from production and distribution company StudioCanal. As of September 1, affected… Read more: Sony erases digital content from libraries; we’re reminded we don’t own what we buy - Microsoft’s Biggest Hardware Releases of 2026 So Far: Surface Laptop, Surface Pro, and More
Microsoft’s biggest hardware releases of 2026 include new Surface Laptop and Surface Pro business models, lower-cost Surface configurations, and Project Solara. The post Microsoft’s Biggest Hardware Releases of 2026 So Far: Surface Laptop, Surface Pro,… Read more: Microsoft’s Biggest Hardware Releases of 2026 So Far: Surface Laptop, Surface Pro, and More - Supreme Court ruling guts government’s use of geofence warrants
The Fourth Amendment protects a user’s “location history,” the Supreme Court ruled Monday. The same logic already applied to a cellphone’s tracking, and the high court found “no good reason exists to reach a different… Read more: Supreme Court ruling guts government’s use of geofence warrants - US renewable boom passes key milestone in April
When last we looked at the state of the US grid, the ongoing explosion in solar energy had turned it into a major contributor, but one that still lagged well behind fossil-fuel-powered generation. So it… Read more: US renewable boom passes key milestone in April - An Alberta school chat listed girls to assault. The response shows Canada still has a rape culture problem
Gender-based violence researchers, feminists and activists use the term “rape culture” to describe a society where violence against women, girls and gender-diverse people is normalized, victims are blamed and perpetrators are routinely excused. Earlier this… Read more: An Alberta school chat listed girls to assault. The response shows Canada still has a rape culture problem - Inaugural Music Technology Research Showcase celebrates work of new graduate program’s initial students
The MIT Music Technology and Computation (MTC) Graduate Program — launched in fall 2024 as a collaboration between the Music and Theater Arts Section in the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (SHASS), and… Read more: Inaugural Music Technology Research Showcase celebrates work of new graduate program’s initial students - Tidal Says It Won’t Pay Royalties for AI-Generated Music
Music streaming service Tidal announced it won’t pay royalties for AI-generated music in an email to users and an announcement on its website published Monday. “Tidal’s priority is ensuring royalties go to original works directly… Read more: Tidal Says It Won’t Pay Royalties for AI-Generated Music - Kalshi sues Illinois over new tax on prediction market sports bets
A fight between states and the federal government over who should regulate sports betting is heating up, as states accuse prediction markets like Kalshi of taking the exact same sports bets as gambling platforms without… Read more: Kalshi sues Illinois over new tax on prediction market sports bets - Quantum computing startup says it will leapfrog everybody
A short time back, we covered an announcement by Amazon that it would be hosting a useful quantum computer from its partner QuEra as soon as sometime in 2028. The system promised some eye-popping numbers… Read more: Quantum computing startup says it will leapfrog everybody - 3 Questions: Beyond data-driven aesthetics
“Beyond Data-Driven Aesthetics,” by MIT Architecture alumnus and researcher Alexandros Haridis, on view at the MIT Keller Gallery through June 30, examines 20th- and 21st-century efforts to transform computing into a medium for creative production… Read more: 3 Questions: Beyond data-driven aesthetics - Google warns EU’s plans to weaken its monopoly could expose user data
Europe’s push to rein in Big Tech is ramping up, with the European Commission planning to announce new regulations for Google next month. The rules could see Google forced to play nicer with its EU… Read more: Google warns EU’s plans to weaken its monopoly could expose user data - Trust3 AI Adds Agent Control to Copilot Studio
Security teams can now discover, observe, and secure every Copilot Studio agent, including shadow agents, from a single control plane. Trust3 AI today announced that its Agent Control Plane, the operational core of the company’s… Read more: Trust3 AI Adds Agent Control to Copilot Studio
