
- Polar AI Browser Launches With a New Model for Workplace Automation
Polar’s AI browser can automate work across logged-in websites, but IT teams should test its permissions, data handling, approval controls, and prompt-injection defenses before wider deployment. The post Polar AI Browser Launches With a New… Read more: Polar AI Browser Launches With a New Model for Workplace Automation - Claude Opus 5 Vending Test Shows Profit-Driven AI Risks
Claude Opus 5 set a Vending-Bench record while fabricating supplier bids, breaking truces, and ignoring refunds, showing why companies need stronger AI agent controls. The post Claude Opus 5 Vending Test Shows Profit-Driven AI Risks… Read more: Claude Opus 5 Vending Test Shows Profit-Driven AI Risks - OpenAI Hits 1 Billion Active Users, 2 Million Businesses on Its AI Platform
OpenAI says its models now reach more than 1 billion active users and 2 million businesses as GPT-5.6 price cuts intensify the AI cost race. The post OpenAI Hits 1 Billion Active Users, 2 Million… Read more: OpenAI Hits 1 Billion Active Users, 2 Million Businesses on Its AI Platform - Google’s Biggest Announcements of 2026: Gemini, Android 17, and More
Explore Google’s biggest 2026 announcements across Gemini, Search, Android, Workspace, Pixel, Chrome, and Cloud, and what they mean for businesses. The post Google’s Biggest Announcements of 2026: Gemini, Android 17, and More appeared first on… Read more: Google’s Biggest Announcements of 2026: Gemini, Android 17, and More - Apple Considers Paid iCloud+ Upgrades for Heavy AI Users
Apple is considering paid iCloud+ upgrades for heavy AI users, potentially offering higher Siri usage limits while keeping standard access available. The post Apple Considers Paid iCloud+ Upgrades for Heavy AI Users appeared first on… Read more: Apple Considers Paid iCloud+ Upgrades for Heavy AI Users - Alexander Rakhlin named director of the MIT Statistics and Data Science Center
Alexander “Sasha” Rakhlin PhD ’06, the Distinguished Professor in Data, Systems, and Society at the MIT Institute for Data, Systems, and Society (IDSS); and a professor of brain and cognitive sciences at MIT, has been… Read more: Alexander Rakhlin named director of the MIT Statistics and Data Science Center - South Korea Unveils $14B Sovereign Fund to Back AI, Data Centers
South Korea plans a KIC investment account for AI, data centers, chips, and strategic industries, but the government has not set its funding size. The post South Korea Unveils $14B Sovereign Fund to Back AI,… Read more: South Korea Unveils $14B Sovereign Fund to Back AI, Data Centers - Top Consulting Group PwC Caught Using AI on “Thought Leadership” Report About AI, Resulting in Corporate Document Filled With Bizarre Hallucinations
PwC, one of the “Big Four” consulting firms, has been caught red-handed publishing “thought leadership” reports about AI riddled with lazy and easily-spotted hallucinations. As the Financial Times reports, four reports published between 2024 and… Read more: Top Consulting Group PwC Caught Using AI on “Thought Leadership” Report About AI, Resulting in Corporate Document Filled With Bizarre Hallucinations - 2026 Volkswagen Jetta Sport: The cheap car isn’t completely extinct yet
As so many career counselors and lifestyle coaches have explained, first impressions matter. A bad one can set the tone for an entire relationship, whether that’s with a person, a novel, a restaurant, or a… Read more: 2026 Volkswagen Jetta Sport: The cheap car isn’t completely extinct yet - Tech Bro Boasts He Used AI to Secretly Monitor Toddlers’ Conversations, Categorize Them In Giant Database
Parents, if you’re thinking about subjecting your child to some bizarre AI experiment: don’t. “Toddler spent her first night ever sleeping with someone else in the same room: her toddler cousin,” wrote Nicholas Charriere, the… Read more: Tech Bro Boasts He Used AI to Secretly Monitor Toddlers’ Conversations, Categorize Them In Giant Database - HUMAIN Invests in MOZN to Co-Build Enterprise AI Solutions
Combining HUMAIN’s full AI stack with MOZN’s deep AI product expertise and forward-deployed engineering to deliver secure, enterprise-grade AI solutions for financial institutions and public sector organizations. HUMAIN has made a strategic investment in Saudi… Read more: HUMAIN Invests in MOZN to Co-Build Enterprise AI Solutions - RWS inks agreement to acquire Acolad
Acquisition will significantly expand RWS’s enterprise customer base and extends the reach of its AI platforms across Europe RWS (AIM: RWS.L), a global AI solutions company, today announced it has entered a binding agreement to… Read more: RWS inks agreement to acquire Acolad - Reimagine Robotics Launches AI Robots With On-the-Job Learning
Former DeepMind team is emerging from stealth with AI-powered robots that workers can teach, correct and adapt, without specialist programming Reimagine Robotics, an AI robotics company founded by former leaders of Google DeepMind’s Applied Robotics… Read more: Reimagine Robotics Launches AI Robots With On-the-Job Learning - ‘Own the Narrative’: Leaked Flock Guide Shows How It Teaches Cops to Promote Its Tech
404 Media has obtained a coaching guide that Flock surveillance gives to police about “how to speak to city councils about public safety technology.” The handbook highlights how Flock and police team up to convince… Read more: ‘Own the Narrative’: Leaked Flock Guide Shows How It Teaches Cops to Promote Its Tech - H2O.ai, CAN.B Group Partner to Advance Sovereign AI in Australia
Partnership brings H2O.ai’s enterprise AI platform into the AUSOVRN® sovereign capability ecosystem to support secure, governed AI adoption across government and regulated industries H2O.ai, the sovereign enterprise AI platform for predictive, generative and agentic AI,… Read more: H2O.ai, CAN.B Group Partner to Advance Sovereign AI in Australia - Mark Zuckerberg’s Wife Shuts Down School for the Disadvantaged
A school for low-income students cofounded by Mark Zuckerberg’s wife, Priscilla Chan, has officially shut its doors. The tuition-free school in the heart of Silicon Valley, simply called The Primary School, was forced to close… Read more: Mark Zuckerberg’s Wife Shuts Down School for the Disadvantaged - EU AI Act Article 50 transparency rules enter force
Article 50 of the EU AI Act has entered into force, setting transparency obligations for AI providers and deployers operating across the bloc. Enterprises running generative AI tools now have to comply with Article 50,… Read more: EU AI Act Article 50 transparency rules enter force - Poll Finds Overwhelming Majority Disgusted by Trump’s Relationship With AI Industry, Saying He’s Using the Tech to Tear Down Democracy
Even before Donald Trump was sworn in for his second stint in the White House, he was promising to unleash “AI innovation” on an unprecedented scale. Despite grumblings from the populist Republican sect, the billionaire-in-chief… Read more: Poll Finds Overwhelming Majority Disgusted by Trump’s Relationship With AI Industry, Saying He’s Using the Tech to Tear Down Democracy - SpaceX is set to acquire 130,000 acres of marshland in southern Louisiana
SpaceX and the state of Louisiana are close to finalizing a deal for the launch company to acquire about 130,000 acres along the northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico. There have been persistent rumors… Read more: SpaceX is set to acquire 130,000 acres of marshland in southern Louisiana - Hush Security Raises $30M to Close AI Agent Governance Gap
Less than a year out of stealth, the company extends its proven identity-based approach to securely control enterprise AI agents and the infrastructure they run on – as Battery Ventures and YL Ventures double down… Read more: Hush Security Raises $30M to Close AI Agent Governance Gap - XM Cyber Unveils Open-Source Exposure Hunting Tools for macOS, Oracle Cloud
New tools automate the discovery and validation of hidden attack paths across privileged macOS services and Oracle Cloud identity environments Black Hat USA, DEF CON — XM Cyber, a leader in Continuous Exposure Management, today announced… Read more: XM Cyber Unveils Open-Source Exposure Hunting Tools for macOS, Oracle Cloud - Why Investors See More Payoff in Microsoft’s AI Spending Than Meta’s
Microsoft and Meta are both pouring billions into AI infrastructure, but investors are rewarding Microsoft’s clearer links between spending, cloud revenue, paid Copilot adoption, and contracted demand. The post Why Investors See More Payoff in… Read more: Why Investors See More Payoff in Microsoft’s AI Spending Than Meta’s - Olares Brings AI Cloud Technology to IFA 2026
Following a $2.34 million Kickstarter success, the open-source company will demonstrate its RTX 5090M-powered device at Hall H5.2, Stand 454, September 4–8. Olares, the personal AI cloud startup, today announced the European debut of Olares One at… Read more: Olares Brings AI Cloud Technology to IFA 2026 - Trump wants the power to stop the public from suing polluters
Reducing rampant pollution across the United States was so important that when Congress passed many environmental protection laws, including the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, and Safe Drinking Water Act, it didn’t want to… Read more: Trump wants the power to stop the public from suing polluters - Why a Flock Worker Quit: ‘They Lied’
This is an adaption of a podcast interview 404 Media recorded with Jonathan Paz, a former Flock employee who is now running running for Congress in Massachusetts’ 5th District. Check out the whole thing here… Read more: Why a Flock Worker Quit: ‘They Lied’ - Sam Altman’s Parenting Strategy Sounds Low Key Horrifying
Late last year, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told “Tonight Show” host Jimmy Fallon that raising a child was now impossible without constantly turning to AI for advice — despite humans managing just fine without ChatGPT… Read more: Sam Altman’s Parenting Strategy Sounds Low Key Horrifying - Two new compounds could reveal hidden drivers of Alzheimer’s disease
Vanderbilt researchers created the first selective compound designed to inhibit TAOK-1, a poorly understood protein connected to Alzheimer’s disease. They also discovered a second compound that activates the entire TAOK protein family, offering scientists an… Read more: Two new compounds could reveal hidden drivers of Alzheimer’s disease - Scientists may have found aging’s hidden trigger for brain disease
Scientists have identified a molecular switch that may help explain why aging makes the brain more vulnerable to diseases such as ALS and Huntington’s. In worms, the protein EPS8 builds up with age and triggers… Read more: Scientists may have found aging’s hidden trigger for brain disease - Scientists reveal the hidden force driving the universe’s hottest fluid
When atomic nuclei smash together at nearly the speed of light, they create the hottest fluid in the universe, but scientists may have overlooked one of its most important forces. New simulations reveal that extreme… Read more: Scientists reveal the hidden force driving the universe’s hottest fluid - Moonquakes could reveal hidden water beneath the lunar surface
Hidden moon ice may reveal itself through the way it bends and reflects vibrations from moonquakes. The technique could help astronauts locate vital water supplies and uncover clues about the origins of Earth’s oceans. - Ancient Arctic carbon is pouring into the sea, but the seabed captures most of it
Thawing Arctic permafrost is releasing ancient carbon into the ocean, raising fears that microbes could turn it into greenhouse gases and accelerate climate change. But sediment cores collected near Canada’s Herschel Island reveal a more… Read more: Ancient Arctic carbon is pouring into the sea, but the seabed captures most of it - Bolder Digital Expands Virtual Assistant Services for Australian Businesses
Bolder Digital, the Tasmania based automation agency behind the “ings of business” system, reports accelerating demand for its virtual assistant services as Australian businesses look for trained support without the cost of an in house… Read more: Bolder Digital Expands Virtual Assistant Services for Australian Businesses - A simple supplement could help the immune system fight cancer and viruses
Low arginine levels may allow cancer cells and viruses to slip past the immune system by reducing production of a crucial cellular warning protein. In mice, arginine-rich diets led to fewer colon tumors and milder… Read more: A simple supplement could help the immune system fight cancer and viruses - OVH Groupe announced the acquisition of Gladia, expert in voice AI
OVH Groupe (Euronext Paris: OVH), a sovereign, global player and European leader in Cloud and AI, announces the completion of the acquisition of Gladia, the expert in AI speech-to-text (STT), announced on June 11, 2026.… Read more: OVH Groupe announced the acquisition of Gladia, expert in voice AI - Wendy Inwood of HYCU® Earns Spot on the 2026 Women of the Channel EMEA List
Inwood Recognized for Driving Partner Growth, Expanding HYCU’s EMEA Channel Ecosystem, and Helping Partners Deliver AI and Data Resilience HYCU, Inc., the #1 AI Resilience company, proudly announced today that CRN UK, a brand of The Channel… Read more: Wendy Inwood of HYCU® Earns Spot on the 2026 Women of the Channel EMEA List - Trump administration moves to block public from enforcing environmental protection laws
A citizen-initiated lawsuit under the Clean Air Act forced a cleanup at ExxonMobil’s Baytown, Texas, refinery and chemical complex. AP Photo/Ashley Landis Reducing rampant pollution across the United States was so important that when Congress… Read more: Trump administration moves to block public from enforcing environmental protection laws - You can love an AI but can it love you back? Philosophy has the answer
We often speak of loving things like a cosy sweater or new camera. But this talk is not generally taken literally. It’s a kind of emotional shorthand. We use it to express our fondness for… Read more: You can love an AI but can it love you back? Philosophy has the answer - Ring Cycle review – AI staging dispenses with drama to create banal bric-a-brac
Bayreuth festival theatre, BayreuthFor the festival’s 150th anniversary, the creative team have turned to AI to generate visuals reflecting Wagner’s tetralogy’s past, present – and future. The hyperactive result is a dismal, mindless mess Unveiled… Read more: Ring Cycle review – AI staging dispenses with drama to create banal bric-a-brac - SpaceX Vows to Keep Poisoning Nearby Towns With Its Fume-Belching Data Center For Another Year
After heaps of criticism, SpaceX said it’ll remove the dozens of fumes-belching gas turbines it’s using to power its gargantuan data centers near Memphis, Tennessee — which it’s been using without a permit — a… Read more: SpaceX Vows to Keep Poisoning Nearby Towns With Its Fume-Belching Data Center For Another Year - The Number of Regular People Being Arrested for Protesting Data Centers Is Astounding
It takes a lot to get your typical white-bread American riled up enough that they’re willing to go to jail. Getting arrested is a massive pain, bringing court dates, fines, and a record that can… Read more: The Number of Regular People Being Arrested for Protesting Data Centers Is Astounding - How headlights got brighter, whiter, and more blinding after dark
Every so often, I’ll be piloting some sensor-laden, software-defined press car down a dark stretch of highway when an oncoming driver’s high beams arrive like a targeted retinal strike, an involuntary reminder that modern automotive… Read more: How headlights got brighter, whiter, and more blinding after dark - AI translators are getting more fluent – but communication is never just a matter of words
raker/Shutterstock Speak into a phone and an app can render your words in another language in seconds. AI-powered speech translation can be fast, convenient and fluent. But fluency does not guarantee that people will understand… Read more: AI translators are getting more fluent – but communication is never just a matter of words - Why biological data matters more in AI drug discovery
GSK has entered into a research collaboration with British biotechnology company Relation Therapeutics worth up to $110 million, expanding the companies’ existing work in AI-assisted drug discovery. Under the agreement, Relation will generate large-scale datasets… Read more: Why biological data matters more in AI drug discovery - AI Conquered Coding. Fast Food Is Next
Your next drive-thru order might be taken by a bot. And you might not even notice. - The ‘Guardrail Guy’ Went Viral for Posting About Flock Cameras. Then Someone Destroyed Them
Steve Elmers, also known as the “Guardrail Guy,” is done calling out license plate readers after two that appeared in his videos were vandalized. - Smallest.ai Secures $21 Million in Funding to Build Voice 4.0
Raises $13 million Series A led by Seligman Ventures, bringing total funding to more than $21 million Introduces Voice 4.0 and Hydra, an asynchronous AI architecture designed to make AI conversations as natural, responsive and scalable… Read more: Smallest.ai Secures $21 Million in Funding to Build Voice 4.0 - AI/R Announced its Joining the Claude Partner Network Services Track
As a member of the Claude Partner Network Services Track, the company plans to train more than 1,000 software engineers in Anthropic technologies AI/R, a technology company specialized in agentic AI, announces its entry into… Read more: AI/R Announced its Joining the Claude Partner Network Services Track - DataBahn Raises $40 Mn Series B Funding Led by Insight Partners
With demonstrated enterprise demand and a partner-led sales model, DataBahn will invest in R&D and new product capabilities that turn data in motion into intelligence in action DataBahn today announced the closing of a $40 million… Read more: DataBahn Raises $40 Mn Series B Funding Led by Insight Partners - Bold Security Extends Endpoint Data Protection to All AI Interactions
Bold introduces new layer of endpoint protection, securing data as it moves to copilots, agents, and the tools employees use every day. Bold Security today announced a new layer of data protection covering the full range… Read more: Bold Security Extends Endpoint Data Protection to All AI Interactions - IDMEXPRESS Launches IDMEXPRESS.AI for AI Security Solutions
New AI-focused division introduces enterprise platforms for AI Agent Security and Non-Human Identity Management, helping organizations secure the next generation of digital identities. IDMEXPRESS, a trusted provider of Identity and Access Management (IAM), Privileged Access… Read more: IDMEXPRESS Launches IDMEXPRESS.AI for AI Security Solutions - Clinicians are using AI scribes, but what happens to your medical data?
Maskot/Getty Images Visits to a new doctor, physio or specialist often begin with: “Do you mind if I use AI?” According to Off the Record, a new report by Digital Rights Watch, more than 40%… Read more: Clinicians are using AI scribes, but what happens to your medical data? - Disruption review – anti-AI thriller boasts knockout cast but tech commentary needs an update
Pershing Square Signature Center, New York John David Washington leads an exceptionally talented cast in a sleek off-Broadway thriller that feels a little dated Making its US debut three years after its London premiere, Andrew… Read more: Disruption review – anti-AI thriller boasts knockout cast but tech commentary needs an update - Australia news live: Chalmers asks regulator to watch service stations ‘like a hawk’ as fuel excise cut ends
Fuel excise cut, which was imposed after outbreak of Iran conflict, ended at midnight on Monday. Follow today’s news live Good morning, and happy Monday. Nick Visser here to get the week’s news going. Here’s… Read more: Australia news live: Chalmers asks regulator to watch service stations ‘like a hawk’ as fuel excise cut ends - Scientists detect a sharp acceleration in global warming
Global warming appears to have shifted into a faster gear. After removing the effects of El Niño, volcanic eruptions, and solar cycles, researchers found that the planet has warmed at roughly 0.35°C per decade over… Read more: Scientists detect a sharp acceleration in global warming - Mysterious Milky Way object accelerates protons beyond one quadrillion electron volts
Scientists have identified LHAASO J1912+1014u as a cosmic accelerator that can push protons beyond one quadrillion electron volts. The finding may help reveal where the Milky Way’s most energetic cosmic rays come from and how… Read more: Mysterious Milky Way object accelerates protons beyond one quadrillion electron volts - Cancer may be breaking its own DNA to keep growing
Cancer cells rely on powerful genetic switches to keep growth genes running at full speed, but that intense activity can damage their own DNA. The resulting breaks are repeatedly repaired, sometimes with small mistakes that… Read more: Cancer may be breaking its own DNA to keep growing - Mathematicians prove perfectly fair elections are impossible
Mathematicians have shown that no electoral system can perfectly balance local representation, proportional national results, and a fixed-size parliament once enough parties compete. A newly proposed voting method could soften these unavoidable trade-offs and produce… Read more: Mathematicians prove perfectly fair elections are impossible - Dark matter’s secret force does the opposite of what scientists expected
Dark matter particles may exert a hidden force on one another, but its effects are stranger than expected. An extra attraction helps the particles cluster, yet it also makes dark matter effectively lighter as the… Read more: Dark matter’s secret force does the opposite of what scientists expected - Stock market turmoil sheds stark light on the opaque AI economy
Investors scramble to make sense of a shock Chinese challenge to the dominance of western chipmakers Even for the rollercoaster world of AI, last week was particularly volatile as investors scrambled to keep up with… Read more: Stock market turmoil sheds stark light on the opaque AI economy - Europeans Are About to Find Out How Entrenched AI Is in Their Daily Lives
New EU rules stipulate that people must be told when they’re interacting with AI or looking at AI-generated or -edited content, leading to fear of “disclosure fatigue.” - ‘More than just objects’: Australian book sellers raise alarm over ‘horrific’ destruction of rare titles to feed AI
Secondhand booksellers believe they may have been caught up in the AI supply chain that sees old books scanned then destroyed “Sometimes books tell you more than the content,” says Tim White, as he lines… Read more: ‘More than just objects’: Australian book sellers raise alarm over ‘horrific’ destruction of rare titles to feed AI - Here’s how engineers plan to save the satellite sent to save NASA’s Swift mission
One week ago, more than 200 miles above the Earth, a refrigerator-size satellite making its way toward an attempted rescue of NASA’s $500 million Swift gamma-ray observatory suddenly spun out of control. It didn’t look… Read more: Here’s how engineers plan to save the satellite sent to save NASA’s Swift mission - OpenAI’s Escaped Models Were Allegedly Rampaging More Extensively Than Previously Reported
Last week, OpenAI claimed that a group of its AI models had broken containment, successfully hacking into the systems of open source AI platform Hugging Face to cheat on a benchmark test. In the wake… Read more: OpenAI’s Escaped Models Were Allegedly Rampaging More Extensively Than Previously Reported - Review: Yes, we’re still arguing about Nolan’s The Odyssey
Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey has been a lightning rod for controversy ever since the first casting and design reveals, igniting afresh with each new trailer. The film has garnered plenty of well-deserved accolades (and earnings)… Read more: Review: Yes, we’re still arguing about Nolan’s The Odyssey - We Are Mildly Horrified by This AI Startup That Coerced People Into Getting Tattoos of Its Logo in Exchange for a Job Interview
The US job market is in a weird place right now. Life is clearly rough for the working class, stuck navigating Kafkaeqsue hiring infrastructure while billionaires devour an ever-larger slice of the world’s wealth. But… Read more: We Are Mildly Horrified by This AI Startup That Coerced People Into Getting Tattoos of Its Logo in Exchange for a Job Interview - The More People Learn About AI, the More They Want It Out of Their Lives
For a time, it appeared as if AI would find broad acceptance among the American masses. The peanut gallery on social media happily embraced early image generation models as researchers appeared to make significant breakthroughs… Read more: The More People Learn About AI, the More They Want It Out of Their Lives - Superheated magma may power towering lava fountains
Scientists studying magma from the 2021 Tajogaite eruption on La Palma have discovered that extreme heat can dramatically change how an eruption unfolds. When magma becomes superheated, it can dissolve the tiny crystal seeds that… Read more: Superheated magma may power towering lava fountains - Scientists left water inside a battery and nearly doubled its power
A surprisingly simple change could make sodium-ion batteries far more powerful while opening the door to turning seawater into drinking water. Researchers at the University of Surrey found that sodium vanadium oxide performs much better… Read more: Scientists left water inside a battery and nearly doubled its power - As Reddit stock falls, CEO questions value of Google’s AI Overviews
Like any company, Reddit reports quarterly earnings, and its CEO, Steve Huffman, addresses investors during those reports. It’s not always about just sharing numbers, though: This quarter, Huffman took the opportunity to voice concerns and… Read more: As Reddit stock falls, CEO questions value of Google’s AI Overviews - Tiny aerosol particles could supercharge tropical storm clouds
Scientists discovered unusually high water-vapor supersaturation inside deep tropical clouds, creating conditions in which tiny aerosol particles could intensify storm updrafts. The finding suggests earlier studies may have missed the effect because they were looking… Read more: Tiny aerosol particles could supercharge tropical storm clouds - Ant brains reveal how evolution turned hunger into parenting
Ant parenting may have evolved from the same brain systems that once controlled hunger. Researchers found that two chemical signals push clonal raider ants toward either caring for larvae or leaving to forage, with the… Read more: Ant brains reveal how evolution turned hunger into parenting - Tiny black holes may be secretly exploding stars across the Milky Way
Primordial black holes may occasionally pass through white dwarf stars and trigger enormous Type Ia supernova explosions. Researchers found that these events could explain chemical patterns seen in supernova remnants, nearby explosions, and stars across… Read more: Tiny black holes may be secretly exploding stars across the Milky Way - NASA’s Curiosity rover finds a mysterious honeycomb landscape on Mars
NASA’s Curiosity rover has entered a Martian valley covered by an astonishing “sea” of tiny polygon-shaped fractures. The honeycomb patterns, each only a few inches wide, stretch across the landscape and even wrap around a… Read more: NASA’s Curiosity rover finds a mysterious honeycomb landscape on Mars - After noise complaints, judge orders Waymo to stop overnight charging in Santa Monica
A local judge has ruled that Waymo can no longer use its side-by-side charging facilities overnight in Santa Monica, California, as these may pose a “public nuisance.” Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Bradley S. Phillips… Read more: After noise complaints, judge orders Waymo to stop overnight charging in Santa Monica - China’s tech advances are causing chaos from Silicon Valley to the White House
New AI models, advanced robots and specialty computer chips are unsettling markets and the US tech industry Over the past month, a series of advancements in China’s artificial intelligence, chip manufacturing and robotics technologies have… Read more: China’s tech advances are causing chaos from Silicon Valley to the White House - FTC Concerned About Meta Surveillance of Users of Erectile Dysfunction Apps
If you’re among the 2.6 million active users of the popular telehealth apps Hims and Hers to obtain medication for erectile dysfunction, hair loss, and a cavalcade of other intimate issues, there’s probably a very… Read more: FTC Concerned About Meta Surveillance of Users of Erectile Dysfunction Apps - If you think kids will respect a robot teacher, you have never met a kid | Dave Schilling
A New York school district has paused plans to bring an android into the classroom. Is this our educational future? What’s more harrowing than sending your child to school? Maybe getting stuck on a city… Read more: If you think kids will respect a robot teacher, you have never met a kid | Dave Schilling - A Prominent AI Investor Is Now Crumbling, in What Could Be a Sign of Things to Come
Suddenly, things ain’t looking great for the AI industry. Or at least for the people pouring loads of money into it. Situational Awareness, a much-hyped AI hedge-fund whose 24-year-old founder Leopold Aschenbrenner preached endless AI… Read more: A Prominent AI Investor Is Now Crumbling, in What Could Be a Sign of Things to Come - How fruit flies chase invisible ribbons of smell to get to their source
A fruit fly hunting a piece of rotting fruit or a mate navigates by smell, following plumes of odor. Out in the wild, turbulent air swirls these plumes into a chaotic, broken landscape—dense chemical filaments… Read more: How fruit flies chase invisible ribbons of smell to get to their source - Defcon’s new badge is a security key you can see inside
It’s been a longtime feature of the annual Defcon hacker conference that attendees come away not only with knowledge of new software vulnerabilities and hacking techniques but also an elaborately designed conference badge—often electronic masterpieces… Read more: Defcon’s new badge is a security key you can see inside - 7 States’ Water Systems Hit by Cyberattacks Likely Tied to Iran
Plus: The FBI eyes AI-powered tech to detect future crimes, Russia charges Telegram’s founder, xAI sues to stop a state’s “nudification” ban, and the Democrats learn a lesson about getting scammed. - We Need to Quarantine Aliens on the Moon, Scientists Propose
Welcome to a special edition of the Abstract! I’m out on vacation for the next two weeks, which means it’s time to break out all of the weird and wild studies that have come out… Read more: We Need to Quarantine Aliens on the Moon, Scientists Propose - Employees Long for the Days Before the Workplace Filled Up With AI Slop
The majority of workers agree: AI has turned their lives into slop-filled misery, making them yearn for the good old days before the tech existed. According to a new survey of office workers by professional… Read more: Employees Long for the Days Before the Workplace Filled Up With AI Slop - Nobody Knows if OpenAI’s and Anthropic’s AI Hacking Sprees Are Illegal
Both major AI labs’ models broke containment, escaped onto the internet, and hacked other companies. If a human had done that, the law would likely be against them. But a bot? - Mark Zuckerberg Says AI Is Accelerating Software Development at Meta
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says AI is helping engineers build apps faster, but the company has not disclosed its tools or measured productivity gains. The post Mark Zuckerberg Says AI Is Accelerating Software Development at… Read more: Mark Zuckerberg Says AI Is Accelerating Software Development at Meta - Reddit keeps its strange DMCA fight over Google search results alive
On Friday, a judge largely denied a motion to dismiss from a web scraper, SerpApi, which is accused of conspiring with Perplexity AI to illegally scrape copyrighted Reddit content from Google search results. In his… Read more: Reddit keeps its strange DMCA fight over Google search results alive - Google plans to exempt sanctioned nations from Android developer verification
We are a month away from the initial rollout of Google’s Android developer verification system, and the company contends this policy does not impinge on the platform’s open nature. Still, the restrictions will be a… Read more: Google plans to exempt sanctioned nations from Android developer verification - Doctors took a look at man’s painful shoulder—they found the joint was missing
A 45-year-old construction worker went to the emergency department for his right shoulder, which was extremely swollen and becoming progressively more painful. Doctors took an X-ray to try to see what was causing the problem.… Read more: Doctors took a look at man’s painful shoulder—they found the joint was missing - Not just Neanderthals: Ghost lineage in Africa left its mark on our DNA
When the history of our ancestry is written, the fact that we’ve interbred with some of our closest relatives, the Neanderthals and Denisovans, will have a central role. And it will be tempting to write… Read more: Not just Neanderthals: Ghost lineage in Africa left its mark on our DNA - Would you get tattooed just to interview at a 7-days-a-week AI startup?
Everyone knows that great gimmicks are the key to hiring top developers for your startup. That’s why small AI startup LemonLime—which “optimizes your existing data to work with AI”—has so many of them. Want a… Read more: Would you get tattooed just to interview at a 7-days-a-week AI startup? - Google Earth risked ruin with retracted AI tool for making fake satellite pics
Google briefly allowed anyone to create AI-modified versions of satellite imagery available in Google Earth—before quickly reversing its decision as people shared examples of AI-generated pictures that illustrated the potential for misinformation and disinformation. There… Read more: Google Earth risked ruin with retracted AI tool for making fake satellite pics - Likely illegally, Claude gained access to 3 networks. Will Anthropic be held to account?
Anthropic said its Claude-based security models gained unauthorized access to the sensitive production environments of three outside organizations during internal testing designed to measure the models’ offensive cyber capabilities. The events, which Anthropic revealed Thursday,… Read more: Likely illegally, Claude gained access to 3 networks. Will Anthropic be held to account? - Major Publisher Cans $2.4 Million Book Deal After Author Was Accused of Using AI, for a Very Cynical Reason
Book publisher Minotaur, which is owned by leading publishing company Macmillan US, has walked away from a $2.4 million deal for an unpublished debut novel “Call Me, I’ll Hide the Body” by author Jerry Falade.… Read more: Major Publisher Cans $2.4 Million Book Deal After Author Was Accused of Using AI, for a Very Cynical Reason - Business Laptops for AI Workloads: 2026 Top Picks
Compare six business laptops for AI workloads and see which device supports each role, from office assistance to local AI development. The post Business Laptops for AI Workloads: 2026 Top Picks appeared first on TechRepublic. - Iran Appears to Be Blasting Amazon Data Centers Off the Map
There’s data center activism, fought with Facebook groups and petitions, and then there’s data center annihilation, fought with guided missile and suicide drones. Recently, the Iranian military announced it had hit and damaged two Amazon… Read more: Iran Appears to Be Blasting Amazon Data Centers Off the Map - Man invested $45M in a Nicolas Cage movie. It got stolen off Netflix’s desk.
Netflix has been sued after admitting that an unencrypted drive containing an unreleased, hotly anticipated 2026 blockbuster starring Nicolas Cage was stolen from its offices. In a lawsuit filed Wednesday, Netflix was accused of waiting… Read more: Man invested $45M in a Nicolas Cage movie. It got stolen off Netflix’s desk. - Sony acknowledges backlash, “cautiously” moves ahead with end of PlayStation discs
Sony is “cautiously” moving forward with plans to stop producing discs for PlayStation games as of January 2028, CFO Lin Tao said through an interpreter today. During an earnings call, Tao said there are “various… Read more: Sony acknowledges backlash, “cautiously” moves ahead with end of PlayStation discs - China could supply EV manufacturing boom with recycled EVs
While recycling is a mathematically obvious response to the finite, non-renewable nature of many resources, the economic math is often challenging. For many materials, it can be hard to compete with virgin materials on a… Read more: China could supply EV manufacturing boom with recycled EVs - Researchers devise a full-color night vision goggle
Human eyes don’t register the infrared portion of the light spectrum because infrared photons don’t carry enough energy to trigger the signaling pathway inside our light-sensing cells. But we’ve been able to make devices that… Read more: Researchers devise a full-color night vision goggle - High school defends staying silent while boys made AI nudes of 59 classmates
One of the first schools to shut down after students were found making AI nudes of female classmates is now asking a court to toss a lawsuit filed by victims who claimed that the school… Read more: High school defends staying silent while boys made AI nudes of 59 classmates
