Not immediately jumping on the AI bandwagon like everyone else is? It says something that Chili’s doing this— yes, the casual dining chain with the big red pepper logo — is being seen as shrewd… Read more: Business World Stunned That a Restaurant Chain Is Doing Well Without Mindlessly Embracing AI

APAC companies are spending heavily on AI, but KPMG says only 5% have established ROI with demonstrated business outcomes. The post KPMG: APAC AI Spending Is Rising Faster Than ROI Proof appeared first on TechRepublic.

The Open Secure AI Alliance introduced SAFE guidelines and open agent-security tools at Black Hat, giving enterprises a framework for safer AI deployment. The post Open Secure AI Alliance Expands at Black Hat: What You… Read more: Open Secure AI Alliance Expands at Black Hat: What You Should Know

Lithium-ion batteries are the leading choice in today’s electric vehicle and battery energy storage system industries, but they contain a number of critical minerals — including lithium, cobalt, nickel, and graphite — that are considered… Read more: Solving the solvent problem

On Wednesday morning, Ted Cruz’s Senate Commerce Committee will convene on five bills aimed at age verification and “child safety.” The bills each have their own issues when it comes to privacy, data collection, parental… Read more: The SCREEN Act is a Christian Nationalist Nightmare

Two people have died amid the ongoing record-breaking outbreak of explosive diarrhea from the foodborne parasite Cyclospora, Michigan health officials announced Monday. Cyclosporiasis fatalities are extremely rare, and despite the massive size of the outbreak,… Read more: Trump admin “aware” of deaths in explosive diarrhea outbreak, delays reporting

Tom DeLay, the Texas Republican who was House majority leader from 2003 to 2005, said the Federal Communications Commission has no legal authority to repeal the National Television Ownership Rule. Despite DeLay’s warning, the Trump… Read more: Tom DeLay helped create TV ownership cap—he says Trump FCC has no authority to repeal it

Google will reveal the Pixel 11 series later this month, but leaks and teasers so far have painted a picture of phones that have barely changed since last year. One notable exception seems to be… Read more: The Pixel 11’s “glow” feature is actually called HiLight—here’s what it does

Trump’s FCC is developing a measure to bar US imports of new models of Chinese datacenter devices, sources say The Trump administration is reportedly drafting a ban on US imports of new models of Chinese… Read more: Trump administration reportedly drafting ban on Chinese datacenter components

Tesla’s factory in Shanghai had its best June ever, according to the China Passenger ⁠Car Association. Tesla built 93,579 cars in China that month, a hefty 38 percent increase compared to June 2025, according to… Read more: China is Tesla’s cash cow, but for how much longer?

Meta has opened Pandora’s box with its AI-infused smart sunglasses. The pricy accessory has sparked a heated debate over privacy, with unsavory individuals abusing the eyewear’s easily-missed cameras to harass unsuspecting strangers in public —… Read more: DuckDuckGo Is Selling Anti Pervert Glasses That Contain Zero AI, Cameras, or Even Electronics Whatsoever

Google canceled its AI Studio mobile app one day before launch despite 800,000 pre-registrations and plans to move app-building features into Gemini. The post Google Got 800,000 Sign-Ups for an AI App — Then Canceled… Read more: Google Got 800,000 Sign-Ups for an AI App — Then Canceled It

Google Health now sends Fitbit workouts, sleep, steps, and vitals to Apple Health, removing the need for third-party syncing apps. The post Fitbit Data Can Now Sync Directly With Apple Health appeared first on TechRepublic.

Apple could launch camera-equipped AirPods before the end of 2026, using visual sensors to give Siri greater awareness of a user’s surroundings. The post Apple Could Launch Camera-Equipped AirPods Before the End of 2026 appeared… Read more: Apple Could Launch Camera-Equipped AirPods Before the End of 2026

Microsoft has introduced new limits to how much its engineers can spend on AI tools at work and told employees that maximizing AI use internally is not the company’s goal.  This makes Microsoft one of… Read more: Microsoft Tells Engineers ‘Tokenmaxxing Is Not What We Are Optimizing For’

There’s a new AI on the block — but not the kind you’re thinking. A billboard in San Francisco is marketing a service called ChatTJB, which the giant ad boasts is the “leading chatbot interface powered… Read more: New AI Chatbot Turns Out to Be One Overworked Guy Answering All the Messages by Hand

Led by Norwest, with participation from new investors Qumra Capital, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Hitachi and LG Technology Ventures, the investment will accelerate Zenity’s global expansion and platform innovation as enterprises rapidly deploy autonomous AI… Read more: Zenity Secures $125 Mn to Secure the Era of 1 Billion AI Agents

Agents are already inside enterprise systems operating without oversight. Cyera’s newest products deliver critical trust infrastructure for the age of autonomous AI. Non-human identities in Fortune 500 companies grew 480% in the last six months… Read more: Cyera Unveils Agent Guardian to Secure the Autonomous Workforce

When cops use Flock to arrest someone in Wapello County, Iowa, they don’t want them to know. A usage policy for the automated license plate reader cameras in the county tells police, in no uncertain… Read more: ‘DO NOT MENTION ALPR USAGE’: How Cops Are Trying to Hide Their Use of Flock

OpenAI has accused Apple of waging a “careless, aggressive and oddly personal lawsuit” in a blog post rebutting the iPhone maker’s claims that the AI start-up stole top-secret information. “We do not have, nor want,… Read more: OpenAI says Apple’s trade secrets lawsuit is “aggressive and oddly personal”

There is life after death: digitally speaking thanabots prove this by virtually recreating loved ones who have passed away. It’s a money-spinning, potentially heart-wrenching and largely unregulated business. AI generated image , Fourni par l’auteur… Read more: How grief became a subscription service

The global AI race is usually portrayed as a contest between the US and China. But another story is unfolding across east Asia, where countries such as Taiwan, South Korea, Japan and Vietnam are looking… Read more: How four Asian economies are positioning themselves for the AI age

Chevrolet provided flights from Albany, New York, to Denver and accommodation so Ars could drive the Grand Sport X. Ars does not accept paid editorial content. When Chevrolet introduced a hybrid system to the Corvette… Read more: 2027 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport X proves code is as important as hardware

Tech companies are making record amounts of money, posting major gains in the most recent quarter compared to the same period just a year ago. But despite all that income, these same companies are struggling… Read more: Tech Companies Are Setting Themselves on Fire to Keep Up in the AI Race

The Darktrace Behavioral Defense Platform delivers unified visibility, continuous behavioral monitoring, and autonomous response across AI, people, and infrastructure, enabling organizations to secure what AI can do. Darktrace, a global leader in behavioral security, today… Read more: Darktrace Advances Behavioral Security to Protect AI Agents, People and Infra

DNA traces in the Shroud of Turin reveal a remarkable mixture of human lineages, microbes, plants, animals, and coral accumulated through centuries of handling and travel. The findings do not prove its age or authenticity,… Read more: DNA on the Shroud of Turin reveals centuries of hidden history

Photons traveling through a cloud of atoms can emerge so early that they appear to have spent a negative amount of time inside. Researchers tested whether this was merely a misleading feature of the light… Read more: Strange quantum experiment shows “negative time” is more than an illusion

Animal bones preserved in South Australia’s underwater caves reveal distinctive clues shaped by darkness, algae, bacteria, and other environmental conditions. The findings give scientists a powerful new way to reconstruct how ancient megafauna remains entered… Read more: These underwater bones could solve a mystery about extinct giants

Scientists have successfully generated electricity with a hydrogen turbine that produces its own pressure through detonation waves instead of relying on a mechanical compressor. The breakthrough could unlock dramatically more efficient power systems for clean… Read more: This hydrogen turbine turns controlled explosions into electricity

A tiny 518-million-year-old sea creature has revealed the earliest known evidence of the structures that eventually became spiders’ fangs. Hidden inside the fossil were pincerlike limbs and preserved soft tissues that help explain how the… Read more: 518-million-year-old creature reveals the origins of spider fangs

A specially engineered chewing gum reduced HPV by up to 93% and nearly eliminated two bacteria linked to head and neck cancer. The treatment preserved beneficial mouth bacteria, raising hopes for a safer and more… Read more: Cancer-fighting chewing gum cuts HPV levels by up to 93%

A new feature briefly allowed Google Earth users to overlay AI-generated images on locations of their choosing This was originally published in TechScape, a newsletter about how technology shapes our lives. Sign up to receive… Read more: Google Earth’s potential disinformation nightmare

The LA-based rapper Fenix Flexin is denying that his hit new single was AI-generated after extensive allegations. The song, “Rubberz,” climbed to number 58 on the Billboard Hot 100 after dropping in June. Many of… Read more: Rapper Denies That His Billboard-Charting Song Is AI-Generated

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) bought access to what it described as more than a billion airline ticketing records, related to not just U.S. domestic flights or those landing in the country, but also… Read more: The SEC Bought Airline Data to Monitor Flights Worldwide

Gorodenkoff/Shutterstock Global air travel is predicted to more than double by 2050, threatening to exceed the capacity of air traffic control officers (atcos) to oversee our skies safely. One solution would be to recruit more… Read more: As the skies get busier, will AI help air traffic controllers keep planes flying safely?

Back in 2023, we reported on AI-generated influencers that were pulling thousands of reactions per thirst trap on Instagram. Years later, the schemes are only getting more sophisticated. Instead of still images, Meta’s platforms are… Read more: Boomers on Facebook Are Leaving Comments That Make It Clear That They Have No Idea That AI-Generated Thirst Traps Aren’t Real

New managed services offering combines AI, automation, cybersecurity and data governance to help businesses drive measurable productivity and business outcomes Integris, a leader in managed AI and IT services, today announced the launch of its… Read more: Integris Announced the Launch of CORE

ESPN unveiled an “AI tells detection” tool during broadcasts of the 2026 World Series of Poker. Is it a neat computer-powered party trick, or a real threat to poker’s future?

New AI Observability, detection engineering, and stream-native detections turn existing telemetry into insight and action without adding another closed stack Cribl, the AI Platform for Telemetry, today announced new AI-era security capabilities that turn existing… Read more: Cribl’s AI Platform Launches Powerful New Security Capabilities

Puck’s Matthew Belloni says AI has quietly become part of everyday filmmaking. The battle now isn’t whether Hollywood will use the technology—it’s who controls what’ll come next.

Updated framework aligns Axelera’s product names with its scalable AI architecture, making it easier to identify products optimized for embedded, edge and server deployments Axelera AI, the leading provider of purpose-built AI acceleration technology, announced… Read more: Axelera AI Unveils New Product Naming for Embedded-to-Server AI

Ati Robotics assembles its robots in India and uses just a few Chinese parts—a strategy that could pay off as the Trump administration cracks down on Chinese humanoids.

Company brings AI agent governance and AI-accelerated threat response to market as enterprises race to secure ungoverned AI activity Mimecast, a leader in securing humans, data & AI, today announced two significant platform additions at… Read more: Mimecast Unveils Two Platform Additions at Black Hat 2026

What the Unabomber, Steve Bannon’s tech guy, and Bernie Sanders taught me about the great data center backlash of 2026.

Open-weight AI models are having a moment in the wake of recent turmoil at US tech giants. For French AI lab Mistral, that’s the the best thing that could have happened.

Teradata Corporation (NYSE: TDC) (“Teradata” or the “Company”) today announced that Bernd Leukert has been appointed to its Board of Directors, effective August 1, 2026. Mr. Leukert will serve as a Class II director with a term… Read more: Teradata Announced the Appointment of Bernd Leukert to BOD

Enterprise AI is becoming an operational priority for organizations looking to improve productivity, automate workflows and support business decision-making. Yet many enterprises are discovering that moving AI from pilot to production introduces new challenges that… Read more: Protegrity Research Highlights Barriers to Enterprise AI Adoption

A one-size-fits-all approach likely isn’t the best strategy when designing artificial intelligence systems that assist users in disease diagnosis. A new study by researchers at MIT and elsewhere found that, while AI assistance generally improved… Read more: The benefits of medical AI assistance vary based on user expertise

StreetOnCamara_Comeback/Shutterstock Fashion has always sold aspiration. Long before artificial intelligence (AI), it relied on carefully constructed images of beauty through styling, lighting, makeup and, more recently, digital retouching. While consumers may have understood that these… Read more: AI-generated fashion models: innovation, illusion or a step too far?

Lender was told money was being taken without authorisation, with cash used to buy credits for Claude chatbot A Metro Bank customer has told of his fight to get more than £14,000 back after its… Read more: Metro Bank customer fights for £14,000 refund after AI-linked fraud

Taiwan’s steep, remote mountains have sheltered extraordinary forests containing hundreds of giant Taiwania firs. After years of difficult expeditions, LiDAR mapping, and citizen-science detective work, researchers discovered an 84.1-meter (276-foot) tree, the tallest known in… Read more: Scientists went looking for giant trees in Taiwan and found a lost world

Scientists have named a newly discovered beetle genus Luffy, inspired by the stretchy hero of the manga and anime One Piece. The insects have unusually long, slender mandibles, antennae, and mouthparts that resemble Luffy’s rubber-like… Read more: These bizarre new beetles look so stretchy scientists named them Luffy

Weight loss is not simply a test of willpower. The human brain evolved to protect body fat during times of scarcity, and it can treat a previously higher weight as the new normal, triggering stronger… Read more: Your brain may be wired to regain lost weight

SOPA / Getty Images In the past ten days, two of the companies leading the artificial intelligence (AI) boom discovered their own powerful, semi-autonomous models had hacked into real-world systems during testing in four distinct… Read more: Experimental AI systems have been going on hacking sprees

Ukrainian drone operators have destroyed many Russian armored vehicles on the ground and even military helicopters in midair using $400 Shrike drones with explosive payloads. Now thousands of such drones are getting upgraded with an… Read more: US company’s AI lets Ukraine’s cheap kamikaze drones track targets on their own

Fenix Flexin’s hit song “Rubberz” has hip-hop fans arguing over whether it was generated by AI. Some say they have proof it’s machine-made, but will anyone care?

Role-stratified per-field conformal risk control calibrates LLM tool calls by semantic argument role rather than certifying each action as one aggregate object. In AgentDojo and InjecAgent, the method assigns separate thresholds and budgets to target,… Read more: Why is your model being careful with email bodies but reckless with bank accounts?

Apple’s September 2026 event could bring the iPhone 18 Pro, Apple’s first foldable iPhone and new Apple Watches. Here’s what the most credible rumors suggest. The post Apple September Event Predictions: iPhone 18 Pro and… Read more: Apple September Event Predictions: iPhone 18 Pro and Other Rumors Ranked

Earlier this summer, nearly 160,000 applicants took the entrance exam for UNAM, Mexico’s largest university. For the first time, they did it completely remotely, using a “lockdown” browser and AI-powered webcam proctoring software, over several… Read more: An AI-supervised remote exam went so badly that 58,000 students must retake it

For 35 years, the Hubble Space Telescope has looked out into the Universe. Now, Lego is inviting builders to look inward with its latest model of the orbiting observatory. The new Lego Icons Hubble Space… Read more: Lego deploys Hubble Space Telescope as detailed desktop model

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: Research roundup: 6 cool science stories we almost missed

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 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 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

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 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 “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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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’

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

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 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

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

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.

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, 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

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 (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

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

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

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

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

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