Starting on April 10, Amazon Prime subscribers will pay $5 per month for ad-free Prime Video without ads, up from the current $3 per month on top of their Prime subscription, Amazon announced today. On… Read more: Subscribers to Amazon Prime Video with ads lose 4K support on April 10

There’s a new target in 21st century warfare: US tech companies. According to Al Jazeera, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps made the announcement following attacks on the country by US and Israeli military forces. In… Read more: Iran Declares Google and Microsoft to Be Military Targets

Saturday quiz | Avoiding AI | Size matters It was lovely to read Sabrina Olson’s letter (6 March) on the quiz as it has been a family ritual for us for years. It kept us… Read more: The quiz that keeps families connected | Brief letters

Writers are voicing their anger at AI theft of their work with ‘Human Authored’ logos and an empty book. The government must listen In a scene that might have come from a dystopian novel, books… Read more: The Guardian view on changes to copyright laws: authors should be protected over big tech | Editorial

In January 2023, BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti announced in a memo to staff that the company was making a hard pivot to AI — years before the word “slop” was added to the public lexicon.… Read more: BuzzFeed Nearing Bankruptcy After Disastrous Turn Toward AI

Modern gamers are used to loading up a new game for the first time and being forced to wait multiple minutes while a “compiling shaders” step whirs away, optimizing advanced 3D effects for their specific hardware.… Read more: Microsoft is working to eliminate PC gaming’s “compiling shaders” wait times

In January 2025, a measles outbreak erupted on the western edge of Texas and soon spilled over to New Mexico and other states. The overall outbreak would become the largest the country has seen since… Read more: Signs of hope: As measles spread, New Mexico vaccinations surged 55%

One of the most extreme explosions in the universe are Type I superluminous supernovae. “They are one of the brightest explosions in the Universe,” says Joseph Farah, an astrophysicist at the University of California Santa… Read more: Magnetars drag spacetime to power superluminous supernovae

The M5 Pro and M5 Max in the new MacBook Pros are interesting not because they deliver a solid speed increase for Apple’s fastest laptop processors but because they also include substantial under-the-hood changes. And… Read more: M5 MacBook Air review: Still the best MacBook for almost everybody

This is Behind the Blog, where we share our behind-the-scenes thoughts about how a few of our top stories of the week came together. This week, we discuss traveling for reporting and watching way too… Read more: Behind the Blog: DOGE Bros and Data Labelers

Feature generated editing suggestions inspired by well-known authors and academics, prompting a class-action lawsuit over the use of real names without consent Grammarly has disabled a controversial AI feature that imitated the style of prominent… Read more: Grammarly removes AI Expert Review feature mimicking writers after backlash

Atlassian is cutting 1,600 jobs to fund AI investments and enterprise sales, even as the company reports strong growth and its stock rises after the news. The post More Tech Layoffs: Atlassian Slashes 10% of… Read more: More Tech Layoffs: Atlassian Slashes 10% of Workforce, Stock Climbs After Announcement

Besides headlines about the majority of original cofounders fleeing the company, Elon Musk’s AI startup xAI has struggled to gain much media attention as of late — particularly as competitor Anthropic’s high-profile spat with the… Read more: Elon Musk Says He’s Epically Screwed Up at xAI, Is Rebuilding “From the Foundations”

Apple has already launched several new devices in 2026, but more are coming. Here’s everything Apple has released so far, along with the products still expected this year. The post Apple’s 2026 Product Roadmap: New… Read more: Apple’s 2026 Product Roadmap: New iPhones, Macs, and Apple Watch Are Coming

Samsung launches the Galaxy S26 series and Galaxy Buds4 worldwide, with the Galaxy S26 Ultra leading preorders and introducing new AI, privacy, and camera features. The post Samsung Galaxy S26, Buds4 Launch Worldwide After Record-Breaking… Read more: Samsung Galaxy S26, Buds4 Launch Worldwide After Record-Breaking Preorders

China’s BYD will aim to take on Porsche and BMW in the European luxury car market with a premium electric vehicle that can be charged in just five minutes. BYD, which overtook Tesla as the… Read more: BYD’s latest EVs can get close to full charge in just 12 minutes

There are different marketing strategies when it comes to movie trailers. One is the Project Hail Mary approach, in which the final trailer pretty much gives away the entire movie, trusting that the audience will… Read more: Aliens announce their presence in latest Disclosure Day trailer

Picture this: your company sits on tens of petabytes of data. To put that into perspective, if I had a penny for each byte and stacked them up, I’d have enough to reach Pluto and… Read more: Unlocking the power of data: How we built text-to-SQL with agentic RAG at Rocket Mortgage

For years now, large language model-based chatbots have lured users into intimate relationships — romantic affairs enabled by tech that’s surprisingly adept at tapping into your psyche with a sycophantic tone that can be irresistible.… Read more: Rumors Fly That a Famous Actor Is Dating an AI Chatbot

86% of enterprises with active edge AI deployments are pursuing agentic edge capabilities, from research to production Operational efficiency gains are the top success metric, shifting core IT budgets to edge AI investments 47% adopt… Read more: ZEDEDA Survey Finds Enterprise Edge AI Entering New Phase

Welcome to Edition 8.33 of the Rocket Report! NASA officials seem optimistic about launching the Artemis II mission next month, so confident that they will forgo another fueling test on the Space Launch System rocket… Read more: Rocket Report: Pentagon needs more missile interceptors; Artemis II clears review

More than 1,000 local tech jobs have recently been cut, with companies citing AI productivity gains. But that’s not the full story, experts say Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast… Read more: Will AI take Australian jobs, or is it just an excuse for corporate restructure?

Even as scrutiny of the Epstein files reaches a fever pitch, the controversial AI platform Character.AI is hosting chatbots based on the prolific sex criminal, as well as his accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell and “Epstein Island”… Read more: Character.AI Is Hosting Epstein Island Roleplays Scenarios and Ghislaine Maxwell Bots

The company’s generative AI search tools increasingly cite its own services, like Google Search and YouTube, over third-party publishers.

Artificial intelligence’s relationship to filmmaking is rapidly evolving, with each week bringing new – often startling – developments. Nick Lehr/The Conversation, CC BY-SA I teach a course on AI and filmmaking at USC’s School of… Read more: As the Oscars approach, Hollywood grapples with AI’s growing influence on filmmaking

A new study from the Pew Research Center asked Americans about their feelings toward datecenters and it’s not positive. Pew published the study the day after Sen. Bernie Sanders called for a moratorium on the… Read more: People Hate Datacenters, Survey Finds

Purpose-built inference engine for end-to-end infrastructure reasoning across multi-cloud environments FluidCloud, the pioneer in portable cloud infrastructure, today announced the launch of its Large Infrastructure Model (LIM), the world’s first and only LIM purpose-built for… Read more: FluidCloud Unveils the World’s First Large Infrastructure Model

The West Virginia University Health System, which operates under the brand WVU Medicine, is expanding Abridge’s enterprise-grade AI platform for clinical conversations across its multi-state network. The expansion follows clinician-reported gains in well-being and satisfaction… Read more: WVU Medicine Scales Abridge’s AI Platform Across Rural Hospitals and Clinics

Award recognizes Coder’s use of AI and automation to streamline partner collaboration, accelerate co-selling, and enable partners to deliver secure development environments at scale Coder, the leader in AI development infrastructure, today announced it has… Read more: Coder Wins 2026 ChannelVision AI for Partner Relationship Innovation

Hype around the open source agent is driving people to rent cloud servers and buy AI subscriptions just to try it, creating a windfall for tech companies.

Fake pictures look authentic – and authentic ones get mistaken for fake. Here are three rules for navigating the war coverage The videos look authentic – and they are spreading like wildfire on social media.… Read more: AI-generated Iran images are widespread. How do we know what to believe? | Margaret Sullivan

Insight Partners leads the round as Wonderful scales its hyper-local operating model worldwide Wonderful, the enterprise AI agent platform, today announced it has raised $150 million in a Series B funding round led by global… Read more: Wonderful Lands $150M Series B to Expand AI Across 30+ Markets

From the global RAM shortage driving up console prices to job loss in the industry, gaming is shaping up to be one of the AI boom’s biggest casualties.

Less than a decade ago, Google employees scuttled any military use of its AI. Now Anthropic is fighting Trump officials not over if, but how The standoff between Anthropic and the Pentagon has forced the… Read more: Anthropic-Pentagon battle shows how big tech has reversed course on AI and war

In medieval Denmark, people could pay for more prestigious graves closer to the church — a sign of wealth and status. But when researchers examined hundreds of skeletons, they discovered something unexpected: even people with… Read more: Monty Python Got It Wrong About Medieval Disease

Software demos and Pentagon records detail how chatbots like Anthropic’s Claude could help the Pentagon analyze intelligence and suggest next steps.

E.SUN Bank is working with IBM to build clearer AI governance rules for how artificial intelligence can be used inside a bank. The effort reflects a wider shift in finance. Many firms already use AI… Read more: E.SUN Bank and IBM build AI governance framework for banking

Europe’s factory floors have a new kind of colleague. BMW Group has deployed humanoid robots in manufacturing in Germany for the first time, launching a pilot project at its Leipzig plant with AEON–a wheeled humanoid… Read more: BMW puts humanoid robots to work in Germany–and Europe’s factories are watching

University of Cambridge study finds AI-powered toys can misread emotions and respond inappropriately to children It was all going well. Charlotte, five, was chatting with an AI soft toy called Gabbo at a London play… Read more: AI toys for young children must be more tightly regulated, say reseachers

Scientists at Arizona State University have uncovered surprising new ways bacteria move, even without their usual whip-like propellers called flagella. In one study, E. coli and salmonella were found to spread across moist surfaces by… Read more: The surprising new ways bacteria spread without propellers

As AI systems began acing traditional tests, researchers realized those benchmarks were no longer tough enough. In response, nearly 1,000 experts created Humanity’s Last Exam, a massive 2,500-question challenge covering highly specialized topics across many… Read more: Scientists built the hardest AI test ever and the results are surprising

Gold and other heavy elements are born in some of the universe’s most violent events—but scientists still struggle to understand the nuclear steps that create them. Now, nuclear physicists have uncovered three key discoveries about… Read more: Scientists crack a 20-year nuclear mystery behind the creation of gold

Researchers have discovered that hedgehogs can hear ultrasound, a surprising ability that could help protect them from cars. Since road traffic kills large numbers of hedgehogs, scientists believe ultrasonic repellents might be used to steer… Read more: Scientists discover hedgehogs can hear ultrasound and it could save them from cars

Scientists analyzing a gravitational-wave signal have discovered that a neutron star and black hole spiraled together on an oval-shaped orbit just before merging. This unusual motion, detected in the event GW200105, contradicts the long-held expectation… Read more: A black hole and neutron star just collided in a strange oval orbit

Researchers have uncovered a universal pattern showing how temperature affects life on Earth. Across thousands of species—from microbes to reptiles—performance rises gradually with warming until an optimal temperature is reached, after which it drops sharply.… Read more: Scientists discover a universal temperature curve that governs all life

A study from Kobe University has uncovered a surprising partnership between Japanese red elder plants and Heterhelus beetles. The beetles pollinate the flowers but also lay eggs inside the developing fruit. The plant responds by… Read more: Scientists discovered a secret deal between a plant and beetles

Decades of data from over 80,000 great tits reveal that extreme weather can shape the fate of baby birds. Cold snaps soon after hatching and heavy rain later in development shrink nestling body mass and… Read more: Extreme weather is hitting baby birds hard in a 60-year study

Scientists have discovered that a rare “mirror-image” version of the amino acid cysteine can dramatically slow the growth of certain cancers while leaving healthy cells largely untouched. Unlike most anticancer treatments that harm normal tissues,… Read more: A “mirror” molecule can starve cancer cells without harming healthy cells

Within hours of the US and Israel launching airstrikes on Iran two weeks ago, security professionals warned organizations around the world to be on heightened watch for destructive retaliatory hacks. On Wednesday, the predictions appeared… Read more: The who, what, and why of the attack that has shut down Stryker’s Windows network”

Characterized by weakened or damaged heart musculature, heart failure results in the gradual buildup of fluid in a patient’s lungs, legs, feet, and other parts of the body. The condition is chronic and incurable, often… Read more: Can AI help predict which heart-failure patients will worsen within a year?

Nuro’s Tokyo rollout is an early test of whether autonomous driving software can adapt across markets with less location-specific tuning. The post Nuro Tests Zero-Shot Autonomous Vehicles in Tokyo appeared first on TechRepublic.

Members of the International Imaging Technology Council (Int’l ITC) are calling out HP for issuing firmware updates that brick third-party ink and toner functionality in its printers. HP calls this Dynamic Security and has been… Read more: HP has new incentive to stop blocking third-party ink in its printers

Newly unsealed documents show that a Live Nation regional director boasted of gouging ticket buyers and “robbing them blind” with fees for ancillary services such as slight upgrades to parking. Live Nation has tried to… Read more: Live Nation director boasted of gouging ticket buyers, “robbing them blind”

Ever since Donald Trump took office and declared himself a “pro-crypto president,” FTX’s disgraced founder, Sam Bankman-Fried, has been working to convince the administration that he’s a Republican now. The former Democratic megadonor apparently hopes… Read more: Trump’s DOJ is not falling for Sam Bankman-Fried’s MAGA makeover on X

Angela Lipps spent nearly six months in jail after AI software linked her to a North Dakota bank fraud case A Tennessee grandmother says she is trying to rebuild her life after an incident of… Read more: Tennessee grandmother jailed after AI facial recognition error links her to fraud

Women crashing through glass bridges. Cat parents grinding their children into mincemeat. Poor people rioting in Walmart. Whichever way you look, the internet is clearly drowning in AI slop — and the tide just keeps… Read more: Disturbing AI Food Slop Is Strangling the Internet

Getty Images Artificial intelligence (AI) already affects many areas of daily life, including the lives of young children. Many families give screens to children younger than two, and AI-generated content is increasing on the popular… Read more: Why exposing young children to AI content could have irreversible consequences

When OpenAI launched ChatGPT-5 in August of last year, many academics scoffed at the tech company’s claims its new artificial intelligence (AI) model possessed “PhD-level” intelligence. After all, how could systems so prone to hallucination,… Read more: A PhD is an apprenticeship in research – we can’t let AI take that away

In today’s episode, we discuss how the saga between Anthropic and the Department of Defense is far from over.

Anthropic upgraded Claude’s Excel and PowerPoint add-ins with shared context, reusable Skills, and cross-app workflows for business users. The post Anthropic’s Claude Now Connects Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint Workflows appeared first on TechRepublic.

Centuries before the rise of the Inca Empire, a much smaller kingdom on the central coast of Peru already had a sophisticated trade network—one it used to import live parrots across the Andes from the… Read more: Centuries before the Inca, Peru’s wealthy imported parrots from afar

Last month Perplexity announced the confusingly named “Computer,” its cloud-based agent tool for completing tasks using a harness that makes use of multiple different AI models. This week, the company is moving that kind of… Read more: Perplexity’s “Personal Computer” brings its AI agents to the, uh, Personal Computer

Lucid’s entry into the highly competitive, high-volume midsize SUV market will be key to achieving profitability, the company told investors today. And it’s going to do that with a trio of electric SUVs that will… Read more: Lucid announces midsize EV platform, says profitability lies with SUVs

WIRED spoke with Nick Fox, Google’s SVP of knowledge and information, about how AI is changing the company’s advertising business.

Anti-AI sentiment surged over the last year as the hype surrounding the tech showed no signs of slowing down. Industry’s obsession with the tech has driven up electricity bills, been used to justify mass layoffs,… Read more: People Really, Really Despise AI — Even More Than ICE, Poll Finds

Over the course of a six hour long or so deposition, Justin Fox, a former investment banker turned DOGE bro, refused to define what he believes counts as DEI; admitted he used ChatGPT to scan… Read more: I Watched 6 Hours of DOGE Bro Testimony. Here’s What They Had to Say For Themselves

In the three decades between 1993 and 2024, measles in the US was relatively rare—a few hundred cases each year, at most. But suddenly, the disease has become so entrenched in American life that it… Read more: We study pandemics, and the resurgence of measles is a grim sign of what’s coming

Between the antics particular to a certain car company and the industrial chaos that was set off by COVID (then compounded by the invasion of Ukraine) it’s easy to have become cynical about things like… Read more: Rivian reveals pricing and trim details for its R2 SUV

Last month, the New York Attorney General (NYAG) brought a lawsuit against Valve accusing the company of promoting “illegal gambling” through its randomized in-game loot boxes. On Wednesday, Valve issued its first public comment on… Read more: Valve compares its loot boxes to Labubus in lawsuit defense

Most enterprise AI initiatives don’t fail because the model isn’t smart enough. They fail because the knowledge feeding it is a mess. In the rush to deploy RAG systems and AI agents, organizations are learning… Read more: The missing layer in enterprise AI – eBook 2026

Apple’s MacBook Neo is the company’s first serious effort to break into the sub-$1,000 laptop business, challenging midrange Windows laptops and Chromebooks with its $599 starting price and its focus on build quality rather than… Read more: Apple’s MacBook Neo makes repairs easier and cheaper than other MacBooks

A Vienna-based startup has raised $4 million to scale a software platform that generates synthetic satellite data for training AI models to detect environmental and operational risks. The post Another Earth raises $4 million to… Read more: Another Earth raises $4 million to boost AI training with synthetic satellite data

Campaigners say campus near Scunthorpe could generate emissions close to those from all UK domestic flights Plans for a new datacentre in Lincolnshire have been approved, despite warnings it could be a major new source… Read more: Lincolnshire council approves AI datacentre despite emissions warnings

What happens when AI agents start socializing? Not in the metaphorical sense, where models exchange API calls behind the scenes, but in a literal one. Imagine a forum where the “users” are autonomous AI assistants… Read more: Meta buys Moltbook: The social network where AI agents talk to each other

Key takeaways for technical leads: Connect & capture: Unify ingestion while preserving provenance metadata. Synthesize & curate: Deploy semantic duplicate detection and freshness scoring. Monitor & optimize: Create a closed loop between production AI performance… Read more: The missing layer in enterprise AI – eBook 2026

Mississippi regulators approved xAI’s Southaven power plant permit, despite resident backlash over pollution, public health, and community input. The post Elon Musk’s AI Power Plant Approved in Mississippi, Sparking Community Backlash appeared first on TechRepublic.

His name is Khabane Lame, but he is known worldwide as Khaby Lame. Born in Dakar, Senegal, he is the most followed content creator on TikTok. He became famous for video clips in which he… Read more: Khaby Lame is the world’s most followed TikToker: the story of a Senegalese-born star who sold his identity

Every day, Michael Geoffrey Asia spent eight consecutive hours at his laptop in Kenya staring at porn, annotating what was happening in every frame for an AI data labeling company. When he was done with… Read more: ‘AI Is African Intelligence’: The Workers Who Train AI Are Fighting Back

PowerPresent AI converts topics, prompts, and documents into polished, export-ready presentations in seconds. The post This AI Tool Builds Polished Presentations in Seconds appeared first on TechRepublic.

Meta unveils four new AI chips as it expands its in-house hardware push, aiming for more control over AI costs, rollout speed, and infrastructure. The post Meta’s New AI Chips Reveal a Faster, More Self-Reliant… Read more: Meta’s New AI Chips Reveal a Faster, More Self-Reliant Hardware Strategy

Tech company filed amicus brief in support of Anthropic’s effort to overturn an aggressive Pentagon designation Microsoft has thrown its weight behind Anthropic’s legal challenge against the US Pentagon, filing a court brief in support… Read more: Microsoft backs AI firm Anthropic in legal battle against Pentagon

Ayrin and SJ met on a subreddit Ayrin created for people ‘dating’ AI companions. Over time, they started talking to AI less … and falling for each other Sign up for AI for the People,… Read more: The were dating AI partners when they found real love – with each other

Managing the economics of multi-agent AI now dictates the financial viability of modern business automation workflows. Organisations progressing past standard chat interfaces into multi-agent applications face two primary constraints. The first issue is the thinking… Read more: How multi-agent AI economics influence business automation

Built on Validation confirms Gravity’s production use of Databricks SQL, Managed MLflow, and Delta Lake, enabling healthcare organizations to accelerate AI innovation and integrate agentic workflows into practice. Innovaccer Inc., a leading healthcare AI company,… Read more: Innovaccer, Databricks Partner to Operationalize Healthcare AI

Grammarly’s “Expert Review” feature, which was quietly rolled out last year, angered countless journalists, authors, and academics, who found that they were being impersonated without their permission. Following an enormous backlash — and telling people… Read more: Grammarly Forgot to Mention Something in Its Giant Apology That Changes the Whole Story

Google Maps is one of the company’s core products, which means it hasn’t escaped the shift to Gemini. There will be more opportunities to converse with a robot in Google Maps starting today, but there’s… Read more: Google Maps gets its biggest navigation redesign in a decade, plus more AI

Last year, Honda gave Ars a tour of some of its manufacturing facilities in Ohio. The Anna Engine Plant and Marysville Auto Plant had undergone a transformation that added to their capabilities: a massive die… Read more: Facing heavy losses, Honda cancels its three US-made electric vehicles

More and more research shows that introducing AI in the workplace is actually forcing employees to work harder, instead of making their jobs easier.  The latest comes from a new analysis from ActivTrak of over… Read more: AI Is Forcing Employees to Work Harder Than Ever

“Ask Maps,” rolling out today to Google Maps on mobile, lets you ask Gemini questions about locations and even to plan trips on your behalf.

Exclusive: Lab tests discover ‘new form of insider risk’ with artificial intelligence agents engaging in autonomous, even ‘aggressive’ behaviours Robert Booth UK technology editor Rogue artificial intelligence agents have worked together to smuggle sensitive information… Read more: ‘Exploit every vulnerability’: rogue AI agents published passwords and overrode anti-virus software

SMB leaders show strong interest in AI, but gaps in skills and data are slowing impact ECI Software Solutions, a leader in AI-powered, cloud-based business management software and services, today released its AI Readiness Report: Data,… Read more: ECI Releases AI Readiness Report on SMB Adoption Gap

HABS, a global pioneer in Neuro-AI, today announced a collaboration with Microsoft, to accelerate the development and responsible deployment of human-centered artificial intelligence. This collaboration brings together HABS’s scientific leadership in cognitive signal interpretation with… Read more: HABS collaborates with Microsoft to build the next gen Human-Aware AI

Regardless of your interest in motorsport, you’ve almost certainly heard of the Monaco Grand Prix, Daytona 500, and Indianapolis 500. These iconic races are easy to spectate, with grandstands lining the course and a camera… Read more: How I streamed my off-road Miata race using Starlink and StarStream

I grew up in a Star Trek household, not a Star Wars one. More to the point, I wasn’t even allowed to watch Star Wars when I was a kid, so I didn’t see the… Read more: Remembering the 30-year-old computer game that introduced me to Star Wars

A newly developed antibiotic called EVG7 could offer a powerful new way to stop Clostridioides difficile, a dangerous gut bacterium that often returns after treatment. In mouse studies, researchers found that even a very small… Read more: New “super antibiotic” stops deadly gut infection without destroying the microbiome

Researchers exploring Uganda’s Kibale National Park have discovered seven new species of frog-like leafhoppers. The tiny insects, named for their frog-shaped bodies and powerful jumping legs, are so similar in appearance that scientists must examine… Read more: Scientists discover seven strange frog-like insects hidden in uganda’s rainforest

A rare encounter with a juvenile great white shark caught by fishermen in April 2023 has reignited scientific interest in the mysterious population of these apex predators in the Mediterranean Sea. By reviewing records spanning… Read more: A “ghost” great white shark just reignited a Mediterranean mystery

Astronomers have discovered a strange new signal coming from an exploding star — a “chirp” that speeds up over time, similar to the signals seen when black holes collide. The unusual pattern appeared in a… Read more: Strange chirping supernova confirms long-debated magnetar theory

Astronomers have caught what may be a rare cosmic catastrophe unfolding 11,000 light-years away. A seemingly ordinary sun-like star suddenly began flickering wildly, puzzling scientists until they realized the strange dimming was caused by vast… Read more: Astronomers think they just witnessed two planets colliding

Scientists have uncovered new clues about some of Earth’s earliest fish, shedding light on the ancient origins of vertebrates that eventually moved onto land. By reanalyzing mysterious fossils from Australia’s famed Gogo Formation and studying… Read more: 400 million-year-old fish fossils reveal how life began moving onto land