
- Judge doesn’t trust DOJ with search of devices seized from Wash. Post reporter
A federal court will conduct a search of devices seized from a Washington Post reporter after a magistrate judge decided yesterday that the Department of Justice cannot be trusted to perform the search on its… Read more: Judge doesn’t trust DOJ with search of devices seized from Wash. Post reporter - The Galaxy S26 is faster, more expensive, and even more chock-full of AI
There used to be countless companies making flagship Android phones, but a combination of factors has narrowed the field over time. Today, Samsung is the undisputed king of the Android device ecosystem with its Galaxy… Read more: The Galaxy S26 is faster, more expensive, and even more chock-full of AI - Judge: xAI can’t claim OpenAI stole trade secrets just by hiring ex-staffers
Elon Musk appears to be grasping at straws in a lawsuit accusing OpenAI of poaching eight xAI employees in an allegedly unlawful bid to access xAI trade secrets connected to its data centers and chatbot,… Read more: Judge: xAI can’t claim OpenAI stole trade secrets just by hiring ex-staffers - Nvidia quarterly earnings show immunity to AI bubble fears as it cashes in on data center boom
Chipmaker’s quarterly earnings surpassed Wall Street’s expectations every quarter for multiple years now Nvidia released its quarterly earnings on Wednesday, with the chipmaker revealing higher than expected revenues that buoyed its stock in after-hours trading,… Read more: Nvidia quarterly earnings show immunity to AI bubble fears as it cashes in on data center boom - Samsung Unveils Galaxy S26 Lineup with Privacy-First Display, Smarter AI
Samsung unveils the Galaxy S26 series and Buds4 at Unpacked 2026, spotlighting built-in privacy display tech, agentic AI features, pricing, and preorder deals. The post Samsung Unveils Galaxy S26 Lineup with Privacy-First Display, Smarter AI… Read more: Samsung Unveils Galaxy S26 Lineup with Privacy-First Display, Smarter AI - Could a vaccine prevent dementia? Shingles shot data only getting stronger.
While lifesaving vaccines face a relentless onslaught from the Trump administration—with fervent anti-vaccine advocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. leading the charge—scientific literature is building a wondrous story: A vaccine appears to prevent dementia, including Alzheimer’s,… Read more: Could a vaccine prevent dementia? Shingles shot data only getting stronger. - Riley Walz, the Jester of Silicon Valley, Is Joining OpenAI
The software engineer is famous for his online stunts. Now he’s joining the company behind ChatGPT to work on new ways for humans to use AI systems. - Amazon Change Means Wishlists Might Expose Your Address
Amazon is telling people who use its wishlists feature to switch to post office boxes or non-residential delivery addresses if they want to ensure their home addresses remain private, as part of a change in… Read more: Amazon Change Means Wishlists Might Expose Your Address - Mixing generative AI with physics to create personal items that work in the real world
Have you ever had an idea for something that looked cool, but wouldn’t work well in practice? When it comes to designing things like decor and personal accessories, generative artificial intelligence (genAI) models can relate.… Read more: Mixing generative AI with physics to create personal items that work in the real world - RAM now represents 35 percent of bill of materials for HP PCs
In an illustration of the severity of the current memory shortage, HP Inc. CFO Karen Parkhill said that RAM has gone from accounting for “roughly 15 percent to 18 percent” of HP PCs’ bill of… Read more: RAM now represents 35 percent of bill of materials for HP PCs - 2026 Lexus RZ 550e review: Likable, but it needs improvement
Sometimes you drive a car you just don’t gel with. The original Lexus RZ was such a case. It was Lexus’ first battery EV, and I was less than impressed when I drove it in… Read more: 2026 Lexus RZ 550e review: Likable, but it needs improvement - OpenClaw Users Are Allegedly Bypassing Anti-Bot Systems
An open source project called Scrapling is gaining traction with AI agent users who want their bots to scrape sites without permission. - Gemini Can Now Book You an Uber or Order a DoorDash Meal on Your Phone. Here’s How It Works
Starting with the Samsung Galaxy S26, Google’s Gemini can automate tasks in popular mobile apps. We got a live demo of the new feature in action. - If AI Causes an Office Job Wipeout, It’ll Cause Huge Problems for Blue Collar Work Too
Blue collar workers may be enjoying a certain degree of schadenfreude at seeing the panic over tech, finance, and other white collar workers potentially losing their jobs to AI. But mass job destruction would end up… Read more: If AI Causes an Office Job Wipeout, It’ll Cause Huge Problems for Blue Collar Work Too - Microsoft to Showcase AI in Windows 11 26H2 Taskbar, File Explorer
Windows 11 26H2 is shaping up as a quick enablement update, adding new Copilot experiences, File Explorer cleanups, and optional Sysmon security tools. The post Microsoft to Showcase AI in Windows 11 26H2 Taskbar, File… Read more: Microsoft to Showcase AI in Windows 11 26H2 Taskbar, File Explorer - How the AI boom was enabled by a 1970s economic revolution
Advertising in New York for Maven AGI, an artificial intelligence company providing customer support services. rblfmr/Shutterstock Artificial intelligence is accelerating a global economic revolution that began back in the 1970s. Researching the impacts of AI… Read more: How the AI boom was enabled by a 1970s economic revolution - Trump’s MAHA influencer pick for surgeon general goes before Senate
Casey Means, President Trump’s nominee for surgeon general, will appear before the Senate Health Committee on Wednesday and is likely to face scrutiny over her qualifications for becoming the country’s top doctor. Though Means holds… Read more: Trump’s MAHA influencer pick for surgeon general goes before Senate - Treasury calls in Blair thinktank to advise on using AI across public services
Tech equity campaigners compare move to ‘inviting in foxes to consult on the future of the henhouse’ Ministers have called in Tony Blair’s thinktank and private tech companies to guide them on deploying AI across… Read more: Treasury calls in Blair thinktank to advise on using AI across public services - Just two days of oatmeal cut bad cholesterol by 10%
Eating nothing but oatmeal for just two days might sound extreme, but it delivered a striking payoff in a new clinical trial. People with metabolic syndrome who followed a short, calorie-reduced oat-based plan saw their… Read more: Just two days of oatmeal cut bad cholesterol by 10% - Lost fossils reveal sea monsters that took over after Earth’s greatest extinction
A lost cache of 250-million-year-old fossils from Australia has rewritten part of the story of life after Earth’s worst mass extinction. Instead of a single marine amphibian species, researchers uncovered evidence of a surprisingly diverse… Read more: Lost fossils reveal sea monsters that took over after Earth’s greatest extinction - A simple chemical tweak could supercharge quantum computers
Quantum computers need special materials called topological superconductors—but they’ve been notoriously difficult to create. Researchers have now shown they can trigger this exotic state by subtly adjusting the mix of tellurium and selenium in ultra-thin… Read more: A simple chemical tweak could supercharge quantum computers - NASA study finds ancient life could survive 50 million years in Martian ice
Mars’ frozen ice caps may be time capsules for ancient life. Lab experiments show that key building blocks of proteins can survive tens of millions of years in pure ice, even under relentless cosmic radiation.… Read more: NASA study finds ancient life could survive 50 million years in Martian ice - FBI Subpoenaed X to Get Grok Prompts Used to Create Nonconsensual Porn
This article was produced in collaboration with Court Watch, an independent outlet that unearths overlooked court records. Subscribe to them here. The FBI subpoenaed X to get details on the Grok prompts a man allegedly used to… Read more: FBI Subpoenaed X to Get Grok Prompts Used to Create Nonconsensual Porn - Podcast: Ring Is Just Getting Started
This week we start with Jason’s follow up to Ring launching its ‘Search Party’ feature. It turns out, according to a leaked email he got, the feature is only starting with finding lost dogs. After… Read more: Podcast: Ring Is Just Getting Started - A giant weak spot in Earth’s magnetic field is now half the size of Europe
Earth’s magnetic shield is shifting in dramatic ways. New data from ESA’s Swarm satellites show that the South Atlantic Anomaly — a vast weak spot in Earth’s magnetic field — has grown by nearly half… Read more: A giant weak spot in Earth’s magnetic field is now half the size of Europe - Meta’s Head of AI Safety Just Made a Mistake That May Cause You a Certain Amount of Alarm
OpenClaw, an open source AI agent that supposedly “actually does things,” has driven everyone in the industry completely mad — something that seems to happen with every subsequent release of the trendy AI thing of… Read more: Meta’s Head of AI Safety Just Made a Mistake That May Cause You a Certain Amount of Alarm - Pete Hegseth tells Anthropic to fall in line with DoD desires, or else
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has threatened to cut Anthropic from his department’s supply chain unless it agrees to sign off on its technology being used in all lawful military applications by Friday. The threat… Read more: Pete Hegseth tells Anthropic to fall in line with DoD desires, or else - Google Apologizes for Sending the Worst Push Notification You Can Possibly Imagine
Disaster tends to strike when you let automated systems distribute news, especially on sensitive topics. The latest case in point: how Google’s automated news alerts accidentally ended up throwing more fuel onto an already hurtful… Read more: Google Apologizes for Sending the Worst Push Notification You Can Possibly Imagine - What’s the Point of School When AI Can Do Your Homework?
There’s a new agentic AI called Einstein that will, according to its developers, live the life of a student for them. Einstein’s website claims that the AI will attend lectures for you, write your papers,… Read more: What’s the Point of School When AI Can Do Your Homework? - Facial recognition error prompts police to arrest Asian man for burglary 100 miles away
Exclusive: Alvi Choudhury claiming damages against Thames Valley police after biased technology confused him with man looking ‘10 years younger’ Police arrested a man for a burglary in a city he had never visited after… Read more: Facial recognition error prompts police to arrest Asian man for burglary 100 miles away - Tech CEOs Confused by Why Everybody Hates AI So Much
These days, it’s not enough to sit and watch as AI destroys a generation of students, makes it impossible to find a new job, and generates military targets by the thousands — you gotta be… Read more: Tech CEOs Confused by Why Everybody Hates AI So Much - Making sense of a chaotic planet: How understanding weather and climate risks depends on supercomputers like NCAR’s
Have you ever stopped to wonder how forecasters can predict the weather days in advance, or how scientists figure out how the climate might evolve under different policies? The Earth system is a vast web… Read more: Making sense of a chaotic planet: How understanding weather and climate risks depends on supercomputers like NCAR’s - A Dream of Spring for Open-Weight LLMs: 10 Architectures from Jan-Feb 2026
If you have struggled a bit to keep up with open-weight model releases this month, this article should catch you up on the main themes. In this article, I will walk you through the ten… Read more: A Dream of Spring for Open-Weight LLMs: 10 Architectures from Jan-Feb 2026 - Why Xbox’s corporate shake-up matters for everyone who plays games
With its longtime figureheads stepping aside, Microsoft’s gaming division faces a pivotal moment, raising questions about whether it can still balance creative ambition with corporate strategy in the age of AI • Don’t get Pushing… Read more: Why Xbox’s corporate shake-up matters for everyone who plays games - Talk to Your Own Personal Isaac Newton With Ailias’s Hologram Avatars
If you’ve ever wanted to bounce ideas off your favorite historical figure, Ailias gives you the chance. - Meta’s AI sending ‘junk’ tips to DoJ, US child abuse investigators say
Officers say flood of low-quality reports is draining resources and slowing cases amid New Mexico lawsuit Meta’s use of artificial intelligence software to moderate its social media platforms is generating large volumes of useless reports… Read more: Meta’s AI sending ‘junk’ tips to DoJ, US child abuse investigators say - Axelera AI Secures More Than $250 Mn Funding on Global Commercial Growth
European AI semiconductor leader earns backing from funds managed by Innovation Industries and SiteGround Capital along with EU institutions; edge-first architecture addresses AI’s critical energy and cooling constraints Axelera AI, the European leader in AI… Read more: Axelera AI Secures More Than $250 Mn Funding on Global Commercial Growth - Obsidian Security Certified ISO/IEC 42001:2023 for AI Governance
New Certification Reflects Company’s Commitment to Responsible AI Development Obsidian Security, leader in SaaS security, today announced that the company has achieved ISO/IEC 42001:2023 certification, the world’s first international standard for an Artificial Intelligence Management… Read more: Obsidian Security Certified ISO/IEC 42001:2023 for AI Governance - Nokia and AWS pilot AI automation for real-time 5G network slicing
Telecom networks may soon begin adjusting themselves in real time, as operators test systems that allow AI agents to manage traffic and service quality. AI may soon be making operational decisions. This week, Nokia and… Read more: Nokia and AWS pilot AI automation for real-time 5G network slicing - SoundHound AI Launches Sales Assist Agent at MWC 2026
New real-time AI solution for in-store teams makes rapid recommendations for deals, add-ons, and savings for a more efficient customer experience SoundHound processed nearly 30 million AI customer interactions telecom and retail businesses globally in… Read more: SoundHound AI Launches Sales Assist Agent at MWC 2026 - AI to help researchers see the bigger picture in cell biology
Studying gene expression in a cancer patient’s cells can help clinical biologists understand the cancer’s origin and predict the success of different treatments. But cells are complex and contain many layers, so how the biologist… Read more: AI to help researchers see the bigger picture in cell biology - Perforce 2026 Report: Mature DevOps Drives AI Success
70% of organizations say DevOps maturity materially affects AI success. Perforce Software, the DevOps company for global teams seeking AI innovation at scale, today announced the findings of the 2026 State of DevOps Report, which surveyed… Read more: Perforce 2026 Report: Mature DevOps Drives AI Success - Basware Reveals Future of Intelligent Finance
Company unveils new Agentic AI capabilities in Invoice Lifecycle Management Platform, paving way to autonomous AP The future of finance is intelligent, and Basware, the global leader in Invoice Lifecycle Management is delivering it today. The pioneer… Read more: Basware Reveals Future of Intelligent Finance - Enhancing maritime cybersecurity with technology and policy
Originally from the small Balkan country of Montenegro, Strahinja (Strajo) Janjusevic says his life has unfolded in unexpected ways, for which he is deeply grateful. After graduating from high school, he was selected to represent… Read more: Enhancing maritime cybersecurity with technology and policy - Why India joining the US alliance on AI tech is an opportunity for Australia
India has formally joined the United States’ flagship international alliance on artificial intelligence (AI) supply chain security: “Pax Silica”. Officials from both countries signed the Pax Silica declaration on the sidelines of a major AI… Read more: Why India joining the US alliance on AI tech is an opportunity for Australia - Boozy chimps fail urine test, confirm hotly debated theory
The urine of chimpanzees contains high levels of alcohol byproduct, most likely because the chimps regularly gorge themselves on fermented fruit, according to a new paper published in the journal Biology Letters. It’s the latest… Read more: Boozy chimps fail urine test, confirm hotly debated theory - Signs of psychosis seen in Australian users’ interactions with AI chatbots, expert warns
Toby Walsh says he despairs at Australian government’s lack of regulation of artificial intelligence Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast A… Read more: Signs of psychosis seen in Australian users’ interactions with AI chatbots, expert warns - AI companies promise to ‘fix’ aged care, but they’re selling a false narrative
Mark Hang Fung So/Unsplash Australia’s Royal Commission into Aged Care found a broken system. Now, technology companies are promising artificial intelligence (AI) will fix everything, from staff shortages to older people’s loneliness. This is known… Read more: AI companies promise to ‘fix’ aged care, but they’re selling a false narrative - Following 35% growth, solar has passed hydro on US grid
On Tuesday, the US Energy Information Administration released full-year data on how the country generated electricity in 2025. It’s a bit of a good news/bad news situation. The bad news is that overall demand rose… Read more: Following 35% growth, solar has passed hydro on US grid - WBD says Paramount’s new, higher offer could be “superior” to Netflix’s
Paramount Skydance increased its bid for Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) from $30 per share to $31 per share, WBD said today. Amid a competing offer from Netflix for WBD’s movie studios and streaming businesses, WBD… Read more: WBD says Paramount’s new, higher offer could be “superior” to Netflix’s - DJI sues the FCC for “carelessly” restricting its drones
DJI, the most popular consumer drone maker, is suing over the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)’s import ban against new, foreign-made drones, which has been in effect since December 23, 2025. On Tuesday, the Shenzhen-headquartered company… Read more: DJI sues the FCC for “carelessly” restricting its drones - $100B Deal: Meta’s AI Chip Pact With AMD Could Shake Up Tech Industry
Meta signs a potential $100 billion AI chip deal with AMD, securing up to 6 gigawatts of capacity as it diversifies beyond Nvidia. The post $100B Deal: Meta’s AI Chip Pact With AMD Could Shake… Read more: $100B Deal: Meta’s AI Chip Pact With AMD Could Shake Up Tech Industry - US military leaders meet with Anthropic to argue against Claude safeguards
Anthropic presents itself as most safety-forward AI firm and Pentagon has threatened penalties if it does not yield US military leaders including Pete Hegseth, the defense secretary, met with executives from the artificial intelligence firm… Read more: US military leaders meet with Anthropic to argue against Claude safeguards - Nvidia Readies New Arm-Based Chips for Dell, Lenovo Laptops
Nvidia is returning to consumer PCs through new partnerships with Intel and MediaTek, aiming to power AI-enabled laptops that rival Apple’s efficiency. The post Nvidia Readies New Arm-Based Chips for Dell, Lenovo Laptops appeared first… Read more: Nvidia Readies New Arm-Based Chips for Dell, Lenovo Laptops - UK fines Reddit for not checking user ages aggressively enough
A UK regulator today fined Reddit £14.5 million ($19.6 million) for not verifying the ages of users. The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) alleged that the failure to check ages resulted in Reddit illegally using… Read more: UK fines Reddit for not checking user ages aggressively enough - Why people are turning to AI first for relationship advice — and why they shouldn’t
It’s 1 a.m. The argument is over, but you keep running it back in your head anyway. You replay the tone, timing and that one sentence that landed wrong. So you open an artificial intelligence… Read more: Why people are turning to AI first for relationship advice — and why they shouldn’t - Pope Implores Priests to Stop Writing Sermons Using ChatGPT
In a closed-door meeting with clergy from the Diocese of Rome late last week, Pope Leo XIV clobbered his priests with a distinctly 21st-century request: to resist the “temptation to prepare homilies with artificial intelligence,”… Read more: Pope Implores Priests to Stop Writing Sermons Using ChatGPT - China’s dancing robots are a wake-up call for Australia on policy and productivity
Chinese state television rang in the Year of the Horse with humanoid robots doing kung fu, comedy sketches and mass choreography. They made complex martial arts choreography look easy. Social media was flooded with memes… Read more: China’s dancing robots are a wake-up call for Australia on policy and productivity - Danger was flagged, but not reported: What the Tumbler Ridge tragedy reveals about Canada’s AI governance vacuum
Eight months before the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting, OpenAI knew something was wrong. The company’s automated review system had flagged Jesse Van Rootselaar’s ChatGPT account for interactions involving scenarios of gun violence. Roughly a dozen… Read more: Danger was flagged, but not reported: What the Tumbler Ridge tragedy reveals about Canada’s AI governance vacuum - In a replay of 2019, Apple says a single desktop Mac will be manufactured in the US
Apple plans to start manufacturing the Mac mini in the United States later this year, the company announced today, as part of its $600 billion commitment to expand its domestic manufacturing operation. The Macs will… Read more: In a replay of 2019, Apple says a single desktop Mac will be manufactured in the US - Inside the quixotic team trying to build an entire world in a 20-year-old game
Despite being regarded as one of the greatest role-playing games of all time, The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind disappointed some fans upon its release in 2002 because it didn’t match the colossal scope of its predecessor,… Read more: Inside the quixotic team trying to build an entire world in a 20-year-old game - OpenAI Massively Cuts Spending Plan as Reality Closes in
During a November podcast appearance alongside OpenAI investor Grad Gerstner, CEO Sam Altman lost his cool. After Gerstner challenged him on how a company “with $13 billion in revenues” can “make $1.4 trillion of spend… Read more: OpenAI Massively Cuts Spending Plan as Reality Closes in - Can solar storms trigger earthquakes? Scientists propose surprising link
Scientists have proposed a surprising connection between solar flares and earthquakes. When solar activity disturbs the ionosphere, it may generate electric fields that penetrate fragile fracture zones in Earth’s crust. If a fault is already… Read more: Can solar storms trigger earthquakes? Scientists propose surprising link - Something strange is happening in the Milky Way’s magnetic field
Deep inside the Milky Way, an invisible force is quietly holding everything together — its magnetic field. Now, researchers have created one of the most detailed maps ever of this hidden structure, revealing surprising twists… Read more: Something strange is happening in the Milky Way’s magnetic field - Alzheimer’s may begin with a silent drop in brain blood flow
Subtle changes in brain blood flow and oxygen use are closely linked to hallmark signs of Alzheimer’s, including amyloid plaques and memory-related brain shrinkage. Simple, noninvasive scans may one day help spot risk earlier—by looking… Read more: Alzheimer’s may begin with a silent drop in brain blood flow - 50 year quest ends with creation of silicon aromatic once thought impossible
After nearly 50 years of failed attempts and scientific speculation, chemists at Saarland University have achieved what many thought might be impossible: creating a long-sought silicon-based aromatic molecule. By replacing carbon atoms in a famously… Read more: 50 year quest ends with creation of silicon aromatic once thought impossible - Amazon Commits $12 Billion to Build AI Data Centers in Louisiana
Amazon will invest $12 billion in AI-focused data center campuses in northwestern Louisiana, promising jobs, grid upgrades, and water investments. The post Amazon Commits $12 Billion to Build AI Data Centers in Louisiana appeared first… Read more: Amazon Commits $12 Billion to Build AI Data Centers in Louisiana - Lamborghini cancels electric Lanzador as supercar buyers reject EVs
For the last few years, Lamborghini has been in a quandary: What to do about an electric vehicle? Among the supercar brands, Lamborghini has always stood out as favoring drama over lap times. And while… Read more: Lamborghini cancels electric Lanzador as supercar buyers reject EVs - 50 mpg in a Nissan crossover? Testing the new E-Power hybrid system.
While Toyota and Honda’s showrooms are littered with electrified offerings, Nissan hasn’t had much to counter. Globally, Nissan offers a series hybrid system called E-Power, but the company has been reluctant to offer it Stateside.… Read more: 50 mpg in a Nissan crossover? Testing the new E-Power hybrid system. - The accidental hacker: how one man gained control of 7,000 robots
When Sammy Azdoufal found he had access to data from robot vacuum cleaners around the world, he told a tech publication. But the implications could be mind-boggling Name: The accidental hacker. Age: It doesn’t matter… Read more: The accidental hacker: how one man gained control of 7,000 robots - Anthropic: Claude faces ‘industrial-scale’ AI model distillation
Anthropic has detailed three “industrial-scale” AI model distillation campaigns by overseas labs designed to extract abilities from Claude. These competitors generated over 16 million exchanges using approximately 24,000 deceptive accounts. Their goal was to acquire… Read more: Anthropic: Claude faces ‘industrial-scale’ AI model distillation - This App Warns You if Someone Is Wearing Smart Glasses Nearby
A new hobbyist developed app warns if people nearby may be wearing smart glasses, such as Meta’s Ray-Ban glasses, which stalkers and harassers have repeatedly used to film people without their knowledge or consent. The… Read more: This App Warns You if Someone Is Wearing Smart Glasses Nearby - Scientists crack the case of “screeching” Scotch tape
Scotch tape has been a household mainstay for nearly a century, but it still holds some scientific surprises. Researchers have discovered that the screeching sound emitted when one rapidly peels Scotch tape—akin to the screech… Read more: Scientists crack the case of “screeching” Scotch tape - Meta could end up owning 10% of AMD in new chip deal
Meta has struck a multi-billion dollar chip deal with AMD that could lead to the Facebook owner taking a 10 percent stake in the group, sending shares in the US chipmaker surging on Tuesday. The… Read more: Meta could end up owning 10% of AMD in new chip deal - ‘A feedback loop with no brake’: how an AI doomsday report has rattled markets
Scenario posted on Substack envisages a near-future in which autonomous systems upend the entire US economy US stock markets have been hit by a further wave of AI jitters, this time from yet another viral… Read more: ‘A feedback loop with no brake’: how an AI doomsday report has rattled markets - How disconnected clouds improve AI data governance
Disconnected clouds aim to improve AI data governance as businesses rethink their infrastructure under tighter regulatory expectations. Ensuring operational continuity in isolated environments has become increasingly vital for businesses. Facilities lacking continuous internet access face… Read more: How disconnected clouds improve AI data governance - Amused by that AI video of a dancing raccoon? This is how the misery starts | Polly Hudson
AI is already coming for our dignity – tricking us with amusing little online scenarios. How long before it comes for everything else? Moan all you like about technology, there’s no denying it’s made friendship… Read more: Amused by that AI video of a dancing raccoon? This is how the misery starts | Polly Hudson - Tech’s politics push at home and abroad
We report from California’s Silicon Valley, where billionaires pour money into midterms, and the AI Impact summit, where India pushes back on ‘AI monopoly’ held by US and China Hello, and welcome to TechScape. This… Read more: Tech’s politics push at home and abroad - US datacenters face slew of problems amid grassroots protests against AI
New constructions delayed or cancelled, raising questions about US’s ability to expand infrastructure to support boom Cancellations and delays of new US datacenters have increased as the artificial intelligence boom runs up against a slate… Read more: US datacenters face slew of problems amid grassroots protests against AI - Deploying agentic finance AI for immediate business ROI
Agentic finance AI improves business efficiency and ROI only when deployed with strict governance and clear return on investment targets. A recent FT Longitude survey of 200 finance leaders across the US, UK, France, and… Read more: Deploying agentic finance AI for immediate business ROI - ‘Probably’ doesn’t mean the same thing to your AI as it does to you
Are you sure you and the AI chatbot you’re using are on the same page about probabilities? Malte Mueller/fStop via Getty Images When a human says an event is “probable” or “likely,” people generally have… Read more: ‘Probably’ doesn’t mean the same thing to your AI as it does to you - Artists and writers are often hesitant to disclose they’ve collaborated with AI – and those fears may be justified
In a recent survey of more than 2,500 creative professionals, 83% reported using AI in their work. EuroChild/iStock via Getty Images Generative artificial intelligence has become a routine part of creative work. Novelists are using… Read more: Artists and writers are often hesitant to disclose they’ve collaborated with AI – and those fears may be justified - Nimble raises $47M to scale agentic web search platform for enterprise AI
Nimble announced today that it has raised $47 million in new funding to accelerate development of its agentic web search platform, expand its multi-agent research capabilities and scale up its governed real-time web data infrastructure… Read more: Nimble raises $47M to scale agentic web search platform for enterprise AI - A New AI Job Hunt Tool Gets Your Application Through The Filters
Automate your resume, cover letter, and email outreach with a lifetime subscription to FirstResume for $40. The post A New AI Job Hunt Tool Gets Your Application Through The Filters appeared first on TechRepublic. - Anthropic Furious at DeepSeek for Copying Its AI Without Permission, Which Is Pretty Ironic When You Consider How It Built Claude in the First Place
Earlier this month, Google publicly griped that “commercially motivated” actors were trying to clone its Gemini AI through agents that queried the chatbot up to 100,000 times to “extract” the underlying model. The hypocrisy of… Read more: Anthropic Furious at DeepSeek for Copying Its AI Without Permission, Which Is Pretty Ironic When You Consider How It Built Claude in the First Place - Meta agrees $60bn deal with chipmaker AMD despite AI bubble fears
Facebook owner’s investment described by semiconductor company as ‘big bet’ on artificial intelligence Business live – latest updates The owner of Facebook has agreed to buy $60bn (£44.5bn) of artificial intelligence chips from the US… Read more: Meta agrees $60bn deal with chipmaker AMD despite AI bubble fears - Basware’s AI agents: From invoicing to ‘100% automated’
Basware has introduced a AI agents in its invoice lifecycle management platform to extend the existing InvoiceAI abilities of the platform. The company positions the agents as a step towards what it calls “Agentic Finance,”… Read more: Basware’s AI agents: From invoicing to ‘100% automated’ - 190-million-year-old “Sword Dragon” fossil rewrites ichthyosaur history
A newly identified ichthyosaur from the UK’s Jurassic Coast is rewriting part of the prehistoric playbook. Nicknamed the “Sword Dragon of Dorset,” the three-meter-long marine reptile lived during a poorly understood window of evolution when… Read more: 190-million-year-old “Sword Dragon” fossil rewrites ichthyosaur history - New Paper: Towards a science of AI agent reliability
By Stephan Rabanser, Sayash Kapoor, Arvind Narayanan Suppose you hear about a new AI agent for improving productivity — by making purchases, or writing code, or sending emails, or handling a customer on your behalf.… Read more: New Paper: Towards a science of AI agent reliability - Microsoft Xbox Leadership Shake-Up Signals AI Shift
Microsoft is retiring Xbox chief Phil Spencer and naming CoreAI executive Asha Sharma CEO of Microsoft Gaming, tightening the division’s connection to Microsoft’s AI push. The post Microsoft Xbox Leadership Shake-Up Signals AI Shift appeared… Read more: Microsoft Xbox Leadership Shake-Up Signals AI Shift - Nothing Reveals Phone (4a) Design, Holds Back Specs
Nothing revealed the Phone (4a) design and a brighter Glyph Bar, but the specs that decide whether it’s worth buying are still under wraps. The post Nothing Reveals Phone (4a) Design, Holds Back Specs appeared… Read more: Nothing Reveals Phone (4a) Design, Holds Back Specs - AI Will Never Be Conscious
In his new book, A World Appears, Michael Pollan argues that artificial intelligence can do many things—it just can’t be a person. - Snowflake Cortex Code Expands Towards Supporting Any Data, Anywhere
Cortex Code CLI extends beyond Snowflake workflows to support popular data systems starting with dbt and Apache Airflow®, delivering AI assistance across environments, regardless of where that data lives Developers can apply Snowflake’s secure, context-aware… Read more: Snowflake Cortex Code Expands Towards Supporting Any Data, Anywhere - COBOL modernisation just got an AI shortcut–and the market noticed
It’s an open secret (that is, not many people seem to know) that the institutions keeping the global financial system turnig over run code that is ancient, barely understood, and frighteningly hard to replace. Now,… Read more: COBOL modernisation just got an AI shortcut–and the market noticed - Anlife: what does an unusual evolution simulator have to say about AI?
We explore the strange food-obsessed world of a new game whose tech was once called ‘an insult to life itself’ by Hayao Miyazaki, the film-maker behind Spirited Away A strange piece of software has recently… Read more: Anlife: what does an unusual evolution simulator have to say about AI? - Training harder could be rewiring your gut bacteria
Training harder may do more than build muscle—it could transform your gut. Researchers found that intense workouts change the balance of bacteria and important compounds in athletes’ digestive systems. When training loads dropped, diet quality… Read more: Training harder could be rewiring your gut bacteria - Massive US study finds higher cancer death rates near nuclear power plants
A sweeping nationwide study has found that U.S. counties located closer to operating nuclear power plants have higher cancer death rates than those farther away. Researchers analyzed data from every nuclear facility and all U.S.… Read more: Massive US study finds higher cancer death rates near nuclear power plants - Scientists create ultra-low loss optical device that traps light on a chip
CU Boulder researchers have designed microscopic “racetracks” that trap and amplify light with exceptional efficiency. By using smooth curves inspired by highway engineering, they reduced energy loss and kept light circulating longer inside the device.… Read more: Scientists create ultra-low loss optical device that traps light on a chip - Scientists engineer bacteria to eat cancer tumors from the inside out
Researchers are engineering bacteria to invade tumors and consume them from the inside. Because tumor cores lack oxygen, they’re the perfect breeding ground for these microbes. The team added a genetic tweak that helps the… Read more: Scientists engineer bacteria to eat cancer tumors from the inside out - Experian Fortifies Identity and Fraud Capabilities With Acquisition of AtData
Experian®, the global data and technology company, today announced it has acquired AtData, a leading data and intelligence company backed by the world’s most comprehensive email insights technology. Verified, real-time email insights represent one of… Read more: Experian Fortifies Identity and Fraud Capabilities With Acquisition of AtData
