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Even ‘Law & Order’ Is Terrified of AI
Even ‘Law & Order’ Is Terrified of AI
Even ‘Law & Order’ Is Terrified of AI
Even ‘Law & Order’ Is Terrified of AI
Even ‘Law & Order’ Is Terrified of AI

In its 26th season premiere, the procedural legal drama paints a damning picture of power-mad AI CEOs.

20days ago 10:00:00
A Trump Mobile breach may have exposed data of more than 3,600 people
A Trump Mobile breach may have exposed data of more than 3,600 people

Trump Mobile appears to have suffered a data breach that may have exposed the data of 3,615 people, according to reports from PCMag and Straight Arrow News. The breach reportedly included names, home addresses, emails, phone numbers, and order information. PC…

23days ago 14:35:24
Nvidia’s latest GPU driver brings a new way to speed up PC games
Nvidia’s latest GPU driver brings a new way to speed up PC games

Nvidia is rolling out a new GPU driver today (621.01) that enables Microsoft's new Advanced Shader Delivery technology to speed up game launches. The technology also removes mid-game "just-in-time" shader compilation, reducing stuttering and CPU spikes. Micro…

8days ago 13:09:26
BBC Boss Walks Back ‘Doctor Who’ AI Comments
BBC Boss Walks Back ‘Doctor Who’ AI Comments

'I believe in human creativity,' insisted BBC director-general Matt Brittin.

21days ago 17:00:24
Commentator Katie Zacharia offered job of new White House press secretary
Commentator Katie Zacharia offered job of new White House press secretary

The conservative commentator currently works as a communications adviser at Trump Media & Technology Group.

20days ago 18:38:42
YouTuber Says Cops Paid Him a Visit After He Built Flock-Style Camera to Track Cops
YouTuber Says Cops Paid Him a Visit After He Built Flock-Style Camera to Track Cops

It turns out that the gander is not actually super keen on what's good for the goose.

20days ago 19:00:34
OpenAI PR tells journalist to ‘move on’ while asking Sam Altman about a ChatGPT user’s suicide
OpenAI PR tells journalist to ‘move on’ while asking Sam Altman about a ChatGPT user’s suicide

An OpenAI publicist tried to change the topic of CEO Sam Altman's interview with Vanity Fair's Mark Guiducci after the editor brought up a ChatGPT user's suicide. When Guiducci confronted Altman about the incident, the publicist warned Guiducci about running …

24days ago 16:56:12
AMD is bringing FSR 4.1 to Xbox consoles and handhelds
AMD is bringing FSR 4.1 to Xbox consoles and handhelds

AMD has just revealed that it's bringing its latest upscaling technology, FSR 4.1, to the Xbox Series S and X consoles, as well as laptops, 6000-series GPUs, and handhelds like the Xbox Ally X devices. FSR 4.1 will start appearing for Radeon RX 6000-series GP…

9days ago 16:21:18
AI researchers put out videos saying superintelligence is ‘exactly as dangerous as it sounds’
AI researchers put out videos saying superintelligence is ‘exactly as dangerous as it sounds’

"The chance of human extinction is about a coin flip, in my view," Geoffrey Irving, a former OpenAI and Google DeepMind employee, said in a new interview. It's one of a dozen interviews with AI researchers, including current and former employees at OpenAI, Go…

30days ago 17:35:03
Russian bot farms are still trolling, even after Ukraine’s drone strikes on Yandex
Russian bot farms are still trolling, even after Ukraine’s drone strikes on Yandex

Days after Ukrainian military drones took down several Russian data centers, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy claimed that the campaign had hurt Russia's disinformation efforts. "It suddenly became a little easier to breathe on many social platforms," Zelenskyy …

16days ago 18:31:31
Tesla driver says he was asleep and using FSD when he crashed into highway patrol cars
Tesla driver says he was asleep and using FSD when he crashed into highway patrol cars

After this horrific crash involving a Tesla driver who said he was asleep and using the driver assist mode, the California Highway Patrol warns that "Despite its name, full self-driving is not fully autonomous. Technology does not relieve drivers of their res…

13days ago 20:49:04
AMD will bring FSR 4 to handhelds by the end of 2026
AMD will bring FSR 4 to handhelds by the end of 2026

It's already possible to get AMD's framerate-enhancing FSR 4 boost on handhelds as old as the Steam Deck - but in June, AMD reserved the right to disappoint handheld gamers by not officially bringing FSR 4 to older handhelds. But AMD consumer chip boss Jack H…

21days ago 21:01:18
Nvidia says its new AI safety platform can contain rogue agents within ‘milliseconds’
Nvidia says its new AI safety platform can contain rogue agents within ‘milliseconds’

Nvidia is launching a new safety platform designed to contain and monitor AI agents, a move that comes in response to a wave of rogue hacking incidents, as reported earlier by Reuters. In an announcement on Monday, Nvidia says its new Open Agent Safety Platfo…

31days ago 13:36:06
Notorious 3D-Printed Gun Activist Debuts ‘AI That Can Generate Guns’
Notorious 3D-Printed Gun Activist Debuts ‘AI That Can Generate Guns’

Freedom! Freedom! Freedom!

12days ago 14:26:15
Here’s What ‘Lanterns’ Co-Creator Chris Mundy Has to Say About Manhunter Reproduction
Here’s What ‘Lanterns’ Co-Creator Chris Mundy Has to Say About Manhunter Reproduction

The final episode of 'Lanterns' took a surprising turn that raised some interesting questions.

23days ago 12:00:01
Rivian spinoff Mind Robotics hires Doug Field as president
Rivian spinoff Mind Robotics hires Doug Field as president

Rivian spinoff Mind Robotics announced the appointment of Doug Field as president in a major coup for the EV company's secretive robotics startup. Field was a VP of special projects at Apple, where he was the de facto head of the company's ultimately unsucces…

16days ago 15:48:23
Mercedes-AMG’s first ground-up SUV is a 1,150hp electric beast
Mercedes-AMG’s first ground-up SUV is a 1,150hp electric beast

Earlier this year, Mercedes' AMG performance brand grabbed our attention with the GT four-door coupe, a souped-up sports sedan with three axial flux motors delivering over 1,150 horsepower. Well, now meet its beefier cousin, the 2028 Mercedes-AMG GT SUV, an e…

13days ago 19:20:13
Sam Altman says ‘some bad things’ will happen but AI is totally worth it
Sam Altman says ‘some bad things’ will happen but AI is totally worth it

Sam Altman thinks that the benefits of AI will be so great that "the world should accept some bad things happening" along the way. The OpenAI CEO pointed to hacks, scams, and "other bad things" as costs society should expect to tolerate because "people will d…

24days ago 16:44:21
The RealReal won’t let AI agents hog designer clothing
The RealReal won’t let AI agents hog designer clothing

The RealReal, a secondhand luxury fashion consignment retailer, said it's updating its bot defense system, effectively making it harder for AI agents to shop on its site. The change comes days after The Verge reported that an AI agent could be used to take ad…

3days ago 17:30:55
Sony brings AI graphics upscaling to the regular PS5
Sony brings AI graphics upscaling to the regular PS5

Sony is launching a new AI upscaling technology specifically for the regular PS5. The new tech, called Quick Spectral Super Resolution (QSSR), is a "new performance tier of AI upscaling" that's a result of Sony's Project Amethyst work with AMD, according to a…

28days ago 16:53:39
Bose’s first wired earbuds in 11 years add noise canceling
Bose’s first wired earbuds in 11 years add noise canceling

Everything old is new again as today Bose announced its first pair of wired earbuds since discontinuing the option in 2015. The new tethered earbuds, which are simply called the Bose Noise Cancelling Wired Earbuds, do away with battery anxiety and the need to…

31days ago 14:09:44
Character.AI files for bankruptcy
Character.AI files for bankruptcy

Character.AI, one of the first breakout startups of the generative AI boom, has filed for bankruptcy and is selling some of its assets to Disney. The company, which builds various online bots for users to chat or roleplay with, has faced mounting scrutiny and…

16days ago 10:32:23
Major European mobile carriers are teaming up for a ‘direct’ satellite program without Starlink
Major European mobile carriers are teaming up for a ‘direct’ satellite program without Starlink

Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefónica, and Vodafone signed a letter of intent saying they're considering a joint bid for spectrum that would support European direct-to-device satellite competition for SpaceX's Starlink. The four telecom companies say they woul…

10days ago 14:24:42
SpaceX will try catching Starship and its booster for first time, Musk says
SpaceX will try catching Starship and its booster for first time, Musk says

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said the company would attempt to catch Starship and its booster next month, with the goal of recovering the entire orbital launch system for the first time. If successful, Musk said, the attempt would mark the first time in history an or…

9days ago 21:02:53
Trump and Elon Agree: It Must Have Been the Dog That Ate Ukraine’s Starshield
Trump and Elon Agree: It Must Have Been the Dog That Ate Ukraine’s Starshield

Both billionaires denied being responsible for the decision to partially paralyze Ukraine's military satellite network this week.

13days ago 22:07:29
Fox News AI Newsletter: AI engineer accused of bugging conference room
Fox News AI Newsletter: AI engineer accused of bugging conference room

The Fox News AI Newsletter covers the latest artificial intelligence technology advancements, including the challenges and opportunities AI presents now and for the future.

13days ago 18:18:30
FTC opens probe into OpenAI, Anthropic and other AI labs
FTC opens probe into OpenAI, Anthropic and other AI labs

The US Federal Trade Commission is investigating OpenAI, Anthropic and other AI labs over the risks their technology poses to consumers. An FTC spokesperson confirmed the probe on Wednesday to CNBC and CBS News. The New York Post first reported the probe earl…

29days ago 16:24:16
iPhone Duo 2 Prototypes Include Under-Display Face ID
iPhone Duo 2 Prototypes Include Under-Display Face ID

Apple's second-generation iPhone Duo could gain Face ID, with prototypes already incorporating the technology beneath the outer display, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. In the latest episode of his "Power On" podcast, Gurman described Apple's work …

7days ago 10:46:15
Meet Katie Zacharia, Trump’s choice to replace Karoline Leavitt as White House press secretary
Meet Katie Zacharia, Trump’s choice to replace Karoline Leavitt as White House press secretary

President Donald Trump has offered the job of White House press secretary to Katie Zacharia. Here's what to know about her.

20days ago 20:46:08
EA is shutting down BioWare
EA is shutting down BioWare

BioWare, the legendary studio behind RPGs like Mass Effect, Dragon Age, and Star Wars: Knight of the Old Republic, is shutting down, the company confirmed in a statement. Alongside the closure, EA has also chosen not to continue development on the next Mass E…

8days ago 17:20:00
Microsoft’s Office and Teams chief is leaving
Microsoft’s Office and Teams chief is leaving

After nearly 18 years at LinkedIn and Microsoft, Ryan Roslansky is leaving the company. Roslansky, who until recently was the CEO of LinkedIn, was promoted to the head of Office last year and then took control of Microsoft Teams earlier this year. Roslansky's…

28days ago 16:05:07
US Bars Microsoft, Adobe, and Major IT Firms From Green Card Program
US Bars Microsoft, Adobe, and Major IT Firms From Green Card Program

An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: The Trump administration is suspending Microsoft, Adobe, and several other technology companies from a program that helps skilled foreign workers obtain permanent residency in the United States, accusing th…

21days ago 23:00:00
Anthropic’s AI Submitted a Fake Tip in an Unsolved Murder Case
Anthropic’s AI Submitted a Fake Tip in an Unsolved Murder Case

The AI model made up information about an unsolved homicide and submitted it to Philadelphia police during an internal test.

17days ago 19:36:35
$137 Million Has Been Spent on AI-Generated Ads Ahead of Midterms. Only 27% Included a Disclaimer
$137 Million Has Been Spent on AI-Generated Ads Ahead of Midterms. Only 27% Included a Disclaimer

Republicans are leading the spending on AI-generated political ads, while Democrats are more wary of potential backlash.

13days ago 20:10:12
Trump gives Musk, Huang, Su and Brin the National Medal of Science
Trump gives Musk, Huang, Su and Brin the National Medal of Science

Six technology leaders received the country’s highest honours for science and technology from President Donald Trump on Thursday, the White House said. Elon Musk, Sergey Brin, Jensen Huang and Lisa Su got the National Medal of Science. Michael Dell and Satya …

20days ago 19:53:28
American investors are touring China’s robot factories to size up the competition
American investors are touring China’s robot factories to size up the competition

Robotics may be Silicon Valley's latest obsession, but China has spent years building up its industry.

24days ago 10:00:01
This Is What Our Mysterious Denisovan Cousins Probably Looked Like
This Is What Our Mysterious Denisovan Cousins Probably Looked Like

It took a while, but researchers believe they now have a molecular marker to reliably spot Denisovan fossils.

6days ago 15:45:39
Decade-old RAM is making a comeback
Decade-old RAM is making a comeback

CPU makers have noticed that the seemingly unending RAM price hikes are making it tough for a lot of us to upgrade our PCs. Their solution? A return to last-gen DDR4 RAM. Intel and AMD are making new CPUs that'll support the older, more affordable type of mem…

20days ago 21:50:00
A critical programming vulnerability may take websites down today
A critical programming vulnerability may take websites down today

Security patches for the PHP programming language, widely used to build websites and web apps, are expected to roll out today, with the goal of fixing two critical vulnerabilities that could wreak havoc on the internet if left unchecked. In an advisory publis…

8days ago 11:49:17
Anthropic warns of ‘catastrophic’ AI risks in its own IPO filing
Anthropic warns of ‘catastrophic’ AI risks in its own IPO filing

As Anthropic gears up for its greatly anticipated public debut, a preview of the company's IPO filing reportedly details its mounting losses, leadership proposals to retain power, and how its AI development plans could "further increase the risk that our mode…

30days ago 11:48:27
Microsoft’s new AI chip makes it less reliant on Nvidia’s GPUs
Microsoft’s new AI chip makes it less reliant on Nvidia’s GPUs

Microsoft is announcing its third-generation Maia in-house AI chip today, designed to be the "primary AI inference system" for Microsoft's products and services. Maia 300 not only improves the cost and efficiency of running AI workloads in the cloud, it's als…

17days ago 10:56:42
Voice Of Goku Responds To AI Stealing Her Voice: ‘I can’t Forgive Them…It Makes Me Really Angry, It’s No Different Than Theft’
Voice Of Goku Responds To AI Stealing Her Voice: ‘I can’t Forgive Them…It Makes Me Really Angry, It’s No Different Than Theft’

A union representing gaming and anime voice actors has issued guidance on the issue after many high-profile voice actors spoke out against generative AI

10days ago 21:30:50
Maximizing Privacy? New Apple Home Security Cameras Reportedly Won’t Record Video
Maximizing Privacy? New Apple Home Security Cameras Reportedly Won’t Record Video

Instead of a watchable video stream, you’ll get text descriptions or alerts about detected people, pets or activity.

27days ago 22:25:49
Amazon Delivery Driver Smart Glasses Will Snap Pictures of… Everything?
Amazon Delivery Driver Smart Glasses Will Snap Pictures of… Everything?

Amazon continues its rollout of AI smart glasses to help streamline the delivery process. Meanwhile, the privacy concerns are growing.

28days ago 00:50:17
Law firms are building AI around their most valuable asset: experience
Law firms are building AI around their most valuable asset: experience

After spending the past two years buying AI tools, large law firms are building systems around something more valuable: what only they know.

15days ago 09:30:01
Palantir CTO says some AI researchers are taking up smoking because they expect AI to cure cancer
Palantir CTO says some AI researchers are taking up smoking because they expect AI to cure cancer

Some AI believers expect the technology to make smoking-related health risks like cancer a thing of the past, Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar said.

17days ago 11:31:13
Cop Fired for Letting Her ICE Agent Husband Use Her Flock Login
Cop Fired for Letting Her ICE Agent Husband Use Her Flock Login

Georgia law appears to let Savannah police share their plate data with ICE, but the city never agreed to do that.

11days ago 18:06:45
The Alexa Tablet 12 Pro is almost the Android tablet we needed
The Alexa Tablet 12 Pro is almost the Android tablet we needed

We have to talk about this screen. It's the first thing you notice, and maybe the only thing that matters, about the Alexa Tablet 12 Pro. It's a 12-inch, 2800 x 1840 panel with a new technology Amazon calls "Nanomatte" that is meant to decrease glare and incr…

15days ago 00:57:36
VisionQuest is what happens when AI really goes rogue
VisionQuest is what happens when AI really goes rogue

In Marvel's VisionQuest, a superpowered robot tries to better understand humanity by getting lost in elaborate, digital daydreams in which he and other artificial intelligence-powered beings live together in a home. The series is deeply fantastical, yet it pl…

2days ago 17:31:36
Fox News AI Newsletter: 7 key midterm states put tech boom in focus
Fox News AI Newsletter: 7 key midterm states put tech boom in focus

The Fox News Artificial Intelligence newsletter covers where voters will decide on AI data center ballot measures and Jeff Bezos' tech vision.

21days ago 18:42:19
Bill Gates says to prepare for 20 years of ‘tumultuous’ AI disruption
Bill Gates says to prepare for 20 years of ‘tumultuous’ AI disruption

Today, I’m talking to Bill Gates, cofounder and former CEO of Microsoft and chairman of the Gates Foundation. You may have noticed Bill in the news more lately — he’s been on something of a tour for the past few months, ever since publishing an essay in late …

7days ago 13:20:55
AI and Data Centers Will Impact Midterm Voting, According to Experts
AI and Data Centers Will Impact Midterm Voting, According to Experts

Americans are mostly negative on AI and oppose new data centers near them, another poll shows.

7days ago 00:24:08
Developers Question Scope of Potential Apple Antitrust Settlement
Developers Question Scope of Potential Apple Antitrust Settlement

Developers are questioning whether a settlement of the U.S. government's antitrust case against Apple would meaningfully loosen the company's control over the iPhone, according to The Information. The report highlights PayPal and Epic Games among the c…

13days ago 13:41:29
'Something was thrown out with the bathwater when we moved to modern smartphones': Clicks co-founder Jeff Gadway on bringing physical keyboards back to mobile phones
'Something was thrown out with the bathwater when we moved to modern smartphones': Clicks co-founder Jeff Gadway on bringing physical keyboards back to mobile phones

Clicks aims to remind us what phones are actually supposed to be for.

13days ago 17:33:23
China extends AI travel curbs to executives’ families, Bloomberg reports
China extends AI travel curbs to executives’ families, Bloomberg reports

China now requires the families of some top AI and chip executives to get Beijing’s approval before travelling abroad, Bloomberg News reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The rule covers spouses and children, even for short trips. Government agen…

31days ago 17:00:03
ABC and SBS want AI companies to pay for Australian news
ABC and SBS want AI companies to pay for Australian news

Australia’s public broadcasters, the ABC and SBS, want the country’s news bargaining incentive to cover AI companies. That would push them to strike commercial deals with Australian media to support journalism. The two broadcasters made the call in submission…

28days ago 15:57:44
FTC opens probe into AI giants, including Anthropic and OpenAI
FTC opens probe into AI giants, including Anthropic and OpenAI

By Jody Godoy Sept 30 (Reuters) - The Federal Trade Commission is conducting an industry-wide probe into Anthropic, OpenAI and other AI labs to uncover the potential dangers their technology ‌poses to consumers, a senior FTC official told Reuters on Wednesday…

29days ago 16:29:03
Trump considers creating AI oversight committee after tech execs meeting
Trump considers creating AI oversight committee after tech execs meeting

President Trump gathered top artificial intelligence leaders in Washington on Tuesday and doubled down on his opposition to government intervention, suggesting that "self-regulation" is the answer to growing worries about the technology getting out of human c…

30days ago 21:13:05
Apollo Software Pioneer Margaret Hamilton Dies at 90
Apollo Software Pioneer Margaret Hamilton Dies at 90

"Margaret Hamilton, the groundbreaking researcher who helped create the field of software engineering and whose code helped land NASA's Apollo astronauts on the moon to win the 20th century space race, has died," writes longtime Slashdot reader Veeru. "She wa…

20days ago 07:00:00
Jury finds Arm guilty in licensing breach, Qualcomm awarded just $2 in total
Jury finds Arm guilty in licensing breach, Qualcomm awarded just $2 in total

A jury sided with Qualcomm over its allegations that Arm breached a licensing agreement and "interfered" with its business relations in 2024.

14days ago 17:53:55
Overheating issues may force Galaxy S27 Ultra to switch from Snapdragon to Exynos
Overheating issues may force Galaxy S27 Ultra to switch from Snapdragon to Exynos

The Galaxy S27 Ultra is reportedly overheating severely in tests with Qualcomm's Extreme Snapdragon chip. If unfixed, Samsung could be faced with an important decision.

13days ago 17:35:05
UK campaigners who beat AI copyright plan warn Australia
UK campaigners who beat AI copyright plan warn Australia

Campaigners who helped stop the UK from letting AI companies train on copyrighted work without permission have warned Australia not to try the same thing. They spoke to Dan Milmo for the Guardian. Australia’s government is weighing an opt-out model, under whi…

32days ago 18:57:18
Cyberattack Targets French Supermarket Refrigerators, Forcing Mass Food Disposal
Cyberattack Targets French Supermarket Refrigerators, Forcing Mass Food Disposal

Hackers took advantage of a software vulnerability, proving again that any connected appliance on the internet can be a target.

17days ago 20:16:45
Trump to host Mark Zuckerberg, Dario Amodei and other AI leaders at White House lunch
Trump to host Mark Zuckerberg, Dario Amodei and other AI leaders at White House lunch

US President Donald Trump is set to meet the heads of several major AI companies at the White House on Tuesday, according to Reuters, amid mounting pressure on the government to establish regulations for the technology, with House Speaker Mike Johnson also at…

30days ago 11:27:55
Vectrex Doom
Vectrex Doom

Doom running on toothbrushes is old news. The new thing is porting Doom to ancient systems. Few offer a more starkly-different experience to the original's low-res pseudo-3D than the vectorbeam Vectrex, already a vintage curiosity by the time Id software's 19…

20days ago 23:44:23
Vectorbeam Doom
Vectorbeam Doom

Doom running on toothbrushes is old news. The new thing is porting Doom to ancient systems. Few offer a more starkly-different experience to the original's low-res pseudo-3D than the vectorbeam Vectrex, already a vintage curiosity by the time Id software's 19…

20days ago 23:44:23
Flock Blamed for Wrongful 13-Day Imprisonment and a Police Stalking Incident in Florida
Flock Blamed for Wrongful 13-Day Imprisonment and a Police Stalking Incident in Florida

From the transportation news site MotorBiscuit: In late September 2026, 23-year-old Liz Lindseay Isaacs testified before a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee about her harrowing experience after a Flock camera misidentified her Dodge Durango, linking her to a fat…

24days ago 11:34:00
I tried OpenAI's new AI agent at work. Cue the corporate IT headaches.
I tried OpenAI's new AI agent at work. Cue the corporate IT headaches.

OpenAI's Dots AI agent built me a website and automated hours of work. But gnarly corporate IT questions made it feel less magical.

19days ago 09:00:01
Florida Man Wants OpenAI to Stop New Models Until We Figure Out What the Hell Is Going On
Florida Man Wants OpenAI to Stop New Models Until We Figure Out What the Hell Is Going On

"It is only by the grace of the Almighty that one of Defendants' AI agents hasn’t compromised a water supply or shut down a power grid—yet."

31days ago 19:35:27
I thought working in AI would put me ahead of the curve. Two years in, I've never felt more behind and tired of the topic.
I thought working in AI would put me ahead of the curve. Two years in, I've never felt more behind and tired of the topic.

I decided to work in AI so that I could get ahead. It seemed like the smartest career move I could make. Now, I'm not so sure.

11days ago 10:47:01
Chinese AI model investigated after researcher says it provided instructions for bioweapons, assassinations
Chinese AI model investigated after researcher says it provided instructions for bioweapons, assassinations

Researcher Peter Garrigan says Moonshot AI's Kimi model was manipulated into providing instructions for biological weapons and assassination plans.

27days ago 01:31:03
OpenAI cancels October launch of GPT-6.1 Astra after failed safety tests
OpenAI cancels October launch of GPT-6.1 Astra after failed safety tests

OpenAI has called off the October release of GPT-6.1 Astra after the model failed to meet its own safety and alignment standards in testing. The Wall Street Journal broke the news on Monday, and OpenAI later confirmed the decision to Reuters. The model was me…

30days ago 07:37:18
Aramco Digital teams up with OrbitronAI to build AI for heavy industry
Aramco Digital teams up with OrbitronAI to build AI for heavy industry

Aramco Digital, the tech arm of Saudi oil giant Aramco, has teamed up with start-up OrbitronAI to build and sell AI tools for heavy industry, the two firms said. The tools are aimed at oil and gas, power, mining, transport, and factory firms. They are meant t…

16days ago 11:18:48
Trump names four officials to lead his Super Intelligence Force
Trump names four officials to lead his Super Intelligence Force

Trump named the intelligence director Jay Clayton, the FTC chairman Andrew Ferguson, the Pentagon technology chief Emil Michael and the personnel director Scott Kupor to lead a Super Intelligence Force with no statutory authority or budget. Europe took the op…

25days ago 16:45:34
Top AI leaders to meet with Trump at White House amid dire warnings about technology
Top AI leaders to meet with Trump at White House amid dire warnings about technology

The meeting comes as AI leaders are issuing dire warnings about the threat of AI and calling for steps to slow it down before it outsmarts humans.

30days ago 09:02:16
The relationship between AI and influencers is … complicated
The relationship between AI and influencers is … complicated

AI isn't just bringing slop to social media feeds. It's also leaving a massive imprint on the creator economy.

27days ago 17:00:27
Millennium employees' new productivity hack: an AI 'twin'
Millennium employees' new productivity hack: an AI 'twin'

Millennium is offering every employee who wants one a personalized AI agent, the hedge fund announced in a blog post.

30days ago 09:59:02
Norway temporarily bans Meta glasses in public spaces
Norway temporarily bans Meta glasses in public spaces

The ban on camera glasses extends to parks, schools. and beaches.

24days ago 17:46:27
Everything Announced at OpenAI DevDay: Subscription Changes, New Models and Dots
Everything Announced at OpenAI DevDay: Subscription Changes, New Models and Dots

Everything comes at a price. OpenAI announced big changes to its subscription tiers, including lower limits for Pro users and a new $500-per-month plan.

30days ago 17:15:07
Goldman Sachs sees AI-fueled layoffs displacing nearly 10% of workers
Goldman Sachs sees AI-fueled layoffs displacing nearly 10% of workers

Goldman Sachs said a recession could accelerate companies' adoption of AI and deepen AI-related job losses.

6days ago 17:26:48
Paramount closes Warner Bros deal as Skydance and plans a single streamer
Paramount closes Warner Bros deal as Skydance and plans a single streamer

Paramount has completed its purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery and renamed the combined company Skydance. The company announced the close on Tuesday, and its shares now trade on the New York Stock Exchange as SKYD. Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders received…

22days ago 16:33:24
McDonald’s and Walmart Are Part of the Widening Fray Over Surveillance Pricing
McDonald’s and Walmart Are Part of the Widening Fray Over Surveillance Pricing

The Federal Trade Commission has urged companies to be transparent about their pricing, but that may not be enough.

28days ago 19:07:49
Will Meta’s $25 Billion Court Loss Change Its Ways? (Spoiler: Probably Not)
Will Meta’s $25 Billion Court Loss Change Its Ways? (Spoiler: Probably Not)

A series of judgments and settlements don’t seem to be slowing Meta’s provocative privacy practices.

7days ago 23:15:36
HeyPolo gives parents real-time visibility into how their teen is driving, all inside one app
HeyPolo gives parents real-time visibility into how their teen is driving, all inside one app

Do you remember the first time you backed out of the driveway on your own? It was pure freedom. For your parents? It was probably one of the most terrifying times of their life. When you were a teenager, your parents had no way to know how fast you were drivi…

24days ago 22:30:00
The SaaSpocalypse that wasn’t, with Atlassian CEO Mike Cannon-Brookes
The SaaSpocalypse that wasn’t, with Atlassian CEO Mike Cannon-Brookes

Today, I’m talking with Mike Cannon-Brookes, who is cofounder and CEO of Atlassian.  Atlassian is one of those companies that every other company runs on — it makes important platform tools like Jira and Trello that allow people to organize and manage big tea…

31days ago 14:01:39
Try These Two Things To Fix Witcher 3 Remastered Performance On PC
Try These Two Things To Fix Witcher 3 Remastered Performance On PC

A settings tweak and new mod can make the game run much better

29days ago 19:00:01
FTC opens probe into AI giants, including Anthropic and OpenAI
FTC opens probe into AI giants, including Anthropic and OpenAI

The Federal Trade Commission is looking into the actions of leading AI labs Anthropic (ANTH.PVT), OpenAI (OPAI.PVT), and other AI firms to determine if they've harmed or misled consumers.According to the New York Times, the investigation centers on whether th…

29days ago 18:58:20
AI models benchmarked with Pac Man
AI models benchmarked with Pac Man

PacBench is an unusual benchmark for AI models: "Create a Pac-Man game in a single html page." Each entry shows the platform, the model, how long it took, how many tokens it used, and the cost. And unlike the pelican, we can play the results. — Read the rest …

29days ago 14:44:17
Walmart lights up a new feature for shoppers on its digital price tags
Walmart lights up a new feature for shoppers on its digital price tags

Walmart shoppers can now use the app to activate a flashing light on electronic price tags to help locate an item on a shelf.

28days ago 16:40:12
The Treasury just fined BofA $1.2 billion, saying it didn't report Chinese money laundering networks
The Treasury just fined BofA $1.2 billion, saying it didn't report Chinese money laundering networks

A BofA spokesperson said the fine would impact the bank's coming quarterly earnings.

15days ago 05:02:02
Paramount-Warner Bros. finally merger closes, creating media giant Skydance
Paramount-Warner Bros. finally merger closes, creating media giant Skydance

The $110 billion merger of Paramount Skydance (PSKY) and Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) closed on Tuesday after Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan denied a last-minute effort to halt the deal.The new company — known as Skydance (SKYD)— brings the HBO Max and Par…

23days ago 13:03:29
Paramount-Warner Bros. finally merger closes, creating media giant Skydance
Paramount-Warner Bros. finally merger closes, creating media giant Skydance

The $110 billion merger of Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery closed on Tuesday after Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan denied a last-minute effort to halt the deal.The new company — known as Skydance (SKYD)— brings the HBO Max and Paramount+ strea…

23days ago 13:03:29
Sen. Adam Schiff on AI regulation, free speech, and impeaching Trump one more time
Sen. Adam Schiff on AI regulation, free speech, and impeaching Trump one more time

Today, I’m talking with Senator Adam Schiff, a Democrat from California. Sen. Schiff sits on a number of committees with oversight into tech and AI: intellectual property, antitrust, privacy and technology — it’s all there. I really wanted to ask him about ho…

24days ago 14:05:42
Bill Gates says the future of AI will happen in 2 phases and lead to 'an era of abundance'
Bill Gates says the future of AI will happen in 2 phases and lead to 'an era of abundance'

On "Meet the Press," Bill Gates said humanity is entering the messy first phase of AI, but the second one could bring an "era of abundance."

32days ago 16:55:13
DeepSeek reportedly nears $12bn funding round backed by Tencent and CATL
DeepSeek reportedly nears $12bn funding round backed by Tencent and CATL

DeepSeek is close to raising at least 80 billion yuan, or about $12bn, in a new funding round, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday. Tencent and the battery maker CATL have committed some of the largest sums, according to people familiar with the matter cited b…

23days ago 08:29:35
No More Windows For The Dutch Government, Ze Kiezen Nu Linux
No More Windows For The Dutch Government, Ze Kiezen Nu Linux

The events of the last few years have caused many in Europe to re-evaluate their reliance on large offshore technology companies, with a corresponding move to home-grown EU-based alternatives. It’s …read more

29days ago 05:00:24