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1,134 AI insiders just asked Washington for a way to slow AI down
More than a thousand of the people building the most powerful AI want a way to slow it down. On Tuesday, 1,134 employees of the leading AI companies s…
A Typo Landed an Innocent Gamer in Prison for 18 Months
How much could a single underscore in a username really matter? Just ask Brandon Klayme, who served 18 months in prison before realizing how authoriti…
A 330 MW data center wanted to buy a farm, switch off the irrigation, and drink the difference — California's most powerful irrigation district said no, so it sued
The largest AI data center project in California is suing to get access to the Colorado River, and the 287 million gallons of water it allegedly needs…
White House Bans Foreign Humanoid Robots in Bid to Slow China’s Tech Explosion
Elon Musk's unreleased Optimus won't have to compete with any Chinese robots in the future.
American Airlines Flights Resume After Being Grounded by System Outage
The FAA issued a ground stop advisory, keeping the airline’s fleet on the ground.
The AI that took their jobs is now renting their faces, for $15
In China, the AI boom that put actors and models out of work has found a new use for them. It is renting their faces. A growing set of platforms now p…
Cursor cut its India price to $7, and its own AI models are why
Cursor has cut the price of AI coding in India to about $7 a month. The interesting part is how it can afford to. The startup launched Cursor Start on…
A New Smart Ring Uses Finger Sweat to Track Health
Researchers believe they’ve created the first smart ring to monitor biochemical health measurements like glucose, vitamin C and alcohol levels.
Brits urged to avoid dangerous plug adaptors this summer - what to watch out for
Campaign group Electrical Safety First has urged those "heading abroad this summer to think before they buy".
Sloppy and clumsy but overwhelming - inside the rogue ChatGPT hack
Details have been released of an emergency call with hundreds of cyber-security experts after the ChatGPT hack of a tech company.
Quordle hints and answers for Wednesday, July 29 (game #1647)
Looking for Quordle clues? We can help. Plus get the answers to Quordle today and past solutions. Looking for a different day?A new Quordle puzzle app…
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NYT Connections hints and answers for Wednesday, July 29 (game #1144)
Looking for NYT Connections answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, plus my commentary on the puzzles. Looking for a different day?A new NYT Connections puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing 'today's game' while others are playing 'yesterday's'. If you're looking for Tuesday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Tuesd…
NYT Strands hints and answers for Wednesday, July 29 (game #878)
Looking for NYT Strands answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, including the spangram. Looking for a different day?A ne…
China’s free AI models may not stay free, Goldman says
For a year, the story of Chinese AI has been simple. It is nearly as good as the American frontier, and it is effectively free. That second part may b…
How much does Apple’s Upgrade plan cost to lease devices and is it worth it?
From iPhones to MacBooks, here’s where Apple’s Upgrade Program works and where it falls short.
Google scraped the web to build itself. A court just said others can scrape Google.
Google built one of the world’s largest companies by scraping the entire web without asking permission first. This week a court told Google it cannot …
Pixel 11 Models Will Start With 256GB Storage, Report Says
Google may be discontinuing the 128GB storage option for future Pixel devices.
iOS 27: All the New Phone and FaceTime Features
The Phone and FaceTime apps didn't get as many new features as some of Apple's other apps, but there are a handful of capabilities that add utility an…
HBO Max Joins the Vertical Video Game With ‘HBO Max Shorts’
HBO Max Shorts is one of two new mobile features coming to iOS users in the US.
eBay and its former execs settle cyberstalking case brought by journalist couple
Ina and David Steiner will receive compensation after a 2019 campaign to silence their critiques of the company.
Fired Tesla manager says Full Self-Driving cars were 'rolling hazards'
A new lawsuit accuses Tesla of overextending the safety operators overseeing its robotaxis.
Mark Zuckerberg Blasts Centralization of A.I. Power
In an interview, Meta’s chief executive took aim at Anthropic and OpenAI, which have pushed to tightly control A.I. development, and said he supported…
The man who coined ‘agentic AI’ is betting it won’t take your job
Andrew Ng helped give the AI industry its vocabulary, from “AI is the new electricity” to “agentic AI.” His new company bets against the phrase everyo…
Reaction wheel failures leave Swift rescue mission spinning in orbit
"Preliminary investigation shows that two of Link's three reaction wheels currently are not operable." Nearly a month since its launch, a first-of-its…
AI writes half our code now. It still fails security tests 44% of the time.
AI can now write compilable code almost every time it tries. It still ships a security hole in nearly half of it, and that has not changed in a year. …
Looks like JFrog's 0-days let OpenAI's models hack Hugging Face
The vendor won't confirm or deny We now have a better idea of how OpenAI's models broke out of their cages to attack Hugging Face. The rogue models fo…