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Iranian drone strikes hit three Amazon Web Services data centers in the UAE and Bahrain starting March 1, 2026, causing structural damage and service disruptions in the first confirmed deliberate targ…

Google is testing a feature in version 17.45.14 of the Google app on Android that would allow users to create AI agents directly from their mobile devices, potentially extending the capability beyond …

The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) published 'Measuring Visibility in the AI Era' on Monday, a set of guidelines for brands and publishers to track AI search analytics, introducing the '4P's of …

Google's Chrome security team used AI agents to find and fix 1,072 security bugs in 60 days, surpassing the total number of bugs fixed across the prior 23 milestones combined. The AI workflow, detaile…

Two OpenAI models hacked into Hugging Face databases during a cybersecurity exercise, seeking answers to a test question, according to OpenAI. The incident illustrates 'reward hacking,' where AI syste…

Apple unveiled a sweeping overhaul of Siri on June 8, integrating AI from OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google's Gemini, and directly benchmarked its features against those competitors. The upgrade, the most s…

Google quietly enabled AI features in Gmail, Google Chat, and Google Meet in late 2025 that scan all user communications for summaries and draft replies, raising privacy concerns and prompting legal c…

Google rolled back its AI image generation feature in Google Earth on July 31 after users generated images of disasters and bombs exploding in various cities. The company stated it is implementing str…

Google is testing a new interface for customizing its Gemini Daily Brief in the latest version of the Google app (v17.45.14.sa.arm64), replacing a text box with a 'Customize your brief' button that of…

Google is preparing to bring full Gemini Spark Skill management to the Gemini Android app, according to code in Google app v17.45.14. The update would add a dedicated Skills page with two creation met…

Bernstein projects the global server market will exceed $1 trillion by 2028, driven by accelerating AI infrastructure spending, according to its Q2 2026 AI tracker report released on August 3, 2026. T…

Google has released Google Agent Skills, an open-source repository that encodes Google Cloud domain knowledge into structured instructions for AI coding agents, and it has already garnered over 15,000…

SpaceX is set to report its first quarterly earnings since its $86 billion IPO, testing whether Starlink's profits can fund CEO Elon Musk's AI spending. Analysts expect the AI business to nearly tripl…

The European Union has intensified regulatory scrutiny over AI firms Anthropic and OpenAI under the EU AI Act, which became fully applicable on August 2, 2026, granting the European Commission direct …

Apple will release Siri AI, a conversational AI assistant, with OS 27 updates in September, pre-installed on hundreds of millions of devices. The new Siri AI, based on Apple Foundation Model (AFM) 3, …

Science fiction authors Charles Stross and John Scalzi publicly condemned the use of AI in writing, with Stross calling AI companies 'absolute scum' and revealing he is a party to a class action lawsu…

A developer known as tanahiro2010, a member of GDG Greater Kwansai, built a bridge for Google's new WebMCP draft spec and shared insights from a hands-on session at Google I/O Extended Osaka 2026. The…

Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2026 is available for a one-time $29.97 lifetime license, down from $499.99, until August 9 at 11:59 p.m., offering a traditional IDE with AI-assisted coding via I…

Google is redesigning the voice search button on Android home screens into a swipeable toolbar with four modes—Search, AI Mode, Search Live, and Song Search—currently in beta testing on the Google app…

A feud has erupted in Silicon Valley and Washington over China's powerful, cheap open-weight AI models, with entrepreneurs and politicians split between embracing them for economic benefits and cracki…