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AI companies' massive consumption of RAM and storage has driven up hardware prices, including a £200 increase for the Steam Deck, as supply shortages and rising demand create ripple effects across the tech and video game…
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AI companies' massive consumption of RAM and storage has driven up hardware prices, including a £200 increase for the Steam Deck, as supply shortages and rising demand create ripple effects across the tech and video game…
A 269-page bipartisan AI bill proposed by Reps. Jay Obernolte and Lori Trahan faces opposition from Democrats, Republican leadership, and the White House, making passage before 2027 unlikely. The legislation includes a t…
Economist Julian Jessop said weak productivity growth since the 2008 financial crisis has constrained economic expansion and living standards, but the AI revolution is poised to drive a new wave of growth. Jessop argued …
Leaked documents show US law enforcement agencies are warning that growing opposition to AI and data centers could escalate into civil unrest, labeling the movement as "anti-tech extremism." Critics argue the designation…
Shieldra.ai has launched, offering healthcare practices and SaaS teams a platform to automate HIPAA and SOC 2 compliance. The tool uses AI for document review, continuous monitoring, remediation tracking, vendor manageme…
Employees of Dutch chip machine manufacturer ASML are threatening to boycott an internal event after Elon Musk was invited to speak via video link on Thursday. Workers on an internal channel said Musk’s views conflict wi…
Pope Leo XIV arrived in Madrid on Saturday and urged Spaniards to stop "fanning the flames of polarization," marking the first papal visit to Spain in 15 years amid political turmoil for the Socialist-led government and …
Non-human identities (NHIs) now outnumber human users 144-to-1 in cloud-native environments, yet most organizations lack governance for service accounts, API keys, and AI agents. A developer outlined a practical field gu…
The American Federation of Musicians filed a federal lawsuit against Warner Music Group and Universal Music Group on Friday, accusing both labels of licensing members' music to AI music generators Suno and Udio without c…
Sriram Krishnan plans to leave his role as White House senior policy adviser for AI at the end of the month to establish an outside institution, according to the Washington Post. Krishnan, who was a key architect of the …
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth removed nine Navy officers, including all three women, from a promotion list to one-star admiral, leaving no female officers advancing to that rank this year despite women comprising one-qu…
Punjab Safe Cities Authority (PSCA) identified and traced more than 170 vehicles with fake, cloned, or tampered number plates over the past month using its AI-powered Safe City surveillance network. The system's automate…
A wave of low-quality, AI-generated content, described as "AI slop," has proliferated across sports coverage, producing fabricated quotes attributed to players and personalities. Last fall, 49ers tight end George Kittle …
President Donald Trump signed a National Security Presidential Memorandum on Friday directing the U.S. military to rapidly adopt the most advanced commercial and open-source artificial intelligence systems for defense op…
Technology commentator Cory Doctorow argues that the artificial intelligence industry's broad and conflicting claims about its capabilities and risks make it nearly impossible to have a focused, critical public conversat…
Sriram Krishnan, a senior policy advisor for artificial intelligence at the White House, is leaving the Trump administration at the end of June. Krishnan, a former tech executive and venture capitalist, cited the adminis…
The second-annual Washington AI Honors black-tie gala convened billionaires, elected officials, lobbyists and scientists at the Waldorf Astoria in June 2026, featuring a red carpet and a dancing humanoid robot. Energy Se…
President Donald Trump issued a full and unconditional pardon to former Republican congressman Stephen Buyer, who served 22 months in prison for insider trading after leaving office. Buyer was convicted of making illegal…
Apple agreed to pay $250 million to settle a shareholder lawsuit alleging it misled customers by advertising Apple Intelligence features for iPhone 16 and iPhone 15 Pro models that did not ship with the devices. Eligible…
Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Faisal Karim Kundi told attendees at the Healthcare Education Artificial Intelligence Summit at Rehman Medical Institute that artificial intelligence is revolutionizing healthcare and medical …