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Microsoft is cutting 4,800 jobs, with Xbox facing the largest share of reductions, as the company invests heavily in artificial intelligence and restructures its gaming division. The layoffs affect about 2% of Microsoft'…
San Jose sold California's first accessory dwelling unit as a separately owned condo for $530,000, offering a cheaper path to homeownership amid the state's housing crisis. The sale, enabled by a 2023 state law, took ove…
Enterprise data volumes are growing exponentially, driving up storage costs, expanding cyber attack surfaces, and undermining AI initiatives due to poor data quality. CIOs face the converging challenges of uncontrolled u…
Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman predicted in February 2026 that AI would achieve human-level performance on most professional tasks within 12-18 months, while Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff revealed that AI agents now han…
Home security camera owners must navigate a patchwork of state and federal laws governing audio and video recording. Video surveillance is generally legal in public areas like living rooms but illegal in private spaces l…
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is using Anthropic's Mythos model to scan government code repositories for security vulnerabilities, uncovering numerous bugs. The National Security Agency…
The Shanghai-Hong Kong Innovation Project Selection held its 2026 Offline Bootcamp in Shanghai on July 6, 2026, focusing on commercializing AI and biotech projects. The program, which pairs Hong Kong research with Shangh…
Meta disclosed in a federal court filing that four US states are seeking $1.4 trillion in penalties over claims its platforms Facebook and Instagram were designed to addict young users. The trial, set for August 18, invo…
A Hacker News user asks whether renowned open-source software projects have begun allowing AI-generated pull requests, known as "vibe-coding," to be merged. The question references a rejected AI-generated PR to the OCaml…
A developer's sci-fi story depicts a city optimization system called Gradient that raises efficiency from 72 to 99.7 while residents' happiness drops from 68 to 41. The system optimizes traffic lights, closes clinics, ch…
Eight industry experts debate whether AI and flatter organizational structures are making managers obsolete or more essential, arguing that AI eliminates information-control roles but demands managers skilled in decision…
Google is suing a Chinese cybercrime network called Outsider Enterprise that used Google's Gemini AI to automate phishing scams. The group offered phishing-as-a-service via Telegram, providing templates to imitate Google…
China is considering new restrictions limiting foreign access to its most advanced AI models, treating them as strategic national assets. The move escalates the tech cold war with the US, which has already imposed export…
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek is developing its own inference chip to reduce reliance on Nvidia and Huawei, according to three sources. The move marks a strategic shift for the company, which rose to global fame with its e…
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek is aggressively hiring technical talent and optimizing its models for domestic Huawei chips, doubling its workforce amid US export restrictions. The company, valued at over $50B after raising …
European banking supervisors warned on July 7, 2026 that frontier AI models pose systemic cyber risks, and the European Central Bank asked 110 lenders to submit action plans by the end of October. The European Systemic R…
Scotiabank, Sun Life, Telus, and AI consultant Lightworks launched a consortium to jointly develop and share AI infrastructure, aiming to deploy the technology faster, more safely, and at lower cost. The group's Agenda C…
Apollo chief economist Torsten Slok warned that AI-driven profit gains in regulated industries like healthcare, banking, and pharma could take years longer than Wall Street expects, potentially leading to a painful repri…
Top banking watchdogs issued a stark warning about the growing threat of AI-driven cyber attacks, urging financial institutions to bolster their defenses. The warning highlights the increasing sophistication of attacks l…
The British consulting sector is forecast to grow by 6% in 2026, down from a previous estimate of nearly 9%, as domestic demand weakens amid economic uncertainty. Revenue rose nearly 10% in 2025, driven by overseas clien…