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The US government is preparing to investigate and potentially restrict American companies' use of Chinese-made AI models, citing concerns that they advance Beijing's narratives and censor dissent. The move follows a surg…
DeepSeek is designing its own AI inference chip, targeting the phase where trained models generate responses, with manufacturing partner SMIC under US export controls. The chip leverages DeepSeek's Mixture-of-Experts arc…
A 39-year-old Mexican national, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, was shot and killed by an ICE agent in Houston during a targeted enforcement operation. The family disputes ICE's claim that he attempted to run over an officer, de…
ESL FACEIT Group banned skin gambling, case-opening, and skin trading platforms from sponsoring teams at its Counter-Strike 2 events, aligning with Valve's December 2025 restrictions. The policy, enforced in July 2026, t…
Five Eyes national security agencies jointly warned of increasing cyber risks from AI models, particularly their ability to autonomously hack into systems and networks, urging renewed cybersecurity measures.
China warned of security risks in Anthropic's Claude Code AI tool, citing potential back-door vulnerabilities after a state-sponsored threat actor used the tool to automate a cyberespionage campaign. Alibaba subsequently…
A study by the Oxford Internet Institute found that 38% of regular UK users of large language models turn to AI for advice on personal relationships, and 31% use it for emotional support. The survey of 2,000 adults revea…
A 246-acre scenic oceanfront property on the San Mateo Coast, Pedro Point Headlands, could be added to the Golden Gate National Recreation Area under an agreement between local, state and federal officials. The Californi…
More IT workers are seeking union representation amid mass layoffs, disillusionment with Big Tech, and fears that AI will displace jobs, but overall union membership in tech remains low at about 3.5%. High-profile organi…
AI has exposed the fragility of traditional cloud strategies by revealing hidden costs, data behavior, and supplier dependencies, forcing organizations to rethink assumptions about workload placement and governance. Quan…
Avery Pennarun, CEO of Tailscale, argues that Canadian tech companies should not relocate to the U.S. amid trade tensions, citing Canada's global trust advantage. He contrasts PointClickCare's contingency plan to move wi…
Goldman Sachs warns that the wave of AI-fueled earnings surprises that boosted stocks last quarter will be hard to repeat, making a major rally from results alone unlikely. The bank's head of asset allocation research, C…
OpenAI announced the wider rollout of its GPT-5.6 family of AI models on Thursday, following a request from the Trump administration to stagger the release. Hours later, Elon Musk revealed that SpaceXAI would launch its …
UK Science and Technology Secretary Liz Kendall backed British driverless car companies, warning that failure to support them would leave the UK reliant on US firms. Her stance contrasts with Andy Burnham's team, which h…
California State Senator Dave Cortese argues that taxpayers are subsidizing health care for employees of large corporations through Medi-Cal, and that federal cuts in H.R. 1 will worsen the burden. The state legislature …
Chinese President Xi Jinping has prioritized artificial intelligence and semiconductor development as part of China's 15th Five-Year Plan, aiming to build domestic alternatives to US chips. The plan, which covers 2026-20…
India's government will release a national cybersecurity strategy for the financial sector by December 2026, featuring over 50 recommendations with a focus on artificial intelligence. The inter-ministerial initiative aim…
Canada's Bill C-16, effective this month, criminalizes non-consensual sexual deepfakes under the Criminal Code, with penalties up to 10 years in prison. The law explicitly references AI-generated content and covers image…
CEOs announcing AI-first initiatives risk public backlash and internal toxicity if they fail to communicate sensitively, as seen in Standard Chartered CEO Bill Winters' gaffe. With 64% of businesses scaling AI into produ…
The UK Department of Culture, Media and Sport and its secretary Lisa Nandy are leaving social media platform X, citing concerns over misinformation and hate speech. Nandy said the platform 'isn't healthy for our democrac…