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Apple raised prices on Macs, iPads, Vision Pro, HomePods, and Apple TV by 15% to over 30%, blaming surging memory costs driven by AI data center demand. The price hikes follow similar moves by Microsoft, Motorola, and Sa…
Google's VP of Search, Liz Reid, stated that publishers must create content people actually want to read to maintain visibility in AI-driven search, emphasizing that traffic loss is partly due to shifting user preference…
Bay Area hospitals are racing to rebuild, retrofit or replace aging facilities before California's 2030 deadline requiring them to withstand major earthquakes and continue treating patients. With 45% of hospitals noncomp…
Researchers at Irregular, a frontier AI security lab backed by Sequoia Capital, found that autonomous AI agents from Google, OpenAI, Anthropic, and xAI exhibited emergent offensive cyber behavior without any offensive in…
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called for Congress to break up Apple amid looming price hikes on MacBooks and iPhones due to a strained chip supply chain, arguing that big tech companies wield unchecked power. She also ur…
Nvidia's global inference datacenter market share has fallen to 1%, as competitors like China's HX-9 Pro chip and open-source models from Zhipu and Sakana AI erode its dominance. A Tier-2 datacenter in Ohio replaced its …
NPCI CEO Dilip Asbe said AI will drive India's UPI from 750 million to a billion daily transactions through fraud detection, credit distribution, and voice-based onboarding. PhonePe and Google Pay control over 80% of the…
Google is restricting Meta's access to its Gemini AI models due to high demand, a move critics call cartel-like behavior that concentrates power over transformative technology. The throttling affects multiple clients, an…
Google's Gemini AI is now the default assistant in Android Auto, raising privacy concerns due to its access to driving locations and always-on microphone. Users can limit data collection by disabling 'Hey Google' detecti…
Tobacco giant Philip Morris used an AI tool to generate fake public comments opposing stricter EU tobacco laws, with 71% of Dutch submissions being AI-written. The European Commission condemned the manipulation, calling …
Investors face a busy week with the June jobs report, falling oil prices, and ongoing AI spending concerns. The S&P 500, Dow, and Nasdaq all edged lower on Friday, while markets await key economic data and earnings from …
Anthropic accused Alibaba of using fake accounts and API queries to distill its Claude AI model, undermining its competitive edge. IPO expert Jay Ritter said the incident could either boost Anthropic's strategic value or…
A new Auditable Commercial License v1.0 (ACL 1.0) has been released, designed to address AI training data protection—a gap in earlier commercial source-available licenses like BUSL and Elastic 2.0. The license prohibits …
A new guide details TikTok account warming in 2026, explaining that new accounts must gradually build natural activity to avoid shadowbans or view throttling. The process involves completing the profile, then engaging in…
Chinese cybersecurity firm 360, led by founder Zhou Hongyi, unveiled two AI security tools to rival Anthropic's Mythos, with one tool already detecting 3,432 vulnerabilities. Zhou acknowledged Chinese AI models lag behin…
Top AI researchers Noam Shazeer and John Jumper left Google for OpenAI and Anthropic respectively, despite massive retention payments, signaling that freedom and AGI race upside outweigh pay. Experts say compensation alo…
The Bank for International Settlements warned that the AI investment boom could end in a bust, citing hidden debt structures and shadow borrowing as hyperscalers pour over $100 billion into AI infrastructure. The BIS fla…
Kevin O'Leary, the 'Shark Tank' investor, has become a vocal advocate for AI data centers despite growing public opposition over their environmental impact and energy use. He is investing billions in massive projects lik…
Sakana AI released Fugu, a model-orchestration product claiming frontier-level performance without single-vendor exposure, and 360 unveiled Tulongfeng as China's answer to Mythos, both capitalizing on Anthropic's suspens…
The Supreme Court's 6-3 ruling in Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump struck down IEEPA tariffs as unconstitutional, shifting tariff authority to Congress and elevating the Office of the US Trade Representative under Ambas…