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South Korean regulators are considering restrictions on leveraged ETFs after a sharp selloff in chip stocks, with Samsung and SK Hynix falling over 12% and the Kospi index dropping 10%, triggering a trading halt. Critics…
Writers are increasingly worried that their human-written text may be mistaken for AI-generated content due to its cleanliness and perfection. The article advises against adding artificial flaws to deceive readers, urgin…
An unconfirmed leak claims OpenAI's GPT-5.6 release has slipped to mid-July, while Google DeepMind is holding Gemini 3.5 Pro past its June launch window due to quality concerns. The alleged delays, if true, would impact …
Polaroid launched an international ad campaign criticizing AI and data centers, with billboards featuring anti-tech slogans like 'Go jump in some water before the data centers drink it all up.' The campaign, placed near …
A man who shot a police officer at a migrant detention center in Texas was sentenced to 100 years in prison. Seven accomplices received 50 to 70 years for aiding a terrorist. The group attacked the center on July 4, prot…
President Donald Trump signed two executive orders to boost quantum computing research, aiming to build a powerful quantum computer by 2028 and accelerate post-quantum cryptography to 2031. The orders direct federal agen…
Google faces a crisis as search volume hits an all-time high but the company struggles with user backlash against AI integration and a decline in ad revenue. Competitors like ChatGPT and DuckDuckGo gain traction, while t…
Cloudflare, major browser vendors including Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, and Microsoft Edge, and Shopify are developing the Private Access Control Tokens (PACT) protocol to replace invasive bot detection with anonymou…
Anthropic updated its privacy policy to require age or identity verification for Claude users under certain circumstances, sparking concerns about digital surveillance and government overreach. Critics worry the move cou…
Brennan, an Indigenous blogger, writes an open letter to compassionate, left-leaning meat eaters who oppose generative AI, urging them to consider veganism as a way to reduce harm. He acknowledges the environmental and s…
Mozilla established a new 501(c)(3) nonprofit called Mozilla.org to steward the long-term success of the Mozilla Project, unifying its various entities under a strategic endowment to advance the Mozilla Manifesto in the …
Oracle cut 21,000 jobs in fiscal 2026, reducing its workforce to 141,000, and explicitly blamed AI in its SEC filing, stating that the adoption and deployment of AI technologies resulted in workforce reductions. The deep…
Defensive stocks rose in the US on Tuesday as markets retreated from tech and AI, with the Nasdaq recovering from a 2.4% low to a 1.4% decline, while the Dow Jones turned positive. Conagra Brands, General Mills, Walmart,…
SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son questioned the economic viability of Elon Musk's proposal to build AI data centers in space, arguing that lower electricity costs would not offset the high expenses of maintenance, networking, …
Google posted $109.9 billion in Q1 2026 revenue, its fastest growth since 2022, and still controls 90% of search, but talent defections, rising competitors like ChatGPT and Bing, antitrust remedies, and its own AI transf…
A Gallup study finds tech workers who rarely use AI face an 18% layoff risk, triple the 6% risk for monthly users, highlighting an AI literacy gap. Despite employer-side data attributing 40% of layoffs to AI, only 1% of …
Amazon walked away from an OpenAI movie deal, likely due to the $50 billion valuation gap versus a $50 million budget and concerns the film could be anti-AI. Meta launched $299 AI glasses without the Ray-Ban brand, under…
Cloudflare and beehiiv have integrated AI crawl controls into beehiiv's platform, giving newsletter publishers a dashboard to monitor, allow, or block AI bots from accessing their content. The controls, announced Tuesday…
The era of subsidized AI API usage is ending as platform providers like OpenAI and Anthropic face unsustainable losses, with OpenAI reporting a $38.53 billion net loss in 2025. Hardware costs, particularly for DRAM and h…
A Guardian investigation reveals brands are secretly deploying AI-generated influencers to create fake user-generated content, including wedding testimonials and product reviews, without disclosure. Consumer groups and l…