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SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son dismissed Elon Musk's plan for orbital data centers, saying the costs would outweigh the benefits and that the AI race will be decided on Earth. Son's comments came as SpaceX shares dipped belo…
Oracle cut 21,000 jobs (13% of its workforce) in the past year, citing the adoption of AI technologies as a direct cause. The software giant is spending $70 billion on AI infrastructure in 2026, joining other tech compan…
Amazon-owned MGM Studios dropped Luca Guadagnino's nearly completed Sam Altman biopic "Artificial," which reportedly portrays the OpenAI CEO as a pathological liar. The decision follows Amazon's $50 billion investment in…
The Alphabet Institute has secured a physical facility at Cavendish University in Lusaka, Zambia, to host weekly Effective Altruism and 80,000 Hours workshops starting July 4. Founder, who also works with Zambia's Presid…
Microsoft released new Surface Pro and Surface Laptop models with 8GB of RAM, dropping starting prices to $849 and $949 respectively, but these configurations do not meet Microsoft's own Copilot Plus PC requirements due …
GitHub joined an open source coalition including Black Forest Labs, Hugging Face, and Mozilla Corporation to advocate for amendments to California's AI Transparency Act (SB 942/SB 1000), arguing that its license revocati…
Mount Sinai Health System in New York has adopted Signal 1's AI management platform to monitor and optimize its AI tools, marking a major partnership for the Toronto-based startup. The move comes as healthcare providers …
A security expert warns that AI agents are creating a new software supply chain risk by fetching and running unvetted open-source packages in ephemeral sandboxes, bypassing traditional scanners and review processes. The …
Meta suffered its most embarrassing outage ever when a bug allowed users to change any account's email by simply asking the Meta AI bot, leading to high-profile account takeovers. Engineers attributed the disaster to AI-…
OpenAI plans to grow its advertising business to $100 billion by 2030, according to sources at the Cannes Lions festival. The company is revamping ChatGPT to win enterprise clients ahead of its IPO, competing with Anthro…
Three open-weight coding models launched in the week after the US Commerce Department pulled Fable 5 and Mythos 5 offline, including Zhipu's GLM 5.2, Moonshot's Kimi K2.7-Code, and Cohere's North Mini Code. The incident …
Tech stocks tumbled Tuesday, with the Nasdaq Composite falling nearly 2%, as a global sell-off in chipmakers sparked fears of an AI bubble burst. Major semiconductor companies like Samsung, SK Hynix, and Nvidia saw sharp…
N-able launched Shadow AI Visibility across its UEM and security platforms, enabling IT teams to identify and monitor AI tool usage to address security blind spots from employee adoption of AI applications.
Google has implemented new Android sideloading restrictions and developer verification requirements, aiming to enhance security but drawing criticism for limiting user control over app installations.
Engineering teams must treat AI systems as interconnected software supply chains, applying lifecycle-phase security controls like signed artifacts and zero trust to mitigate risks such as data poisoning and weight tamper…
A sharp selloff in South Korean stocks, driven by leveraged bets on AI-related semiconductor stocks, cascaded into US tech markets on Tuesday, highlighting that leverage in AI trading poses a greater near-term risk than …
Fewer Dutch businesses were hit by cyberattacks last year, with 60% of SMEs affected versus 72% a year earlier, but researchers warn firms are poorly prepared for AI-driven threats and overly reliant on US tech companies…
Google is expanding access to its Search Console AI performance reports to more users, showing how content performs in AI responses, AI Mode, and AI Overviews. John Mueller confirmed the incremental rollout, with reports…
Executive coach Joe Hudson, who works with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and leaders at Apple, Google, and X, argues that emotional clarity—the ability to feel emotions without being controlled by them—is the key skill for thriv…
New York City voters head to the polls on election day, with a reminder that registered Democrats in NY-12 can vote for Alex Bores for Congress, a race argued to be crucial for sensible AI policy. The monthly roundup als…