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Argentina's president proposed a new legal category for AI-operated corporations, sparking debate with historian Yuval Noah Harari. The idea, compared to the Dutch East India Company's limited liability innovation, could…
ServiceNow CEO Bill McDermott pledged no layoffs in April, but the company cut 63 jobs in San Diego and dozens more across California on Wednesday. The layoffs target senior roles and positions exposed to AI automation, …
Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee is pushing a ballot measure to transform the city's governance into a strong-mayor system, granting her veto power over council decisions and control over department heads. The city council vote…
Beyond Identity launched Ceros, an agentic AI trust layer platform for securing enterprise AI agents and agentic workflows. The platform provides continuous discovery, session logging, and mitigation of prompt injection …
Tom Steyer spent $558 million on failed political campaigns, including $342 million on a 2020 presidential run and $216 million on a 2024 California governor bid. The hedge fund manager turned climate activist set a reco…
California faces a moral crossroads as AI-driven wealth concentration mirrors the industrial revolution's excesses, prompting debates over a billionaire tax and Pope Leo XIV's call for ethical AI guardrails. History show…
Two of California's most powerful unions, the California Teachers Association and SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West, are clashing over money and political influence this election season, with conflicts over the governo…
A new report from British Progress found no measurable job displacement from generative AI in the UK labor market, even in occupations considered most vulnerable to automation. The analysis shows AI adoption remains conc…
The Trump administration is open to negotiating with Anthropic over its order barring foreigners from the company's most powerful AI models, a senior White House official said. The official suggested a resolution could b…
A new study finds 78.7% of repositories using AI coding tools configure only one tool, yet developers use an average of two to four. The AGENTS.md standard, intended to bridge tools, is adopted by only 18.3% of repositor…
Adobe and LinkedIn launched a free AI training program for marketers through LinkedIn Learning, offering role-specific courses in digital marketing, content creation, and data analytics. The initiative addresses a 113% y…
Unregulated gambling firms are targeting children as young as 14 on social media using AI-generated tipsters and influencers, according to a new report. Over 30 illegal sites like Stake and Rainbet are accused of exploit…
The SaaS and AI software markets are heading toward a major pricing reset, with traditional per-seat models shifting to outcome- and consumption-based billing, according to analysts. This change introduces budget volatil…
A new working paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research finds that California's water system is misallocated and ill-suited for climate change, with water trading negligible and rigid rules protecting senior ri…
Consumer Reports found that Uber and Lyft use AI-driven pricing to charge vastly different fares for identical rides, with a median price difference of 50%, and offer fake discounts based on inflated prices. The investig…
The Trump administration imposed export controls on Anthropic's new AI model, Fable, forcing it offline due to a security vulnerability. The move, which blocks foreign nationals from accessing the model, marks a shift fr…
Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission revised regulations in March 2025 to allow life insurers to invest directly in domestic AI infrastructure, including data centers and hospitals, as part of the government's NT$10…
Varonis Threat Labs discovered a three-stage vulnerability chain called SearchLeak in Microsoft 365 Copilot Enterprise Search that allows attackers to exfiltrate sensitive data with a single click. The chain combines Par…
The U.S. and Iran agreed an interim deal to end more than 100 days of war, providing a 60-day ceasefire and free passage through the Strait of Hormuz. Gulf states, which faced missile and drone attacks, now look to recov…
The Trump administration's Medicaid cuts, part of the 2025 tax bill, are expected to cause 7.5 million people to lose coverage, with new work requirements and stricter verification rules worsening the impact. States face…