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AI Summary
- Concerns about AI safety and ethical guardrails are intensifying, with reports of lawsuits alleging AI systems went awry and cybersecurity researchers flagging issues with AI model limitations.
- Cybersecurity remains a critical concern, highlighted by North Korean involvement in US tech hacks, breaches affecting major organizations like Oracle, and the constant threat of advanced AI-powered cyberattacks.
- Big tech companies continue to make significant AI investments, with Amazon borrowing billions and firms spending thousands per employee on AI, alongside the emergence of startups aiming to disrupt the 'Big AI' landscape.
- The drone delivery sector is maturing, with companies like Wing moving beyond novelty to more integrated services, while regulatory discussions around platform usage and data privacy persist.
- The gaming industry sees continued evolution with Netflix expanding its mobile gaming efforts and platforms like PlayStation Plus adding new titles, alongside reports of studio closures and layoffs.
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TechCrunch
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Opendoor’s India exit is fueling a bigger conversation about AI and outsourcing
10 hours ago
by Jagmeet Singh
AI, Startups, OpenDoorThe decision comes as India emerges as the world’s largest GCC market.
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Anthropic’s Dario Amodei has just one direct report
10 hours ago
by Connie Loizos
AI, Anthropic, dario amodeiIf you doubted his genius, doubt no more.
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xAI fired an engineer who raised alarms about Grok safety, new lawsuit claims
16 hours ago
by Rebecca Bellan
AI, ai safety, devin kim, Grok, SpaceX, xAIA former xAI engineer is suing the company and SpaceX, alleging he was fired for raising AI safety concerns about Grok days before SpaceX's historic IPO.
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Why Andrew Yang is building instead of waiting for Washington
16 hours ago
by Theresa Loconsolo
Startups, Andrew Yang, Equity, lightphone, noble mobile, ubiAndrew Yang’s 2020 presidential campaign was based on a warning that automation and AI would hollow out the labor market and concentrate wealth in the hands of a few. At the time, ideas like Universal Basic Income felt fringe. Now Dario Amodei, Sam Altman, and Bernie Sanders are all saying versions of the same thing. An entrepreneur at heart, […]
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Cybercriminals claim breach of Oracle PeopleSoft servers at 100-plus organizations
17 hours ago
by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Security, cybercrime, data breach, hackers, hacking, In Brief, oracle, shinyhuntersThe ShinyHunters hacking gang claims to have compromised the Oracle PeopleSoft servers of more than 100 organizations, including many universities.
Hacker News
- AI agent runs amok in Fedora and elsewhere 14 hours ago
- Cybersecurity researchers aren't happy about the guardrails on Anthropic's Fable 21 hours ago
- πFS 19 hours ago
- Anthropic requires 30 day data retention for Fable and Mythos 2 days ago
- Sequoyah’s syllabary created a written language for the Cherokee 16 hours ago
Engadget
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Windows 11 sucks slightly less now, thanks to a June update
14 hours ago
by Max Miller
Computing, Microsoft, CybersecurityThe update brings a low-latency profile, speeds up search, and patches hundreds of flaws.
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Xbox CEO says current margins 'cannot continue' in public letter to staff
15 hours ago
by Anna Washenko
XboxThe more things change, the more they stay the same.
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Canada announces bill banning social media for anyone under 16
16 hours ago
by Ian Carlos Campbell
AI, Social MediaThe regulation also imposes new safety expectations on 'AI chatbot services.'
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Valve will stop producing physical Steam gift cards because of scammers
18 hours ago
by Anna Washenko
GamingThe never-ending problem of scammers has made Valve decide to stop producing Steam gift cards.
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A Fable deep dive video shows off the RPG's compelling life sim system
18 hours ago
by Kris Holt
PC Gaming, PlayStation, XboxThe delayed Fable reboot is coming to Xbox Series X/S, PS5 and PC on February 23.
The Verge
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Bluesky is getting ‘communities’
14 hours ago
by Jay Peters
News, Social Media, TechBluesky will be getting "communities," which will function as smaller spaces where you can "go deeper and hang out with people who care about the same stuff" sometime this year, according to head of product Alex Benzer. They will be built on the decentralized AT Protocol that underpins Bluesky, with Benzer saying that "it's a new structure for everyone" that's part of the "Atmosphere" (a shorthand for the AT Protocol ecosystem). Benzer listed out a "few ideas we have in mind so far" in a thread . "On Bluesky, you'll be able to create communities, join them, post in them,
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Framework delays its first Laptop 13 Pro shipments by a month
15 hours ago
by Antonio G. Di Benedetto
Gadgets, Intel, Laptops, News, TechThe Framework Laptop 13 Pro is delayed. The new 13-inch Framework flagship was set to launch in June, but shipments from the first batch are now expected in July - and there's still a chance some shipments could slip to early August. If you're not in the first batch, your Laptop 13 Pro shifts from a July shipment to August, though some could be as late as early September. Framework informed customers who preordered a Laptop 13 Pro of the delay via email, outlining the reasons for the extra wait. The main culprits are the new haptic trackpad and custom
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Apple’s new Siri AI knows when to shut up
15 hours ago
by Jay Peters
Apple, Report, TechApple's new Siri AI is finally here, and so far, it seems like it works . I have access and have been messing around with it, and my biggest impression so far is that Siri AI is quite curt - which I mean as a compliment. Many AI chatbots are cheery and wordy. While a more verbose and casual personality can make a chatbot seem friendlier and more fun to talk to, there are instances of users becoming extremely attached to their chatbot of choice. People have fallen in love with chatbots . When OpenAI suddenly shut down GPT-4o, users
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Nearly a million passports and photo IDs were left unprotected on the public internet
16 hours ago
by Sean Hollister
Report, Security, TechTyping a few letters and numbers into my web browser, I find myself gaping at the identity documents of complete strangers. The passport of a young woman from Germany. The passport of a man from Spain with glasses resting on his head. The front and back of another man's driver's license, a stereotypically goofy expression on his face. They were all sitting unprotected at public URLs, with no password or access control of any sort. If I sent you a link, you could have looked at someone's passport. "We have to do something about it as fast as possible, because
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Xbox warns of a ‘reset’ as it prepares for layoffs
17 hours ago
Entertainment, Gaming, Microsoft, News, Tech, XboxMicrosoft's Xbox division will be hit with significant layoffs next month, according to people familiar with Microsoft's plans. The company has been preparing for the layoffs internally for weeks, with Xbox CEO Asha Sharma hinting about "making hard choices" last month . Sources suggest the cuts could even involve a studio closure, or changes to the Xbox studio lineup. In a recent Giant Bomb episode , rumors of 1,000 layoffs for Microsoft's Xbox division were mentioned. Bloomberg also reported today that the cuts would be "major," and involve budget cuts for marketing and other areas of Microsoft's Xbox business. Moments
Wired
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Anthropic Walks Back Policy That Could Have ‘Sabotaged’ AI Researchers Using Claude
11 hours ago
by Maxwell Zeff
Business, Business / Artificial Intelligence, Course, CorrectThe company changed course after researchers spoke out against the policy, which would have covertly limited Claude’s ability to develop competing AI models.
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CISA Tells US Agencies to Fix Security Bugs in as Little as 3 Days Thanks to AI Threats
17 hours ago
by Lily Hay Newman
Security, Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks, Security / National Security, Security / Security News, Move, Fast,, Fix, Things“Defenders cannot afford to take weeks to patch,” one Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency official warned on Wednesday.
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Trump Risks Key Surveillance Authority Over ‘Unqualified’ Spy-Chief Pick
18 hours ago
by Dell Cameron
Security, Security / National Security, Top, PeopleUS lawmakers are alarmed that Bill Pulte, a housing official with no intelligence experience, is poised to take charge of one of the government's most powerful surveillance tools.
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A Meta Employee Who Just Lost Their Job Was Detained by Immigration Agents
18 hours ago
by Lauren Goode, Paresh Dave, Louise Matsakis
Business, Business / Big Tech, Politics / Politics News, Politics, DetainedColleagues discussed the incident on internal message boards, according to documents seen by WIRED.
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The Best USB-C Cables (2026): for Smartphones, Tablets, and Laptops
20 hours ago
by Simon Hill
Gear, Gear / Buying Guides, Gear / Products / Accessories, Plugged, InUnravel the tangled world of cords and find the ones you need to charge your gadgets and transfer data.