Xprize founder says global surveillance is a good thing because humans behave better when they are being watched
OpenAI told Cannes it is “clearly in the advertising business now.” The numbers say it is barely in the door.
France’s statistics department hit by cyberattack on staff directory
Samsung’s $647bn home investment heads for the chip-starved southwest
A single config file in a cloned repository could steal your AWS credentials through Amazon Q Developer
Apple skips its high-end M6 chips for an AI-first M7
Aseon Labs raises ten million dollars to build parking-space-sized pods that charge and clean robotaxis
onsemi to buy Synaptics in $7bn bet on ‘physical AI’
Volkswagen reportedly plans to cut 100,000 jobs
California built a tool to catch AI killing jobs
Patronus AI raises $50M to stress-test AI agents
Malaysia intercepts $13M AI chip shipment bound for re-export
Zalando plunges after German regulator opens accounting review
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