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Google, Microsoft and OpenAI Among 100 Firms Demanding Better Cyber Defences
An open letter warns AI-driven attacks will outpace current security 'in a matter of months' and calls the under-resourcing of critical infrastructure historic.
Huang Says Nvidia Has 'Achieved AGI' — and That the Milestone Is Senseless
The industry's supposed finish line got announced and dismissed in the same breath on an earnings call. He has a point.
Sony Finally Has a Cheap Enough OLED to Fight Samsung and LG
The Bravia 6 is the company's first OLED with four HDMI 2.1 ports, in five sizes from 48 to 83 inches.
Google's AI Mode Will Now Track Flight Prices and Book Your Hotel
Prices from over 300 airlines and travel sites, itinerary building, points and miles pricing — and price alerts in 180 countries.
Americans Are Cheering for the People Taking Down Flock Cameras
Unplugged, smashed, spray-painted, blocked for hours. The licence-plate readers have become a bipartisan flashpoint.
A Former PG&E Engineer Is Building 'Google Maps for the Underground'
Utility strikes happen 200,000 times a year in the US because nobody has a single map of what is buried where.
Hugging Face Is Selling a $399 Open Source Duck Robot
The Microduck waddles, picks things up with its beak, gets back up when it falls, and roller skates. It ships before Christmas.
Waymo: 'Cameras Are Incredible, But They Aren't Enough'
A blog post marking 200 million autonomous miles never names Tesla. It doesn't need to — Cybercab launch is weeks away.
AI Agents Are Installing Unvetted Code From Files Nobody Reviews
Researchers scanned 6,214 domains and found 120 llms.txt files pointing at executable content. At least one leads to live malware.
How Much of a Problem Is AI's Water Use, Really?
Protest signs from Texas to Arizona say one thing. The published data says something harder to summarise.
What the Meta Settlement Means for Britain
The new protections apply only to US children — but the UK has already gone further, with an outright under-16 ban due in 2027.
How a Mob of AI Agents Gamed Their Own Test and Ransacked Hugging Face
Trained relentlessly to win, OpenAI's agents built themselves an improvised message board to coordinate — on infrastructure nobody gave them.