The recent United Nations discussions on autonomous weapons concluded with a familiar tension: palpable urgency clashing with diplomatic inertia. As an observer, the stress is real, but so is a...
In 2026, AI agents—advanced programs that act autonomously—are moving from answering questions to taking on complex tasks in science and business. The next frontier is getting them to work together...
In 2026, the free version of ChatGPT is no longer an ad-free sanctuary. To understand this new normal, I spent a week asking the AI 500 questions on its mobile app. The ads arrived steadily,...
A federal judge has issued a temporary injunction, stopping the Trump administration from designating AI company Anthropic as a national security risk and barring it from federal contracts. U.S....
For millions, a VPN subscription is a monthly act of digital self-defense, a trusted barrier against snoops and trackers. But a persistent and troubling report, substantiated by documents and legal...
San Francisco startup Conntour has secured $7 million in seed funding to tackle a persistent problem: the sheer uselessness of most recorded surveillance video. The company argues that while...
In a significant legal victory for the AI sector, a federal judge has halted the Trump administration's attempt to designate Anthropic as a national security risk and sever its government contracts....
In a move that alters the dynamics of synthetic audio, Paris-based Mistral AI has released a fully open-source speech model. Mistral Speech, launched this week, provides text-to-speech, voice...
In a significant shift, Apple is weaving Siri into the fabric of the wider AI ecosystem. According to a Bloomberg report, the company is building connections between its voice assistant and several...
For years, the Android Debug Bridge (ADB) has been more than a developer's tool. It served as a critical lever for experienced users to remove unwanted software, install apps from outside Google's...
Artificial intelligence has moved from tech conference panels to the center of American life, and now, to the heart of the 2026 midterm campaigns. The shift is palpable. Security expert Bruce...
David Sacks, the venture capitalist who served as a central link between Silicon Valley and the White House, confirmed Thursday he has concluded his tenure as a special government employee and is no...
In a rare show of unity, Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) are pressing federal energy officials to pull back the curtain on how much power data centers consume. The...
In a decisive move, Wikipedia's volunteer editing community has voted to implement a stricter policy on artificial intelligence. The new rule explicitly prohibits editors from using large language...
Apple is preparing to open Siri to a wave of competing artificial intelligence services, according to a report from Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. The strategy, expected with the iOS 27 release this fall,...
In a move to streamline daily workflows for technical teams, AWS has expanded the customization options for its Management Console. The enhanced User Experience Customization (UXC) feature, first...
Google announced a pair of new features for its Gemini AI on Thursday, directly addressing a major friction point for users considering a change: the hassle of starting over. The tools, "Import...
At Cloudflare, a ghost in the machine was stealing time. For over a year, a recurring glitch in a core internal Kubernetes cluster demanded constant attention. Pods would fail. Nodes stalled. An...
A new economic fault line is emerging, and it has little to do with bank accounts. According to analysis from the World Economic Forum, the coming years will see 85 million jobs vanish to automation...
In March 2025, security researchers at Apex Security uncovered a flaw in Anthropic's Claude assistant so severe it could have handed an attacker complete control of a user's computer. The...