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Technology - Recent Headlines

Gizmodo - 2 days ago

SECURITY -- More JFrog Artifactory bugs under attack, and all 3 have patches -- If you're waiting for a sign to upgrade to a fixed version: this is it

AI Researcher Says He Left Google DeepMind Over Concern That 'AI Has The Potential To Kill Us All'

International Business Times - 2 days ago

Radical's new Canadian-based VC fund secures $1-billion for AI megadeals

The Globe and Mail - 2 days ago

Why does your brain mix up memories? A new study examines how memories are misplaced in your brain's filing cabinets -- Ian McDonough, Binghamton University, State University of New York

The Conversation - 2 days ago

Will AI end humanity? -- Talking Points -- Developers sound the alarms but say the risk is low for now -- Joel Mathis, The Week US

The Week - 2 days ago

US confirms it has weapons in spaaaaaace -- Mutually Assured Kessler Syndrome, anyone?

What If AI Escapes Human Control? China Is Already Preparing For That Possibility

International Business Times - 2 days ago

As the world debates the risks of AI, China closes the technology gap with the US

Toronto Star - 2 days ago

Trump Can't Stop Backing Stuff Americans Hate

New York Magazine - 2 days ago

Authoritarian E.U. Kids Act to Demand Mandatory Gamer Age Checks

Breitbart - 2 days ago

UK's Digital ID walks into a bar... two months after being killed off -- The national scheme may be dead, but digital IDs can now prove you're old enough to buy booze

Axa bets on AI and automation to deliver boost of up to £600 million

Evening Standard - 2 days ago

Robotics -- Google DeepMind wants to build an AI brain that can jump between robot bodies

Scientific American - 2 days ago

Give Xfce a Mac or Unity-style makeover -- The existing layouts are fun, but there's much more we can do

King to ask industry leaders how AI can be developed for 'good of humanity'

Evening Standard - 2 days ago

Huge Van Gogh collection reunited for first time since 1984

Peninsula Qatar - 2 days ago

Open weights are not open source: Why AI's favorite label is under dispute -- Downloading a model is increasingly easy. Understanding how it was made, or changing a system at its root, is another matter

Argos iPad price crash is proving popular but we've found a better Apple deal

Daily Express - 2 days ago

DEVOPS -- CPython eases Rust requirements as assimilation continues

US finally confirms weapons in orbit: What it means for space warfare

International The News - 2 days ago

Prolific Microsoft 0-day hunter drops CrowdStrike Falcon exploit PoC -- A shared security 'Nightmare'

Gates Foundation warns AI could widen inequality; pledges $1B to expand access

ABC News - 2 days ago

Critical Windows 11 reminder issued with all users urged to restart PCs now

Daily Express - 2 days ago

Operationalize AI At Scale With HPE And Nvidia

Study shows gut microbes may ease peanut allergies

Peninsula Qatar - 2 days ago

AT&T store worker gets 16 months inside for SIM-swap side hustle -- Phone shop staffer claimed he was paid less than $4k for in his part attacks leading to combined intended losses of $600,000

Lawmakers push for Iran's withdrawal from NPT

Mehr News Agency - 2 days ago

Tech CEOs call for AI regulation. Trump and Congress are not rushing to act

Toronto Star - 2 days ago

Private investors, founders, urge Canada to remove barriers to attract foreign capital

The Globe and Mail - 2 days ago

AI is already in your child's classroom. Join a free virtual event Sept. 24 to learn more

Toronto Star - 2 days ago

Waymo Self-Driving Car Pulls over and Calls Police on Passengers over 'Ghost Gun'

Breitbart - 2 days ago

CYBER-CRIME -- Revolut falls for fake government requests, hands over customer data

Trump Calls AI Fears a 'Hoax,' Says Regulations Could Bankrupt U.S. Companies

Breitbart - 2 days ago

CYBER-CRIME -- Ukrainian lawyer's second career as a Conti coder earns him 4 years behind bars -- Swapping legal work for malware development ended in extradition and a guilty plea

Bell AI data centre expansion in Sask. announced at investment summit

Toronto Star - 2 days ago

Tech CEO warns centralized AI power could lead to 'counterfeit' humans, technocrats seeking control

New York Post - 2 days ago

Democratic leaders panic and GOP divides as AI fears spread

Los Angeles Times - 2 days ago

More than a third of small UK firms impacted by hacks – report

Evening Standard - 2 days ago

White House may impose 'limited safeguards' on AI to prevent apocalypse, mass extinction: source

New York Post - 2 days ago

Some AI leaders want more safeguards. Is there political will to make that happen?

NPR - 2 days ago

Cameras Keep Popping Up on Household Appliances. Guess Where They Just Put One Now. -- Steffi Cao

Slate - 3 days ago

PUBLIC SECTOR - UK energy operator sticks with Palantir in £21M direct award

Türkiye tests air defense missile on mobile system for 1st time

Daily Sabah - 3 days ago

Bell Canada aims to quadruple capacity of data centre operations in Saskatchewan

The Globe and Mail - 3 days ago

Russia raps barring Iran's nuclear chief from IAEA meeting

Mehr News Agency - 3 days ago

PERSONAL TECH -- Dell's 52-inch enormo-monitor is a tsunami of impractical fun -- You probably don't need it, but as an example of the possible it impresses

Founder's cost-cutting obsession drove Unitree lead in cheap humanoid robots

Ars Technica - 3 days ago

NASA's Roman Space Telescope will use gravity as a magnifying glass to find distant planets -- Thomas Fauchez, American University

The Conversation - 3 days ago

AI leaders want to hit the brakes after years of reckless speed

Ars Technica - 3 days ago

GameStop reopening 'select' stores nationwide as company insiders make new investments into retailer

New York Post - 3 days ago

Trump calls AI risks a 'hoax,' says there is a 'SICK conspiracy' against AI and data centers

Toronto Star - 3 days ago

Beijing Refuses to Slow AI Research, Criticizes 'Fearmongering' from U.S.

Breitbart - 3 days ago

SECURITY -- Latest Anthropic horror story chills with tales of kamikaze drone swarms and bioweapons research -- Everyone from ShinyHunters to Russian freelancers is in on the illicit model fun

Tech giant Oracle rocked by another wave of layoffs after employees receive devastating email

New York Post - 3 days ago

2026 Emmy Awards: The complete list of winners

Los Angeles Times - 3 days ago

Edmonton-based Artificial Agency to bring AI to video games with first title next year

The Globe and Mail - 3 days ago

The Stokes-Navier equation OpenAI controversy -- In the Spotlight -- 'Historic' mathematical breakthrough by the tech company has been overshadowed by data privacy concerns of human researchers -- Will Barker, The Week UK

The Week - 3 days ago

You Really Should Book Your Holiday Flights Right Now -- Matt Novak

Gizmodo - 3 days ago

New York Seizes a Dozen Celebrity Deepfake Websites

Wired News - 3 days ago

China's DeepSeek hires deal-maker as first finance chief ahead of possible IPO

The Globe and Mail - 3 days ago

Steam Frame Review: Valve Shows Us VR Was Always Meant to Be a Toy -- Gaming -- Kyle Barr

Gizmodo - 3 days ago

Instagram Mom Goes Viral Accusing Mark Zuckerberg's AI of Stalking Her Family

Breitbart - 3 days ago

'Offensively cheap': Solar power is looking up

Ars Technica - 3 days ago

Apple releases iOS 27 today with major Siri AI overhaul: Is your iPhone eligible?

Peninsula Qatar - 3 days ago

'Die First, White Man': Carnegie Mellon 'Reviews' Professor Uju Anya's 'Hostile and Threatening' Social Media Posts

Breitbart - 3 days ago

Rocket Lab calls foul on Blue Origin's $700M Mars comms contract

'There Are Real Dangers': Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei Takes His AI Doom Message to the Public

Breitbart - 3 days ago

Türkiye completes production of spacecraft for 1st Moon mission

Daily Sabah - 3 days ago

'Whoever Wins AI, Wins': Donald Trump Rejects Call for AI Slowdown from Anthropic, OpenAI, and Elon Musk

Breitbart - 3 days ago

Hundreds of AI agents helped PaperCut attacker hit 395+ orgs, and some went off script -- Human operator: don't touch CIS orgs. AI agents: look a squirrel!

AI firms' calls for co-ordinated slowdown amounts to 'cartel' behaviour, Cohere CEO says

The Globe and Mail - 3 days ago

Why are there concerns AI could threaten humanity, and how real are they? Existential fears about AI have once again reared their head - here's what you need to know.

BBC News - 3 days ago

There's a Scary-Sounding New Report on Kids' Snack Foods. What Should Parents Make of It? -- Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz

Slate - 3 days ago

Sony will pay out PlayStation users in $7.85M settlement — find out if you're eligible

New York Post - 3 days ago

Physicists zoom into the birth of cosmic rainstorms with new CERN study -- Jesse Liu, New York University

The Conversation - 3 days ago

Huawei pitches near-packaged optics as co-packaged costs bite

What the settlement left out: Meta can still collect data from kids -- Randolph A Robinson II, University of Illinois Chicago

The Conversation - 3 days ago

Get agentic AI into production -- Joann Starke of HPE talks to The Register's Tim Phillips about getting agentic AI into production without losing your grip on it.

I worked at Google DeepMind. You should listen to the warnings about AI

Guardian UK - 3 days ago

Youth cite addiction, doom scrolling as common social media harms

The Straits Times - 3 days ago

Google to begin identifying underage users in Canada using AI

The Globe and Mail - 3 days ago

Ministry of Communications organizes 'Executive Leadership in Artificial Intelligence' Program in Paris

Peninsula Qatar - 3 days ago

ShinyHunters expose 6.4M in attack on medical supplier McKesson -- Have I Been Pwned logs leaked records spanning patients, staff, and providers

Sexually Explicit Deepfake Sites Target 100-Plus Politicians in Europe

Wired News - 3 days ago

Beijing hits back at Anthropic CEO's call to curb China's AI development

NPR - 3 days ago

Beijing Imposes Total Ban on Drones Months After Deadly Plane Crash

Breitbart - 3 days ago

PUBLIC SECTOR -- Britain's technology brief is now everyone's job and nobody's responsibility -- Whitehall has scattered science, AI, and digital government across a thicket of competing ministerial portfolios

Iran unveils homegrown catalysts for oil, gas industries

Mehr News Agency - 3 days ago

Why Everyone's Talking About the AI Apocalypse

New York Magazine - 3 days ago

CYBER-CRIME -- Trezor, BitBox users targeted in newsletter phishing spree -- Attackers exploit legitimate mailing channels to demand crypto wallet backups

Google issues urgent Chrome update as users told to restart their web browsers immediately -- Another Chrome update has been released, and users would be wise to download it as soon as possible.

Daily Express - 3 days ago

UK homes must follow simple Wi-Fi router tip to get better broadband speeds

Daily Express - 3 days ago

Who, Me? Tech team stood and laughed at colleague who pressed the wrong off button

New warnings about the risks of AI to humanity revive a long-running debate

ABC News - 3 days ago

Will AI kill us all? I doubt it, but let's reduce the risk ... now

Sydney Morning Herald - 3 days ago

Elite parents ditch traditional classrooms for robot-powered homeschools: 'Disrespectful of kids' time'

New York Post - 3 days ago

These three kings of AI have a plan. It could blow everything up

Sydney Morning Herald - 3 days ago

SOFTWARE -- Oracle says AI will save it from the SaaSpocalypse, not bring it on -- It's a better interface, can speed installations, and drives IaaS sales too

Trump downplays calls for AI slowdown

NPR - 3 days ago