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OpenAI halts frontier-model training amid string of agent misalignment incidents
US Government websites among "dozens of third parties" OpenAI has recently notified.
NASA, for the time being, is unable to move the space station's large robotic arm
NASA isn't saying much. The problem may be temporary.
Apple ordered to pay $5.7bn after losing vibration tech patent suit
Audio firm Taction Technology claimed Apple infringed its patents for tech used to power device vibrations.
Microsoft goes quiet after church groups ask for 1% of data center costs
“Microsoft claims to want to be a good neighbor, but the jury is still out."
How the Smithsonian became the latest front in Trump’s culture war
The Smithsonian has faced withering pressure from the Trump administration.
Tesla’s big electric truck faces an even bigger infrastructure challenge
The 500-mile Semi arrives as charging gaps still limit electric trucking.
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Ammie Sekhon explores tech used to identify and remove counterfeit products online.
Inside iconic horror game Silent Hill's Scottish makeover
One of gaming's biggest horror franchises has come to the UK. Can it live up to the original?
Inside the FBI hack: Agents fearful and angry after 'dangerous' data breach
Current and former agents speak to the BBC about the devastating impact of the FBI hack.
Can Trump ever be wrong? His pick to lead FDA refused to say.
Heidi Overton faced questions focused on vaccines, birth control, and vapes.
OpenAI investigating 'dozens' of instances of agents acting improperly
OpenAI agents tried to get information from "governments, universities, public agencies, and other institutions" through extreme means that sometimes curbed security controls, the…
Court rules Trump can blacklist Anthropic for refusing to enable Claude features
"Overly constrained AI models" could cause military operations to fail, judges say.
Tesla workers balk at training Optimus humanoid robots as replacements
Despite challenges, Tesla aims for 1,000 Optimus robots per week by end of 2026.
Your uncle’s frozen Mac says it’s infected after viewing a Google ad. Now what?
Ads appearing all over the Internet are trying to scam people.
Review: The iPhone 18 Pro is Apple's coolest smartphone (but only literally)
Better thermals and battery life make this iterative update nicer to use.
AI was supposed to hit new grads hard. So far, unemployment data says otherwise.
"There is no evidence of any significant, widespread displacement or reduction in hiring”
Paramount/WBD merger conditions give the public "virtually nothing," judge is told
US judge reviews deal with California, says it must not be result of collusion.
Is solar's growth finally slowing in the US?
Renewables easily cover changes in US demand, which is rising by 2% in 2026.
Microsoft stops insisting you need a "Copilot+ PC"
Microsoft's new Surface laptops forgo Copilot+ PC branding.
After seven years, a spacecraft company is releasing its Otters into the wild
"There is always a tension that comes with seeing the first of anything fly."
US being left behind in EV charging speeds as China goes sub-5 min to 70%
The new LFP battery charges from 10 to 70% in 4.5 minutes at just 65˚C.
With PRIMA, NASA will try to build a billion-dollar space telescope in record time
NASA's PRIMA mission will use spare parts from Webb to do major science at a lower cost.
Trump administration takes Musk’s side in fight over EU tech rules
Washington says Brussels overreached when it fined X €120 million under the DSA.
Trump admin using AI to deny medical care for seniors in disastrous experiment
Vendors rolling out AI have an "incentive to deny as many claims as possible."