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Hackers stole millions of US military personnel records during months-long data breach
The Department of Defense notified millions of current and former U.S. military personnel that their personal information had been stolen in a months-long breach.
300 publishers take their fight against AI stealth bots to Congress
Executives from more than 300 news publishers are in Washington this week to lobby Congress for a bill that would ban AI “stealth bots”. The News/Media Alliance, a trade body for …
The Disney protests were a wake-up call about the risks of streaming mergers
Boycotting Disney is hard.
DoorDash’s drone strategy started on the ground
DoorDash unveiled the six-propeller aircraft that will be used in its new drone delivery business at its annual Dash Forward 2026 event.
BMW built the same car for gas and electric. The EV is $4,400 cheaper.
The new BMW 3 Series shows just how quickly EVs have caught up to fossil fuel vehicles on pricing.
DoorDash Air unveils a drone delivery system, and cannot yet fly it out of sight
DoorDash has unveiled the aircraft behind DoorDash Air and will begin pilot deliveries in Northern California with Chipotle and Popeyes. Manna, which flew more than 300,000 delive…
OpenAI’s Jev clone could help the frontier lab stop its swarming agents
OpenAI's "Decisions API" is a Jev clone that confirms the importance of fast, cheap intelligence.
SpaceXAI weighs one Grok and X plan, from free to $100, Bloomberg reports
SpaceXAI is weighing a plan to fold Grok and X into a single subscription with four price tiers, from free to $100 a month. The plan comes from a company document viewed by Bloomb…
Boeing beats Northrop to build the US Navy’s $20bn F/A-XX fighter
Boeing will build the US Navy’s next carrier-based fighter, the F/A-XX, after beating Northrop Grumman for the contract. The Pentagon announced the award on Tuesday. The developme…
Trump plan to combat AI risks hinges on Big Tech pals policing themselves
Trump gets dozens of AI firms to agree to voluntary safety tests.
Reddit is killing RSS feeds on 13 November, blaming AI scraping
Reddit will stop supporting RSS feeds on 13 November, blaming AI scraping. RSS is now widely used for large-scale scraping and automated abuse, the company said in a post to moder…
Breville's new $600 coffee machine makes pour-overs from scratch
You do still have to buy the beans though.
Meta denies its Muse AI agent read a journalist’s private messages
Meta has denied that its Muse AI agent read a journalist’s private messages without his permission. Muse can only read Messages on a Mac if the user turns on two separate settings…
Lawsuit demands OpenAI halt unsafe development that caused Hugging Face hack
OpenAI makes others suffer "the harms of its unsafe decision-making," nonprofit says.
AI voice startup ElevenLabs doubles valuation to $22B
The $300 million employee tender was co-led by Wellington and T. Rowe Price.
Nissan wants hybrids to lead by 2030. In Britain a hybrid took an electric car’s factory slot
Nissan has told Automotive News it wants hybrids and extended-range models to be its primary powertrain in North and Latin America by 2030. In Britain the same strategy is already…
America.gov, the US government’s AI chatbot, contradicted Trump on day one
The White House launched America.gov on Tuesday, an AI chatbot meant to be a single front door to federal services. On its first day, it contradicted President Donald Trump. Withi…
Over 543,000 valid credentials exposed in public GitHub repositories
More than 543,000 credentials exposed in public GitHub repositories were still valid in July despite the platform's security measures to prevent accidental leaks of sensitive data…
The AI Tamagotchis are coming
While AI has made plenty of inroads on people's phones and computers, it's largely failed in dedicated devices. But over the next year, two major AI companies, Meta and OpenAI, wi…
Amazon customers can’t opt out of driver camera glasses, Bloomberg reports
Amazon’s delivery drivers will soon wear smart glasses that take pictures “almost constantly” on foot, Bloomberg Opinion columnist Dave Lee reported on Wednesday. A single shift c…
OpenAI says Moonshot-linked users tried to extract its AI reasoning
OpenAI says people linked to Moonshot AI, the Chinese developer of Kimi, were behind a coordinated campaign to extract the hidden reasoning of its models. The company set out its …
Reddit imposes new restrictions on Old Reddit
The Old Reddit is dying; the new Reddit struggles to avoid scraping.
Reddit is killing RSS feeds and ending public API access because of AI bots
Reddit is ending support for RSS feeds, as the company continues tightening access to its trove of user-generated content.
Reddit says it has to cut back access to ‘Old Reddit’ because of AI bots
Reddit is further limiting who can use the "Old Reddit" experience as part of its efforts to combat scraping and automated traffic. Reddit recently started forcing users to log in…