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Chinese cities offer subsidies and cheap computing to lure AI film studios
Local governments across China are competing to attract AI filmmakers with subsidised rent, living allowances and cheap computing power, Reuters reported on Friday. Zhu Zhili set …
Hackers steal $351.6 million in Bitget crypto exchange hack
Cryptocurrency exchange Bitget disclosed today that suspected North Korean hackers have stolen $351.6 million from its hot and warm wallets. [...]
Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson will reportedly meet tech CEOs on AI on 29 September
US President Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson will meet tech chief executives to discuss artificial intelligence on Tuesday, 29 September, Axios reported the plans on T…
SoftBank invests $225M in ASI and forms autonomous construction venture
SoftBank Group has invested $225 million into Autonomous Solutions, Inc. (ASI), a Utah company that makes work vehicles drive themselves.The two have also set up a joint venture t…
OpenAI is reportedly preparing to preview a GPT-6 Cyber security model
OpenAI is preparing to preview GPT-6 Cyber, a model built for cybersecurity work, in the coming weeks, Fortune reported on Thursday, citing multiple people familiar with the plans…
US asks EU court to let it back Musk’s challenge to €120M X fine
The US government has asked the EU’s General Court to let it join Elon Musk and X in their challenge to the €120 million fine Brussels imposed on the platform. The Justice Departm…
Lightspeed targets $250M for new India fund, focusing on early-stage AI
The Silicon Valley firm is aligning its India fundraising cycle with its global funds for the first time, as it shifts to a shorter investment period.
Cloudflare Fixes Flaw That Let One Container Read Another Customer's Leftover Disk Data
A flaw in Cloudflare Containers let a paying customer read data that other customers' containers had left behind on the same server, Cloudflare and the researchers who found it sa…
WSO2 and Adobe Commerce Flaws Exploited in Attacks, Added to CISA KEV
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), on Thursday, added two critical security flaws impacting WSO2 and Adobe Commerce and Magento to its Known Exploit…
Here’s the Tesla Semi… again
Remember the Tesla Semi? The long-gestating, heavy-duty truck first introduced in concept form in 2017 is finally in volume production as of April 2026 - nearly a decade after its…
Microsoft is killing off the ‘Copilot Plus PC’ brand
Remember when Microsoft wanted everyone to know that "Copilot Plus PCs" were the ones to get, because those were the PCs that that'd have enough built-in AI muscle to get things d…
Meta employees ordered ‘attorney/client privilege’ hats while fighting child safety disclosures
Meta's lawyers have argued that certain evidence should be withheld from public view on the grounds of attorney-client privilege in the ongoing lawsuits over alleged harm to teens…
Qualcomm’s new ‘Elite’ sound chip might finally deliver the Wi-Fi earbud dream
What if your wireless earbuds - or audio glasses - could stream high-quality lossless audio that doesn't cut out when you leave your phone on the bedside charger or buried in the …
Waymo is scaling fast. Here’s what the fleet data shows.
In the past month, Waymo has expanded its fleet in Texas by 49%. There are other hotspots as well.
Call of Duty: Warzone is adding a button to hide all the goofy skins
No more Beavis and Butt-Head in your matches.
CDC opens state ordering for COVID-19 vaccines after unexplained delay
Health department previously blamed delay on "not yet finalized procurement decisions."
Microsoft puts Brad Smith in charge of communications
Microsoft is moving its communications group out of marketing and into its Corporate, External, and Legal Affairs (CELA) organization. The surprise change will see Microsoft vice …
Ray-Ban Meta Gen 3 vs. Ray-Ban Meta Gen 2: How these AI glasses compare
Meta's newest smart glasses are an iterative, expensive update.
Donald Duck's uncle was partly based on Wernher von Braun
Introducing the "world-famous authority on outer space..."
Nintendo wins $4.5 million from lawsuit over pirated Switch games
It's easy to win when the defendant is a no-show.
Nicolas Cage is anything but subtle in the Madden trailer
The biopic arrives on Prime Video in November.
MacSync malware uses public iCloud calendars to deliver new payloads
A new variant of the MacSync malware targeting macOS systems now uses public iCloud calendar events to deliver new native payloads. [...]
Nexterity wants to automate the hard, dangerous part of pipefitting
The startup's robot can tighten or loosen four bolts at a time, and it fits in a Pelican case.
Bungie shares more detail about Marathon's Symbiosis update and 2027 plans
Another big overhaul to the game is now due in March.