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Congress has three AI bills and no timetable for a vote on any of them
Three senators will put AI legislation in front of Congress this week, and none of them can say when it might be voted on. John Kennedy, a Republican from Louisiana, plans to intr…
Microsoft confirms KB5002914 Excel update breaks copy and paste
Microsoft has confirmed that copy and paste may silently fail for some Excel users after installing the September 2026 KB5002914 security update. [...]
Cathie Wood calls AI extinction warnings ridiculous at a Sydney briefing
Cathie Wood praised the AI industry for talking openly about its own risks and dismissed the specific risk it has been talking about, in the same set of remarks to reporters in Sy…
Apple TV cleaned up at the Emmys with eight wins for Widow's Bay and Pluribus
Apple TV collected eight Primetime Emmys last night, including six for Widow's Bay and two for Pluribus.
Bilal Chughtai left DeepMind’s AGI safety team in July and posted his warning this week
Bilal Chughtai worked on AGI safety and alignment research at Google DeepMind until July. This week he posted his reasons for leaving, writing on X: “I recently resigned from Goog…
The Gates Foundation will spend at least $1bn on AI access over the next two years
Bill Gates has committed the Gates Foundation to spending at least $1bn over the next two years on expanding access to AI, and paired the announcement with a blunt assessment of t…
Cisco patches Secure Email Gateway zero-day exploited in attacks
Cisco warned customers to patch a critical Secure Email Gateway zero-day security flaw that threat actors have been exploiting in attacks. [...]
Jack & Jill raises $40M to put an AI agent on both sides of the hiring table
Jack & Jill has raised $40M in a Series A led by Air Street Capital, bringing total funding to $60M less than a year after a $20M seed round. Madrona and Antler are new investors,…
Volvo increases the batteries for 2028 XC60 and XC90 plug-in refresh
The refreshed Volvos also get new infotainment systems with Gemini onboard.
2028 Volvo XC60 and XC90 first look: Double the range and smarter safety, too
Volvo caters to EV-curious buyers with way more range in its plug-in hybrid SUVs.
Volvo’s plug-in hybrid XC60 and XC90 can really go the distance
Most plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) today get an average of around 30-50 miles of battery-only range: decent, but not mind-blowing. With hybrid sales dominating the marke…
LiteSpeed Enterprise Flaw Could Let One Hosting Account Gain Root Access on a Shared Server
A critical vulnerability in LiteSpeed Web Server Enterprise could let a low-privilege website user gain root access on a shared-hosting server, cPanel warned in an advisory publis…
Trump phoned Jensen Huang onstage at the All-In Summit to call AI fear a hoax
Jensen Huang was midway through an interview at the All-In Summit in Los Angeles on Monday morning when his phone rang. It was Donald Trump. Huang put him on speakerphone, and the…
Cisco Secure Email Gateway Flaw Exploited in the Wild, Enables Root Command Execution
Cisco has warned that a new critical vulnerability impacting AsyncOS Software for Cisco Secure Email Gateway has come under active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerability, tra…
China-Linked Hackers Exploit Chrome-Windows Zero-Day Chain to Deploy GRIMWEDGE
A Chinese threat actor has been attributed to a spear-phishing campaign that exploits recently patched security flaws in Google Chrome and Microsoft Windows to deliver a malicious…
For the first time, the US military confirms it has deployed weapons in orbit
"The United States now has on-orbit space control weapons capable of defending the joint force."
Jensen Huang took a call from Trump, and showed off something else, too
When Jensen Huang took a live call from Trump, some of us were more focused the phone he used to take it.
How to use Meta Display glasses while driving with the Audio Only feature
The Meta Display glasses have an Audio Only feature that can detect when you're driving and turn off the display.
Valve is still figuring out ‘how and when’ to do Steam Deck 2
Now that Valve has finally launched its entire 2026 hardware lineup - the Steam Controller, the Steam Machine, and today's Steam Frame - are we any closer to a next-gen Steam Deck…
Can you use an Apple Pencil with an iPhone?
If you have the right Apple Pencil and iPhone, you can use them together. But it won't be cheap, and there are some limitations to know.
Is the Samsung Galaxy S24 still worth buying?
A refurbished S24 can still be a good deal, but its price needs to be low enough to justify buying a two-year-old phone instead of a newer model.
Pubs in England and Wales to allow digital ID apps to prove age
New rules introduced on Tuesday mean establishments will be able to accept digital ID apps alongside physical documents.
The EPA wants to stop regulating power plant emissions
If only there were some kind of agency for environmental protection to stop this.
How much data does Apple Music use for lossless audio quality?
Apple Music has two Lossless options for maximum audio quality, but they consume significantly more data.