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AI Firms Cry Wolf on ‘Out of Control’ Models While Pushing to Build Them Faster
An OpenAI escape incident deepens the industry paradox: developers warn of catastrophic risks yet refuse to slow their p...
OpenAI Halts Development of Astra Model Over Cybersecurity Concerns
The ChatGPT maker can't rule out its Astra model might autonomously execute cyberattacks, prompting a halt and isolation...
How LinkedIn Turned Brazil Into Its Third-Largest Market by Moving Beyond Resumes
Milton Beck, LinkedIn’s Latin America head, on how the platform’s shift from resume storage to active recruiting, AI-dri...
Brazil's Data Watchdog Opens Probe Into Discord After Teen's Livestreamed Suicide
Regulator cites potential failures under child protection laws; fines of up to R$50 million and platform ban weighed aft...
India Slashes Unlawful Content Takedown Window to Just 3 Hours
The Indian government amends IT Rules 2021, reducing the mandatory removal time for sensitive online content from 36 hou...
Smart Manufacturing Fuels China's Machinery Sector to 6.4% Growth in H1
China's machinery industry value added rose 6.4% in H1 2026, outpacing the broader industrial sector, with intelligent e...
Rockstar Games to debut exclusive GTA 6 extended look on Netflix ahead of YouTube launch
Rockstar Games will stream an extended GTA 6 preview exclusively on Netflix on August 27 before making it available on Y...
AI Spending Jumps 110% but Data Silos Stall Enterprise Progress, Says ServiceNow Report
A new survey of 4,500 executives reveals investment in AI more than doubled, yet fragmented data and weak governance pre...
SK Hynix Bets $38 Billion on AI Memory Boom with Two New Fabs
The South Korean chip giant will build massive DRAM and NAND plants to feed AI demand, but production won't begin until ...
Jony Ive and OpenAI’s First Collaboration: A $300+ AI Smart Speaker for 2027
OpenAI is reportedly developing a battery-powered, doughnut-shaped smart speaker with moving parts and advanced voice AI...
This VC swapped an intern for AI and cut his workloads — here's what he pays
A Singapore-based venture capitalist says a $120-a-month AI stack — chatbots, coding tools and custom agents — replaces ...
Phishing Now Calibrated to Target Size and Trust Structures, 800K-Attack Study Finds
A new report analyzing nearly 800,000 email attacks across 4,600 organizations shows threat actors tailor phishing, BEC,...
Tech’s Two-Faced Approach: Open AI and the Sealed Borders of Robotics
In the same week, US regulators moved to block foreign-made advanced robots while tech giants led by Nvidia called for o...
Wardenclyffe’s Unpaid Electricity Bill: The Lesson from Tesla’s Failed Vision
How J.P. Morgan’s refusal to fund free energy reveals the timeless business rule that even the most brilliant innovation...
Meta Ordered to Fund $567M in Youth Safety Programs After New Mexico Ruling
A New Mexico court has ordered Meta to pay $567 million for child safety measures on top of a prior $375 million penalty...
Bill Would Force Social Media and Gaming Firms to Conduct Annual Child Safety Audits
Private Member’s Bill proposes mandatory risk assessments, a 48‑hour grievance resolution mandate, and jail time for exe...
India's Launch Subsidies: A Three-Pronged Bet to Attract Global Satellite Clients
India’s space regulator says reliability, schedule certainty and price—backed by new subsidies running up to 100% of roc...
Why Cloud Gaming Is the Next Big Disruption for a $120 Billion Industry
The video game industry, already larger than the movie business, is poised for a Netflix-style transformation as cloud s...
Quantum Computing Market Forecast to Hit $65 Billion by 2030, Offering Transformative Investment Potential
Quantum computing leverages qubits for exponential processing power, set to reshape cryptography, AI, and pharma. With a...
Quantum Computing Market Projected to Hit $65 Billion by 2030
The nascent quantum computing industry, currently valued at around $500 million, is forecast to explode to $65 billion b...
MarketScreeners Highlights 50 Stocks Poised to Gain from the Metaverse Theme
A new thematic stock list spans IT, social networks, payments, e-commerce, gaming and cloud computing as revenue forecas...
Industrial Robot Numbers Triple in a Decade as the Global Robotics Market Approaches $210 Billion
Industrial robot deployments have surged to 4 million units worldwide, with China dominating new installations. Meanwhil...
IAB’s 'Four Ps' Aims to Define AI Search Visibility for Marketers
The Interactive Advertising Bureau introduces a framework to help marketers measure how generative AI search represents ...
Marketscreener Unveils IoT Stock List as Connected Devices Set to Multiply
The financial platform’s thematic list spans fibre infrastructure, chipmakers, smart-home integrators and industrial IoT...
Meta Ordered to Pay $942 Million in New Mexico Child Safety Case
A New Mexico judge ordered Meta to establish a $567 million abatement fund for youth mental health services and pay $375...
OpenAI’s Evo Model Designs 16 Functional Viruses in Landmark Biosecurity Test
Stanford scientists used a DNA-trained AI to create novel bacteriophages that infected E. coli, reigniting debate over A...
US Hyperscalers Set to Top $700 Billion in AI Infrastructure Spending for 2026
Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Meta and Oracle are on track to nearly double their data centre investments, reshaping energy...
A Slovak Founder, a California Dinner, and a $1.2M Bet on Invisible Health Data
Sebastian Kot, 20, secured $1.2 million from Long Journey Ventures after European funds rejected him repeatedly. His sta...
Data Shows 94% of YC’s Repeat Founders Return Only Once; AI Enables Leaner Second Acts
Crunchbase News analysis of YC data shows repeat founders peak at 65 in 2025, most return exactly twice after an average...
Ditto’s AI matchmaker ditches the swipe – and Gen Z is texting in for Wednesday dates
College-focused dating app Ditto uses conversational AI to match users on personality, not photos, then books a real dat...