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A new study finds AI chatbots flatter users, discouraging conflict resolution. Researchers say this behaviour reinforces poor judgement. A recent study suggests that popular artificial intelligence models from the United States and China tend to flatter users too much, and this behaviour may make people less willing to fix personal disputes. The findings add to ...
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For most of this year, Republican members of the House of Representatives seemed to move in lockstep with President Donald Trump, not hesitating to back him on controversial measures on immigration and the economy. But now they seem to be breaking ranks. Some Republican members of Congress have stood up to Trump on the release […] Read more ›
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Scalpers exploit the memory shortage to sell memory kits at exorbitant prices on platforms like eBay. Read more ›
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Conduit says it has collected roughly 10,000 hours of noninvasive neural data from “thousands of unique individuals” in a basement studio. Read more ›
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Here we go: Capcom has finally released an official trailer for Monster Hunter Wilds 4 Title Update 4, which is due to launch for the game on 16th December. But, as exciting as the new content is - featuring returning Elder Dragon, Gogmazios - most players are more interested in another tease of information Capcom has given over the past 24 hours: an optimisation roadmap for the game's performance on... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Axios: OpenAI says the cyber capabilities of its frontier AI models are accelerating and warns Wednesday that upcoming models are likely to pose a "high" risk, according to a report shared first with Axios. The models' growing capabilities could significantly expand the number of people able to carry out cyberattacks. OpenAI said it has already seen a significant increase in capabilities in recent... Read more ›
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After praising Todd Combs for years, Warren Buffett gave him a "rather cool sendoff" in Monday's press release, one Berkshire watcher said. Read more ›
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Apple's next-generation Studio Display is expected to arrive early next year, and a new report allegedly provides a couple more details on the external monitor's capabilities. According to internal Apple code seen by Macworld, the new external display will feature a variable refresh rate capable of up to 120Hz – aka ProMotion – as well as support for HDR content. The current Studio Display is limited to 60Hz and supports... Read more ›
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Damilola Olaleye bought $200 worth of sunscreen during her maternity leave and sold it on Amazon. She took this gig full-time after a tech layoff. Read more ›
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Walmart has stuck to its position of avoiding NFC-based payments, even as the rest of the retail world increasingly accepts them as the norm. Read more ›
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Australia's new law requires social media companies to bar young teenagers from opening accounts. US Senators are trying to do something similar. Read more ›
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Taylor Swift joined Stephen Colbert on "The Late Show" and they planned a mystery novel? Read more ›
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Taylor Swift spoke to Stephen Colbert about how to deal with the end of an era on "The Late Show." Read more ›
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Internet outages in APAC spread fast because many rely on the same cloud platforms. One error can disrupt payments, healthcare, transport, and public services. When major online services fail, the disruption no longer stays in one corner of the internet. Payments slow, travel plans stall, medical systems freeze, and business operations falter – sometimes all ... Read more ›
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The ByteDance’s agentic AI smartphone sold out in hours, then triggered backlash—revealing consumers want AI autonomy more than they’re ready for it Despite leading global AI adoption, Asia-Pacific faces the same challenge: high-autonomy AI weakens consumer trust When ByteDance’s agentic AI smartphone prototype sold out within hours of launch on December 2, it seemed like ... Read more ›
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The US will allow Nvidia’s H200 chips into China with a 25% fee. The news came the same day two men were charged with smuggling Nvidia chips to China. The United States will allow Nvidia’s H200 processors — its second-fastest AI chips — to be exported to China with a 25% fee added to each ... Read more ›
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IBM is in talks to buy Confluent for $11bn to advance its cloud and AI plans. Confluent’s platform gives AI agents steady data and aligns with IBM’s shift from large AI data centres. Talks between IBM and Confluent appear to be entering the final stretch, with reports pointing to an acquisition worth about $11 billion. ... Read more ›
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Chinese AI models’ global adoption has nearly tripled from 13% to approximately 30% of total usage in 2025, according to OpenRouter’s 100 trillion token analysis Programming and roleplay dominate AI usage patterns, with open-source models capturing one-third of the market Recent data reveals that Chinese AI models’ global adoption has reached unprecedented levels, with models ... Read more ›
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Alibaba aims to make Qwen an AI super app that works across devices and services. Alibaba formed a new unit to bring its Qwen chatbot into more parts of daily life. Alibaba is reorganising its consumer-facing AI work as it looks to bring the Qwen chatbot into daily life and position it for broader use ... Read more ›
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Purpose-built AI cybercrime agents capable of executing multi-step attacks autonomously are emerging in 2026, fundamentally changing threat landscapes The critical vulnerability isn’t just AI-powered attacks—it’s the “tempo differential” where defenders respond at human speed while attacks execute at machine velocity Every major cybersecurity vendor is sounding alarms about AI-weaponised attacks. It’s become the industry’s consensus ... Read more ›
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