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An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Financial Times (via Ars Technica): Amazon employees are using an internal AI tool to automate non-essential tasks in a bid to show managers they are using the technology more frequently. The Seattle-based group has started to widely deploy its in-house "MeshClaw" product in recent weeks, allowing employees to create AI agents that can connect to workplace software and carry out tasks on a user's behalf, according to three people familiar with the matter. Some em
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An East Bay apartment complex has been bought at a price that's well below its prior value. Read more ›
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A PG&E Corp. unit has bought a San Jose building in a move to bolster the utility's South Bay operations. Read more ›
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This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary is out of a job. What happened? Makary, who led the federal agency in charge of regulating drugs, […] Read more ›
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Jimmy Kimmel acknowledged his dispute with President Trump in Disney's presentation to advertisers, while nodding at "The Bachelorette" controversy. Read more ›
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NHS England (NHSE) is set to grant staff from Palantir and other external consultancies “admin” roles providing broad access to identifiable patient data. This shift, reported bythe Financial Times, involves the National Data Integration Tenant (NDIT), a repository where data is held before being pseudonymized for wider system use. Shift in Data Access Policy Previously, individuals working with the NDIT were required to apply for specific data access approvals on... Read more ›
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A Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) on T-Mobile's network, called REALLY, announced a new AI-based pilot project. It aims to build an AI assistant trained on your voice to handle trivial calls for you. The company's CEO says the AI clone is not meant to replace you, but to help focus on what's important. The feature is pretty straightforward. The AI trains on your voice, speaking style and communication preferences.... Read more ›
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The chatbot noted that the teen had a “major substance abuse” problem, but allegedly encouraged him anyway. Read more ›
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Instructure, the company behind the widely used Canvas learning platform, says it reached an agreement with the hackers who stole 3.5 terabytes of student and university data. The company says it received "digital confirmation" that the information was destroyed and that affected schools and students would not be extorted. The BBC reports: Paying cyber criminals goes against the advice of law enforcement agencies around the world, as it can fuel... Read more ›
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We speak with a Battlefield 6 developer about the state of the game ahead of the Season 3 launch. Read more ›
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Anthropic is in advanced talks to acquire developer tools startup Stainless for at least $300 million, according to a person with knowledge of the deal. The four-year-old Stainless sells software to model makers including Anthropic, OpenAI and Google that helps developers, non-technical people and AI agents more quickly access AI models. Such software has been in particular demand as AI agents—such as Claude Code and OpenClaw—become a more popular way... Read more ›
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iOS 27 may integrate Visual Intelligence into the Camera and make it more customizable. Read more ›
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Famous for helping build Apple's iPhones, Foxconn just suffered another cyberattack, highlighting the perils of warehousing some of the world's most valuable data. Read more ›
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Sam Altman testified that he considered going to Microsoft to make 'a ton of money' during his ouster from OpenAI. Read more ›
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Pixel owners rejoice: Code in the latest Android 17 beta suggests that Google is finally addressing a long-running limitation of its phones' software. Read more ›
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Also in today’s newsletter: US Treasury secretary meets Japanese PM, and US inflation jumps to 3.8% Read more ›
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Spatial computing in gaming has been bound to head-mounted devices for the past several years. While virtual reality (VR) headsets, augmented reality (AR) glasses, and mixed-reality wearables have dominated the marketplace in virtual gaming, many continue to suffer the problems their early counterparts had, which include the complexity of setup, the comfort of the device, […] Read more ›
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Apple's next iOS update could include something phone photographers have been waiting for: a lot more control over the Camera app. According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, the Camera app will be "fully customizable" in iOS 27 and users will be able to "pick their own set of controls - called widgets - that run along […] Read more ›
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The Android Show I/O Edition showcased new Googlebook laptops and the latest updates in Gemini, which Google promises will work seamlessly across devices bringing agentic AI to the masses. See all the highlights from the online event. Read more ›
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Moto Tag 2 quietly goes on sale in the US, but only through third-party sellers. Read more ›
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Coinbase is laying off about 700 workers, or 14% of its workforce, as CEO Brian Armstrong says the company is restructuring to become "lean, fast, and AI-native." Engadget reports: Armstrong claimed he'd seen engineers "use AI to ship in days what used to take a team weeks" and that non-technical teams in the company are "shipping production code," while Coinbase is automating many of its workflows. "All of this has... Read more ›
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Apple has agreed to a proposed $250 million settlement over claims that it misled iPhone buyers about the availability of Apple Intelligence and its upgraded Siri features. The settlement would cover U.S. buyers of the iPhone 16 lineup and iPhone 15 Pro models between June 10, 2024, and March 29, 2025. The Verge reports: The settlement will resolve a 2025 lawsuit, alleging Apple's advertisements created a "clear and reasonable consumer... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from CNBC: OpenAI President Greg Brockman concluded his testimony on Tuesday, where he largely rebutted Elon Musk's account of the early years of the startup and negotiations that occurred at the company. Brockman testified that he never made any commitments to Musk about the company's corporate structure, and he never heard anyone else make them. He emphasized that OpenAI is still governed by a... Read more ›
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Atmospheric carbon dioxide hit a new record in April, averaging about 431 parts per million at NOAA's Mauna Loa Observatory. That's up from under 320 ppm when the site began measurements in 1958. Scientific American reports: Greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide, are measured as a proportion of the total atmosphere. The numbers are presented as the number of molecules of a particular gas out of a million total molecules,... Read more ›
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New submitter spazmonkey writes: From a hidden GPS tracker polling your location every 4.5 minutes to JavaScript loaded from a random GitHub account, no SSL certificate pinning, and an in-app browser that silently strips cookie consent dialogs and paywalls from every page you visit, the new White House app seems to have a little bit of everything. A security researcher pulled the APK apart to discover the cybersecurity vulnerabilities. "The... Read more ›
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Microsoft is winding down Xbox Copilot on mobile and ending development of Copilot on console, reversing plans to bring the gaming-focused AI assistant to current-generation Xbox consoles this year. "The move follows [new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma's] reorganization of the Xbox platform team earlier on Tuesday, which added executives from Microsoft's CoreAI team -- where Sharma worked before taking over Xbox -- to the Xbox side of the company," reports... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Silicon Valley investors such as Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel have bet hundreds of millions of dollars on deploying AI data centers powered by waves in the middle of the world's oceans -- a move that coincides with tech companies facing mounting challenges in building AI data center projects on land. The latest investment round of $140 million is intended to help... Read more ›
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Five major publishers and author Scott Turow have sued Meta and Mark Zuckerberg, alleging that Zuckerberg "personally authorized and actively encouraged" massive copyright infringement by using pirated books, journal articles, and web-scraped material to train Meta's Llama AI systems. Meta denies wrongdoing and says it will fight the case, arguing that courts have recognized AI training on copyrighted material as potentially fair use. Variety reports: "In their effort to win... Read more ›
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jeditobe writes: Developers of ReactOS told Phoronix that the project has introduced a unified BootCD, replacing its previously separate installation media and LiveCD images. The new image combines the traditional text-mode installer with a LiveCD mode in a single medium. Within this unified BootCD, the updated LiveCD mode now includes an option to launch a first-stage GUI installer. The graphical interface is intended to make installation more approachable for new... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: At its Code with Claude developers' conference, Anthropic has introduced what it calls "dreaming" to Claude Managed Agents. Dreaming, in this case, is a process of going over recent events and identifying specific things that are worth storing in "memory" to inform future tasks and interactions. Dreaming is a feature that is currently in research preview and limited to Managed Agents... Read more ›
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