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The digital asset unit, helmed by Chris Dixon, broadens its scope.

Should OpenAI command an over $1 trillion valuation with this round, it would break records as the most highly valued private company ever.

There were few, if any, reports of widespread damage by hackers exploiting PHP flaws, experts said, one day after officials warned of severe vulnerabilities.

Canva is diving even deeper into AI with the launch of an image generation model that competes directly with those from OpenAI, Microsoft, and Google. The model, called Canva Craft, uses a two-stage architecture that allows it to plan a design before generating an image, allowing for "greater precision, consistency and control," according to an […]

As Laika debuts its latest stop-motion animation, Travis Knight is standing firmly against generative AI. The Wildwood director and Laika CEO explained that GenAI “is antithetical to everything that we are at this studio,” also emphasizing that he hopes people “see the danger” in the technology’s potential as much as the “value.” “But all of […]

Demand for new PCs took a hit after months of price hikes, with Counterpoint Research reporting global PC shipments fell 21 percent year-over-year in Q3 2026. That's in line with earlier reports from IDC and Omdia. It's not just PCs, either - that same quarter, smartphone shipments also hit a 14-year low. Counterpoint linked the […]

“Wildwood” director Travis Knight is weighing in on Hollywood’s use of AI. “I’m not embracing it at all,” Knight told me Wednesday night at AFI Fest’s opening night U.S. premiere of “Wildwood.” “I see technology as a tool, and we use technology at Laika. A pencil is technology, a paintbrush is technology, a 3D printer […]

Third Dimension's technology uses AI to match the physical world, which when combined with Rivian's reams of data could turn into a valuable simulator.

Der DNS-Vermittler Quad9 zieht sich aus Frankreich zurück. Grund ist ein Zensururteil, erstritten von beIN aus Katar.

Meta has tweaked its business terms to remove language suggesting that it could freely train its AI models on news sites, like The Verge - but legal experts say these changes aren't enough to address their concerns. "This does nothing to restrict the 'associated with your products or services' [language] that would let Meta scrape […]

Meta has re-enabled Muse sharing after security researchers had reported that public conversation links could be easy to find. The researchers said they had been able to find Muse pages like a marketing company's internal revenue review and a small business owner's loan application. Researchers at Claroc reported earlier this week that Muse the web […]

On October 13th, Brendan Carr's FCC gave itself a new power - it can block gadgets for containing any computer chip made by any company on its list of potential threats to national security. Today, it's exercising that power for the first time, blocking two gadgets because they contain "foreign surveillance chips," the FCC claims. […]

Spotify is trying to make some Premium Family members prove they live at the same address.

My Google Home Speaker had been burning through more data than all the rest of my devices combined. As I looked into it further, I found other smart home devices that had the same problem.

It's the first state to sue the social media company on these allegations.

Arc was fiercely beloved by a dedicated group of enthusiasts, but it never quite became the mass-market Chrome alternative its makers once envisioned.

At this year’s Disrupt, Lovable GTM lead Luke Arno, Polsia's Ben Broca, and Theory Ventures’ Tomasz Tunguz gave founders some tips on how to achieve true sales success in the first 90 days.

Teenage Engineering is branching out into instrument amps with the previously leaked EP-35, a multi-input, multi-instrument, battery-powered amp with built-in effects. The back of the unit has a line-in port, as well as a 1/4-inch guitar input and an XLR input for mics, including mics that require phantom power. You can also stream audio to […]

Library and Archives Canada recently updated its ISBN (International Standard Book Numbers) policy to limit books and other literary content created using artificial intelligence.

As the US gets closer to permanently adopting daylight saving time following the House advancing the Sunshine Protection Act in July, there could be some unforeseen consequences to getting an extra hour of sun in the evening all year long. Following the Canadian provinces of British Columbia and Manitoba permanently switching to daylight saving this […]

The new feature allows agents to log into a customer's personal accounts while still protecting the private credentials that secure those accounts.

460 kW charging and 450 miles of range are among the reasons the EV is the one to get.

BMW's latest EV will do over 450 miles on a charge and even close its own doors.

OpenAI is launching its decision model to the world. Can it compete with the original Jev?

Canva is making its new image model available to all users, promising better, more customizable performance at lower costs.

Discord's latest update released today has a big improvement for Markdown previews: they should now render correctly instead of with "a bunch of symbols," according to the company. LLMs and AI agents often rely on Markdown files for instructions and context, so these improved previews could be helpful for people sharing information about AI projects […]

En pleine mobilisation lycéenne et pour le pouvoir d'achat en France, Bitchat mesh se classait n°1, jeudi, des applications sur l'App Store dans la catégorie "réseaux sociaux". Lancée en juillet 2025 par le cofondateur de Twitter, cette messagerie décentralisée fonctionne avec le Bluetooth et sans Internet. Pratique quand le réseau est saturé, comme cela peu

Die Mehrheit der Deutschen geht Deepfakes in die Falle und fordert daher strenge Kennzeichnungspflichten. Creators werden häufiger zur Nachrichtenquelle.

The organization is prioritizing an AI browser called Dia.

A megfigyelőprogram mögött álló cég, az NSO Group ugyanis nem engedélyezi az ügyfeleinek, hogy amerikai hívószámmal bíró telefonokra telepítsék.

Searches for Samsung foldables just happened to skyrocket following iPhone Duo unveiling.

Despite being announced just a few weeks ago, both Amazon and Best Buy are now offering the latest Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K for 50 percent off, bringing the price down to an all-time low of $29.99. The most notable new feature is that the Fire TV Stick 4K no longer requires a separate power […]

Profile links to third-party platforms have also arrived on the social network.

Mark Zuckerberg is barrelling toward a future in which an autonomous network of AI agents will run our lives - shopping for us, working for us, talking to other people's AI agents for us. Are humans ready for this very specific and unrelenting vision of a life in which we communicate primarily through bot proxies? […]

The service still offers a library of books, magazines and comics, and now includes a larger selection of audiobooks.

A 71-year-old man was fatally hit by a Tesla operating in Full Self-Driving (FSD) mode while crossing I-80 in Vallejo, CA around 2:30 AM on Thursday, reports the San Francisco Chronicle. The California Highway Patrol's statement to media outlets says it reviewed video of the accident from the Tesla's dashcam, which "showed the Tesla's brakes […]

In Nederland was woensdag meteen veel aandacht voor de kwetsbaarheden in de programmeertaal PHP, terwijl de media-aandacht in het buitenland kleiner bleef. Het is lastig om dat verschil te duiden, al spelen eerdere grote hacks in Nederland ongetwijfeld een rol.

Szicília az olajfák, citrusfélék és... a kávé földje? Egy palermói családnak ez az álma, és a kávétermesztéssel folytatott kísérleteik, a klímaváltozás következtében, egyre sikeresebbek. Projektjük ugyan nem fogja átalakítani az olasz kávéipart, viszont jól jelzi, hogyan rajzolja át a globális felmelegedés a mezőgazdasági földrajzot.

Sources at several banks have indicated that they have been taking actions independent of user instructions.

Ein elektrisch höhenverstellbarer Schreibtisch soll Gesundheit und Konzentration fördern. Wir zeigen die zehn besten Modelle aus fast 25 Tests.

The plus-ification of subscription services continues unabated with Amazon becoming the latest company to follow suit with a Kindle Unlimited rebrand. The subscription service is now known as Kindle Plus but will continue to offer unlimited access to a select collection of ebooks, comics, and magazines from the Kindle catalog for $11.99 per month. Thousands

On Tesla's earnings call Wednesday, Elon Musk made one of his patented pie-in-the-sky predictions that typically sends his fans into paroxysms of ecstasy: 5 million vehicle deliveries by 2030. "We were aiming for 5 million vehicles a year by approximately 2030," he said. "And I think we've got a good shot of achieving that goal." […]

Meta will appeal a ruling imposing the largest fine Mark Zuckerberg has ever seen.

In her latest documentary, ‘Miss Representation: Rise Up,’ the filmmaker and First Partner of California argues that tech platforms and AI tools have been weaponized to silence women’s voices.

The Browser Company plans to "sunset" its Arc browser on December 22nd, according to a post on the Arc website. The company moved on to developing its AI-focused Dia browser last year, but it had continued to maintain Arc. Now, the innovative browser will be going away for good. The shutdown is happening in a […]

Továbbra sem csillapodnak az internetes mémgyárak, a termékeken a két Matolcsy már együtt szerepel.

EXCLUSIVE: Script platform Stage 32 has launched an official marketplace to partly help combat an influx of AI-written projects. The Stage 32 Marketplace, which launched yesterday, allows executives to discover film and TV projects that have been fully vetted via an “evaluation process” conducted by humans. Only scripts submitted across Stage 32’s 15-year ex

Hackers attempted to exploit the PHP flaws impacting sites across the web days before they were patched, according to a report from Amazon Threat Intelligence. CJ Moses, Amazon chief information security officer, writes that the company's security team found a PHP2Shell exploit attempt on October 17th through a monitoring system designed to bait hackers, as

Zwei OpenAI-Agenten haben aktiv Sicherheitswarnungen unterdrückt. Es wird geprüft, ob dies aus Missverständnis oder Absicht geschah.

Microsoft points the blame for ConnectWise's breach at a China-aligned hacker, which relied on AI agents to rapidly hack into thousands of its customers.

Director Account Management FSI and Commercial Multipolar Technology Herryyanto menekankan pentingnya mengorkestrasi ...

President Trump claimed that the Google CEO refused to rename the Atlantic Ocean in Maps.

A jelek szerint Moszkva erősen fókuszál az Európát az Egyesült Államokkal összekötő tenger alatti kábelek feltérképezésére, a NATO azonban állítja: tud erről a tevékenységről.

The ride-share giant previously deployed a much smaller pilot for ChatGPT Work but is now taking the enterprise agent company-wide.

Among the Startup Battlefield 200 were many industry-defining companies exhibiting and pitching on the Showcase Stage. Here are the standouts.

Tesla says it increased its cash flow in the third quarter after investing far less in its AI and robotics ambitions than Wall Street had expected.

This could reach 27 percent throughout the end of 2026 as prices continue to rise.