Tech

A look at casino-style games, considered gambling in some US states, where player “whales” spend tens of thousands via IAP on Apple, Google, and Meta platforms (www.bloomberg.com)
13 days ago Google Apple

This refurbished Dell laptop is a good buy for work and travel at just $390 (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
13 days ago

GameStop Is Preparing Offer For eBay (slashdot.org)
13 days ago eBay

A profile of OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar, who sources say helped keep OpenAI's Microsoft deal on track and has privately suggested waiting until 2027 for an IPO (www.wsj.com)
13 days ago Microsoft IPO

New Lithium-Plasma Engine Passes Key Mars Propulsion Test (science.slashdot.org)
13 days ago

Ripple Labs investor and exec Chris Larsen plans to spend $3.5M to help Alex Bores, a NY congressional candidate at the center of a proxy war over AI regulation (www.nytimes.com)
13 days ago AI

Amazon Stuck With Months of Repairs After Drone Strikes On Data Centers (news.slashdot.org)
13 days ago Amazon Drone

Sources: GameStop is preparing to make an offer for eBay after quietly building a stake; GameStop had a market cap of ~$11B as of May 1, while eBay had ~$45B (www.wsj.com)
13 days ago eBay

Avoca, whose AI agents let physical services businesses handle inbound calls and dispatch, raised $125M+ across seed, Series A, and Series B at a $1B valuation (fortune.com)
13 days ago AI

A UK court orders Samsung to pay ZTE $392M for patents needed to enable phone network access; Samsung faces similar suits from ZTE in China, Germany, and Brazil (www.reuters.com)
13 days ago China Germany Samsung Brazil

Microsoft tests modern Windows Run, says it's faster than legacy dialog (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
13 days ago Microsoft

Waymo says it is continuing to “refine” its system preventing kids under 18 from riding alone, after adult riders reported new age-verification checks (www.wired.com)
13 days ago

Edu tech firm Instructure discloses cyber incident, probes impact (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
13 days ago

Microsoft's Xbox Mode Is Now Available For All Windows 11 PCs (games.slashdot.org)
13 days ago Microsoft Xbox

xAI launches Grok 4.3, featuring “always-on reasoning”, 1M token context window, and low API pricing, and releases a voice cloning suite called Custom Voices (venturebeat.com)
13 days ago

Apple has stopped offering a 256GB storage option for the Mac mini globally; Mac mini now starts at 512GB for $799 in the US (www.macrumors.com)
13 days ago Apple

Servers operated by Ubuntu and its parent company Canonical have been down for more than a day, following a “sustained, cross-border attack” (arstechnica.com)
13 days ago Ubuntu

AI Agent Designed To Speed Up Company's Coding Wipes Entire Database In 9 Seconds (developers.slashdot.org)
13 days ago Database AI

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences issues new rules saying acting and writing must be performed by humans and not AI to be eligible for Oscars (www.reuters.com)
13 days ago AI

Pentagon Reaches Agreements With Top AI Companies, But Not Anthropic (yro.slashdot.org)
13 days ago AI Pentagon

How influencers boosting US-based AI and opposing Chinese AI are paid with money tied to Leading the Future, funded by execs from OpenAI, Palantir, a16z, others (www.wired.com)
13 days ago China AI

Sources: Cerebras is seeking to raise as much as $4B in its IPO and is targeting a valuation of about $40B (www.bloomberg.com)
13 days ago IPO

“Podslop” is flooding listening platforms like Spotify; Podcast Index: of ~11K new podcast feeds in a recent 9-day span, ~39% were likely for AI content shows (www.bloomberg.com)
14 days ago AI Spotify

ICANN Opens Applications For New Generic Top-Level Domains (tech.slashdot.org)
14 days ago

Pushing back on AI job loss fears, AWS CEO Matt Garman says Amazon plans to hire 11,000 software engineering interns in 2026, a figure in line with recent years (www.businessinsider.com)
14 days ago Amazon AI

The US, UK, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand publish guidance on orgs' use of agentic AI systems, saying many give AI more access than can be safely monitored (cyberscoop.com)
14 days ago Australia AI New Zealand Canada

Some retail traders are training AI agents to buy and sell assets on their behalf, as exchanges like Polymarket and Bybit roll out agent-friendly interfaces (www.bloomberg.com)
14 days ago Retail AI Asset

The gender gap in AI use may be a matter of visibility more than usage, as data suggests women face more judgment for using AI and are less likely to admit it (www.bloomberg.com)
14 days ago AI

The FBI warns of rising cyber cargo theft, where attackers hack freight brokers' accounts and dupe carriers; 2025 cargo theft losses in N. America rose 60% YoY (securityaffairs.com)
14 days ago U.S. FBI

The Case Against an Imminent Software Developer Apocalypse (developers.slashdot.org)
14 days ago

Previous Page Next Page