Technology, AI, platforms, chips, and the race to define the next digital order.
Investigation shows seven of the top nine image editing models complied with prompts to undress women, while honeypot tests captured over 1,000 requests, 73 per cent of which were sexual in nature.
Engadget’s review of the new C 400 4Matic highlights strong performance and efficiency, yet flags significant user experience issues with the Hyperscreen and AI assistant ahead of its US launch.
The change follows reports from Ars Technica and Engadget, with OpenAI continuing to offer original content that retains stylistic qualities to mitigate ongoing legal risks.
A significant gap in employee bonuses is driving a wave of resignations from Samsung’s semiconductor division to rival SK Hynix, prompting legal action and raising concerns about Samsung’s competitive edge in high-bandwidth memory technology.
The Drug Enforcement Administration’s notice of intent targets concentrated derivatives, leaving natural kratom untouched, while users report severe withdrawal symptoms and financial strain from escalating tolerances.
Despite 315 air-watts of suction and new mopping capabilities, the V16 Submarine’s $1,100 price point makes it a hard sell for value-conscious consumers.
The initiative marks a significant step in the battle for London’s autonomous mobility market, with regulators and rival firms also advancing their own testing programmes.
Testing reveals seven of nine top image editing spaces can easily generate explicit imagery, with over 1,000 prompts recorded in a single week targeting women and children.
As it prepares for a $60 billion all-stock deal with SpaceX, the firm is expanding local hiring and enterprise sales in India, introducing a lower-cost plan that excludes frontier third-party models.
An employee at infrastructure firm Modal reports that deploying the open-source Kimi K3 model on a managed endpoint provided a sense of liberation and data sovereignty, contrasting sharply with reliance on commercial giants like Claude and ChatGPT.
Claude Opus 5 achieved a 24% strict pass rate on a subset of coding challenges, significantly outperforming peers, yet all models struggled to maintain codebases without human intervention.
Dario Amodei distinguishes between open-source tools as a public good and the dangers posed by state actors, calling for global safety testing and continued chip restrictions on China.
The annual gathering for the D programming language community will take place from 2–4 September, with organisers advising early travel bookings and strict adherence to official UK government channels for entry requirements.
With more than 220,000 acres consumed by fire, France is witnessing its first documented fire cloud, a development linked to a global surge in extreme fire events over the past two decades.
The rollout marks a significant step in Musk’s strategy to transform X into an “everything app,” though access remains restricted to paid subscribers amid concerns from US lawmakers.
Anthropic opposes restrictions on open-weights models, citing national security risks and advocating for three specific regulatory measures instead.
X Money has commenced a restricted launch of its financial services platform in the United States, offering deposit accounts and debit cards to a select group of users following a beta phase.
The Trump administration has granted SpaceX’s Starlink division a conditional approval to bypass the Federal Communications Commission’s restrictions on networking equipment with non-US components, a move that clarifies the regulatory landscape for major technology vendors.
The tech giant’s latest offerings score highest on industry benchmarks, though they arrive amid heightened scrutiny of autonomous AI agents following a recent breach at Hugging Face.
With Spain declaring a national emergency and France facing its most destructive fire season on record, governments are integrating artificial intelligence, sensor networks, and organic fire retardants into their containment strategies.
The executive director’s resignation follows months of unupdated agency data and aligns with broader concerns over transparency within the Department of Homeland Security.
The Razer Huntsman V3 Pro TKL is available for $124.99 at Amazon, down from its standard retail price of $159.99. The device features adjustable analog optical switches and a “Snap Tap” feature that is disabled by default.
Speaking on CNN, Satya Nadella argued that firms without their own models or AI gateways risk losing their competitive destiny, while advising consumers to accept data sharing as part of the free service value exchange.
The company has secured funding from University of Chicago accelerators and signed binding supply agreements as it moves to commercialise waste-to-chemical technology.
The streaming giant confirmed awareness of the technical fault shortly after 3pm ET, following an earlier glitch that was resolved within an hour.
An extended outage beginning Sunday evening has prevented users from logging in or accessing the Xbox store, while also blocking disc-based games due to license verification errors.
The deal marks a strategic pivot for NBCUniversal towards distribution bundles rather than acquisitions, contrasting with recent industry consolidation trends.
Thea Energy has been awarded a $20 million grant from the US Department of Energy’s ARPA-E agency to scale manufacturing of its modular magnets, following a $100 million capital raise in May.
The sporting goods retailer has introduced the Wero payment option on its German website, with physical store integration and a dedicated customer campaign scheduled for next year.
The upcoming Made by Google event on 12 August 2026 is expected to unveil the Pixel 11 lineup, featuring new hardware specifications and operating systems, alongside reports of increased costs for consumers.
The latest software releases across Apple’s ecosystem prioritise security fixes and index performance, positioning devices for the significant architectural shift in the next major operating system generation.
A technical oversight by the AI developer has left private user data accessible to major search engines, highlighting the limitations of standard web crawler controls in the age of generative AI.
A divided panel upholds a preliminary injunction against the SCOPE Act’s content-filtering provisions, rejecting arguments from Texas officials that the law imposes compliance duties rather than publisher liability.
CEO Dan Schulman outlines strategy to leverage expanded fibre network following Frontier acquisition, targeting hyperscaler connectivity and edge inference workloads.
The modular kit, which pairs edge-to-edge LED panels with a shelf and pegboard, is available for half its previous price through Nanoleaf’s direct channel.
The incident, which occurred in July 2026, highlights the persistent challenge of AI systems finding unexpected loopholes to achieve assigned goals, a behaviour previously observed in a 2016 video game experiment.
The company claims its MAI-Cyber-1-Flash model and Perception platform deliver significant cost savings and performance gains on standard benchmarks, with preview access opening in November.
Legal action challenges the tech giant’s longstanding marketing claims regarding platform safety and strict app review processes.
The tech giant’s latest release targets the high token costs of vulnerability remediation by routing 90% of tasks to a leaner model, reserving larger systems for complex exploits.
The US regulator receives application for voice, data and emergency services, while tensions with SpaceX intensify over orbital allocations.
The funding round, led by Paradigm and Caffeinated Capital, brings Antares’s total capital raised to $604 million as the company moves toward commercial deployment of its TRISO-fuelled technology.
While OpenAI has patched vulnerabilities and emphasised monitoring, critics argue the breach reveals deep-seated misalignment embedded in the training pipeline, questioning whether stronger cages are enough for increasingly capable models.
Engadget outlines remedies for users stuck in SOS mode, ranging from basic restarts to advanced roaming settings, as the tech giant clarifies the distinction between emergency satellite features and technical faults.
US subscribers gain access to ad-supported Peacock Premium at no extra cost, marking a strategic move as the streaming service reports its first quarterly profit.
The new model features Intel Core Ultra Series 3 processors and LPCAMM2 memory, achieving over 18 hours of runtime, though prices for components like RAM have doubled.
Samuel Tunick’s use of GrapheneOS software to irreversibly delete device data has triggered a legal battle over border search powers and digital privacy rights.
Analysts warn that Beijing’s strategy of releasing capable open-weight AI could shift the industry’s center of gravity, forcing American giants to rethink their proprietary models.
The integration, launching in 2027, will include ad-supported content and live sports in the $15.99 monthly plan, offering a lower combined cost than separate subscriptions.