More than 100 companies including OpenAI, Google and Microsoft published an open letter on Aug. 27 warning that AI-enabled cyberattacks will become far more widespread in coming months and urging collective defense.
UK homeowners considering plug-in solar panels should disclose installations to their insurer, as the panels are covered under contents insurance and may affect premiums, an expert says.
One thousand Swiss citizens buried cotton underpants for two months in a citizen science project to map soil health, revealing land management's impact on soil quality.
Anthropic has agreed to rent AI compute capacity from UK-based Nscale in a six-year, $45bn deal, gaining access to 460MW of power powered by Nvidia's Vera Rubin chips.
Australian police arrested two people in Perth over TeamPCP-linked hacks on OpenAI, Mercor and other tech firms, charging them with cybercrime offenses.
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A cyber-attack on Manchester Airports Group accessed data of about 8.7 million customers across three UK airports, with no payment details or operational impact reported.
OpenAI will begin showing ads on ChatGPT's free and Go tiers in India, starting with 50 brands, as the company expands its advertising business ahead of a potential IPO.
Google Korea cites report showing South Koreans' AI utilization is 1.7 times the global average, with high interest in AI education and productivity gains.
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New leaked photos of the Xiaomi 18 Fold show a dark red finish and triple-camera setup, with the device expected to debut in September featuring Xiaomi's in-house XRing O3 chipset.
Bloomberg reports an AI political influencer, Dona Maria, is drawing millions of views as she attacks President Lula’s record ahead of Brazil’s election.
The FBI seized domains tied to a China-backed botnet used in attacks on NASA, the Senate and multiple federal agencies. The botnet, run by Nanjing Xinjiuwei, is now inoperable.
AWS has agreed to acquire DuckLabs, the developer of the open-source analytics database DuckDB, aiming to scale its capabilities while keeping the project open-source. The deal is expected to close next month.
A $500bn AI datacenter project backed by OpenAI, Nvidia and Japanese investors has broken ground in Ohio, promising jobs but raising environmental and political worries.