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OpenAI and Amazon Forge Major AI Partnership
OpenAI and Amazon announce a strategic partnership bringing OpenAI’s Frontier platform to AWS, expanding AI infrastructure, custom models, and enterprise AI age
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Chinese Fantasy Novels Reshape History Through Digital Storytelling
Chinese fantasy novels reimagine the past with modern tech and ideology. A new book argues they also help reinforce authoritarian politics.
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Bluesky Hit by Sophisticated DDoS Attack
Bluesky is once again having a wobble. The platform said some of its systems are down and that it’s “investigating an incident with service in one of our regino
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Bluesky Confirms DDoS Attack Behind Service Outages
Bluesky has been experiencing ongoing service disruptions since just before 3 a.m. ET. on April 15.
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NASA's Roman Telescope Ahead of Schedule for Launch
Spy satellite hardware has been repurposed to scan the Universe in the infrared.
Cybersecurity
China-Linked Hackers Target Mongolia Government with Go Backdoors
Mongolian governmental institutions have emerged as the target of a previously undocumented China-aligned advanced persistent threat (APT) group tracked as Goph
Cybersecurity
Threat Actors Publishing Structured OPSEC Playbooks
Threat actors are now publishing structured OPSEC playbooks to stay undetected. Flare reveals how these guides outline layered infrastructure, identity separati
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Altera Leverages GPT-4o to Pioneer Human-AI Collaboration
Altera uses GPT-4o to build a new area of human collaboration
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Google Chrome's AI Mode Gets Stickier to Keep Users Engaged
Google latest update to AI Mode in its Chrome browser is designed to keep the chatbot-style search tool always around once you start an online search journey.
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Netflix Co-Founder Reed Hastings Departs After 29 Years
Netflix co-founder and current chairman Reed Hastings is leaving the streaming company’s board in June to focus on "his philanthropy and other pursuits,&qu
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Sequoia Capital Raises $7B Under New Leadership for AI Expansion
The fundraise is the first major capital raise under Sequoia's new leadership, with Alfred Lin and Pat Grady now serving as co-stewards of the 54-year-old firm.
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Senate Hearing Challenges Health Claims on Vaccine Impact
Kennedy falsely argues that vaccines did little to lower childhood deaths.
Cybersecurity
Apple Fixes iOS Flaw That Retained Deleted Notifications
Apple has rolled out a software fix for iOS and iPadOS to address a Notification Services flaw that stored notifications marked for deletion on the device. The
Cybersecurity
Microsoft Addresses Remote Desktop Warning Display Glitch
Microsoft has confirmed a new issue causing newly introduced Windows security warnings to display incorrectly when opening Remote Desktop (.rdp) files. [...]
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AI Safety Research Needs Social Scientists to Succeed
We’ve written a paper arguing that long-term AI safety research needs social scientists to ensure AI alignment algorithms succeed when actual humans are involve
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Europe Launches Free Age Verification Tool for Online Safety
Available for free to any company that wants to use it, the “completely anonymous” app puts the pressure on porn sites and social media platforms to start block
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Call of Duty Movie Set for June 30, 2028 Release
A Call of Duty movie is still happening, but don't hold your breath for it to hit screens any time soon. Today, the popular FPS' social media revealed that the
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Enterprise AI Coding Startup Reaches $1.5B Valuation
The three-year-old startup raised $150 million led by Khosla Ventures.
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Mac mini and Mac Studio Inventory Crisis Deepens
Pending refresh? RAM shortage? AI agents? There are many possible explanations.
Cybersecurity
Malicious Docker Images Target Checkmarx KICS Supply Chain
Cybersecurity researchers have warned of malicious images pushed to the official "checkmarx/kics" Docker Hub repository. In an alert published today, software s
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Microsoft Forces iPhone Users to Reauthenticate After Outlook Outage
After addressing a widespread outage that affected Outlook.com users worldwide on Monday, Microsoft has asked iPhone users to re-enter their credentials to rega
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AI Development at Crossroads: Steering Innovation Toward Safety
AI is advancing fast. We have the chance to shape its progress—toward discovery, safety, and a better future for everyone.
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New Brain-Reading Beanie Translates Thoughts Into Text
California-based startup Sabi is developing a thought-to-text wearable that could usher in the cyborg future.
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Perplexity Launches Personal Computer AI for Mac
Perplexity has just released Personal Computer. The software, which is available starting today for Mac, builds on the multi-model orchestration capabilities th
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Netflix Co-Founder Reed Hastings Steps Down From Board
Hastings helped to transform the video rental industry — first with physical, then digital, delivery.
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BMW Redesigns 7 Series for 2027 With New EV Battery
The 2027 7 Series is available as an EV, with an inline-six, or an inline-six PHEV.
Cybersecurity
Self-Propagating Worm Targets npm Packages, Steals Developer Tokens
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a fresh set of packages that have been compromised by bad actors to deliver a self-propagating worm that spreads through
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Robinhood Flaw Exploited for Large-Scale Phishing Attack
Online trading platform Robinhood's account creation process was exploited by threat actors to inject phishing messages into legitimate emails, tricking users i
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OpenAI Launches $2M Grant Program for AI Mental Health Research
OpenAI is awarding up to $2 million in grants for research at the intersection of AI and mental health. The program supports projects that study real-world risk
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Smart Plug Guide 2026: When to Use Them
Smart plugs can add controls to any outlet, but they aren’t perfect for everything. Here’s our guide to using one and which ones to buy.
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Meta's Threads Web Gets Major Redesign With DMs
Meta is starting to test a long-overdue facelift for Threads on web. The company's head of Threads Connor Hayes showed off a new look for the web version of Thr
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Luma AI Studio Enters Faith Content with Ben Kingsley Project
The studio's first project will be about Moses and star Academy Award-winner Ben Kingsley, to be released this spring on Prime Video.
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Data Center Emissions Could Rival Entire Nations
Plants from OpenAI, Meta, xAI, and Microsoft could emit more than 129M tons annually.
Cybersecurity
Harvester's Linux GoGra Backdoor Targets South Asia
The threat actor known as Harvester has been attributed to a new Linux version of its GoGra backdoor deployed as part of attacks likely targeting entities in So
Cybersecurity
73 Malicious Extensions Hide in OpenVSX Ecosystem
A new wave of the Glassworm campaign is targeting the OpenVSX ecosystem with 73 "sleeper" extensions that turn malicious after an update. [...]
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OpenAI Launches AI Literacy Guides for Teens and Parents
OpenAI shares new AI literacy resources to help teens and parents use ChatGPT thoughtfully, safely, and with confidence. The guides include expert-vetted tips f
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Congress Questions DHS on Surveillance Tech in Immigration Enforcement
Democrats are demanding answers about Palantir and other surveillance firms powering Trump’s hard-line immigration enforcement agenda.
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Playdate Season 3 Game Collection Coming This Holiday
Playdate is getting a third season of curated, surprise games, Panic announced today. We don't know much beyond the fact that Season Three is officially happeni
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Upscale AI Eyes $2B Valuation in Fresh Funding Round
AI infrastructure company Upscale AI is reportedly in talks to raise its third funding round since launching just seven months ago.
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Crypto Scam Targets Ships in Hormuz Strait with False Safe Passage
Ship attacked by Iran after possibly falling for safe passage crypto scam.
Cybersecurity
AI Agent Platform Moltbook Exposed 1.5M API Tokens
On January 31, 2026, researchers disclosed that Moltbook, a social network built for AI agents, had left its database wide open, exposing 35,000 email addresses
Cybersecurity
Canadian Police Bust SMS Blaster Ring in Toronto
Canadian authorities have arrested three men for operating an "SMS blaster" device that pretends to be a cellular tower to send phishing texts to nearby phones.
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AI's Role in Expanding Human Potential and Agency
How AI can expand human agency by closing the capability overhang—helping people, businesses, and countries unlock real productivity, growth, and opportunity.
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Anthropic to Quadruple London Team with Major UK Expansion
As tensions with the US government mount, Anthropic has leased a new office with enough space to quadruple its 200-person headcount in London.
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Overwatch's Mystery Heroes Mode Gets Major Overhaul
While I dabble in other Overwatch modes, I spend the vast majority of my time there in Mystery Heroes, a casual mode in which you load in as a random character
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Robotics Startup Unveils AI Brain That Masters Unseen Tasks
The new model, called π0.7, represents what the company describes as an early but meaningful step toward the long-sought goal of a general-purpose robot brain.
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Tesla Q1 2026: Vehicle Deliveries Rise as Battery Revenue Dips
Car sales are up, battery sales and emissions credits are down.
Cybersecurity
Microsoft Releases Emergency Patch for Critical ASP.NET Core Flaw
Microsoft has released out-of-band updates to address a security vulnerability in ASP.NET Core that could allow an attacker to escalate privileges. The vulnerab