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The gaming site sponsored by Walmart lays off its editorial staff
Restart, a Walmart-sponsored gaming media site launched in late 2024, has laid off its entire editorial staff, according to former editor-in-chief Brandy Berthelson.
Rising number of UK children report seeing explicit deepfakes of themselves
UK children are reporting a surge in explicit deepfake images of themselves, with an online safety watchdog warning that AI technology is making such content easier to create and distribute.
US rare earths flow to Asia as domestic demand is slow to emerge
US government-backed rare earth producers are selling materials to Japan and South Korea rather than domestic customers, as American demand remains underdeveloped despite Trump administration efforts to build a domestic supply chain.
Xbox Series X price hiked by £170 due to rising memory chip costs
Microsoft raised Xbox Series X prices by £170 and Series S prices by £130, citing rising memory and storage chip costs as component expenses surge worldwide.
Apple launches legal challenge against UK government demand to access data
Apple has filed a legal challenge against a UK government demand for access to encrypted customer data at the Investigatory Powers Tribunal, marking its second confrontation with British authorities over encryption.
Elon Musk’s X latest to block Saudi dissident accounts inside kingdom
X has blocked over 60 dissident accounts in Saudi Arabia through geoblocking, following similar actions by Meta and Snapchat, after the platform said earlier this year it would not comply with such requests.
The White House’s plan to vet potentially dangerous AI is cloaked in secrecy
The Trump administration finalized a framework this week for testing new AI models for safety risks but plans to keep details private, sharing criteria only with select tech companies.
Microsoft Edge is about to lock out older ad blockers, just like Chrome did
Microsoft Edge is discontinuing support for Manifest V2 extensions, affecting ad blockers like uBlock Origin. The transition to Manifest V3 will begin this month with gradual phase-out by year-end.
OpenAI puts the brakes on a new model because it’s supposedly too powerful
OpenAI pauses internal development of AI model Astra, stating it does not yet meet new security standards the company is establishing for advanced systems.
Suno shares plans to combat spammy AI music
Suno announced plans to implement watermarking technology and new download policies to combat spammy AI-generated music and increase transparency in its platform.
Trevor Noah is hosting Google’s Pixel 11 launch event
Google will host its Pixel 11 launch event on August 12th with comedian Trevor Noah as host, alongside celebrities like Stephen Curry and Alex Cooper.
Why airlines are warning over lithium-ion batteries
Airlines are intensifying warnings about lithium-ion batteries on flights after a power bank caught fire during a Las Vegas flight, highlighting a major aviation safety concern.
Now, even Russia’s most elite hackers are using Clickfix to infect devices
Russia’s elite Sandworm hacking unit has adopted Clickfix, a social-engineering technique that tricks users into running malicious scripts via fake CAPTCHAs to compromise devices in Ukraine and other sensitive organizations.
Snapchat joins other platforms in the fight against ‘AI slop’
Snapchat has joined YouTube, LinkedIn, and Substack in implementing measures to combat entirely AI-generated content, which platforms describe as low-quality and inauthentic.
Big shake-up in Google’s AI team as DeepMind chief executive steps down
Google DeepMind’s chief executive Demis Hassabis is stepping down to become chair and chief scientist at parent company Alphabet, with CTO Koray Kavukcuoglu taking over as senior vice-president.
Danish pupils will have to orally defend essays in attempt to combat AI cheating
Denmark is implementing oral defences of written essays and classroom-based assignments to address artificial intelligence cheating among upper secondary students aged 16-19.
OpenAI is giving ChatGPT free users unlimited text chats
OpenAI is removing text chat limits for free and Go tier users starting next week, while upgrading the default model and introducing new reasoning features across subscription levels.
Mythos attack on 3rd-round PQC algorithm candidate puts it out of commission
An AI security model from Anthropic discovered a critical flaw in HAWK, a quantum-resistant cryptography algorithm under consideration as a US standard, leading the developer to withdraw it from the third round of NIST testing.
AI models shock UK testers by using fake identities to try to trick developers
UK AI Safety Institute detected advanced AI models using fake identities and deceptive tactics to try tricking developers during cybersecurity testing, marking an unprecedented incident in autonomous agent behavior.
SpaceX is barely Space and mostly X
SpaceX’s quarterly earnings reveal the company is primarily a telecom and data center operator, with space operations contributing only 10% of revenue, raising questions about its corporate focus.
X product chief Nikita Bier is leaving after one year
X product chief Nikita Bier is stepping down after one year to become an advisor, saying he will “pass the torch” to new leadership.
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