xAI’s Grok has no place in US federal government, say advocacy groups
xAI’s Grok has no place in US federal government, say advocacy groups Summary More than 30 advocacy organisations led by Public Citizen and Colour of Change have sent an open…
Alibaba looks to end reliance on Nvidia for AI inference
Alibaba looks to end reliance on Nvidia for AI inference Content summary Alibaba has reportedly developed a new AI accelerator focused on model inference as Beijing presses Chinese tech firms…
Researcher who found McDonald’s free-food hack turns her attention to Chinese restaurant robots
Researcher who found McDonald’s free-food hack turns her attention to Chinese restaurant robots Summary White-hat researcher Bobdahacker discovered that Pudu Robotics left admin controls wide open in its backend, allowing…
Uncle Sam doesn’t want Samsung, SK Hynix making memories in China
Uncle Sam doesn’t want Samsung, SK Hynix making memories in China Summary The US Commerce Department has terminated Verified End User (VEU) status for South Korean memory giants Samsung and…
Engineers Send Quantum Signals With Standard Internet Protocol
Engineers Send Quantum Signals With Standard Internet Protocol Summary Engineers at the University of Pennsylvania have demonstrated, for the first time on live commercial fibre, that quantum signals can be…
A Troubled Man, His Chatbot and a Murder-Suicide in Old Greenwich
A Troubled Man, His Chatbot and a Murder-Suicide in Old Greenwich Summary A 56-year-old tech industry veteran, Stein-Erik Soelberg, killed his 83‑year‑old mother, Suzanne Eberson Adams, and then himself in…
Steam Users in the UK Will Need a Credit Card To Access ‘Mature Content’ Games
Steam Users in the UK Will Need a Credit Card To Access ‘Mature Content’ Games Summary Valve has begun rolling out an age-verification requirement in the UK to comply with…
Georgia Tech Is Teaching Other Universities a Fundraising Lesson
Georgia Tech Is Teaching Other Universities a Fundraising Lesson Summary Georgia Tech has dramatically increased corporate support this fiscal year, securing about $70 million from industry — up 28% year-on-year…
UK Sought Broad Access To Apple Customers’ Data, Court Filing Suggests
UK Sought Broad Access To Apple Customers’ Data, Court Filing Suggests Summary A newly published filing to the Investigatory Powers Tribunal suggests the UK government’s Technical Capability Notice (TCN) to…
Bank Apologizes For Firing Staff With Accidental Email
Summary Australia’s ANZ bank has apologised after some employees received an automated email—asking them to return laptops—that indicated they had been fired before managers had spoken to them. The bank…