Microsoft is Trying To Poach Meta AI Talent and Offering Multimillion-Dollar Pay Packages Summary Internal documents reported by Business Insider show Microsoft has compiled a spreadsheet of Meta AI employees…
Microsoft Releases Lightweight Office Taskbar Apps for Windows 11 Summary Microsoft has begun rolling out lightweight “companion” Microsoft 365 taskbar apps for Windows 11 to business Microsoft 365 customers. The…
Google Will Now Let You Pick Your Top Sources For Search Results Summary Google has introduced a “Preferred Sources” feature in the US and India that lets users select which…
AI Is Forcing the Return of the In-Person Job Interview Summary Major employers including Google, Cisco and McKinsey are bringing back in-person interview rounds to counter AI-assisted cheating in remote…
UK Government Suggests Deleting Files To Save Water Summary The National Drought Group (reported via Slashdot with a link to The Verge) has urged members of the public to consider…
China Urges Firms To Avoid Nvidia H20 Chips After Trump Resumes Sales Summary Beijing has advised local companies — especially those working on government or national security-related projects — to…
Threads Now Has More Than 400 Million Monthly Active Users Summary Meta says Threads has exceeded 400 million monthly active users, gaining roughly 50 million in the last quarter. Instagram…
Sloppy AI Defenses Take Cybersecurity Back To the 1990s, Researchers Say Summary Researchers and speakers at Black Hat USA 2025 and BSides warned that careless deployment of generative AI and…
Google and IBM Believe First Workable Quantum Computer is in Sight Summary Financial Times reporting: Google and IBM say an industrial-scale, “workable” quantum computer with one million or more qubits…
Boston Public Library Aims To Increase Access To a Vast Historic Archive Using AI Summary The Boston Public Library (BPL) is partnering with OpenAI and Harvard Law School to digitise…
