Anthropic Agrees To Pay Record $1.5 Billion To Settle Authors’ AI Lawsuit
Anthropic Agrees To Pay Record $1.5 Billion To Settle Authors’ AI Lawsuit Summary Anthropic has agreed to pay at least $1.5 billion into a class action fund to settle a…
Boffins Build Automated Android Bug Hunting System
Boffins Build Automated Android Bug Hunting System Summary Researchers at Nanjing University and the University of Sydney have developed A2, an AI-powered agent that mimics human vulnerability discovery for Android…
Firefox Ending 32-bit Linux Support Next Year
Firefox Ending 32-bit Linux Support Next Year Content Summary Mozilla has announced it will drop 32-bit Linux builds of Firefox in 2026. Version 144 will be the final regular release…
Trump To Impose Tariffs On Semiconductor Imports From Firms Not Moving Production To US
Summary President Donald Trump said his administration will impose tariffs on semiconductor imports from companies that do not shift production to the United States. Speaking at a White House dinner…
Canada Delaying Plan To Force Automakers To Hit EVs Sales Targets
Canada Delaying Plan To Force Automakers To Hit EVs Sales Targets Summary Prime Minister Mark Carney has paused Canada’s planned electric-vehicle (EV) sales mandate and launched a 60-day review of…
America’s First Sodium-Ion Battery Manufacturer Ceases Operations
America’s First Sodium-Ion Battery Manufacturer Ceases Operations Summary Natron Energy has announced the immediate cessation of all operations, including closure of its manufacturing plant in Holland, Michigan, and has abandoned…
Apple’s Vision Pro Gaining Traction in Some Niches of Business
Apple’s Vision Pro Gaining Traction in Some Niches of Business Summary Apple’s $3,500 Vision Pro is starting to find real, practical use in specific business areas rather than as a…
The Doomers Who Insist AI Will Kill Us All
The Doomers Who Insist AI Will Kill Us All Summary Steven Levy profiles Eliezer Yudkowsky and the community of “doomers” who argue that advanced AI poses an existential threat to…
Proof-of-Concept in 15 Minutes? AI Turbocharges Exploitation
Proof-of-Concept in 15 Minutes? AI Turbocharges Exploitation Summary An AI-powered offensive research pipeline, dubbed Auto Exploit and built by two Israeli researchers, uses prompts to a large language model (Anthropic’s…
UltraViolet Expands AppSec Capabilities With Black Duck’s Testing Business
UltraViolet Expands AppSec Capabilities With Black Duck’s Testing Business Summary UltraViolet Cyber has acquired the Application Security Testing (AST) services arm of Black Duck, adding penetration testing, red teaming, threat…