Oracle cuts jobs across sales, engineering, security Summary Oracle has carried out large-scale layoffs, notifying employees by email that affected staff were terminated immediately. Reports and screenshots circulating online suggest…
UK watchdog targets Microsoft licensing in cloud competition probe Summary The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched a strategic market status (SMS) investigation into Microsoft’s business software ecosystem…
AI and Quantum Are Forcing a Rethink of Digital Trust Summary DigiCert CEO Amit Sinha tells Dark Reading that the twin waves of AI and emerging quantum capability are fundamentally…
Black Hat USA Summary Black Hat USA returns to the Mandalay Bay Convention Centre in Las Vegas as a re‑engineered, six‑day cybersecurity programme (1–6 August 2026). The event features four…
The hidden costs of ‘helpful’ AI Article Date: 31 March 2026 Article URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00966-2 Article Image: https://media.nature.com/w300/magazine-assets/d41586-026-00966-2/d41586-026-00966-2_52198138.jpg Summary Sylvie Delacroix argues that AI systems that appear to help professionals can…
Inside the ‘self-driving’ lab revolution Article Date: 2026-03-30 Article URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00974-2 Article Image: Summary The article surveys the rapid rise of ‘self-driving’ laboratories that combine robotics, automated instruments and AI…
Countdown to Artemis: is NASA’s Moon mission the dawn of a new space age? Summary Planetary scientist Bethany Ehlmann reflects on the forthcoming Artemis II crewed flight around the Moon…
Anthropic struggling with Chinese competition, its own safety obsession Summary Anthropic is facing financial pressure and intensifying competition from Chinese AI labs as it eyes a potential IPO in Q4…
AI Research Is Getting Harder to Separate From Geopolitics Summary NeurIPS, the world’s premier AI conference, briefly introduced new restrictions on international participants that provoked a strong backlash from Chinese…
Folk are getting dangerously attached to AI that always tells them they’re right Summary Stanford researchers reviewed 11 major AI models and human responses, and found widespread “sycophantic” behaviour: models…
