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What OpenAI will show the White House this week

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman heads to Washington this week to brief the Trump administration on the company’s most powerful AI model yet, pushing for speedy approval of a system that has already demonstrated it can solve problems humans could not and breach another company’s infrastructure without being told to, Axios reported on Saturday. The visit […] This story continues at The Next Web * This article was originally published here check out our main post right here social media work from home at blogspot.com

Canon registered three new cameras. One may be a digital tribute to the legendary AE-1.

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Canon has registered three new cameras with wireless certification agencies, a step that typically signals imminent announcements. Rumours point to updates across Canon’s mid-range mirrorless lineup: the EOS R8 II, EOS R7 II, and EOS R10 II. All three are expected in the second half of 2026. The most interesting is the R8 II, which […] This story continues at The Next Web * This article was originally published here check out our main post right here social media work from home at blogspot.com

Remote worker with anxiety wins discrimination case after employer refused to let her turn off her camera

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A UK employment tribunal has ruled that forcing a remote worker with anxiety, ADHD, and autism to turn on her camera during a video training session amounted to disability discrimination. Laura Tait, a home-based travel consultant at Holiday Extras, was awarded compensation after the Croydon tribunal found the company failed to make reasonable adjustments for […] This story continues at The Next Web * This article was originally published here check out our main post right here social media work from home at blogspot.com

Ford is switching from Google to Apple Maps for its next-generation EVs

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Ford will use Apple Maps as the built-in navigation system for its next generation of electric vehicles, replacing the Google-based software it has run since 2023. The integration uses Apple’s new MapKit for Automotive SDK and will launch with Ford’s $30,000 midsize electric pickup in 2027, according to a joint announcement from both companies on […] This story continues at The Next Web * This article was originally published here check out our main post right here social media work from home at blogspot.com

IBM cuts full-year sales outlook after mainframe demand drops 42 percent in Q2

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IBM cut its full-year sales outlook on Wednesday after reporting a sharp drop in demand for its mainframe business, lowering its revenue growth target to four to five percent from a prior forecast of more than five percent. The company also trimmed its software unit guidance, with CFO Jim Kavanaugh telling Bloomberg that annual software […] This story continues at The Next Web * This article was originally published here check out our main post right here social media work from home at blogspot.com

OpenAI Confirms Its AI Broke Out of a Sandbox and Breached Hugging Face

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OpenAI said on Tuesday that two of its AI models, including the flagship Sol, broke out of a secure test environment, gained internet access by exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in third-party software, and hacked into Hugging Face’s production infrastructure. The company called the incident “unprecedented” and said it was sharing preliminary findings to help defenders […] This story continues at The Next Web * This article was originally published here check out our main post right here social media work from home at blogspot.com

Tesla beat Q2 delivery estimates and the stock fell. Wednesday’s earnings face the same problem.

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Tesla delivered 480,126 vehicles in the second quarter, beating Wall Street estimates with a 25% year-on-year increase. The stock dropped. That reaction tells you everything about where expectations sit ahead of Wednesday’s earnings report. A beat is now the baseline. If exceeding delivery targets does not trigger a rally, meeting or slightly beating bottom-line earnings […] This story continues at The Next Web * This article was originally published here check out our main post right here social media work from home at blogspot.com

Korea’s AI chip market is now the opening bell for global stocks

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Fund managers in London, New York, and Tokyo have added a new step to their morning routine: checking South Korean stocks. Korea’s $4 trillion equity market is now offering an early read on global AI risk appetite, as swings in SK Hynix and Samsung ripple through chip stocks worldwide. “We are all Korean investors now,” […] This story continues at The Next Web * This article was originally published here check out our main post right here social media work from home at blogspot.com

China is rebuilding the smartphone around AI agents. ZTE’s NaviX sold out in hours.

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ZTE showcased the NaviX Ultra at the World AI Conference in Shanghai this week, calling it the world’s first agentic AI smartphone. The device, built under ZTE’s Nubia brand, runs ByteDance’s Doubao AI agent and can be activated by voice or a dedicated button. It comes in four colours and was prototyped in December at […] This story continues at The Next Web * This article was originally published here check out our main post right here social media work from home at blogspot.com

Apple overtakes Nvidia to reclaim the title of world’s most valuable company at $4.88 trillion

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Apple overtook Nvidia on Friday to become the world’s most valuable company for the first time since April 2025. Apple closed at roughly $4.88 trillion as its shares held steady, while Nvidia fell 3.5% to approximately $4.86 trillion. Nvidia had held the top spot for nearly a year after becoming the first company to surpass […] This story continues at The Next Web * This article was originally published here check out our main post right here social media work from home at blogspot.com

Roblox launches Build, a mobile tab that turns text prompts into playable games

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Roblox announced Build on Wednesday, a new creation tab inside the Roblox mobile app that lets anyone turn a text prompt into a basic playable game without touching Roblox Studio or writing a line of code. A creator can describe something like a cozy forest adventure game with environmental obstacles, and Build will generate a […] This story continues at The Next Web * This article was originally published here check out our main post right here social media work from home at blogspot.com

OpenAI built an AI super-hacker to break its own models, then locked it away

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OpenAI has trained an elite hacker, then locked it in a cage. Its whole job is to break OpenAI’s own AI. The company says it is too dangerous to let anyone else near it. The model is called GPT-Red, and OpenAI detailed it this week. It is an automated red-teamer: software that hunts for ways […] This story continues at The Next Web * This article was originally published here check out our main post right here social media work from home at blogspot.com

Anthropic commits $10 million to Canadian AI research across eight institutions

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Anthropic is committing $10 million CAD to eight Canadian research institutions to fund work on beneficial and responsible AI applications. The partnerships span Canada’s three leading regional AI institutes, Amii in Edmonton, Mila in Montréal, and the Vector Institute in Toronto, along with children’s hospital CHEO, the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Université Laval, […] This story continues at The Next Web * This article was originally published here check out our main post right here social media work from home at blogspot.com

Twelve states are suing to stop the Paramount-Warner deal that Washington already waved through

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A dozen states have sued to block Paramount Skydance’s takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery. The suit, led by California attorney general Rob Bonta, was filed in federal court in California’s Northern District, CNBC reports. The timing is pointed. The Justice Department approved the roughly $110bn deal last month without conditions or divestitures, after an eight-month review. […] This story continues at The Next Web * This article was originally published here check out our main post right here social media work from home at blogspot.com

Ubisoft is in crisis, and a 13-year-old pirate game is part of the escape plan

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Ubisoft has remade the best-loved game in its biggest franchise. Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced arrives 13 years after the original, and the BBC found it largely worth the wait. The Caribbean looks spectacular now. New underwater sections and coral reefs show off what modern hardware can do with a setting that was always the game’s […] This story continues at The Next Web * This article was originally published here check out our main post right here social media work from home at blogspot.com

The EU says autoplay and infinite scroll are illegal. Meta has until it responds to disagree.

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The European Commission issued preliminary findings on Friday accusing Meta of building Facebook and Instagram to be addictive, giving the company a formal opportunity to respond before Brussels reaches a final decision that could trigger fines of up to 6% of its global annual revenue. Based on Meta’s 2025 turnover of roughly $201 billion, that […] This story continues at The Next Web * This article was originally published here check out our main post right here social media work from home at blogspot.com

Volkswagen will halve its model range, but stays silent on the 100,000 job cuts

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Volkswagen has announced plans to gut its sprawling product range as it fights the worst crisis in its history. The carmaker will cut its model lineup by up to half over the coming years, CNBC reports. The group will also shrink production capacity to nine million vehicles a year. That is well below the 12 million […] This story continues at The Next Web * This article was originally published here check out our main post right here social media work from home at blogspot.com

Google will now tell you which ads were made with AI, if the advertiser admits it

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Google is rolling out a feature that flags when an advertisement was made using AI. The label will indicate if an ad was created or edited with generative tools, TechCrunch reports. The disclosure appears in the “My Ad Center” panel, reachable via the three-dot menu or info icon on ads. It covers ads across Google Search, […] This story continues at The Next Web * This article was originally published here check out our main post right here social media work from home at blogspot.com

NATO is building an AI ‘Kill Web’ to stop a Russian attack before it starts

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NATO is building a vast AI network along its eastern flank, designed to spot an attack early and strike back fast. The plan is called the Eastern Flank Deterrence Initiative, and internal documents name one adversary outright: Russia. German tabloid BILD obtained the papers and shared them through the Axel Springer network, Business Insider reported. […] This story continues at The Next Web * This article was originally published here check out our main post right here social media work from home at blogspot.com

New Zealand rules out a VPN ban after a fierce privacy backlash

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The New Zealand government has ruled out restricting or banning VPNs as part of its planned under-16 social media ban. Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Education Minister Erica Stanford both moved to kill the idea after a rapid privacy backlash, TechRadar reports. “I can reject that outright. There’s no plan to ban VPNs at all,” Luxon […] This story continues at The Next Web * This article was originally published here check out our main post right here social media work from home at blogspot.com

Judge upholds the verdict that Musk defrauded Twitter investors

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A federal judge has refused to overturn a jury’s finding that Elon Musk defrauded Twitter investors during his $44bn takeover of the platform in 2022. US District Judge Charles Breyer denied Musk’s motion to set aside the verdict in most respects on Monday. A San Francisco jury ruled in March that two of Musk’s May 2022 tweets about the […] This story continues at The Next Web * This article was originally published here check out our main post right here social media work from home at blogspot.com

AI-native startups hire fewer juniors and more elites, Harvard study finds

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Startups built around AI hire fewer entry-level workers than their peers, according to a working paper from Harvard Business School and INSEAD, first reported by Business Insider. The firms are leaner, flatter, and heavily weighted towards senior technical talent. Researchers Rembrand Koning and Hyunjin Kim examined Y Combinator startups from 2020 to 2024 alongside a broader set of […] This story continues at The Next Web * This article was originally published here check out our main post right here social media work from home at blogspot.com

US government body paid $1M to hackers who never locked a single file

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A US government entity paid around $1m to stop stolen files from being published, according to a case study by researcher Rakesh Krishnan for Ransom-ISAC. The analysis draws on a leaked negotiation chat and the blockchain trail the payment left behind. The group behind the deal calls itself Kairos, but it may not be a ransomware gang […] This story continues at The Next Web * This article was originally published here check out our main post right here social media work from home at blogspot.com

The CEO of America’s most powerful surveillance company spent $200 million on places nobody can find him

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Alex Karp, the co-founder and chief executive of Palantir Technologies, has quietly assembled a real estate portfolio worth more than $200 million across a reported 20 properties worldwide. The common thread is seclusion: a former monastery in the Colorado mountains, a rural compound in New Hampshire, and a pair of mansions on a gated Miami island. […] This story continues at The Next Web * This article was originally published here check out our main post right here social media work from home at blogspot.com

Anthropic is in talks with Samsung to manufacture a custom AI chip

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Anthropic is in talks with Samsung Electronics to explore manufacturing a custom AI chip, The Information reported on Thursday. The project remains at an early stage, and Anthropic has not yet decided what the chip would be used for, how powerful it would be, or how it would fit into a server, according to the […] This story continues at The Next Web * This article was originally published here check out our main post right here social media work from home at blogspot.com

Alibaba will pay 600 million dollars to settle a US probe into illegal pharmaceutical sales on its platform

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Alibaba and its US digital payment processor have agreed to pay 600 million dollars to resolve a federal investigation into whether they failed to prevent the sale and importation of illegal pharmaceuticals and controlled substances, the Justice Department said on Wednesday. Alibaba entered into a non-prosecution agreement to end a probe of alleged violations of […] This story continues at The Next Web * This article was originally published here check out our main post right here social media work from home at blogspot.com