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A slew of top Boston Dynamics execs have left the Hyundai-owned company in recent months, as sources say it faces pressure to speed the delivery of humanoids (www.semafor.com)
12 days ago Boston Dynamics

Sources: OpenAI employees have raised alarms internally over failures to alert law enforcement when users describe plans for real-world violence to ChatGPT (www.wsj.com)
12 days ago

Palo Alto Networks agrees to acquire Portkey, which develops AI gateway tech to manage and secure AI agents; sources say the deal values Portkey at $120M-$140M (economictimes.indiatimes.com)
12 days ago AI

Amadeus IT Group, which operates the world's largest travel booking system, plans to acquire French biometrics company Idemia Public Security, for €1.2B in cash (www.reuters.com)
12 days ago France

Chinese Exports of Green Technologies Surged to Record Levels After Iran War Began (hardware.slashdot.org)
12 days ago China Iran

Ask.com shutters, as its owner IAC “continues to sharpen its focus”; a dot-com era icon, Ask Jeeves launched in 1997, a year before Google (mashable.com)
12 days ago Google

Former NASA Engineers Create Ingenious Way To Save Homes From Wildfires Using Noise (science.slashdot.org)
12 days ago NASA

Maryland becomes the first US state to ban surveillance pricing in grocery stores, as other states including CO, CA, MA, IL, and NJ consider similar bills (www.theguardian.com)
12 days ago Ban

Ask Slashdot: Are YouTube's Subtitles 'Appallingly Bad'? (news.slashdot.org)
12 days ago YouTube

Critrical cPanel flaw mass-exploited in "Sorry" ransomware attacks (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
12 days ago

Analysis: after Trump's World Liberty raised $550M from investors, tokens worth hundreds of millions in USD were privately sold in “white glove” transactions (www.bloomberg.com)
12 days ago Trump

The $19B "Nuclear AI" Energy Startup That Couldn't Sign a Single Client (hardware.slashdot.org)
12 days ago Energy Startup AI

Using Drones for Cloud-Seeding Can Trigger Rain, Company Claims (news.slashdot.org)
12 days ago Drone

An investigation finds Nobitex was founded by two brothers from Iran's Kharrazi family; the crypto exchange processed hundreds of millions beyond US sanctions (www.reuters.com)
12 days ago Iran

What if Tech Company Layoffs Aren't All About AI? (it.slashdot.org)
12 days ago AI Layoffs

A Chinese court ruled that companies cannot terminate staff just to replace them with AI, following a similar ruling by another Chinese court in December 2025 (www.bloomberg.com)
13 days ago China AI

An Amateur Just Solved a 60-Year-Old Math Problem - by Asking AI (science.slashdot.org)
13 days ago AI Mathematics

Study: OpenAI's o1 correctly diagnosed 67% of emergency room patients using electronic records and a few sentences from nurses, vs. to 50-55% for triage doctors (www.theguardian.com)
13 days ago

Costumed Crowd 'Speedruns' Scientology Building For Social Media Trend (tech.slashdot.org)
13 days ago Social Media

Retina Scan for Diabetes Could Also Reduce Deaths During Pregnancy in Developing Countries (science.slashdot.org)
13 days ago

Sources: Nigerian mobile payments service OPay is preparing for a US IPO at a $4B valuation with Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, and JPMorgan Chase advising (www.bloomberg.com)
13 days ago IPO Mobile JPMorgan Nigeria

Linux Percentage of Steam Users Doubled in One Year (linux.slashdot.org)
13 days ago Linux

Sources: Anthropic is in early talks to buy AI chips from UK-based Fractile when they launch in 2027, as it seeks deals to gain more leverage with suppliers (www.theinformation.com)
13 days ago AI

Marvel, DC, Game Publishers Launch Rival Events Saturday for Free Giveaways (news.slashdot.org)
13 days ago

ConsentFix v3 attacks target Azure with automated OAuth abuse (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
13 days ago

A look at casino-style games, considered gambling in some US states, where player “whales” spend tens of thousands via IAP on Apple, Google, and Meta platforms (www.bloomberg.com)
13 days ago Google Apple

This refurbished Dell laptop is a good buy for work and travel at just $390 (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
13 days ago

GameStop Is Preparing Offer For eBay (slashdot.org)
13 days ago eBay

A profile of OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar, who sources say helped keep OpenAI's Microsoft deal on track and has privately suggested waiting until 2027 for an IPO (www.wsj.com)
13 days ago Microsoft IPO

New Lithium-Plasma Engine Passes Key Mars Propulsion Test (science.slashdot.org)
13 days ago

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