Tech

a16z hires Anne Neuberger, formerly a senior cybersecurity official in the Biden White House, as a senior adviser to work on “American Dynamism, AI, and cyber” (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-8-22 U.S. AI

Denmark Ending Letter Deliveries Is a Sign of the Digital Times (tech.slashdot.org)
2025-8-22

Google will provide Gemini for Government to US federal agencies at $0.47 per agency through 2026; OpenAI and Anthropic are offering their products for $1/year (thehill.com)
2025-8-22 Google

Bank Forced To Rehire Workers After Lying About Chatbot Productivity, Union Says (slashdot.org)
2025-8-22 chatbot

The DOJ says it will no longer target developers who create decentralized crypto platforms without criminal intent, as part of a regulatory retreat on crypto (www.reuters.com)
2025-8-22 Decentralize

Cisco Announces Mass Layoffs Just After Soaring Revenue Report (slashdot.org)
2025-8-22 Layoffs Cisco

One dashboard, multiple AI models: 1min.AI is now available for just $80 (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2025-8-22 AI

Google says the median Gemini app text prompt consumes 0.24Wh of energy, about the same as running a microwave for a second, and emits 0.03g of CO2 equivalent (www.technologyreview.com)
2025-8-22 Google Energy

Microsoft Re-joins Handheld Gaming Fight Against Nintendo's Switch (games.slashdot.org)
2025-8-22 Microsoft Nintendo

Medium's CEO explains how the platform's AI policy has evolved as it adopts some AI tools while prioritizing human curation and inviting community feedback (medium.com)
2025-8-22 AI

Sources: Anthropic is in talks to raise $10B, significantly above the previously reported $5B, due to strong investor demand (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-8-22

Google Says the Quiet Part Out Loud: IP68 Protection Doesn't Last (tech.slashdot.org)
2025-8-22 Google

Solar Panels in Space 'Could Provide 80% of Europe's Renewable Energy By 2050' (news.slashdot.org)
2025-8-22 Europe Energy Solar Renewable

Sources: Crusoe is discussing raising $1B+ at a $10B valuation; the company, which is helping build OpenAI's first Stargate facility, had $250M revenue in 2024 (www.theinformation.com)
2025-8-22

Interviews with three Google executives on the new Pixel phones, why Pixel won't ever be a “giant player”, improving the devices by ~30% each year, AI, and more (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-8-22 Google AI

Europol confirms $50,000 Qilin ransomware reward is fake (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2025-8-22

T-Mobile Claimed Selling Location Data Without Consent is Legal - Judges Disagree (yro.slashdot.org)
2025-8-22 Mobile

The AI-Powered PDF Marks the End of an Era (tech.slashdot.org)
2025-8-22 AI

Nine current and ex-Apple staffers accuse Apple VP of Fitness Tech Jay Blahnik of creating a toxic work environment; Apple settled a sexual harassment complaint (www.nytimes.com)
2025-8-22 Apple

Apple raises the price of Apple TV+ in the US and some markets globally after previously raising the price in 2023; in the US, the price will rise $3 to $12.99 (variety.com)
2025-8-22 Apple

Microsoft asks customers for feedback on SSD failure issues (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2025-8-22 Microsoft

US Will Not Approve Solar or Wind Power Projects, President Says (news.slashdot.org)
2025-8-22 Solar

Centre's ban on real-money gaming platforms: Why enforcing it won't be easy (indianexpress.com)
2025-8-22 Ban

Thoma Bravo agrees to buy HR software provider Dayforce for $12.3B at $70 per share, a 32% premium to Dayforce shares before reports of a possible deal (www.axios.com)
2025-8-22

Why Certified VMware Pros Are Driving the Future of IT (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2025-8-22 VMware

China Isolates Itself From Worldwide Web For Over an Hour (tech.slashdot.org)
2025-8-22 China

Whistleblower Alleges Meta Artificially Boosted Shops Ads Performance (meta.slashdot.org)
2025-8-21

GFW Report: on August 20, China's Great Firewall blocked all TCP port 443 traffic, used for HTTPS, for 74 minutes, an unusual move; the cause may be accidental (www.tomshardware.com)
2025-8-21 China

Qualcomm's new Snapdragon chips bring satellite SOS functionality to wearables (indianexpress.com)
2025-8-21

Google rolls out AI Mode to 180 countries and territories in English, after testing in the US, UK, and India, and plans to add more languages and regions “soon” (9to5google.com)
2025-8-21 India Google AI

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