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A report on the benefits of AI was reportedly full of AI hallucinations
KPMG published a paper about the benefits of AI last year. An investigation found that it was full of AI hallucinations.
Engadget review recap: Razr Ultra, AMD Radeon RX 9070 GRE and more
A roundup of recent reviews published by Engadget.
Threads of underground fungal networks are long enough to reach beyond the Solar System
Researchers have quantified the length and mass of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal networks globally.
NBA streetball, crafting with renewable energy and other new indie games worth checking out
Plus, the next game from the Mouthwashing devs and trying to survive as a sentient guitar.
OpenAI is facing investigation from a group of state attorneys general
A coalition of state attorneys general is asking OpenAI for documents about its activities.
U.S. Orders Anthropic to Suspend Fable 5 and Mythos 5 Access for Foreign Nationals
Anthropic said on Friday it will "abruptly disable" its most advanced artificial intelligence (AI) models, Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5, for all users after the U.S. government ord…
Anthropic blocks all customers' access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5
Anthropic has suspended all access to its new AI models Fable 5 and Mythos 5 to comply with a government order citing national security concerns.
Anthropic shuts down Fable, Mythos models following Trump admin directive
Commerce dept. worries that a Fable 5 "jailbreak" could be a national security threat.
DoJ approves Paramount Skydance-Warner Bros. deal, cementing Ellison family control of American media
The deal has sparked fear over the future of the film, television and news industries.
Elon Musk's stratospheric rise to trillionaire status - in charts
The BBC breaks down how the tech mogul's fortune has grown.
SpaceX is now a public company valued for its AI potential, so what comes next?
As of today, SpaceX is owned by investors who will want to see it make money.
The SpaceX IPO broke Robinhood for some people
Some Robinhood users looking to cash in on the SpaceX IPO were met with technical issues.
DJI and Insta360 are in a patent battle over vlogging cameras
DJI and Insta360 are suing and counter-suing each other over their respective vlogging cameras.
Over 400 Arch Linux AUR Packages Hijacked to Deploy Infostealer and eBPF Rootkit
Attackers took over more than 400 packages in the Arch User Repository (AUR) this week and rewrote their build scripts to install a credential stealer on any machine that built th…
PeopleSoft 0-day affecting hundreds of organizations steals gigabytes of data
Vulnerability in the Oracle-owned PeopleSoft software is about as critical as they come.
400+ Arch Linux AUR Packages Hijacked to Install Rust Credential Stealer
Attackers took over more than 400 packages in the Arch User Repository (AUR) this week and rewrote their build scripts to install a credential stealer on any machine that built th…
Google Sues Chinese Smishing Network Accused of Using Gemini AI in Phishing
Google on Friday said it's pursuing legal action against a Chinese cybercrime network, accusing it of using its Gemini artificial intelligence (AI) agent to send phishing text mes…
Controversial FISA spying law expires tonight. The spying will continue.
Section 702 of FISA to expire tonight, but certification lasts until March 2027.
Here's what Jeff Bezos' new startup Prometheus will do
It isn't the only startup tackling physical AI, but it's one of the best-funded.
Congress lets decades-old spying law lapse amid Trump's controversial DNI nomination
Congress, afraid of empowering Bill Pulte, has allowed a decades-old spying law to lapse.
Have politics finally come for the National Academies of Science?
A pending report on climate attribution may be setting the stage for conflict.
China-Linked Hackers Backdoored Linux Login Software to Hide for Nearly a Decade
Instead of hiding on the laptops and servers defenders watch most closely, a China-nexus group spent close to a decade hidden inside the Linux login system itself. Sygnia, which t…
Ukraine's one-time test used fully autonomous drones to kill Russian soldiers
Full autonomy is rare, but Ukraine is installing AI modules on drones and robots.
$130 billion in data center projects blocked by protests so far this year
Winning fight against AI data centers gives people a "taste of political power."