Cloudflare says humans could become a "rounding error" as bots generate 1,000 times more internet traffic
AI agents are accelerating the rise of non-human traffic
Asus' new monitor software lets you control brightness with your voice, or just let AI do it
New OLED Care tools aim to further reduce the risk of image burn-in
SpaceX and Tesla plan their own natural gas power plants for massive $16.8 billion Texas chip factory
It will generate much of its own electricity with natural gas plants and massive battery arrays
OpenAI's mysterious ChatGPT device is a $300+ doughnut-shaped smart speaker with moving parts
The "physical manifestation" of ChatGPT
Google's AI somehow knew a game secret that existed only in a private Google Doc
Google says it doesn't train AI on private docs, but this developer still can't explain what happened
This Kentucky family rejected a $26 million data center offer to protect their farmland
Developers are chasing large sites with grid access, but more rural communities are pushing back
Meta becomes the third AI giant in two weeks to admit its model went rogue
The latest incident raises more questions about companies' ability to contain AI agents
Kioxia's new PCIe 6.0 SSDs want to feed GPUs data at a fraction of HBM's price
GP1 SSDs are optimized for direct GPU access through the PCIe interface
Google's AI told people Flock cameras were full of gold. They weren't.
Gemini mistook internet memes for facts about Flock license plate cameras
AI slop, privacy fears, and endless scrolling are making people fall out of love with the internet
A new survey reveals growing frustration with tracking, deepfakes, and time-wasting algorithms
A hot potato: Remember the days when the internet was a fun place full of memes and funny videos, and you couldn't use AI to fulfill the request, "photos or it didn't happen"? Today, many people's view of the net is becoming negative, with 50% of users expecting their data to be exposed, AI making everything hard to believe, and the web stealing too much of their time.
Greece is using thermal satellites to spot wildfires before people do
The system can detect heat signatures through smoke and spot a fire the size of a parking space
Visual Studio Code adds on-device AI dictation and sidebar chats
Visual Studio Code 1.132 introduces multilingual on-device AI dictation powered by Nemotron 3.5, alongside new sidebar chats that let developers interact with Copilot without interrupting their workflow. VS Code is one of our Essential Apps for both Windows and macOS.
Samsung reveals next-gen memory with stacked HBM and 400-layer NAND
zHBM promises 8x the performance of HBM5
OpenAI to pay $3.2 million over allegations it favored visa holders and discouraged US job applicants
The DOJ says the company hid job listings, required paper applications, and used late-night radio ads
AMD's data center business just more than doubled, and gaming is paying the price
AMD made $6.7 billion from data centers last quarter – and expects to double it again
EA is now owned by Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund after $55 billion deal
What just happened? Video game giant Electronic Arts is now officially owned by a consortium led by Saudi Arabia's sovereign Public Investment Fund (PIF). The group is also made up of investment firms Silver Lake and Affinity Partners, the latter founded by Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner.
Anthropic AI went rogue during a cyber test and tried to deceive real developers into approving malicious code
The agent created fake identities, sent spear-phishing emails, and submitted malicious bug reports
Texas hits pause on 1,800 data center projects to scrutinize power and water demands
Combined, the stalled applications would require 474 gigawatts – far above the Texas grid operator's peak demand
AI is flooding Apple with fake bug reports, and real $200K macOS exploit got lost in the noise
AI has increased the number of helpful and bogus bug reports
Winners & losers: Generative AI has become a double-edged sword for security teams. The same technology that helps uncover and fix vulnerabilities faster than ever also makes it trivially easy to flood inboxes with dubious bug reports. That tension recently pushed Apple to change its bug bounty program in a way that ended up delaying disclosure of a genuinely serious exploit.
Amazon is blocking some users from seeing reviews after mistaking them for AI bots
Affected users are limited to eight reviews per product and must appeal to restore full access
OpenAI reaches one billion active users as it cuts GPT-5.6 prices by up to 80%
The billion-user milestone has yet to translate into profitability
Country music stars unite against data centers spreading across rural America
They say massive server farms threaten rural communities, water supplies, and local landscapes
One California town found Flock's license plate cameras were wrong 71% of the time
Flock's AI cameras aren't just a privacy problem, they're often just wrong
This free font can trick AI scrapers into swallowing gibberish instead of your content
Real text to you, poison to them