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I tested a premium Linux laptop that's as light as it is powerful - here's why I love it

The Ar Gen 1 is an impressive device, suitable for anyone from students to developers to business owners.
ZDNet AI yesterday Children & education

Smarter tech investment starts with trusted data

Executives from BCX, Telkom Business and Openserve hosted a channel event to champion trusted data as the foundation of an intelligent company.
ITWeb (ZA) yesterday Finance, VC & PE

Nimble launches Web Search Agents to cut AI research token costs

Web search platform company Nimble today launched Web Search Agents, a product that learns a customer’s domain and then runs complex web research tasks on its own. The company is aiming the release at teams that have found general-purpose web search too blunt for production agents. Generic tools return a wide, unstructured set of results […] The post Nimble launches Web Search Agents to cut AI research token costs appeared first on SiliconANGLE .
SiliconANGLE AI yesterday Agents & autonomy

SnapLogic transforms SnapGPT into a high-powered agentic assistant for the entire integration lifecycle

Enterprise data integration and automation firm SnapLogic Inc. today announced a significant update to SnapGPT, the company’s artificial intelligence copilot for enterprise data automation, transforming it into an agentic assistant. Launched in 2023, SnapGPT provides assistance for users building data automation and creating enterprise-ready integrations. The new SnapGPT updates shift it from a copilot to […] The post SnapLogic transforms SnapGPT into a high-powered agentic assistant for the ent
SiliconANGLE AI yesterday Jobs & economyAgents & autonomy

Serena Williams wants to find the next trillion-dollar company

Serena Williams doesn’t just defy convention on the tennis court. She’s also applying her competitive mindset to entrepreneurship and venture investing, recently rebranding her firm from Serena Ventures to Starfire Ventures. Williams discusses the investment strategy that has led to 16 unicorns now in her portfolio, what she looks for in founders, and how partnerships with companies from Nike to Ro fit into her broader vision.  This is an abridged transcript of an interview from Rapid Respo
Fast Company Tech yesterday Finance, VC & PE

Modus’s operandi: To give AI agents just the right amount of context

As more companies plug AI agents into the deepest depths of their internal data banks, how can they be sure The post Modus’s operandi: To give AI agents just the right amount of context appeared first on The New Stack .
The New Stack AI yesterday Agents & autonomy

Shipping code without human verification

Agents are writing code faster than humans can review it. The answer is not “review faster”; that would be like The post Shipping code without human verification appeared first on The New Stack .
The New Stack AI yesterday Agents & autonomy

heise+ | Flash-Talk: Entspannung bei Flash-Versorgung, Fälschungen, Rechenzentren im Meer

Samsung und SK Hynix investieren zusammen über eine Billion US-Dollar in neue Fabs. Silicon Motion startet die Entwicklung von SSD-Controllern für PCIe 7.0.
Heise Online (DE) yesterday Finance, VC & PE

KI-Update kompakt: KI-Allianz, Claude Cowork, MAI-Cyber, Expenditure Horizons

Das "KI-Update" liefert drei mal pro Woche eine Zusammenfassung der wichtigsten KI-Entwicklungen.
Heise Online (DE) yesterday Military & security

Pay-TV Operators Accuse FCC of Flip-Flopping on Ways to Resolve Retransmission Consent Policy Disputes

American Television Alliance says FCC is issuing conflicting guidance on raising retransmission consent cost issues in connection with TV station mergers and TV station ownership rulemakings
Broadband Breakfast yesterday Regulation

Rogue OpenAI agent that hacked startup tried to attack other firms

ChatGPT developer says activity by autonomous tool was not at severity or scale of what occurred at Hugging Face OpenAI has revealed that a cyber-attack carried out by a rogue AI agent had more than one victim. The ChatGPT developer said the agent – an autonomous tool able to carry out sequences of commands without human help – had located and used logins to access four other unnamed “publicly-available services” in addition to the US startup Hugging Face. Continue reading...
The Guardian yesterday Military & securityAgents & autonomy

US foreign robot ban to benefit Tesla, other American developers, analysts say

China’s robotics firms have run into a fresh obstacle in their global expansion, after the United States banned imports of new foreign-made models, which analysts say could benefit Tesla and other American developers. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) added foreign-produced “advanced robotic devices” to its Covered List on Tuesday, blocking new models from obtaining the authorisation required to be imported and sold in the US. The ban will cover all new humanoids, quadrupeds and a...
SCMP Tech (HK/CN) yesterday Agents & autonomy

AI in healthcare is an evolving landscape of new technologies, productivity benefits and legal uncertainties

A standardized framework for regulating the safety and efficacy of AI in healthcare has yet to be established.
The Conversation yesterday RegulationJobs & economy

EEUU inicia otro conflicto con China: ha decidido prohibir sus robots humanoides de última generación

EEUU sabe qué se siente cuando China controla un recurso crítico y decide usarlo como palanca en la mesa de negociación. Le ha pasado con las tierras raras y otros minerales estratégicos, y no quiere que se repita ni con la robótica ni con la electrónica de potencia que sostiene sus centros de datos de inteligencia artificial (IA). Este es el escenario en el que el Gobierno liderado por Donald Trump ha decidido actuar antes de que esta dependencia se convierta en una vulnerabilidad. La Comisión
Xataka (ES) yesterday Agents & autonomy

Mientras debatimos cuánta electricidad necesita la IA, China ya tiene un centro de datos que funciona con energía limpia

Ya está en marcha el primer data center de Inteligencia Artificial impulsado por energía eólica de China . Se trata de una innovadora instalación en la Región Autónoma Hui de Ningxia, en la parte noroccidental del país, y cuenta con un suministro de energía renovable que le permite operar usando electricidad 100% limpia. Esto supone todo un hito para el país asiático y también para la industria global si tenemos en cuenta el debate que suscita el enorme impacto medioambiental de estas infraestru
Xataka (ES) yesterday Environment

Big Tech Turmoil Clouds the A.I. Earnings Picture

The Nasdaq 100 is flirting with correction territory as investors brace for earnings reports from Meta, Microsoft and Amazon.
The New York Times yesterday Finance, VC & PE

Workiva Launches Specialized AI Agents and Intelligence Layer to Advance High-Stakes Reporting

Workiva Inc. (NYSE: WK), a leading, audit-ready platform for trust, transparency, and accountability, today announced three purpose-built AI agents and Workiva Knowledge, a persistent intelligence layer grounded in an organization's data, instructions, and content.
ITWeb (ZA) yesterday Agents & autonomyTransparency

OpenAI’s rogue AI agent didn’t stop at hacking Hugging Face

The AI agent that escaped from OpenAI and hacked developer platform Hugging Face attacked other companies as well, OpenAI revealed on Tuesday. The update substantially widens the scope of an already concerning incident, which has alarmed industry insiders and fueled growing calls for stronger oversight on frontier AI systems. In an update to a blog […]
The Verge yesterday Agents & autonomy

OpenAI open-sources Codex Security CLI to help developers find and fix vulnerabilities from the command line

OpenAI has released Codex Security CLI, an open-source tool that automatically detects and fixes vulnerabilities in code repositories. Previously known internally as "Aardvark," the system has already helped fix more than 3,000 critical security flaws, according to OpenAI. It competes directly with Anthropic's Claude Security, as both AI companies race to match the growing automation of cyberattacks with AI-powered defense. The article OpenAI open-sources Codex Security CLI to help developers fi
The Decoder yesterday Jobs & economyMilitary & security

Data centres could pay hundreds of millions in deposits for power demands

The regulator said a fee of between £237,500 to £712,500 per megawatt should be charged for upcoming projects.
BBC Technology yesterday Regulation

Google makes Gemini Spark AI agent available to Hongkongers as it lowers geofences

Google on Wednesday launched its artificial intelligence agent Gemini Spark in the Hong Kong market, giving local users direct access to a smart assistant to manage complex digital workflows. The launch came months after the American tech giant’s decision in March to lift regional geofences for generative AI services, starting with the Gemini chatbot. Hong Kong users can now access Gemini without using a virtual private network or third-party platform. The roll-out of the Spark agent echoes an..
SCMP Tech (HK/CN) yesterday Agents & autonomy

Kenyan companies must disclose when people interact with AI under new policy

The proposed Kenya Artificial Intelligence and Other Emerging Technologies Policy says individuals "are entitled to know when an AI system is acting on them" and requires organisations to disclose when customers are communicating directly with AI.
TechCabal (Africa) yesterday Regulation

Burnham's First Week Redraws the Map of UK Tech Governance

Tech Policy Press yesterday Regulation

Kentucky Governor to McConnell: Prove Fitness to Serve or ‘Resign’

Democrat Andy Beshear sent a letter to the Republican Senator who has been absent from his public duties and faces questions about his health status.
Time Tech yesterday Healthcare

Google's SynthID watermark is hard to break, but it doesn't solve AI disinformation

Deciding what's real on the Internet won't be easy in the future.
Ars Technica yesterday Misinformation

The CXMT shock: how China’s viable alternatives punch Nvidia, Micron, SK Hynix shares

China’s increasing clout in the global semiconductor supply chain is accelerating the unravelling of the artificial-intelligence trade, as expectations grow that the Asian nation will challenge foreign tech juggernauts by supplying the world with cheaper alternative products. The US$9.8 billion stock offering of ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) in Shanghai provided the Chinese maker of dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chips with equity funding to finance its expansion of market share home.
SCMP Tech (HK/CN) yesterday Bias & fairness

AI Is Hyper-Scaling Digital Inequality

Artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming part of everyday infrastructure–in some places. It helps write emails and software code, filters job applications, powers recommendation systems, and is increasingly being integrated into education, health care, finance, and public administration. Industry leaders talk about “AI for everyone,” while governments rush to publish national AI strategies and build sovereign compute. Yet over the past decade, working on digital inclusion and digital literacy
IEEE Spectrum yesterday Jobs & economyHealthcare

We’re running out of reasons to ignore AI safety

Earlier this month, OpenAI gave several of its AI models a task: complete a test designed to measure their cybersecurity capabilities. It put the systems in a sandboxed environment without an internet connection and set them off to work. What happened next is almost laughably silly - but also, as Adam Gleave, cofounder and CEO […]
The Verge yesterday Safety & alignmentEnvironment

Trump Accounts Have Arrived. Here’s What Families Need to Know

A new investment opportunity became available to millions of American babies and children this summer. Trump Accounts, which allow parents and guardians to establish an individual retirement account for children under age 18 who have a valid Social Security number, went live on July 4. Babies born between Jan. 1, 2025, and Dec. 31, 2028 […]
The 74 (education AI) yesterday Children & educationFinance, VC & PE

Confirmed: Providence Equity taking full control of THE•TEAM, buying out founder Casey Wasserman

The private equity firm, already THE•TEAM's majority investor, will make an additional investment to fund the buyout. Source
Music Business Worldwide (AI) yesterday Bias & fairnessFinance, VC & PE

Power eclipses fibre in AI data centre race

Artificial intelligence shifts hyperscale investment towards cities with abundant electricity, reshaping global data centre markets.
ITWeb (ZA) yesterday Finance, VC & PE

Chinese MLCC firms’ profits and stock prices fatten on hunger for electronic ‘rice’

Chinese manufacturers of multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs) – tiny components required in great numbers to regulate electrical flow in electronic devices – are riding a stock rally on the back of explosive first-half earnings, fuelled by insatiable global demand for artificial intelligence infrastructure. Shares of Shenzhen-listed Guangdong Fenghua Advanced Technology, one of the country’s leading producers of consumer-grade MLCCs, surged by the exchange-imposed 10 per cent daily limit on...
SCMP Tech (HK/CN) yesterday Regulation

FIFA Draws Fury Over Plan to Sell Stakes in World Cup

A plan to open the biggest sporting tournament, in part, to private investors has drawn widespread backlash from soccer associations and politicians around the world.
Time Tech yesterday Finance, VC & PE

AV and Applied Intuition team up to bring collaborative autonomy to new Mayhem 10 drone

“Our Acuity ISR/Strike software brings collaborative autonomy to Mayhem 10, rapidly delivering next-generation capabilities through platform-agnostic software with operator oversight,” said Jason Brown, general manager of Applied Intuition. The post AV and Applied Intuition team up to bring collaborative autonomy to new Mayhem 10 drone appeared first on DefenseScoop .
DefenseScoop yesterday Agents & autonomy

23 % des téléphones portables analysés par l’ANFR en 2025 n’étaient pas conformes

Comme chaque année, l’Agence nationale des fréquences publie son bilan de surveillance des terminaux mobiles, portant notamment sur les niveaux d’exposition aux ondes. En 2025, 12 % des smartphones dépassaient les limites réglementaires. Au total, pas moins de 23 % des téléphones portables n’étaient pas conformes, tous griefs confondus. Chaque année, l’ANFR prélève des terminaux dans […]
Next (FR, ex-INpact) yesterday Privacy

'PR problem' is standing in the way of China's humanoid robot boom, says Morgan Stanley

Its analysts have tempered optimism on the sector, writing that the robot industry faces several headwinds that could slow growth.
CNBC Technology yesterday Agents & autonomy

Singapore's central bank convenes AI-Driven Cyber and Technology Risk Taskforce

Singapore's central bank is establishing an AI-Driven Cyber and Technology Risk Taskforce in collaboration with the country's leadingg commercial banks and tech companies.
Finextra AI yesterday Military & security

What Nasscom wants changed in the Supreme Court’s draft AI rules

Nasscom has urged the Supreme Court to define high-risk AI use and clarify that technical audits should not automatically require source code disclosure. The post What Nasscom wants changed in the Supreme Court’s draft AI rules appeared first on MEDIANAMA .
MediaNama (IN) yesterday Transparency

The Hidden Cost of Stress at Work

Policymakers, employers, and professional organizations have opportunities to design work environments that make us healthier, write Lilly Springer, David Slusky, and Anupam B. Jena.
Time Tech yesterday HealthcareEnvironment

How India’s Young Faced Down Modi

The young are searching for a new political grammar rooted in democracy and accountability.
Time Tech yesterday Transparency
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