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Is that really your banker? World brings human verification to Zoom calls
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Is that really your banker? World brings human verification to Zoom calls

Really Simple SyndicationOctober 18, 2026

As deepfakes grow convincing enough to pass for real people on live video, World is pitching banks a new line of defense. It offers cryptographic

Local AI Weekly #5: AI Gets a Desk Job
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Local AI Weekly #5: AI Gets a Desk Job

Abhishek PrakashOctober 18, 2026

This week, AI went to the “office”. Linus Torvalds says he actually likes using AI, and his new kernel branch credits Claude Code for the

Linux Mint 23 is No More. A New Release Takes its Place
Tech

Linux Mint 23 is No More. A New Release Takes its Place

Sourav RudraOctober 18, 2026

In the project’s September monthly update, Linux Mint lead, Clement Lefebvre (clem), says that the distro’s version number now reflects the upcoming year and that

Anthropic gives outside AI watchdog “employee-like” access
Tech

Anthropic gives outside AI watchdog “employee-like” access

Really Simple SyndicationOctober 18, 2026

Anthropic has granted external evaluators “employee-like access” to assess the risks of its models, following through on a commitment to increase safeguards over concerns the

Googlebook review: Android on a laptop is still Android
Tech

Googlebook review: Android on a laptop is still Android

Really Simple SyndicationOctober 18, 2026

Android was designed for phones, but that hasn’t stopped Google from trying to adapt the OS and its apps to larger machines over the years.

World Bank backs ‘small AI’ on phones for poorer nations, Guardian reports
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World Bank backs ‘small AI’ on phones for poorer nations, Guardian reports

Really Simple SyndicationOctober 18, 2026

The World Bank wants developing countries to build “small AI”, compact models that run on a mobile phone with a weak signal. Paschal Donohoe, the

Biotech now sells pet cloning and cryonics, MIT Technology Review finds
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Biotech now sells pet cloning and cryonics, MIT Technology Review finds

Really Simple SyndicationOctober 18, 2026

Pet owners who cannot face losing an animal now have a growing menu of biotech options. They range from longevity drugs to cloning and cryonics.

Microsoft reportedly quits Nscale’s UK data centre weeks before its IPO
Tech

Microsoft reportedly quits Nscale’s UK data centre weeks before its IPO

Really Simple SyndicationOctober 18, 2026

Microsoft has pulled out of a deal to anchor Nscale’s first British data centre, the Telegraph reported. The move comes as the AI cloud startup

Woodside pauses Scarborough gas work after Greenpeace boards platform
Tech

Woodside pauses Scarborough gas work after Greenpeace boards platform

Really Simple SyndicationOctober 18, 2026

Woodside Energy has paused work on its Scarborough gas platform off Western Australia after Greenpeace protesters climbed aboard. Early start-up work at the site has

Super Scam Me documentary shows what it takes to catch a romance scammer
Tech

Super Scam Me documentary shows what it takes to catch a romance scammer

Really Simple SyndicationOctober 18, 2026

If you got a DM from an unverified Jon Bon Jovi account after commenting on one of his official Instagram posts, what would it take

Blue Origin is going all in on the New Glenn rocket
Tech

Blue Origin is going all in on the New Glenn rocket

Really Simple SyndicationOctober 18, 2026

Blue Origin announced a major expansion of its already considerable Florida launch facilities on Friday morning with the intent of eventually flying more than 100

Supreme Court appears open to wider video privacy law in Paramount case
Tech

Supreme Court appears open to wider video privacy law in Paramount case

Really Simple SyndicationOctober 18, 2026

The US Supreme Court appeared ready to side with a man who says a Paramount website shared his video history with Facebook. The case could

Daniela Amodei warns against AI girlfriends, Business Insider reports
Tech

Daniela Amodei warns against AI girlfriends, Business Insider reports

Really Simple SyndicationOctober 18, 2026

Anthropic president Daniela Amodei has warned that AI romantic partners risk driving people further apart, Business Insider reported. She spoke in a prerecorded interview with

Meta drops ‘train’ from its website-crawling terms after backlash
Tech

Meta drops ‘train’ from its website-crawling terms after backlash

Really Simple SyndicationOctober 18, 2026

Meta has rewritten new terms that would have let it crawl and train its AI on the websites of businesses that use its ads and

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