Palantir says it cannot switch off NATO’s Maven AI system
Palantir says neither it nor the US government can remotely shut down Maven, its AI-powered battlefield system used by NATO’s top military command. The assurance
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FCC chair warns media not to run the “fake polls” Trump keeps complaining about
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr today warned broadcasters about airing “fake polls,” amplifying one of the many complaints that Tweety McTreason has regularly made
Tesla profits drop 43% in Q3
Tesla published its third-quarter 2026 financial results this afternoon. Earlier in October, it reported its sales and deliveries for the three-month period, selling fewer cars
PHP knew about one of the flaws in 2024 but could not agree a fix
The PHP Foundation has given an unusually frank account of the emergency behind this week’s patches. It said it had found one of the two
Intel restarts its stalled US factory push as AI chip demand grows
Intel has started installing equipment at Fab 62, its new chip plant near Phoenix, which is due to open in early 2028. It has also
How Mark Zuckerberg Pushed Meta to Shield Him From California’s Proposed Wealth Tax
The billionaire told Meta’s board that he planned to list his Silicon Valley home for sale. The company remade its stock structure to help him
Meta Earnings Show Increased A.I. Spending, Even as Cash Pressures Grow
The spending has hurt the Silicon Valley giant’s cash flow, which turned negative. Meta said it would issue a new class of stock to help
German court calls Google’s aerial imagery ‘spying’, Google will appeal
A German court has told Google it cannot keep showing people’s homes from above without their permission. The Frankfurt Regional Court ruled on Tuesday that
eBay to cut 9% of its staff, its second round of layoffs this year
eBay will cut about 9% of its workforce, around 1,000 jobs, according to an internal memo from CEO Jamie Iannone first reported by Reuters. It
Rogue AI: When agents stop advising and start acting
For the past few years, most enterprise AI has been advisory. It summarized tickets, drafted knowledge articles, and suggested next steps. A person still decided
AI isn’t hallucinating—but your data might be
“Hallucination” has become the catch-all term for AI getting things wrong. It describes a real phenomenon: Large language models can generate confident, fluent answers that
You Can Reserve This Small-Factor, De-Googled Phone for $30
Brax Technologies, the company behind the BraX3 smartphone and the open_slate tablet, opened pre-orders for the Wink last week with plans to ship it in
Local AI Weekly #6: If You Can Reverse Engineer It, It’s Open Source!
What I realized in the past week or so is that if you can reverse engineer it, any software is open source software. Not in
Meta to pay $25B in New Mexico case over misleading Facebook users
A New Mexico judge has ordered Meta to pay a $25B civil penalty for misleading Facebook users about privacy and hate speech, Bloomberg reported. A