Wikimedia says rogue OpenAI agents edited its wikis without approval
The Wikimedia Foundation says AI agents it believes OpenAI runs made unapproved edits to its wikis. They also tried and failed to break into a
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Nobel Prize in medicine goes to the light switch for brain cells
Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel have won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. The prize rewards optogenetics, a method that switches
US judge rules a police Flock search was unconstitutional mass surveillance
A federal judge in Oklahoma has ruled that a deputy’s warrantless search of Flock’s licence plate reader network broke the US Constitution. In an order
Apple locks down Full Disk Access, and AI agents are the reason
Apple has been forced to make macOS even more locked down, to the dismay of some developers. It has announced plans to introduce more user-facing control
Are Babies Conscious?
By pinpointing when it begins in young humans, scientists hope to better understand what consciousness is, and how it arises, in all of us.
Explaining Hall-effect, TMR, and other new types of “mechanical” switches
The mechanical keyboard isn’t always so mechanical anymore. Over the past six years, keyboards with optical, Hall-effect, and other “contactless” switches have become increasingly common
The 7-year-old Nvidia Shield TV is now $100 more expensive due to AI
The era of generative AI has upended technology supply chains, and there is one ironclad rule in 2026: If it has memory or storage, it’s
Sam Altman says AI money in US politics is clearly not working
During the first episode of Decoded, Politico’s podcast, OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman says the money AI companies are pouring into US politics has failed
Deliveroo is putting delivery robots on the pavements of five UK towns
Deliveroo has partnered with the American firm Coco Robotics to run four-wheeled pavement robots in five UK locations, starting in Canary Wharf this month, and
Tech execs are getting wise about ROI from AI
Most organizations have been largely unable to measure financial returns from AI, but analysts say new ways to calculate return on investment are emerging. “There’s
The Humanoid Robot Future Has Arrived at a South Korean Park. Sort of.
I went to Galaxy Robot Park in Seoul to see how we might one day live with robots. It was part cutting-edge technology, part theatrics.
US Solar Panel Makers Try to Catch China With a Big Leap in Technology
Manufacturers say they are close to perfecting a new, more efficient solar panel that could help the United States reclaim ground it lost.
Schneider Electric to buy US software maker PTC for $22.6bn in cash
Schneider Electric has agreed to buy PTC, a US maker of industrial design and engineering software, for about $22.6bn (€20.1bn) in cash. The French group
Sam Altman tells Politico the world “should accept some harm from AI”
OpenAI chief Sam Altman says the gains from AI are worth some harm. He also says the tech should stay open to the public. Altman