CFPB can’t say if data on abandoned office kit is safe, watchdog finds
The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau cannot confirm that IT equipment it left in four closed offices is secure, a watchdog has found. J.J. McCorvey
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GM’s Q3 sales drop 5.5% as its electric models collapse and Toyota closes to within 136,000
GM’s third-quarter sales fell 5.5% and its electric models collapsed, with the Equinox EV down 92.4% to 1,905 cars after America ended its $7,500 purchase
Japan eyes $140bn AI data centre push with Dell and JERA, FT reports
Japan’s biggest power generator is teaming up with Dell to build AI data centres across the country. The push could cost as much as $140bn
OpenAI cuts ties with three staff over sensitive information, WSJ reports
OpenAI has parted ways with three employees who it says mishandled sensitive company information. The Wall Street Journal first reported the exits on Thursday. Two of the
Hacks of 2 federal agencies in a month have spilled a bonanza of sensitive data
The Pentagon is informing more than 2 million current and former military members that their personnel records storing sensitive personal information were stolen over a
Judge dismisses Chegg and Penske antitrust lawsuits targeting Google AI search
In a setback for publishers worried about the effects of AI search, a US federal judge has dismissed lawsuits filed by Chegg and Penske Media
Memory squeeze set to tighten through 2028, Micron says
The global memory shortage that has driven up the cost of servers, storage and PCs through 2026 will get worse in 2027 and 2028, according
Will ‘move fast, ship quicker’ kill the Apple brand?
Tech writers seem hugely excited at news that new Apple CEO John Ternus intends to launch a wave of new products, presumably because we’ll get to
Amazon Settles Lawsuit Over Claims of Slow Deliveries to Low-Income Areas
The tech giant will refund $7.25 million in Prime membership fees to affected customers and pay an additional $1 million to settle the suit brought
Swedish Company Uses A.I. Likeness of Greta Garbo in Ad
An ad produced by the manufacturing company SKF Group featured a digital version of the Swedish American actress, who died in 1990. Not all viewers
Factory and Cognition bosses clash over adviser’s exit, Bloomberg reports
The heads of two AI coding startups are fighting in public over an adviser who switched sides, as Carmen Arroyo reported for Bloomberg. Factory chief
Samsung lifts prices across most of the Galaxy S26 range by $100
Samsung has added $100 to the Galaxy S26, S26+ and Ultra and $200 to the 1TB Ultra, seven months after the phones went on sale
Kanu AI raises $11.7m to turn how staff work into software they own
Kanu AI has come out of stealth with $11.7m in funding. The Seattle startup builds software that runs inside a customer’s own cloud. Accel, BMW
Restate raises $20m to keep AI agents running when software fails
Restate, a Berlin startup founded by the creators of Apache Flink, has raised a $20m Series A. It builds infrastructure that keeps AI agents and