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
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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
Electronic Arts to cut 400 jobs and shut down Mass Effect studio BioWare
Electronic Arts will close BioWare, the studio behind Mass Effect and Dragon Age, and cut about 400 jobs, roughly 3% of staff, Bloomberg reported. The
Meta Ordered to Pay $25 Billion Over Cambridge Analytica Privacy Violations
The penalty, one of the largest levied against a tech giant, stemmed from a lawsuit by New Mexico claiming the social media company had misled
Anthropic Joins the A.I. Agent Race With Claude Duet
The tool, which is not yet widely available, will compete with OpenAI’s dots and Meta’s Muse. It is built for work and not personal errands.