Is a ‘Frictionless’ Society a Trap?
Eliminating whatever stands between you and a task sounds nice, but it probably has more to offer companies than users.
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Krafton agrees to pay Subnautica 2 bonuses after CEO who used ChatGPT to dodge them steps down
Krafton has agreed to pay bonuses to the entire staff of Unknown Worlds Entertainment, the studio behind Subnautica 2, after reaching a legal settlement with
AI’s hopes and fears take over the world’s big central-bank gathering
Every summer the world’s most powerful central bankers decamp to a hillside town outside Lisbon to argue about the economy in relative calm. This year
US home battery installations hit record high on rising electricity costs
US homeowners have embraced home batteries in record-breaking numbers in early 2026, spurred on by state incentives while seeking to offset rising residential electricity costs.
Superworms could replace beetles for cleaning skeletal remains
Fatemeh Rastekar, Niloofar Alaei Kakhki and Morteza Monfared discuss the safe and practical utility of superworm larvae for cleaning museum specimens. Credit: Anthony Lewis, PLOS/CC-BY
A Brazilian banking trojan is targeting Santander and BBVA customers with fake PDF lures
A Brazilian banking trojan called Ousaban is going after Windows users who bank in Spain and Portugal, using fake PDFs, geofencing, and a payload hidden
Hire in 150+ countries without setting up a single entity
You have found the perfect candidate. They have the skills, the experience, and the enthusiasm. There is just one problem: they are in a country
Microsoft struggles to address AI notetaker governance nightmare
Microsoft this week tried to address the growing challenges surrounding notetaker bots in meetings by giving IT better control over them. Microsoft’s announcement said that
SpaceX reportedly showed investors an AI device prototype, Musk says the report is false
SpaceX showed investors a prototype of a handset-like AI device before its record IPO, according to The Wall Street Journal. The prototype is reportedly slimmer
Ashton Kutcher is leaving Sound Ventures to start a new VC firm with Morgan Beller
Ashton Kutcher is leaving Sound Ventures, the firm he co-founded with Guy Oseary 11 years ago, to start a new venture capital firm with Morgan
6 Backup Tools for Linux Users of All Kind
There’s no shortage of free backup tools on Linux. The problem is choosing which one to use. The choice of backup tool depends on what
Alibaba will pay 600 million dollars to settle a US probe into illegal pharmaceutical sales on its platform
Alibaba and its US digital payment processor have agreed to pay 600 million dollars to resolve a federal investigation into whether they failed to prevent
Together AI raises 800 million dollars in Series C as open-source cloud demand surges
Together AI has raised 800 million dollars in a Series C round led by Aramco Ventures, valuing the company at more than eight billion dollars.
T-Mobile moving tens of thousands of virtual machines off VMware amid lawsuit
T-Mobile is asking a New York court to rule that Broadcom was contractually obligated to continue supporting its VMware perpetual licenses. In its complaint, T-Mobile