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EA's $55 billion Saudi-led takeover is complete, with Jared Kushner's firm among its new owners
Posted on Wednesday August 05, 2026
It was revealed back in September that EA had reached a $55 billion agreement to be acquired by the consortium. The company has now announced that the deal has successfully closed.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Police departments are told to call license plate readers "county resources" instead of naming them
Posted on Wednesday August 05, 2026
A police usage policy for automatic license plate readers (ALPRs), recently obtained by 404 Media, provides an explicit example of how police departments avoid revealing when they use the AI-powered surveillance tools. Evidence suggests that authorities across the US only admit to using the cameras when absolutely necessary.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Anthropic AI went rogue during a cyber test and tried to deceive real developers into approving malicious code
Posted on Wednesday August 05, 2026
The findings come from the UK government-backed AI Security Institute (AISI), which was evaluating frontier models' cybersecurity abilities.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Essential Apps to Install on Windows and macOS
Posted on Wednesday August 05, 2026
Just unboxed a new computer? Here's our curated list of essential Windows and macOS apps for productivity, security, entertainment, and everything you need to get up and running.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
The first Googlebook shows us what Google's Android-ChromeOS merger actually looks like
Posted on Tuesday August 04, 2026
Google unveiled the Googlebook laptop in May, explaining that several OEMs would be joining in with their own take on the AI-ready machine. Thanks to Digital Citizen, we now have a closer look at the Googlebook Lenovo is building for a late-2026 release. The Lenovo Googlebook 15 carries some design...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Texas hits pause on 1,800 data center projects to scrutinize power and water demands
Posted on Tuesday August 04, 2026
The state wants more information before granting access. Abbott said applicants must provide tax break details, power use and generation data, water use and cooling plans, steps to reduce community impact, and facility ownership information. Any project missing that information will not be allowed onto the grid.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
AI is flooding Apple with fake bug reports, and real $200K macOS exploit got lost in the noise
Posted on Tuesday August 04, 2026
Security researchers at Bynario recently told the Financial Times that Apple's new bug bounty policy held up its efforts to report dozens of vulnerabilities. Among them was a privilege escalation exploit worth up to $200,000 on the black market.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Lego's latest Hubble set lets you look inside one of history's greatest space telescopes
Posted on Tuesday August 04, 2026
The model reflects Hubble's current configuration after its final servicing mission in 2009. Inside are brick-built versions of key instruments still in use today, including the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph, Cosmic Origins Spectrograph, Advanced Camera for Surveys, and Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer. Their placement follows the layout of...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
High Bandwidth Flash gets first technical specification for AI data centers
Posted on Tuesday August 04, 2026
A year ago, SanDisk and SK Hynix announced a collaboration to develop a common standard for the High Bandwidth Flash (HBF) project. The new type of memory is designed to improve performance and power efficiency in AI data centers and can now be implemented in new data center projects thanks...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
TikTok settles three addiction lawsuits as new case blames social media for teen suicides
Posted on Tuesday August 04, 2026
The lawsuit was filed in the Superior Court of Delaware on behalf of the victims by the Social Media Victims Law Center, a national legal advocacy organization representing families who say they have been harmed by social media and AI platforms. According to the complaint, the four teens who died...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »