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Microsoft president says AI backlash at graduation events should be wake-up call for the tech industry
Posted on Saturday June 13, 2026
Microsoft president and vice chairman Brad Smith recently shared his – definitely informed – opinion about the growing backlash against AI. Smith thinks that other leaders in the industry should listen when people express their disdain for "pro-AI" speakers attending graduation events. Smith believes that they should take the backlash...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Justice Department seizes websites that published deepfake nudes of famous women
Posted on Saturday June 13, 2026
The DOJ says the domains were used to publish digitally forged nude and sexual images and videos of women without their consent. According to the Justice Department, the material involved thousands of "digital forgeries," while the US Attorney's Office for New Jersey describes the sites as hosting hundreds of thousands...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Microsoft may consider Xbox spin-off or joint venture as console business struggles
Posted on Saturday June 13, 2026
People familiar with the matter told The Information that Microsoft executives have not ruled out restructuring Xbox as a wholly owned subsidiary or even a joint venture. Although no such plans are currently in place, they remain a possibility.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
SpaceX goes public in the largest IPO ever, and Musk crosses the trillion-dollar line
Posted on Friday June 12, 2026
SpaceX began trading on the Nasdaq on Friday under the ticker SPCX, and the numbers attached to the debut are the kind that usually require a footnote to believe. The company priced 555.6 million Class A shares at $135 on Thursday evening, raising roughly $75 billion and valuing the firm...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Windows Server is getting new network safety capabilities with DNS over HTTPS
Posted on Friday June 12, 2026
Microsoft recently announced that DNS over HTTPS (DoH) is now available on Windows Server 2025, providing encrypted DNS traffic for client-to-server communications. The feature has been available in Windows client editions for years and is now being extended to server-oriented versions of the operating system.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Flock AI cameras allegedly used by police to stalk ex-girlfriends and partners
Posted on Friday June 12, 2026
According to reports from various local and national news outlets, at least 18 police officers have either been arrested, fired, or placed under investigation for allegedly abusing data from Flock AI cameras to stalk their ex-partners. Investigators told 404 Media they believe the cases represent only the tip of the...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Android engineer leaves Google amid concerns over defense partnerships
Posted on Friday June 12, 2026
René Mayrhofer, a principal software engineer for Android Security and self-described pacifist and privacy advocate, has resigned from Google. The engineer had worked at Mountain View since 2017 but said he had become increasingly dissatisfied with what he sees as the company's departure from its previously stated – and repeatedly...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Chris Seedor once spent 1,500 Bitcoin on a GPU. Now he insures crypto fortunes
Posted on Friday June 12, 2026
His journey began in 2011, when a friend handed him what would later turn out to be a small fortune in digital assets. At the time, Seedor was a mechanical engineering student at a university in Germany and saw little use for bitcoin.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Arm is bringing Android its own version of DLSS – game with Unreal MegaLights will show it off
Posted on Friday June 12, 2026
Sumo Digital's upcoming Neural Dawn aims to demonstrate that mobile graphics chips can achieve high-quality upscaling, denoising, frame generation, and ray tracing with large numbers of dynamic lights. The tech demo is set to launch in the fourth quarter of this year exclusively for devices equipped with an upcoming successor...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Samsung is building floating data centers on ships, and it's already got regulatory approval
Posted on Friday June 12, 2026
Hitachi recently announced a partnership with Mitsui O.S.K. Lines to develop floating systems to host self-sustaining AI data center facilities. Now, Samsung Heavy Industries is cooperating with different partners to fully develop its novel Floating Data Centers (FDC) concept. Samsung Heavy Industries is a South Korean shipbuilding company that's part...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »