us autonomous atvs deployed in ukraine combat
forterra has sent over 100 self-driving atvs to ukraine, marking the largest use of american autonomous ground vehicles in war.
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siri gets pace and expressivity controls in ios 27 beta
apple's latest ios 27 developer beta lets testers adjust siri's speaking speed and emotional tone, part of a generative ai overhaul.
sk hynix ipo gives us investors a piece of the ai memory boom
south korean memory chipmaker sk hynix plans a us ipo, offering american depositary receipts to tap into ai-driven demand for high-bandwidth memory.
ai ransomware still needs a human operator
sysdig's jadepuffer attack used an ai agent for technical execution but a human still set up infrastructure and chose the victim.
tech layoffs in 2026 where ai was cited
a running list of major tech layoffs in 2026 where companies named ai as a factor, with details on cuts at microsoft, oracle, gitlab, google, and more.
vercel ceo on splitting models from agents
vercel ceo guillermo rauch discusses the shift from prototyping to production ai, the rise of coding and internal agents, and the need to decouple models from agent platforms.
google now trains ai on your media unless you opt out
a recent privacy update lets google save images, audio, and video from search services for ai training by default, but users can disable it.
microsoft cuts 4,800 jobs in xbox and sales
microsoft laid off nearly 5,000 employees, with xbox losing 1,600 roles, as the company restructures amid ai-driven changes and a gaming hardware crisis.
data scientists shift to ai oversight roles
data scientists now spend more time managing ai systems than building models, with new roles in governance, prompt engineering, and agent supervision.
station f pushes ai startups to revenue fast
paris hub station f runs f/ai accelerator to help ai startups hit €1m revenue in six months, backed by tech giants.
amazon mechanical turk stops taking new customers
amazon will close mechanical turk to new customers on july 30, 2026, while existing users can continue, signaling the decline of the crowdsourcing platform once used for ai data labeling.
alibaba bans claude code for employees
alibaba will prohibit staff from using anthropic's claude code starting july 10, citing security risks and promoting its own qoder tool.
google ad imagines founding fathers using ai tools
a google commercial for the fourth of july shows the declaration of independence drafted with workspace and ai features, sparking mixed reactions.
midjourney demands hollywood studios disclose internal ai use
midjourney seeks to force disney, universal, and warner bros. to reveal their own generative ai practices in a copyright lawsuit.
what is mistral ai and how it differs from openai
mistral ai focuses on enterprise ai deployment and sovereign tech, not consumer chatbots, with fast revenue growth and a palantir-like model.
browser wars shift to ai assistants
new browsers use ai to act on your behalf, moving beyond search to task automation and personal assistance.
ai glossary for 2026
a plain-english guide to the most common ai terms you'll encounter this year, from agi to neural networks.
meta ai agents progress slower than expected
mark zuckerberg told staff that ai agent development has not accelerated as hoped, and recent layoffs and restructuring have yet to show clear benefits.