The Intercept So far, no one has been able to hold the notorious Israeli spyware firm accountable for complicity in human rights abuses. The post These Human Rights Defenders Were Hacked by Pegasus. Now They Want Police to Charge the Spyware Maker. appeared...
Technology Review Bird flu has been spreading in dairy cows in the US—and the scale of the spread is likely to be far worse than it looks. In addition, 14 human cases have been reported in the US since March. Both are worrying developments, say virologists, who fear...
The Next Web This year, Air Canada lost a lawsuit against a customer who was misled by an AI chatbot into purchasing full-price plane tickets, being assured they would later be refunded under the company’s bereavement policy. The airline tried to claim the bot...
The Next Web Amid the AI boom, data centres are consuming alarming amounts of electricity. They’re also responsible for 1% of global energy-related emissions. By 2030, their power demand could increase by 160%. Switzerland-based Lightium aims to provide a...
The Verge - TV Shows Image: Disney Disney Plus’ new WandaVision spinoff series steers clear of the franchise’s multiversal messiness to do its own thing. WandaVision’s inventive approach to blending different storytelling genres made it one of the most...
Technology Review AI-generated falsehoods and deepfakes seem to have had no effect on election results in the UK, France, and the European Parliament this year, according to new research. Since the beginning of the generative-AI boom, there has been widespread fear...
The Verge - TV Shows Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge It’s been nearly six years since we warned you that ads were coming for your pause button and 18 months since Google revealed that YouTube would serve them up, too. Now, YouTube confirms advertisers...
The Intercept The United States voted against a U.N. resolution that sets a 12-month timeframe to end Israel’s illegal occupation of the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Gaza. The post Most of the World Agrees Israel’s Occupation of Palestine Must End. The U.S. Is...
Unicorn Riot Atlanta, GA — Money laundering charges against three Atlanta Solidarity Fund defendants, who are among the 61 people indicted in a sprawling conspiracy lawsuit against Cop City protesters, have been dropped as of Tuesday. Last year Marlon Kautz,...
Daring Fireball Allison Johnson, The Verge: Apple Intelligence’s list of forthcoming supported languages just got a little longer. After an October launch in US English, Apple says its AI feature set will be available in German, Italian, Korean, Portuguese,...
TidBits Audio control utility is stuffed with a plethora of additions, improvements and bug fixes. ($39 new, free update, 41.8 MB, macOS 14.5+)
TidBits Adds support for macOS 15 Sequoia, improves customization of the menu bar, and enhances Internet Access Policy support. ($59 new, free update, 27.4 MB, macOS 14+)
TidBits Brings full support for macOS 15 Sequoia plus several bug fixes to the venerable backup utility. ($27.95 new, free update, 9.9 MB, macOS 10.13+)
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TidBits Brings improved compatibility with macOS 15 Sequoia to the task management app. ($74.99 new, free update, 32.6 MB, macOS 14+)
The Next Web Ekaterina Zaharieva hasn’t even started work as the EU’s first startup commissioner, but tensions are already rising around her role. The Bulgarian politician was nominated for the job on Tuesday. Alongside startups, her brief will also cover...
The Verge - TV Shows A scene from Megalopolis, one of Lionsgate’s upcoming releases. | Image: Lionsgate AI startup Runway has made a name for itself building generative models seemingly trained on unlicensed content from around the internet. Now, the company...
The Next Web In its most expensive project to date, Germany’s Cyber Agency (Cyberagentur) has awarded three different contracts to four quantum computing startups — Quantum Brilliance, ParityQC, Oxford Ionics, and neQxt. Their mission is to deliver the world’s...
The Intercept An Intercept investigation reveals that the Army National Guard has known about poisonous lead dust at armories open to the public for years, but is doing little to respond. The post The National Guard Knows Its Armories Have Dangerous Lead...
The Intercept Israel’s attack that turned pagers belonging to Hezbollah members into explosive devices is shocking — but not unprecedented. The post A Brief History of Booby-Trapping Electronics to Blow Up appeared first on The Intercept.
BBC - Innovation The Amazon series offered 1,000 participants the chance to win a cash prize of $5m.
The Next Web Welcome to the new episode of the TNW Podcast — the show where we discuss the latest developments in the European technology ecosystem and feature interviews with some of the most interesting people in the industry. In today’s episode, Linnea and...
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The Next Web A German drone firm claims to have made a “major breakthrough” in autonomous swarm technology. Munich-based Quantum Systems announced on Tuesday that it has successfully flown AI-controlled Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) in swarms. The company said...
Technology Review This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. There are more than 120 AI bills in Congress right now More than 120 bills related to regulating artificial...