Beats is betting big on influencer marketing with a new campaign starring controversial streamer IShowSpeed. The nearly five-minute film aims to position the Powerbeats Pro 2 as “the most stable earbuds on earth” through a martial arts narrative.
The core team behind Microsoft’s Windows Insider Program has all moved on to new roles. This marks the end of an era defined by personality and community, leaving behind a more utilitarian beta testing service.
Lawmakers are debating a bill that would allow AI to autonomously prescribe medication. But researchers warn that AI errors are a fundamental, unavoidable part of the technology. The stakes for getting this wrong couldn’t be higher.
YouTube and YouTube TV have stopped working on the Nvidia Shield TV, showing an error that the device is unsupported. Nvidia says Google is aware and working on a fix, but the cause remains a mystery, leaving many users stranded.
Apple faces a new antitrust investigation in Switzerland over Apple Pay, even as a US appeals court provides minor relief in the Epic Games case. The global regulatory pressure is intensifying from multiple fronts.
A new report from StepUp Startups details Europe’s push for open-source AI to boost competitiveness. With only 14% of EU firms using AI in 2024, the bloc is betting on transparency and public compute to carve a niche.
The RAF Ash base, a 1950s nuclear-hardened bunker built for the ROTOR air defense system, has been reborn as a data center. Now operated by CyberFort Group, it’s pitching ultra-secure colocation and digital sovereignty to healthcare and finance clients, leveraging its literally anchored-in-the-UK st
OpenAI launched as a nonprofit in 2015 with a $1 billion pledge from Elon Musk and others. Now, it’s a $500 billion commercial powerhouse, and Musk is suing them from his rival firm, xAI, valued at $230 billion. The original mission is a distant memory.
Broadcom’s CEO revealed Anthropic placed over $21 billion in orders for Google’s AI chips. This comes as a new executive order on AI preemption ignites a political battle. The collision of capital and policy is defining the next phase of the AI race.
Notepad++ users are being told to manually update immediately. Hackers found a way to hijack the app’s automatic updater to deliver malware. The fix is in version 8.8.9, but you can’t trust the old updater to get you there.
