Tesla driver caught asleep at 100 km/h — how monitoring failed
Tesla driver caught asleep at 100 km/h — how monitoring failed

A Tesla driver was filmed apparently fast asleep behind the wheel at about 100 km/h on British Columbia’s Trans-Canada Highway on Sunday, with two sleeping children in the car.
The obvious question is how Tesla’s driver monitoring — the very system mea…

Microsoft is selling off four Xbox studios as part of significant gaming cuts
Microsoft is selling off four Xbox studios as part of significant gaming cuts

Microsoft is laying off 4,800 employees today, and more than 30 percent of the job losses are in the company’s Xbox division. The significant gaming cuts will affect nearly every part of Xbox and also involve four game studios being spun off to be run independently from Microsoft. Today’s layoffs, which are being described as […]

Microsoft is laying off 4,800 employees
Microsoft is laying off 4,800 employees

A year after cutting around 9,100 employees, Microsoft is making further layoffs today as it begins its new financial year. The software maker is laying off around 4,800 employees today, approximately 2.1 percent of its workforce. Most of the employees affected by today’s cuts are in Microsoft’s commercial sales business or the company’s Xbox division. […]

Lawsuit claims Boeing-backed Wisk rushed eVTOL software testing
Lawsuit claims Boeing-backed Wisk rushed eVTOL software testing

Boeing-backed eVTOL startup Wisk Aero is being sued by a former employee who claims they were fired for reporting that the software behind the autonomous air taxi service had failed to meet basic aviation software testing requirements.

AI tools can quietly shift your opinions when they “clean up” your social media posts, study finds

A new study found AI tools consistently nudge social media posts toward one side of a debate, even when told to preserve the meaning.

Samsung is using Galaxy smartwatches to save workers from heat-related health woes

Samsung is using Galaxy Watches, environmental sensors, and predictive algorithms to warn managers when outdoor workers may be approaching dangerous levels of heat stress.

You can now walk through space and gaze into a black hole at this VR exhibit

Smithsonian Starstruck lets visitors walk through the Big Bang, brush past the Sun, and gaze into a black hole, all without leaving Washington, D.C.

Google executive ports Command & Conquer Generals: Zero Hour to iPhone and Mac using Claude

A Google executive used Claude Fable 5 to port Command & Conquer Generals Zero Hour to iPhone, iPad, and Mac without using an emulator.

AI’s energy tax was already concerning. Research says AI agents are over hundred times worse

A KAIST study reveals AI agents consume dramatically more energy than conventional AI, highlighting a growing challenge for data centers and future AI infrastructure.

AI agent reportedly carried out an entire ransomware attack on its own

Security researchers say an autonomous AI agent carried out a complete ransomware attack, adapting to failures and executing the intrusion with minimal human intervention.