Google has identified the first zero-day exploit it believes was developed with artificial intelligence. The criminal threat actor that built it planned to use it in a mass exploitation event. Google’s Threat Intelligence Group discovered the vulnera…
General Motors is laying off 500 to 600 salaried IT workers and replacing them with engineers who know how to build AI systems. The cuts, centred in Austin, Texas, and Warren, Michigan, represent more than 10 per cent of GM’s IT department. The company…
Waymo is recalling 3,791 robotaxis in the United States after federal regulators identified a software flaw that could send the vehicles into flooded roads at higher speeds, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Tuesday. The recall…
Ryan Cohen offered $125 a share, partly to be funded by a $20bn TD Securities commitment letter and, briefly, by selling old store signs on eBay itself. The eBay board, which had to ban and then unban him during the process, says no. eBay has formally …
A leaked internal briefing note describes a new admin role on the £330m Federated Data Platform that lets external staff bypass case-by-case data approvals. Patient groups and Labour MPs have called the change dangerous. NHS England has decided to allo…
The European Commission president said an EU age-verification app is technically complete and that bloc-level rules on minimum social-media ages are next. France, Spain, and several others are already moving alone. European Commission President Ursula …
The Nvidia CEO is not on the list of US executives travelling to Beijing for the Trump-Xi summit. Apple’s Tim Cook and Tesla’s Elon Musk are among those attending; the trip’s focus is reportedly agriculture, manufacturing, and aviation. NVIDIA CEO Jens…
Attorney General Ken Paxton filed the suit on Monday, alleging Netflix collects user data without consent and uses autoplay to keep children watching. Netflix calls the suit meritless. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued Netflix on Monday, alleging …
Nscale, the vertically integrated AI-infrastructure company, has secured an additional $790m of debt financing to continue building out its AI data centre in Narvik, northern Norway, the company said on Monday. The committed facility was provided by AB…
Happl, the London- and New York-based provider of an AI-native employee-benefits platform for multinational employers, has raised $11m in a Series A round. The round was led by Portage Ventures, with participation from F Capital and continued backing f…