A cultural crime against humanity? AI firms are destroying ultra-rare books so nobody else can read them
A cultural crime against humanity? AI firms are destroying ultra-rare books so nobody else can read them

AI firms buy and destroy rare pre-2022 books to create clean training data, concealing purchases through NDAs while courts approve the practice.

Expert warns this dangerous Microsoft Word worm can burrow into Copilot and cause havoc — here’s what we know

Hidden white text in a Word document can make Copilot rewrite your figures and copy itself into the finished file.

‘A disk in a planet-scale computer’: Meta has so many expensive GPUs that it’s buying SSDs to kill idle time
‘A disk in a planet-scale computer’: Meta has so many expensive GPUs that it’s buying SSDs to kill idle time

Meta redesigned its storage architecture with SSD caching and faster metadata access, dramatically reducing AI loading times while improving GPU utilisation.

Bad updates, broken cables and blackouts – Cloudflare reveals some of the wildest reasons behind Internet downtime across the world
Bad updates, broken cables and blackouts – Cloudflare reveals some of the wildest reasons behind Internet downtime across the world

A routine key update took every .de website offline worldwide, and the failure, interestingly, made global DNS queries go up, not down.

I’ve started grading iPhone 17 Pro Max footage like cinema camera footage, and ProRes RAW is why
I’ve started grading iPhone 17 Pro Max footage like cinema camera footage, and ProRes RAW is why

The iPhone 17 Pro Max is the first smartphone that can shoot ProRes RAW, and after weeks of cutting real footage in DaVinci Resolve, I think it’s the most significant camera upgrade Apple has shipped in years.

New study reveals how AI is reshaping how people shop online — but they still don’t really trust it enough

Report claims around 20% of UK online shoppers use AI search to start looking for new products, but AI recommendations have not translated into increased sales.

Zelensky confirms Ukraine’s drones will reach 6,000 miles in 2027 — enough to cover the entirety of Russia and able to reach as far as San Francisco from Kyiv
Zelensky confirms Ukraine’s drones will reach 6,000 miles in 2027 — enough to cover the entirety of Russia and able to reach as far as San Francisco from Kyiv

Ukraine plans longer-range drones reaching 10,000 km by 2027 while pursuing US cooperation for production, testing, and advanced unmanned technology development.

Pentagon is looking for drone bombers, but don’t expect a B52 replacement, as they’d carry only an 18 lb payload
Pentagon is looking for drone bombers, but don’t expect a B52 replacement, as they’d carry only an 18 lb payload

Reusable bomber drones carrying 18-pound payloads will compete in October’s Gauntlet trial for $32 million in prototype contracts.