US DHS orders DeepSeek AI removed from federal civilian agency systems
The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) orders federal civilian agencies to remove products from China’s DeepSeek and to stop procuring them. The directive applies to information technology produ...
Apple announces Oct. 28 “Pro and Tell” event, expected to showcase touchscreen OLED MacBook Pro
Apple has confirmed a product launch event on October 28 in Los Angeles called “Pro and Tell,” following its October 13...
Indie studios limit or cancel public game playtests amid fears of AI cloning
Several indie game studios are scaling back planned public demos or playtests, citing worries that generative AI tools m...
Judge orders OpenAI engineer accused of bugging to remain jailed without bail
A US judge orders Abdulrahman Alfozan, a former OpenAI employee accused of secretly placing a recording device in a comp...
Google releases EmbeddingGemma 2, an open multimodal embedding model for search and RAG
Google releases EmbeddingGemma 2, a compact embedding model designed to improve semantic search and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG). The model is built to handle multiple cont...
Microsoft adds controls to limit and monitor AI agents amid ‘agentic insider’ fears
Microsoft introduces new security controls intended to curb the risks from “rogue” AI agents inside enterprises, describing them as an “agentic insider” threat. The approach dynami...
Google cuts prices on Pixel 10 Pro and Pixel 10 Pro XL by up to $300
Google discounts its previous-generation flagships, the Pixel 10 Pro and Pixel 10 Pro XL, according to tech deal coverage from multiple outlets. One report says the Pixel 10 Pro is...
Apple acquires AI audio editing startup Samplab in June deal
Apple acquires AI audio editing startup Samplab in a deal completed in June, with details disclosed through a European Commission notice and the EU’s acquisitions list. The filing...
Germany to announce industrial AI partnership with Nvidia next week, reports say
Germany is expected to announce an agreement with Nvidia aimed at advancing industrial AI, according to multiple reports citing government or other sources. The partnership is desc...
MiniMax releases M3.1 Flash, claiming lower costs for AI agents
Chinese AI developer MiniMax Group Inc. launches M3.1 Flash, an update to its M3 large language model first released in June. The company positions the new model as faster and chea...
Eric Schmidt holds about 1% in Anthropic, Bloomberg reports
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt owns roughly a 1% stake in Anthropic PBC, according to Bloomberg, citing people familiar with the matter. The holdings stem from Schmidt’s early inve...
MapQuest adds optional “surveillance layer” showing known Flock ALPR camera locations
MapQuest has added an optional feature in its mobile app that overlays maps with the locations of known automated license plate readers (ALPRs), including cameras from Flock Safety...
TP-Link plans U.S. router assembly after FCC import ban on foreign-made consumer routers
TP-Link says it will move some router production to the United States after the FCC banned imports of new foreign-made consumer routers, citing security concerns. The company has s...
Apple expands HomePod Sound Glow to select models with HomePod Software 27.2
Apple’s HomePod Software 27.2 adds the “Sound Glow” lighting feature to additional HomePod models. Sound Glow, which pulses colors on the top of a HomePod in sync with the currentl...
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