Amazon pledges $20 million to a new Colorado River Basin Collaborative targeting $100 million in two years, with $32 million in commitments so far Amazon only reported one figure: 2.5 billion gallons of global data center withdrawals, but no basin, warehouse, historical, or power-generation water figures were made public AWS interestingly gives paying customers region-level…

Russia fears Google’s developer checks could eventually restrict access to domestic applications Google will begin Android developer verification across four countries in September 2026 Users may face a 24-hour waiting period before completing some installations The Russian Ministry of Digital Development has warned that Google’s forthcoming Android developer checks could keep Russian applications off Android…

There are plenty of grand ideas about what AI could eventually do for healthcare, whether discovering new drugs or acting as an interactive medical historian for everyone. But a viral Reddit post offers a better, and much simpler vision for AI doctoring. According to the poster, the family was eating dinner when their father repeatedly…

Swedish celebrities are fronting a campaign to be rude to phone scammers The majority of Swedish phone scam victims are over 60 Swedish police state that fraudsters collect around 5.7 billion SEK a year, over £431 million Swedish celebrities have been hired to help the national government promote the use of profanity when dealing with…

Meta unveils new platform to provide businesses access to a range of AI tools Offering includes access to Muse agent, Meta Business Agent, Muse API, Muse Code Zuckerberg announces new Chief Enterprise Platform Officer, poached from MongoDB Moving beyond simply automating and assisting your entire personal life, Meta now wants to give businesses access to…

OpenAI has been forced to pause its GPT-6.1 rollout amid safety concerns Safety head reveals it failed on two separate fronts AI developers are calling for more government involvement OpenAI has reportedly cancelled its planned public release of the upcoming GPT-6.1 Astra model after internal testing revealed potential safety issues. TheWall Street Journal claims the…

Apple patches high-severity CoreGraphics zero-day reportedly exploited against specific targeted individuals The vulnerability enables arbitrary code execution through maliciously crafted files on affected Apple devices Apple urged users to install the latest security updates, particularly high-value targets facing sophisticated attacks Apple has released a fix for a zero-day vulnerability it says was allegedly used “in…

Technics has unveiled new EAH-A1000 flagship wireless headphones The company’s famed Magnetic Fluid Driver is literally making the big time Owing to last-minute tweaks/firmware updates, my full review is incoming Today sees a huge reveal in the world of wireless headphones. Not only because it’s been well over four years since Technics’ excellent EAH-A800 landed…

AI-powered deepfakes convinced executives to authorize massive overseas fund transfers Fraudsters impersonated senior figures through messaging apps and cloned voices Incident highlights evolving business email compromise tactics in the AI era Cybercriminals have tricked a major Italian bank into wiring more than $100 million abroad by targeting executives with AI-powered deepfakes. Some of the money…

One in four UK workers say they’d be less likely to apply for a job due to AI screening 78% of global applicants are still using AI at some point in their recruitment process Report calls for more training opportunities to find meaningful use cases New Morgan McKinley research has claimed more than half (55%)…