TECH

Consumer Reports has released a study on car privacy practices The report found huge privacy breaches across the board Big Tech firms are some of the largest recipients of your personal data Your car could be leaking personal information to Big Tech data brokers and invading your privacy without your knowledge. That’s the conclusion of…

Eric Schmidt’s Perennial Autonomy wins Gauntlet II deep strike with 80.1 points, with a massive 9.2-point margin over the competition All four entrants tied directly to Ukrainian drone makers, including a Gauntlet I order winner, missed both top-five lists Ukraine’s SkyFall still placed fourth indirectly in deep strike through British partner Skycutter, and Defender Media…

Russian underwater robots could reach offshore accidents within hours, not days USC says robotic systems could handle most routine underwater inspections The robots inspect hulls, propellers, and rudders while ships remain stationary Russia’s United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) has introduced a new line of underwater robotic systems built for oil, gas, and maritime repair operations. The…

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…