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Altman's second major Asian alliance: what's he up to?
OpenAI said on Tuesday it will develop artificial intelligence products for South Korea with chat app operator Kakao, unveiling a second major alliance with a high-profile Asian partner this week.
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Extremist right-wing Terrorgram network sanctioned in Australia
The Australian government on Monday imposes financial sanctions on the neo-Nazi extremist Terrorgram Collective, making it illegal for Aussies to do business or interact with any part of the hate network.
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British PM scrapped ‘dangerously obvious’ email after Russian hacking
Keir Starmer had to abandon his “dangerously obvious” email in 2022, when he was still the UK’s opposition leader, due to suspected Russian hacking, a new book has claimed.
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The total cost of DeepSeek’s AI models exceeded $1.5 billion, report estimates
A new report analyzes the cost of DeepSeek’s large language models and compares them to the ones created by OpenAI.
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Trump's tariffs: how they could affect prices of electronics and cars
If Trump's proposed tariffs are implemented, the average car price in the U.S. could rise by $3,000.
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Hallucinating AI vs intuitive AI – which will win?
Today’s AI fabricates facts and fumbles meaning. A new study proposes a model that actually interacts with the world.
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Yee-haw, Meta said to be in talks to reincorporate in Texas, following tech frenemy Elon Musk
Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg is purportedly “in talks” to move the social media empire’s incorporation papers to the Lone Star State, the Wall Street Journal said on Friday.
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WhatsApp users, including from the media and CSOs, targeted by Israeli spyware firm
An official from Meta’s WhatsApp on Friday said that users of the popular chat service – including journalists and members of civil society – were targeted by the Israeli spyware company Paragon Solutions.
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Why big tech keeps betting on the wrong trends
History has a funny way of repeating itself – and in tech, billion-dollar mistakes are the norm.
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New York Blood Center hit by ransomware during winter blood shortage, restoration timeline unknown
The New York Blood Center (NYBCe) Enterprises said its operating divisions have been impacted by a ransomware attack that took place on Sunday, leaving the multi-state non-profit scrambling to restore critical services and fulfill orders.
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Mexico President tells Google its "wrong" to rename Gulf of Mexico just because Trump asked
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Thursday that Google was wrong to rename the “Gulf of Mexico” to the "Gulf of America" after US President Donald Trump ordered Google Maps to change the name of the body of water earlier this week.
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Beyond DeepSeek: local Chinese models to watch out for
We look at models created by Chinese companies Alibaba, Baidu, Tencent, and ByteDance.
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GitHub suffers major outage, "OH MY GOD"
GitHub, the online development platform, is experiencing a major outage that’s affecting pull requests and other operations.
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North Korea’s new hack: stealing data via open-source code
Crypto was just the beginning. North Korea’s Lazarus Group is now embedding malware in trusted software, taking control of developer tools to steal data in the background.
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Asteroid could strike Earth in 2032, but chances are slim so far
According to researchers, there’s a 1.3% chance that a recently discovered asteroid could hit Earth in December 2032. However, there’s no need to panic, experts say.
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OpenAI says that DeepSeek illegally used its data to train the R1 model
Microsoft and OpenAI are investigating whether DeepSeek might’ve breached OpenAI’s terms of service.
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Scientists leave Elon Musk’s X for ‘nicer’ Bluesky
Scientists fleeing X are flocking to fast-growing Bluesky because there are “fewer Nazis," according to a Nature survey.
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Hackers can steal your Amazon order – before it even lands
Delivery drones are zooming toward the future — but can hackers take them down mid-flight?
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Millions of H&M’s online shoppers’ details stolen, hackers claim
Fashion giant H&M reportedly exposed millions of United Arab Emirates (UAE) customers, with leaked details revealing personal and sensitive information.
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DeepSeek indeed censors sensitive prompts about China, but there’s a workaround
DeepSeek-R1, the viral open-source AI assistant recently released by a Chinese company, refuses to answer 85% of prompts on sensitive topics in Beijing, researchers have found. But restrictions can be bypassed.
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