Elon Musk tries again to escape FTC audits of X data handling
…200 million records in 2023 and 2.8 billion profiles in 2025 . Those breaches do not suggest that X gets a gold star for data privacy, the commenter suggested, while also shooting…
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Pentagon boasts of using AI to write reports mandated by Congress
…in the past five years.” As DefenseScoop notes, Glassman did not identify the report in question. The Department of Defense has long struggled to deliver such reports to Congress efficiently and in…
Review: The Boroughs is a smart, pitch-perfect creature feature
…Sam’s attitude softens when he meets his neighbor Jack (Bill Pullman), whose relentless good humor and generosity has made him a favorite in the community (especially with the ladies). Jack introduces…
How to burst the AI bubble: Strike at its roots
…say they’re going to spend another $150 billion this year. So this is a much bigger bet, and it raises the question: If the material basis for this is creating a…
Chrome's 4GB AI model isn't new, but you're not wrong for being confused
…But Google knows defaults are powerful, which is why it has paid billions of dollars to be the default search engine on Apple devices. A curious omission Google users were more willing…
Rocket Report: Cowboy up for data centers in LEO; Russia's new ICBM actually works
…And with a recent $60 million fundraising round valuing the firm at $1.1 billion, the company is poised to accelerate its commercial launch efforts. A pioneering name… Skyroot’s co-founder…
The Internet can't stop watching Figure AI's humanoid robots handling packages
…Others have questioned whether the robots are truly operating autonomously, despite Figure’s CEO insisting they operate independently, without any human teleoperators controlling their movements. The lack of independent verification on the…
Musk’s X poses “serious risk to Americans’ privacy,” advocates warn FTC
…And just last year, “ 2.8 billion records leaked from the platform,” advocates noted, while Musk was busy managing DOGE efforts to extract “sensitive information” about millions of Americans. They also pointed…
This former hacker saw the light—and now wants to collect all of it
…It would later be acquired by Cisco for $2.7 billion. Seeking to move from cyber defense to offense, he took on cyberwarfare jobs at companies later acquired by BAE Systems and…
Gemini 3.5 Flash might be fast enough for gen AI to make sense
…Google now says that the companies using the most AI tokens could save a billion dollars per year by shifting to the more efficient Gemini 3.5 Flash. API pricing for the…