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UK lawmakers urge Burnham to block creation of artificial superintelligence after chilling warnings

UK lawmakers urge Burnham to block creation of artificial superintelligence after chilling warnings

Letter from 70 MPs and peers follows Anthropic employee’s claim new technology could wipe out humans AI could kill all humans in next decade, warn experts: but how seriously should we take them? More than 70 MPs and peers have urged Andy…

Amazon Cargo Plane Was Too Fast Before Deadly Miami Crash, NTSB Data Shows

NTSB recorder data shows a pilot warned of excessive speed nearly two minutes before Amazon Air Flight 7598 overran a Miami runway on 6 September, killing five ground workers. The post Amazon Cargo Plane Was Too Fast Before Deadly Miami…

Nscale adds former OpenAI exec Fidji Simo to its board ahead of potential IPO

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Nscale adds former OpenAI exec Fidji Simo to its board ahead of potential IPO

The No. 2 exec at OpenAI also led Instacart through its IPO in 2023.

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AI agents are learning to spend money. Who will handle the payments?

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AI agents are learning to spend money. Who will handle the payments?

AI is already changing how people find and buy things online, comparing prices, narrowing down options, doing in seconds what used to take an afternoon of tabs open. An AI agent could find a flight that fits your schedule, for example…

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Your older iPhone just got free satellite service for another year – here’s why

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Your older iPhone just got free satellite service for another year – here’s why

This isn’t the first time that Apple has extended the free two-year trial.

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UNITAS 2026 Opens in Peru: 24 Navies Launch the Americas’ Largest Multinational Drill

PERU · SECURITY Key Facts —The opening UNITAS 2026 (UNITAS LXVII), the 67th edition of the world’s longest-running multinational naval exercise, opened this week at the Callao Naval Base, hosted and directed by the Peruvian Navy. —The…

Self-driving cars should be taxed to offset job losses, thinktank urges

Self-driving cars should be taxed to offset job losses, thinktank urges

Report warns widespread autonomous vehicle adoption would put hundreds of thousands of private hire jobs at risk Taxes on self-driving cars should be introduced now in the UK to offset the rise in congestion and threats to jobs they pose…

Mail on Sunday ends up funding state school scholarship via payout to MP

Mail on Sunday ends up funding state school scholarship via payout to MP

Labour’s Catherine Atkinson says she will give students £5,000 paid to her by paper that falsely accused her of concealing private school education A new scholarship supporting state-educated students will be inadvertently funded by the…

Is Apple’s Live Rewind a privacy nightmare? Here’s how the Apple Watch feature really works

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Is Apple’s Live Rewind a privacy nightmare? Here’s how the Apple Watch feature really works

Apple debuted a new Apple Watch feature called Live Rewind It lets you play back audio from the last 15 seconds Some observers are worried it could violate people’s privacy When Apple announced its Live Rewind feature at its Surprise and…

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You only get one chance at a first impression, and getting to introduce Apple's first folding phone is certainly a…

You only get one chance at a first impression, and getting to introduce Apple's first folding phone is certainly a…

You only get one chance at a first impression, and getting to introduce Apple's first folding phone is certainly a strong way to start things off as Apple's CEO. On The Vergecast today, we're talking all about Apple's launch event: how…

The White House calls Truth Social the ‘most powerful and popular’ social media platform

The White House calls Truth Social the ‘most powerful and popular’ social media platform

The White House claims the Donald Trump-owned Truth Social is the "most powerful and popular social media platform in the world." The statement, provided to The New York Times by White House spokesperson Davis Ingle, is at odds with the…

NASA moving at warp speed to set up US Space Academy

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