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Meta AI arrives in Threads DMs for all users worldwide

Meta AI arrives in Threads DMs for all users worldwide

Meta is rolling out Meta AI to Threads direct messages globally starting today. All users can now share posts, images, links, and videos with Meta AI in a one-on-one conversation, ask follow-up questions, and explore topics privately. The…

Authors have mixed feelings about the $1.5 billion Anthropic copyright infringement settlement

Authors have mixed feelings about the $1.5 billion Anthropic copyright infringement settlement

Some say the $3,100 per title payout is small compensation for what they view as big, ongoing threats from the makers of generative AI models. (Image credit: RICCARDO MILANI/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images)

Authors wary of content ownership despite court ruling on Anthropic case

Authors wary of content ownership despite court ruling on Anthropic case

The literary world is celebrating Anthropic's $1.5 billion settlement with authors. But AI firms may still train models on legally purchased books. What does that mean?

Microsoft Says Its New Cybersecurity AI Beats Industry Leaders at Half the Cost

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Microsoft Says Its New Cybersecurity AI Beats Industry Leaders at Half the Cost

The agentic MAI-Cyber-1-Flash model, with some help, outscores Claude Mythos 5 on CyberGym.

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Epic diarrhea outbreak has 40% of Americans avoiding fruits and veggies

Epic diarrhea outbreak has 40% of Americans avoiding fruits and veggies

Anti-vaccine Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has made it one of his top priorities to convince Americans to " eat real food ," including more fresh fruits and vegetables. But, it's a hard sell when those real foods are causing real…

Thea Energy lands $20M federal grant to build its magnets for fusion reactors

Thea Energy lands $20M federal grant to build its magnets for fusion reactors

Fusion power startup Thea Energy snagged a $20 million award from ARPA-E to scale production of its high-temperature superconducting magnets.

As rivals chase acquisitions, Peacock bets on bundles through a new deal with YouTube

As rivals chase acquisitions, Peacock bets on bundles through a new deal with YouTube

While much of the streaming industry is focused on mergers and acquisitions, NBCUniversal is expanding its reach through partnerships, with its latest move bringing Peacock directly to YouTube. On Monday, NBCUniversal and YouTube announced…

DHS Official Resigns, Citing ‘War on Immigrants’

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DHS Official Resigns, Citing ‘War on Immigrants’

The outgoing executive director of the Office of Homeland Security Statistics is one of very few federal officials to speak out against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.

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Nvidia may guarantee $250bn so OpenAI can afford the data centre that will house its chips

Nvidia may guarantee $250bn so OpenAI can afford the data centre that will house its chips

Nvidia is in talks to provide roughly $250 billion in financing guarantees for OpenAI, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing people familiar with the matter. The backstop would let OpenAI lease a 10-gigawatt campus in southern…

iOS and macOS 26.6 arrive today, paving the way for iOS and macOS 27

iOS and macOS 26.6 arrive today, paving the way for iOS and macOS 27

Apple has released iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS 26.6. Apart from potential security hotfixes, these are likely the last updates before the arrival of iOS 27, macOS 27, and so on. All of today's releases include minor bug fixes…

Family: How bandits abducted Bungudu LG chair after two-hour siege

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Family: How bandits abducted Bungudu LG chair after two-hour siege

Fresh accounts by family members of the abducted Chairman of Bungudu Local Government Area of Zamfara State, Hon. Nura Umar Abdullahi, have revealed how heavily armed bandits laid siege to his residence for nearly two hours, killed four…

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AI vendors are switching from subscriptions to consumption pricing. AI PCs are the hedge.

AI vendors are switching from subscriptions to consumption pricing. AI PCs are the hedge.

The AI pricing model is shifting. Major software vendors are moving away from per-seat subscriptions toward token consumption or outcome-based pricing for AI features. The flat-rate subscriptions that attracted early adopters were loss…