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ZDNet

74% of workers ask AI questions instead of colleagues - with potentially serious consequences

A series of studies revealed that employees are spending less time asking their coworkers for help. Here's how that tactic could backfire and how organizations need to adapt.

ZDNet

The Download: a chip talent battle, and deflating AI hype

MIT Technology Review

The Download: a chip talent battle, and deflating AI hype

This is today’s edition of The Download , our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Samsung’s chip workers are jumping ship to rival SK Hynix Lee, an engineer at Samsung’s…

MIT Technology Review

How suspects tortured UNIJOS graduate to death over missing iPhone 12

The Punch

How suspects tortured UNIJOS graduate to death over missing iPhone 12

Suspects confess to torturing UNIJOS graduate Ibrahim Mbaya to death over a missing iPhone 12. Get the latest on the mob killing and calls for justice. Read More…

The Punch

AllAfrica

Malawi: Minister Chipungu Gives Cdedi 48 Hours to Retract 'Defamatory' Claims

[Nyasa Times] Minister of Lands Chimwemwe Chipungu has instructed his lawyer to fire off a stinging demand letter to the Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiative (CDEDI), insisting the organisation's allegations were…

AllAfrica

China drafts cyberbullying rules that reach AI-generated abuse

China drafts cyberbullying rules that reach AI-generated abuse

China’s internet regulator has published draft rules to combat cyberbullying, and, according to Reuters, the measures are written to reach abuse generated with artificial intelligence. The Cyberspace Administration of China released the…

British regulator investigates whether Microsoft misled personal and family customers

Straits Times

British regulator investigates whether Microsoft misled personal and family customers

The probe would examine Microsoft’s addition of its AI assistant to Microsoft 365 subscriptions.

Straits Times

The 15 Best Pool Accessories to Upgrade Your Summer (2026)

The 15 Best Pool Accessories to Upgrade Your Summer (2026)

These are the cleaning robots, water monitors, and toys actually worth buying for pool season.

groundcover raises $100M to build observability for the AI era

groundcover raises $100M to build observability for the AI era

groundcover, an observability startup that keeps customers’ monitoring data inside their own cloud, has raised $100 million in a Series C round. The financing was led by the growth investor One Peak, with Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital…

Freehand raises $75M to put AI agents in charge of supply-chain spend

Freehand raises $75M to put AI agents in charge of supply-chain spend

The startup, whose agents negotiate and pay across procurement for the likes of Unilever and Pfizer, is betting enterprises want software that acts, not software that suggests. Freehand, a startup whose AI agents take over the grunt work…

Fast Metals is treating waste with more waste to extract critical minerals

TechCrunch

Fast Metals is treating waste with more waste to extract critical minerals

Aluminum production has saddled the world with billions of tons of caustic waste. One startup has a plan to clean it up and turn a profit.

TechCrunch

Artists are lawyering up against AI slop, and some are even winning

The Verge

Artists are lawyering up against AI slop, and some are even winning

When The Atlantic published a searchable dataset of works used to train AI, Kirk Wallace Johnson, like a lot of artists, looked for his name out of curiosity. And, like a lot of artists, he found it. Essentially, his books, like The…

The Verge

Love It or Hate It, the Ferrari Luce Is a Thrilling Drive

Love It or Hate It, the Ferrari Luce Is a Thrilling Drive

WIRED test-drove a preproduction version of the Luce, the storied Italian automaker’s controversial electric car, and it was remarkably surprising. Will it convert Ferrari fanatics?