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Apple’s AI-packed macOS 27 upgrade for Macs launches on September 14, but can it win over macOS Tahoe haters?

Apple’s AI-packed macOS 27 upgrade for Macs launches on September 14, but can it win over macOS Tahoe haters?

Amongst all the hype over Apple’s first-ever foldable smartphone, the iPhone Duo , which was announced at the company’s ‘Surprise and Shine’ event , Apple (rather quietly) also revealed when Mac users can get the latest version of its…

European founders and VCs urge lawmakers ‘to get EU Inc right’

TechCrunch

European founders and VCs urge lawmakers ‘to get EU Inc right’

Amid negotiations for a new EU-wide corporate status, an open letter signed by unicorn founders and investors warns that 'EU Inc' shouldn’t be watered down.

TechCrunch

OpenAI not on track to reduce risk of ‘catastrophic’ loss of control, says board member

OpenAI not on track to reduce risk of ‘catastrophic’ loss of control, says board member

US government adviser Paul Christiano warns of risks to AI industry as he joins OpenAI’s non-profit foundation OpenAI is not on track to reduce risks of “catastrophic” loss of control to an acceptable level, a member of its non-profit…

Yemen’s Houthis seize port city of Mocha, closing in on strategic Bab el-Mandeb Strait

Times of Israel

Yemen’s Houthis seize port city of Mocha, closing in on strategic Bab el-Mandeb Strait

Government forces retreat south to establish alternate command center, aiming to keep vital shipping route in their hands; women and children flee Mocha for safer provinces The post Yemen’s Houthis seize port city of Mocha, closing in on…

Times of Israel

Your AI Agents Are Writing Checks You Can’t See

Hacker Noon

Your AI Agents Are Writing Checks You Can’t See

Somewhere in the depths of a company’s production environment, two AI agents are having a conversation. They’ve been at it for eleven days, and no one on the team knows. Those agents are working as designed, executing perfectly within…

Hacker Noon

Researchers used AI to build a WeChat worm that spreads through phone calls

The Next Web

Researchers used AI to build a WeChat worm that spreads through phone calls

Researchers at Calif, a Palo Alto security company, say they used AI to build a worm that spreads through WeChat calls. It takes over an account while the phone is still ringing. It then uses that account to call the victim’s contacts and…

The Next Web

Hong Kong can become AI literacy hub, industry leaders say

South China Morning Post

Hong Kong can become AI literacy hub, industry leaders say

Hong Kong can become an educational hub for artificial intelligence literacy and help build trustworthy AI by leveraging the city’s strength in professional services, industry leaders have said. Speaking at the Belt and Road Summit on…

South China Morning Post

Ryanair will dispute passenger’s claim he was sucked out of window

Ryanair will dispute passenger’s claim he was sucked out of window

CEO Michael O’Leary tells reporters the businessman was sucked ‘towards’ but not out of the opening Business live – latest updates Ryanair has said it will be “disputing” that any part of a passenger’s body was sucked outside when a window…

The Download: a “God-driven” cryptocurrency and a solar engineering roadmap

MIT Technology Review

The Download: a “God-driven” cryptocurrency and a solar engineering roadmap

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. God told them to sell crypto. Their investors lost everything. When Eli Regalado first heard God…

MIT Technology Review

NASA and IBM Launch Open-Source AI Model for Future Moon Explorations

CNET

NASA and IBM Launch Open-Source AI Model for Future Moon Explorations

One small step for AI, one giant leap for mankind.

CNET

Ask the expert: When is the best time to start learning Italian?

The Local

Ask the expert: When is the best time to start learning Italian?

If you plan to move to or stay in Italy long-term, then learning Italian should definitely be at the top of your to-do list. But when's the best time to start learning? We asked Italian language teacher Lucrezia Oddone – of the popular…

The Local

Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg 'forced' into leave of absence by WordPress parent company board

Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg 'forced' into leave of absence by WordPress parent company board

Matt Mullenweg accuses Automattic board of conspiring against him Former CEO is now in a period of paid leave His role at WordPress.org is currently unaffected Automattic CEO and founder Matt Mullenweg has been placed on a paid leave of…