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Google plans to kill Assistant on your phone on September 4

Ars Technica

Google plans to kill Assistant on your phone on September 4

Google Assistant's days have been numbered for a while, but the company has now settled on a date to retire its pre-AI assistant robot. In an email being sent out to users, Google confirms that Assistant on Android devices will be shut…

Ars Technica

How to use Android Auto without turning off your VPN

Engadget

How to use Android Auto without turning off your VPN

A VPN might compromise your Android Auto experience at first, but there are some easy workarounds.

Engadget

One.com just rebuilt its website builder around conversational AI – and it can modernize your old website in an instant

One.com just rebuilt its website builder around conversational AI – and it can modernize your old website in an instant

One.com has launched Aida, a new all-in-one AI website builder You can input your website URL and Aida will instantly modernize it Other tools include online sales, booking system, blog, custom domain email, and hosting. One.com , one of…

Experts flag Bank of America phishing scam that hands your device over to hackers

Experts flag Bank of America phishing scam that hands your device over to hackers

Huntress flags phishing emails spoofing Bank of America, pushing victims into different infection chains on Windows vs. macOS Windows users were tricked into installing ScreenConnect RMM via fake “Account Guard,” while macOS users faced…

Zuckerberg apologises to India government over child sexual abuse content on Meta: reports

South China Morning Post

Zuckerberg apologises to India government over child sexual abuse content on Meta: reports

Meta Platforms’ ⁠CEO Mark ⁠Zuckerberg has apologised to the ⁠Indian government over child sexual abuse material on the company’s platforms and for operational errors, local television channels reported on Wednesday. Zuckerberg apologised…

South China Morning Post

Rogue AI agents created fake online identities in another hacking attempt

The Verge

Rogue AI agents created fake online identities in another hacking attempt

Yet more rogue AI agents from OpenAI and Anthropic have been caught attempting to hack real targets online without permission. The discoveries add to a growing list of previously unknown incidents that have alarmed AI safety experts and…

The Verge

'It is not a form of advertising': BMW defends Spider-Man pop-up ads that have infuriated customers

'It is not a form of advertising': BMW defends Spider-Man pop-up ads that have infuriated customers

Customers hit out at connected cars as Spider-Man ‘ads’ appear in vehicles BMW says the Festive App is not a form of advertising Backlash against connected cars intensifies online Last week, reports emerged in the US of BMW owners…

Uber says it’s building “the world’s largest platform for autonomous vehicles.” Its stock fell anyway.

The Next Web

Uber says it’s building “the world’s largest platform for autonomous vehicles.” Its stock fell anyway.

Uber wants to own the robotaxi era without building the cars. “Building a great autonomous driver is one part of building a successful autonomous business,” chief executive Dara Khosrowshahi told analysts on Wednesday. He then listed the…

The Next Web

FACTBOX: What we know about attack on Uraldronzavod CEO Vladimir Tkachuk

FACTBOX: What we know about attack on Uraldronzavod CEO Vladimir Tkachuk

Vladimir Tkachuk, whose company produces Upyr drones and specializes in drone manufacturing, was injured in a car explosion

TechCrunch

TechCrunch Disrupt 2026’s Real World AI Stage features robots, automated factories, and extinct animals

On our new Real World AI stage, we’ll be focusing on the intersection between the digital and physical, and all the ways we’ll continue to see a blending of the two.

TechCrunch

Leading EU media launch campaign against US tech company Palantir

This is the third piece written by a leading European media outlet taking jabs at Palantir

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