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Microsoft AI CEO says AI must be shut down if it gains these four capabilities

Times of India

Microsoft AI CEO says AI must be shut down if it gains these four capabilities

Mustafa Suleyman, CEO of Microsoft AI, warns us about the potential dangers of uncontrolled AI systems, highlighting four critical capabilities that could lead to an urgent need for shutdown. He stresses the importance of oversight and…

Times of India

Remembering the pre-Google web, when search was an experiment

Ars Technica

Remembering the pre-Google web, when search was an experiment

In the mid-'90s, the web was exploding, but finding anything of actual value on it felt like an elaborate negotiation with whatever proto-search engine happened to be standing closest to the door. Unlike now, when Google is widely seen as…

Ars Technica

Why does Apple keep banning Telegram, but never X?

The Verge

Why does Apple keep banning Telegram, but never X?

For roughly an hour this week, Telegram vanished from Apple's App Store. Even during that blip, it was a stunning absence for such a major app: an avenue of communication for more than 1 billion users around the world, used widely as a…

The Verge

3 Best Cheap Gaming Laptops (2026): Lenovo, MSI, Alienware

Wired

3 Best Cheap Gaming Laptops (2026): Lenovo, MSI, Alienware

As gaming laptop prices continue to rise, it’s increasingly difficult to find affordable options that aren’t terrible. Here are your best options based on performance and cost.

Wired

A worrying Google issue could leave small businesses playing catch-up with back-to-school sales – here is what to do

A worrying Google issue could leave small businesses playing catch-up with back-to-school sales – here is what to do

Google product approvals are being delayed, impacting small businesses Experts advise businesses not to resubmit products needlessly Google has not yet commented on the issue Local SEO professionals, agencies, and small businesses have…

TimescaleDB 2.28: Faster Queries, Lighter Operations, and Better Schema Evolution

Hacker Noon

TimescaleDB 2.28: Faster Queries, Lighter Operations, and Better Schema Evolution

Time-series analytics at scale creates operational friction. When you're running continuous aggregates, columnar storage, and complex analytical patterns, each new metric, query pattern, and configuration tuning attempt adds complexity…

Hacker Noon

Ghana: Police Seize Suspected Cocaine Worth $6.9m in Gari Sacks

[Ghanaian Times] Tema -- The Tema Regional Police Command has intercepted 866 parcels of substances suspected to be cocaine concealed in sacks of gari and allegedly destined for export, with an estimated street value of $6.928 million, and…

Liberia: Police Chief Denies Alleged Ties to Drug Cartel

Liberia: Police Chief Denies Alleged Ties to Drug Cartel

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Coleman's statement, posted to his personal Facebook page, reads less like a routine institutional update and more like a man answering a question nobody asked him directly, because everybody has been asking…

Liberia: Boakai On Drug Scandal - 'We Will Find You' - but Will the Courts Deliver?

[FrontPageAfrica] He came to swear in judges and court marshals. He left having delivered the most direct public warning of his presidency -- to drug traffickers, yes, but also, if the words are taken at face value, to anyone inside his…

Great news for cheap OLED TVs and monitors

Great news for cheap OLED TVs and monitors

New panel has two-stack structure with redesigned emissive layers The result is much better color reproduction and good brightness It's likely to succeed OLED SE, which is in entry-level 2026 TVs LG Display has developed a simpler kind of…

Chinese AI model Moonshot Kimi K3 also escaped its testing environment

Engadget

Chinese AI model Moonshot Kimi K3 also escaped its testing environment

Kimi K3 also found loopholes in its sandbox environment that allowed it to access the internet.

Engadget

Starlink might be less of a threat to mobile operators than Elon Musk claims

Starlink might be less of a threat to mobile operators than Elon Musk claims

Musk has recently been bullish about Starlink's potential as a rival to T-Mobile, Verizon, and AT&T However, T-Mobile's CEO sees satellite connectivity as complementary to conventional coverage As such, they think that Starlink's threat to…