U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement paid $825,000 earlier this year to a company that manufactures vehicles equipped with various technologies for law enforcement. These technologies include fake cellphone towers known as cell-site simulators, which can be used to spy on…
Meta announced a new Facebook algorithm update on Tuesday that will showcase more Reels videos tailored to user preferences. This update gives users greater control over the videos they see, along with AI-powered search suggestions and new friend bubbles. Users…
On Tuesday, X announced that its premium subscription for businesses and governments, previously called Verified Organizations, is being rebranded. The service will now be split into two separate offerings: Premium Business and Premium Organizations. The Premium Organizations tier is intended…
Äio, pronounced EYE-oh, is the Estonian god of dreams. It is a fitting namesake for a rising startup from that small Baltic country called ÄIO. The company has developed a process to turn agricultural waste like sawdust into fats for…
Technology giant IBM is collaborating with AI research lab Anthropic to integrate artificial intelligence into its software. Based in Armonk, New York, IBM announced it will incorporate Anthropic’s Claude large language model family into some of its software products. The…
Hackers working for the North Korean government have stolen more than two billion dollars in cryptocurrency so far this year. This information comes from the blockchain analysis firm Elliptic. On Tuesday, the company published a blog post with this new…
Anthropic co-founder and CEO Dario Amodei is in India this week. His plans include setting up an office in Bengaluru and exploring a partnership with Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries. This move signals the AI startup’s effort to deepen its presence…
Mastodon, the decentralized and open social network with over eight million accounts and nearly seven hundred thousand monthly active users, is planning to introduce a new feature called Packs. This feature is designed to make it easier for newcomers to…
Perhaps the most surprising threat to modern concrete is rust. Most concrete structures are strengthened with steel rebar, but when this metal corrodes, it can cause the concrete to fail prematurely. Bridges are especially vulnerable because they are constantly exposed…
After using the iPhone Air for the past ten days, I can confirm what everyone has been wondering: yes, it really is that light and thin. The more interesting question is whether Apple’s thinnest phone ever, measuring just 5.64 millimeters,…
