SC Ventures and Fujitsu form quantum computing partnership

Standard Chartered Bank’s SC Ventures unit is joining forces with Fujitsu to accelerate the development of quantum computing from the ...
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How AI and Wikipedia have sent vulnerable languages into a doom spiral

Iwuala, who now works as a professional translator between English and Igbo, said the users doing the most damage are ...
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TDS Newsletter: To Better Understand AI, Look Under the Hood

Never miss a new edition of The Variable, our weekly newsletter featuring a top-notch selection of editors’ picks, deep dives, ...
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Senate staff probes DOGE, finds locked doors and windows covered with trash bags

Multiple whistleblowers alleged that DOGE uploaded a highly sensitive Social Security Administration (SSA) database to an unmonitored cloud environment, according ...
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Trump Executive Order Will Hand TikTok Over to US Investors

On Thursday, US president Donald Trump signed an executive order to transfer ownership of TikTok’s US operation to a group ...
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Shoplifters could soon be chased down by drones

“Instead of a 911 call [that triggers the drone], it’s an alarm call,” says Keith Kauffman, a former police chief ...
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Microsoft and Asus open Xbox Ally preorders — the X costs $999

Today, Microsoft and Asus are officially opening preorders for the ROG Xbox Ally and ROG Xbox Ally X at $599 ...
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Amazon Might Owe You $51. Here’s How to Find Out if You’re Eligible

Amazon customers with a Prime subscription will soon be able to make claims online for their share of the $1.5 ...
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Researchers Just Found Something Extremely Alarming About AI’s Power Usage

Researchers have found that the carbon footprint of generative AI-based tools that can turn text prompts into images and videos ...
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Xiaomi 17 Pro and 17 Pro Max: Specs, Release Date, Price, Features

Bearing in mind this is the Chinese model (there’s no word on a global edition yet), I was unable to ...
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