Collaborate Disseminate
Jack Dorsey’s Block is cutting more than 4,000 jobs, or nearly half its workforce, as part of a deliberate shift toward becoming a smaller, “intelligence-native” company built around AI. The Verge reports: “We’re not making this decision because we’re … Continue reading Jack Dorsey’s Block Cuts Nearly Half of Its Staff In AI Gamble
Tied no doubt to today’s AppFunctions announcement, Google has also delivered Android 17 Beta 2 to developers.
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media: There’s a new agentic AI called Einstein that will, according to its developers, live the life of a student for them. Einstein’s website claims that the AI will attend lectures for you, write your pap… Continue reading What’s the Point of School When AI Can Do Your Homework?
Google has launched Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image), a faster, more realistic image generation model that becomes the default across Gemini, Search, Lens, and Flow. TechCrunch reports: The new Nano Banana 2 retains some of the high-fidelity char… Continue reading Google Launches Nano Banana 2 Model With Faster Image Generation
A new report claims that the cost of insider security incidents has surged 20% in two years, reaching an average of US $19.5 million per organization annually, with no sign that the alarming figure is flattening.
Read more in my article on the Fortra … Continue reading Your staff are your biggest security risk: AI is making it worse
Officials said 30 perpetrators have been arrested in the past year, and global law enforcement cooperation is closing the gap.
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New submitter sabbede shares a report from CNN Politics: A sprawling Chinese influence operation — accidentally revealed by a Chinese law enforcement official’s use of ChatGPT — focused on intimidating Chinese dissidents abroad, including by imperson… Continue reading Chinese Official’s Use of ChatGPT Revealed a Global Intimidation Opperation
The WS2812B has become one of the most popular addressable LEDs out there. They’re easy to drive from just about any microcontroller you can think of. But what if you …read more Continue reading Driving WS2812Bs With Pure Logic
Google is working to give Android apps semantic (programmatic) capabilities so that they can be more easily controlled by AI agents.
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Apple’s iPhone and iPad running iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 have become the first consumer mobile devices cleared for NATO-restricted classified data. No special software or settings are required. MacRumors reports: Apple’s devices are the first and only cons… Continue reading iPhone and iPad Are First Consumer Devices Cleared for NATO Classified Data