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An anonymous reader shares a report: Just weeks after a dramatic purge of China’s top general, the CIA is moving to capitalize on any resulting discord with a new public video targeting potential informants in the Chinese military. The U.S. spy agency … Continue reading CIA Makes New Push To Recruit Chinese Military Officers as Informants
IBM said it will triple entry-level hiring in the US in 2026, even as AI appears to be weighing on broader demand for early-career workers. From a report: While the company declined to disclose specific hiring figures, it said the expansion will be “ac… Continue reading IBM Plans To Triple Entry-Level Hiring in the US
WP Engine’s third amended complaint against Automattic and WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg alleges that Mullenweg had plans to impose royalty fees on 10 hosting companies beyond WP Engine for their use of the WordPress trademark.
The amended fili… Continue reading WP Engine Says Automattic Planned To Shake Down 10 Hosting Companies For WordPress Royalties
Anthropic has raised $30 billion in a Series G funding round that values the Claude maker at $380 billion as the company prepares for an initial public offering that could come as early as this year. Investors in the new round include Singapore soverei… Continue reading Anthropic Raises $30 Billion at $380 Billion Valuation, Eyes IPO This Year
An anonymous reader shares a report: Palo Alto Networks opted not to tie China to a global cyberespionage campaign the firm exposed last week over concerns that the cybersecurity company or its clients could face retaliation from Beijing, according to … Continue reading Palo Alto Chose Not To Tie China To Hacking Campaign For Fear of Retaliation From Beijing
Microsoft is planning to bring smartphone-style app permission prompts to Windows 11, requiring apps to get explicit user consent before they can access sensitive resources like the file system, camera and microphone. The company’s Windows Platform eng… Continue reading Microsoft Plans Smartphone-Style Permission Prompts for Windows 11 Apps
An anonymous reader shares a report: The abrupt closure of El Paso’s airspace late Tuesday was precipitated when Customs and Border Protection officials deployed an anti-drone laser on loan from the Department of Defense without giving aviation officia… Continue reading Border Officials Are Said To Have Caused El Paso Closure by Firing Anti-Drone Laser
Amazon engineers have been pushing back against internal policies that steer them toward Kiro, the company’s in-house AI coding assistant, and away from Anthropic’s Claude Code for production work, according to a Business Insider report based on intern… Continue reading Amazon Engineers Want Claude Code, but the Company Keeps Pushing Its Own Tool
The large language models that millions of people rely on for advice — ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini — will change their answers nearly 60% of the time when a user simply pushes back by asking “are you sure?,” according to a study by Fanous et al. that tes… Continue reading The “Are You Sure?” Problem: Why Your AI Keeps Changing Its Mind
AI startup Anthropic says it will ensure consumer electricity costs remain steady as it expands its data center footprint. From a report: Anthropic said it would work with utility companies to “estimate and cover” consumer electricity price increases i… Continue reading Anthropic To Cover Costs of Electricity Price Increases From Its Data Centers