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One fake web page can be enough to trick AI shopping recommendations

AI recommender systems are becoming an increasingly important part of how we shop. About 2% of all referrals to major shopping websites like Target and Walmart come from large language models, according to data.ai.

Supreme Court kills suit claiming Cisco’s technology helped China persecute Falun Gong members

The Supreme Court has granted tech giant Cisco’s bid to shut down a lawsuit claiming that the company’s technology was used to persecute members of the Falun Gong spiritual movement in China.

What Bundesliga’s Captain tells us about AI-powered CX

The Bundesliga has long talked about turning “data into devotion,” and now it has an agentic AI companion in its official app that lets fans chat in natural language, access live stats and historical context, and view personalized video highlights—all without leaving the app.

Google, Microsoft offer specs to help you prove your AI is behaving nicely

Google, Microsoft, OpenAI, and others want to help enterprises demonstrate that their AI applications are behaving themselves through the creation of a new foundation.

Minnesota bans crypto ATMs after scam surge

Minnesota is banning crypto ATMs effective Aug. 1, 2026, after scammers reportedly used the machines to drain nearly $1 million from residents.

These Apple OS betas are just what the believers wanted

Apple’s iOS 27/macOS 27 cycle is revealing something new: AI is only as good as the operating system that supports it.

GitHub Actions hardens checkout security to block ‘pwn request’ attacks

Stung by a surge in cyberattacks that have run amok in developer environments, GitHub has strengthened the security of actions/checkout to block ‘pwn request’ attacks that exploit insecure use of the pull_request_target workflow trigger to run an attacker’s code with the workflow’s full privileges.

Power for energy-guzzling AI data centers is getting fast-tracked thanks to federal regulators

Federal regulators on Thursday ordered regional grid operators to help large energy users connect more quickly to the nation’s inefficient and aging electric transmission system, a step they said is needed to accommodate surging demand from power-hungry artificial intelligence data centers.

Trump administration announces $17.5 billion in loans for 10 new large nuclear reactors

The Trump administration is providing $17.5 billion to speed the development of 10 new large nuclear reactors to meet the skyrocketing power demand from massive data centers.

Making Windows a developer platform, again

Microsoft has been rethinking its commitment to Windows for a while now, with Insider builds of the operating system showing a swing away from web-based user experiences and back to native code.

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AI is an energy and water hog, here's what you can do to counter that

As the world tries to curb human-caused climate change and not run dry of water, every online query is increasing our environmental footprint and exacerbating the problem.

Americans are inundated with suspected scams. New polling shows why few victims report them

A new AP-NORC poll shows that most Americans are inundated with scam attempts on a daily basis — and about 3 in 10 have personally lost money or personal information to scams.

FCC phone ID plan could end burner phones

The FCC is considering new know your customer rules that would require phone companies to collect government IDs and addresses before granting service.

One fake web page can be enough to trick AI shopping recommendations

AI recommender systems are becoming an increasingly important part of how we shop. About 2% of all referrals to major shopping websites like Target and Walmart come from large language models, according to data.ai.

Supreme Court kills suit claiming Cisco’s technology helped China persecute Falun Gong members

The Supreme Court has granted tech giant Cisco’s bid to shut down a lawsuit claiming that the company’s technology was used to persecute members of the Falun Gong spiritual movement in China.

What Bundesliga’s Captain tells us about AI-powered CX

The Bundesliga has long talked about turning “data into devotion,” and now it has an agentic AI companion in its official app that lets fans chat in natural language, access live stats and historical context, and view personalized video highlights—all without leaving the app.

Google, Microsoft offer specs to help you prove your AI is behaving nicely

Google, Microsoft, OpenAI, and others want to help enterprises demonstrate that their AI applications are behaving themselves through the creation of a new foundation.

Minnesota bans crypto ATMs after scam surge

Minnesota is banning crypto ATMs effective Aug. 1, 2026, after scammers reportedly used the machines to drain nearly $1 million from residents.

These Apple OS betas are just what the believers wanted

Apple’s iOS 27/macOS 27 cycle is revealing something new: AI is only as good as the operating system that supports it.

GitHub Actions hardens checkout security to block ‘pwn request’ attacks

Stung by a surge in cyberattacks that have run amok in developer environments, GitHub has strengthened the security of actions/checkout to block ‘pwn request’ attacks that exploit insecure use of the pull_request_target workflow trigger to run an attacker’s code with the workflow’s full privileges.

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Power for energy-guzzling AI data centers is getting fast-tracked thanks to federal regulators

Federal regulators on Thursday ordered regional grid operators to help large energy users connect more quickly to the nation’s inefficient and aging electric transmission system, a step they said is needed to accommodate surging demand from power-hungry artificial intelligence data centers.

Trump administration announces $17.5 billion in loans for 10 new large nuclear reactors

The Trump administration is providing $17.5 billion to speed the development of 10 new large nuclear reactors to meet the skyrocketing power demand from massive data centers.

Making Windows a developer platform, again

Microsoft has been rethinking its commitment to Windows for a while now, with Insider builds of the operating system showing a swing away from web-based user experiences and back to native code.

AI is an energy and water hog, here's what you can do to counter that

As the world tries to curb human-caused climate change and not run dry of water, every online query is increasing our environmental footprint and exacerbating the problem.

Americans are inundated with suspected scams. New polling shows why few victims report them

A new AP-NORC poll shows that most Americans are inundated with scam attempts on a daily basis — and about 3 in 10 have personally lost money or personal information to scams.

FCC phone ID plan could end burner phones

The FCC is considering new know your customer rules that would require phone companies to collect government IDs and addresses before granting service.

One fake web page can be enough to trick AI shopping recommendations

AI recommender systems are becoming an increasingly important part of how we shop. About 2% of all referrals to major shopping websites like Target and Walmart come from large language models, according to data.ai.

Supreme Court kills suit claiming Cisco’s technology helped China persecute Falun Gong members

The Supreme Court has granted tech giant Cisco’s bid to shut down a lawsuit claiming that the company’s technology was used to persecute members of the Falun Gong spiritual movement in China.

What Bundesliga’s Captain tells us about AI-powered CX

The Bundesliga has long talked about turning “data into devotion,” and now it has an agentic AI companion in its official app that lets fans chat in natural language, access live stats and historical context, and view personalized video highlights—all without leaving the app.

Google, Microsoft offer specs to help you prove your AI is behaving nicely

Google, Microsoft, OpenAI, and others want to help enterprises demonstrate that their AI applications are behaving themselves through the creation of a new foundation.