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UBTech launched its first full-size Ultra-Bionic humanoid robot, but what it really wants to do is make robot replicas of loved ones

UBTech's new UWorld U1 Series robot is its first fully humanoid bot, and it could eventually be configured to look like a lost loved one — if that's your thing.

How to avoid AI in as many places as possible

It’s not easy wanting nothing to do with AI these days. As a tech advice journalist, I’ve heard from plenty of folks who were perfectly happy with how their apps and operating systems worked before the artificial intelligence boom.

SnapLogic MCP Builder eases creation of MCP servers

SnapLogic has released MCP Builder, a template-based tool designed to help organizations operationalize AI faster by turning existing integration pipelines into agent-ready Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers.

Windscribe trolls Mullvad's political donation crisis with a 'scandal' of its own

Following the revelation that a Mullvad co-founder donated $500,000 to a populist political party, rival provider Windscribe has issued a parody statement "coming clean" about its own CEO's donations, to local dog and cat rescues.

FBI warns Microsoft users about passwordless scam

The FBI warns about Kali365, a phishing scam targeting Microsoft 365 accounts that can bypass multifactor authentication using device code tricks.

Publishers can’t control AI answers. They can’t ignore them either

Stop me if you’ve heard this one: Google’s AI Overviews are sometimes wrong. This has been a perennial complaint about the Gemini-written summaries that appear at the top of search results since their debut in mid 2024. It also happens to be true.

Microsoft unveils Memora to tackle AI agents’ memory problem

With AI agents increasingly expected to remember conversations, preferences, and decisions over extended periods, Microsoft Research has developed Memora, a memory system designed to provide more scalable and reliable long-term recall than existing approaches.

Zoning authority could be the answer to data center woes, as San Marcos becomes the first Texas city to ban data centers

Zoning laws could help ban data centers in Texas cities, but there is state legislation that might get in the way

5 takeaways from Anthropic’s big science event

Even compared to most CEOs of AI companies, Anthropic cofounder and CEO Dario Amodei is known for making jaw-dropping predictions.

AWS aims to lower log analytics costs with new analytics engine for managed OpenSearch

AWS is offering to help enterprises address the growing cost of retaining telemetry for talkative AI applications with a new engine for its managed Amazon OpenSearch Service optimized for log analytics, which it claims can reduce storage costs by 70% and at the same time deliver better price-perform

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How to watch Belgium vs Senegal: Free Streams, TV Channels & Kick-Off time for FIFA World Cup 2026 as Kevin De Bruyne & Co. eye progress, team news

Jeremy Doku returns to the Belgium starting XI for their FIFA World Cup 2026 clash with Senegal. Here's how to watch the last-32 tie for free online and from anywhere.

Cyberattacks pose a ‘threat to life’ in Australia

Australia’s Security Intelligence Organization (ASIO) has uncovered an attack on a critical infrastructure operator’s network. State-sponsored actors had compromised the network and were preparing to sabotage it, according to its director general, Mike Burgess.

UBTech launched its first full-size Ultra-Bionic humanoid robot, but what it really wants to do is make robot replicas of loved ones

UBTech's new UWorld U1 Series robot is its first fully humanoid bot, and it could eventually be configured to look like a lost loved one — if that's your thing.

How to avoid AI in as many places as possible

It’s not easy wanting nothing to do with AI these days. As a tech advice journalist, I’ve heard from plenty of folks who were perfectly happy with how their apps and operating systems worked before the artificial intelligence boom.

SnapLogic MCP Builder eases creation of MCP servers

SnapLogic has released MCP Builder, a template-based tool designed to help organizations operationalize AI faster by turning existing integration pipelines into agent-ready Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers.

Windscribe trolls Mullvad's political donation crisis with a 'scandal' of its own

Following the revelation that a Mullvad co-founder donated $500,000 to a populist political party, rival provider Windscribe has issued a parody statement "coming clean" about its own CEO's donations, to local dog and cat rescues.

FBI warns Microsoft users about passwordless scam

The FBI warns about Kali365, a phishing scam targeting Microsoft 365 accounts that can bypass multifactor authentication using device code tricks.

Publishers can’t control AI answers. They can’t ignore them either

Stop me if you’ve heard this one: Google’s AI Overviews are sometimes wrong. This has been a perennial complaint about the Gemini-written summaries that appear at the top of search results since their debut in mid 2024. It also happens to be true.

Microsoft unveils Memora to tackle AI agents’ memory problem

With AI agents increasingly expected to remember conversations, preferences, and decisions over extended periods, Microsoft Research has developed Memora, a memory system designed to provide more scalable and reliable long-term recall than existing approaches.

Zoning authority could be the answer to data center woes, as San Marcos becomes the first Texas city to ban data centers

Zoning laws could help ban data centers in Texas cities, but there is state legislation that might get in the way

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5 takeaways from Anthropic’s big science event

Even compared to most CEOs of AI companies, Anthropic cofounder and CEO Dario Amodei is known for making jaw-dropping predictions.

AWS aims to lower log analytics costs with new analytics engine for managed OpenSearch

AWS is offering to help enterprises address the growing cost of retaining telemetry for talkative AI applications with a new engine for its managed Amazon OpenSearch Service optimized for log analytics, which it claims can reduce storage costs by 70% and at the same time deliver better price-perform

How to watch Belgium vs Senegal: Free Streams, TV Channels & Kick-Off time for FIFA World Cup 2026 as Kevin De Bruyne & Co. eye progress, team news

Jeremy Doku returns to the Belgium starting XI for their FIFA World Cup 2026 clash with Senegal. Here's how to watch the last-32 tie for free online and from anywhere.

Cyberattacks pose a ‘threat to life’ in Australia

Australia’s Security Intelligence Organization (ASIO) has uncovered an attack on a critical infrastructure operator’s network. State-sponsored actors had compromised the network and were preparing to sabotage it, according to its director general, Mike Burgess.

UBTech launched its first full-size Ultra-Bionic humanoid robot, but what it really wants to do is make robot replicas of loved ones

UBTech's new UWorld U1 Series robot is its first fully humanoid bot, and it could eventually be configured to look like a lost loved one — if that's your thing.

How to avoid AI in as many places as possible

It’s not easy wanting nothing to do with AI these days. As a tech advice journalist, I’ve heard from plenty of folks who were perfectly happy with how their apps and operating systems worked before the artificial intelligence boom.

SnapLogic MCP Builder eases creation of MCP servers

SnapLogic has released MCP Builder, a template-based tool designed to help organizations operationalize AI faster by turning existing integration pipelines into agent-ready Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers.

Windscribe trolls Mullvad's political donation crisis with a 'scandal' of its own

Following the revelation that a Mullvad co-founder donated $500,000 to a populist political party, rival provider Windscribe has issued a parody statement "coming clean" about its own CEO's donations, to local dog and cat rescues.

FBI warns Microsoft users about passwordless scam

The FBI warns about Kali365, a phishing scam targeting Microsoft 365 accounts that can bypass multifactor authentication using device code tricks.

Publishers can’t control AI answers. They can’t ignore them either

Stop me if you’ve heard this one: Google’s AI Overviews are sometimes wrong. This has been a perennial complaint about the Gemini-written summaries that appear at the top of search results since their debut in mid 2024. It also happens to be true.