Windows 11 claims 20% speed boost on budget PCs
Microsoft says months of optimisation make Windows 11 far more responsive, especially on machines with 8GB of RAM. Independent testing found no such gains.
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Google launches Universal Cart, but not in Europe
Google's new shopping feature works in Search and Gemini across the US, Canada, Australia and UK. The EU is conspicuously absent after a €890M fine.
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Apple Intelligence finally reaches China in December
Apple will launch its AI features in mainland China in December with iOS 27.3, two years after the US, but without the rebuilt Siri and with strict government controls.
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OpenAI puts compute under xAI veteran Ruddarraju
Uday Ruddarraju, who ran infrastructure at Elon Musk's xAI, takes over OpenAI's data centre and compute operations as Sachin Katti steps back to advise.
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OpenAI engineer charged over spy device had booked escape
Abdulrahman Alfozan, arrested for planting hidden recording devices at OpenAI, had one-way tickets to Saudi Arabia booked for three days after his arrest.
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OpenAI engineer arrested over hidden listening device
An engineer at OpenAI has been charged with planting recording devices in the company's San Francisco office, including one in an executive conference room.
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Broadcom CEO warns AI investors are gambling blind
Hock Tan says most companies waste money on AI without understanding what they are doing, and capital may become the biggest constraint on the technology's growth.
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TikTok CEO expects AI breakthrough in physics and biotech
Shou Chew says artificial intelligence will deliver major scientific advances within two to three years, but warns of cybersecurity risks.
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Cage refuses Amazon's AI waiver for cancelled Spider-Noir
Nicolas Cage rejected an artificial intelligence waiver from Amazon for his Prime Video series and says he probably won't work with the studio again.
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Microsoft releases decision model on Alibaba's Qwen
Microsoft-Decision-1 picks between fixed options instead of generating text, built on Alibaba's open-weight model and priced at $0.042 per million input tokens.
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Super Micro contractor pleads guilty to AI server smuggling
A fixer for the server maker admitted to diverting two point five billion dollars of US AI chips to China in violation of export controls.
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Nvidia's comms chief exits after four months
Anna Soellner, who joined Nvidia's communications team around June, has left the role. The reason is unclear.
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Colao: Europe's AI rules are broken, but not all the same way
Vittorio Colao, vice chairman at General Atlantic, says EU regulation is holding back AI development unevenly across different rules.
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US targets 20 firms over AI server power patents
The International Trade Commission investigates Foxconn, Luxshare and others for allegedly infringing Vicor's power-system patents used in high-end AI servers.
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Trump Awards Tech Leaders National Medals
Trump gives Musk, Huang, Su, Brin, Dell and Nadella National Medals of Science and Technology.
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Anthropic enlists security firms to defend critical infrastructure
Anthropic launches a program pairing its Claude AI with major security companies to protect power grids, water utilities and transport networks from cyber attack.
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micro1 commits $1bn to company data for AI agents
AI training company micro1 will spend $1bn over 12 months buying operational data from companies, financed by Citi and Hercules Capital.
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