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Trump pulls Anthropic's Mythos 5; Snap specs at $2,195
The Trump administration used an obscure export control directive to pull Anthropic's Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models offline Friday with under 90 minutes' notice, forcing a rare joint statement from riva
India Deeptech Funding Jumps From 5% to 21%
India's deeptech share of startup funding quadrupled from 5% in 2023 to roughly 21% in 2025, but still trails China's 38% as an investor argues the country must pivot from a distribution economy to an
Will Memory Scarcity Force Programmers To Write Leaner
Hacker News programmers debate whether RAM scarcity will force efficiency gains, with commenters citing the tragedy of the commons on client devices, manager-driven dependency bloat, and historical co
Anthropic Export Ban Mirrors Failed PGP Crypto Wars
The White House ordered Anthropic to restrict export of its frontier AI models Fable and Mythos, marking the first real test of U.S. export controls on advanced AI — a strategy with a historically mix
UK Information Commissioner resigns over staff conduct
UK Information Commissioner John Edwards has resigned after an independent workplace investigation found his conduct fell short of that expected of a public official, with staff describing vulgar and
Nobel winner Jumper leaves Google DeepMind for Anthropic
2024 Nobel laureate John Jumper is leaving Google DeepMind after nearly nine years to join Anthropic, with outlets framing the exit as both a blow to Google's AI efforts and part of a broader research
Hyundai completes Boston Dynamics buy, eyes 2028 Atlas rollout
Hyundai Motor Group will pay $325 million for SoftBank's remaining 9.65% stake in Boston Dynamics, completing full ownership ahead of plans to deploy the Atlas humanoid robot in its own EV factories b
Is the US government’s Anthropic ban accidentally helping the brand?
The US government forced Anthropic to pull its newest models — Fable 5 and Mythos 5 — over alleged jailbreak discoveries, and the TechCrunch Equity podcast debates whether the ban inadvertently boosts
Pixel Owners Unimpressed With Android 17 Update
Pixel owners are reportedly unimpressed with Google's Android 17 update, which expands iPhone-to-Pixel data migration to include iMessage history and homescreen content but buries a useful feature und
Apple's New Siri AI Impresses in Week-Long Review
Early reviews of Apple's revamped Siri AI describe it as impressive after extended hands-on testing, with outlets highlighting its on-device generative AI capabilities and iOS 27 integration.
watchOS 27 drops support for five Apple Watch models, here’s why - 9to5Mac
Apple's upcoming watchOS 27 update will drop support for five Apple Watch models, with the company explaining the exclusion of older devices alongside a new Siri AI assistant feature.
Apple Cites Processing Power For watchOS 27 Watch Culls
Apple publicly explained why watchOS 27 cuts off five Apple Watch models in a single update, citing the processing power needed to run its new Siri AI features and tap gesture.
Smartbird CEO Carlsten Has AI Plan, No Team
Smartbird, the rebrand of shoe company Allbirds, has appointed former DCAI and AWS executive Nadia Carlsten as CEO to build an AI infrastructure business from scratch after selling its footwear operat
Agentic AI Closes the CTEM Loop, Filigran Argues
Filigran argues that the shift from assistive to agentic AI is what makes Gartner's Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) framework operationally viable, as autonomous agents close the loop bet
MIT Study: AI Use Cuts Independent Fake-News Detection 15.3%
An MIT study tracking 67 participants over four weeks found that while AI assistants like ChatGPT and Claude improved immediate accuracy in spotting fake news by 21%, participants' unassisted detectio
A startup claims it broke through a bottleneck that’s holding back LLMs
Subquadratic's claim that it solved the long-standing quadratic attention bottleneck in LLMs gained credibility after third-party firm Appen benchmarked the startup's SubQ model at 56 times the speed
Shadow AI Is Now an Access Control Problem
Shadow AI's central threat has shifted from employees leaking data through public AI tools to autonomous AI agents operating inside enterprise systems with unchecked credentials and privileged access
The Best Fitness Trackers of 2026: Garmin, Google Fitbit, and More
WIRED published its 2026 fitness tracker buyer's guide, naming the Garmin Vivoactive 6 as the best overall pick, the Google Fitbit Air as best value, the Oura Ring 5 as best smart ring, the Apple Watc
Android 17's 4 Hidden Security Upgrades
Android 17's rollout to Pixel phones brings four under-the-radar security upgrades: per-app RAM limits, a new local-network permission, tighter dynamic code loading rules, and default Certificate Tran
Book: Trump Mocked Zuckerberg, Bezos Over Texts
A new book by Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan reveals Trump mocked Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos behind their backs by showing associates their fawning post-2024-election texts, with Elon Musk dubb
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