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An artist’s conception of Amazon’s Leo satellite constellation. The satellite internet initiative sits in the same division as Amazon’s new phone project, raising the question of whether Amazon could eventually provide its own wireless connectivity. (Amazon Illustration) When Reuters reported Friday that Amazon is working on a new smartphone, the reflexive reaction was obvious: Didn’t they already try this? And didn’t it go spectacularly badly? Yes, on both counts. The Fire Phone, which launched in 2014 when Jeff Bezos was still running the company, lasted 14 months and led to a $170 million writedown. It was packed with gimmicks, including…
Retail media networks are now a top-three advertising channel globally. Here’s what that actually means for brands, retailers, and the marketers stuck between both. There are 277 retail media networks operating globally as of late 2025. Two hundred and seventy-seven. Most brands are using one. Maybe two. And the ones winning deals and moving product are already asking the right question: not which network to be on, but how to actually use them instead of just paying to exist on them. That’s the gap this piece is about. What a retail media network actually is Strip away the jargon and…
The following is a joint announcement from the MIT School of Architecture and Planning, MIT Schwarzman College of Computing, Hasso Plattner Institute, and Hasso Plattner Foundation.The MIT Morningside Academy for Design (MAD), MIT Schwarzman College of Computing, Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI), and Hasso Plattner Foundation celebrated the launch of the MIT and HPI AI and Creativity Hub (MHACH) at a signing ceremony this week. This 10-year initiative aims to deepen ties between computing and design as advances in artificial intelligence are reshaping how ideas are conceived and shared.Funded by the Hasso Plattner Foundation, MIT and HPI will work together to…
Ravie LakshmananMar 21, 2026Cyber Espionage / Threat Intelligence Threat actors affiliated with Russian Intelligence Services are conducting phishing campaigns to compromise commercial messaging applications (CMAs) like WhatsApp and Signal to seize control of accounts belonging to individuals with high intelligence value, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said Friday. “The campaign targets individuals of high intelligence value, including current and former U.S. government officials, military personnel, political figures, and journalists,” FBI Director Kash Patel said in a post on X. “Globally, this effort has resulted in unauthorized access to thousands of individual…
Apple already announced a lot of new devices in 2026 and we’ve been busy reviewing them all. In this installment of our bi-weekly roundup, we revisit the MacBook Neo, iPhone 17e and more, in addition to the “regular” Galaxy S26 and Dell XPS 16. There’s even more than those gadget to catch up on, so sit back, relax and cozy up to some fresh reviews.Apple MacBook NeoAppleThe MacBook Neo is the best $599 laptop we’ve ever seen. The only downside is you’re stuck with low storage and 8GB of RAM.Pros$599! Premium designSurprisingly bright screenDecent performance Excellent keyboard and trackpadConsOnly 8GB…
With the upcoming Android developer verification rules, there’s been a growing concern regarding Google effectively killing sideloading Android apps. But Google says that’s not the case. In a fresh blog post, the company basically confirmed that sideloading apps will still be possible, even from unverified developers, using a new system called “advanced flow.” So you’re not losing the handy feature; it’s just getting a little harder. Nadeem Sarwar / Digital Trends What does advanced flow even do? According to Google, advanced flow is designed as a one-time process for users who want to install apps from outside the Play Store.…
Anthropic cannot manipulate its generative AI model Claude once the US military has it running, an executive wrote in a court filing on Friday. The statement was made in response to accusations from the Trump administration about the company potentially tampering with its AI tools during war.“Anthropic has never had the ability to cause Claude to stop working, alter its functionality, shut off access, or otherwise influence or imperil military operations,” Thiyagu Ramasamy, Anthropic’s head of public sector, wrote. “Anthropic does not have the access required to disable the technology or alter the model’s behavior before or during ongoing operations.”The…
When AI comes to your workplace it doesn’t have to be with a dramatic flourish. There don’t have to be redundancies. There don’t have to be robots marching through the door.One tool. Then another. Then one day your work will simply look different. AI is not so much taking jobs, it is transforming them. So if you have noticed that at your workplace recently, you are not going mad.Anywhere there is an email to be written. A document to be summarised. A spreadsheet to be analysed. That took you hours to do. That an AI can now do for you…
Looking for the most recent Mini Crossword answer? Click here for today’s Mini Crossword hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Wordle, Strands, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles.Need some help with today’s Mini Crossword? It’s an extra-long one, as it always is on Saturday, but the clues are pretty straightforward. Read on for all the answers. And if you could use some hints and guidance for daily solving, check out our Mini Crossword tips.If you’re looking for today’s Wordle, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands answers, you can visit CNET’s NYT puzzle hints page.Read more: Tips…
The White House today released a policy document with suggestions on how Congress should regulate artificial intelligence. The move is not unexpected. In December, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order that instructed White House officials to craft a national AI policy framework. The directive previewed many of the suggestions included in today’s document. The framework consists of more than two dozen recommendations organized into seven sections. One of the sections that has drawn the most attention calls on Congress to limit states’ ability to regulate AI. Last year, an attempt to include such a rule in the National…