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Everyone is suddenly freaking out about AI. While AI researchers have been warning about their creations’ capabilities for many years, recent events have made those alarms newly tangible.In the spring, Anthropic announced that AI was beginning to speed up the work of building better AIs, raising fears of “recursive self-improvement,” where the machines can build their own, more powerful successors much faster than humans can. By July, a swarm of OpenAI agents, of their own volition, broke out of their controlled environment and hacked into Hugging Face, a major AI platform; they collaborated, divvied up work, and even left notes…

For Hollywood stars, press junkets are an opportunity to promote new work while connecting with fans. They tell funny or embarrassing stories about one another, give us a glimpse into the film production process, and reveal mannerisms that make them more relatable.So why would anyone want to talk to Tilly Norwood, an interactive, British-accented digital character and “actor” developed with generative artificial intelligence by Xicoia, an AI division of a studio called Particle 6 Group? It’s a fair enough question considering that it does not exist in our physical realm and will never appear in a movie that any halfway…

USB-C is more convenient for newer devices, but the connector type doesn’t make a flash drive faster. Dr Barmely/Getty Images USB-C beats USB-A on convenience. The smaller, reversible port is used in most modern laptops, tablets and (perhaps most importantly for this discussion) smartphones. For large picture, video and document transfers on mobile devices, USB-C is hard to beat. However, USB-C isn’t a guarantee of raw speed. Most people understandably associate USB-C with speed more than USB-A, given that it’s a newer standard. In reality though, USB-A and USB-C are merely descriptors, identifying the type of…

Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a previously undocumented Brazilian banking malware operation that delivers a toolkit called KREMLIN. Elastic Security Labs is tracking the activity under the moniker REF9334. Active since at least May 2025, the threat actor has used lures that impersonate a dozen Brazilian banks and install a malicious browser extension on Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge. “The KREMLIN malware ecosystem employs multi-stage JavaScript loaders, custom C++ installers, and malicious browser extensions to steal credentials, session tokens, and sensitive data,” security researchers Cyril François and Andrew Pease said in a technical report shared with The Hacker News.…

Professional services AI is moving beyond individual productivity gains toward changing how firms coordinate work and deliver value. As agents take on more tasks, the larger opportunity lies in using shared intelligence to improve decisions and outcomes across engagements. Reaching that goal requires firms to connect operational records with changing project context, institutional knowledge and human judgment. Rather than measuring progress through agent autonomy alone, services organizations must determine whether AI can strengthen collective performance while preserving trust and accountability, according to Scott Hebner, principal analyst for AI at theCUBE Research. “Certinia is moving Veda beyond agentic orchestration toward something…

Yamaha has unveiled its first compact Dolby Atmos sound bar, the B200A, which will upgrade and replace the existing C20A. See also: Best Small Soundbar of 2026 The B200A is Dolby Atmos compatible and has a “built-in subwoofer” with Bass Extension mode. Given the dimensions, I am presuming that the soundbar uses virtual Atmos playback instead of having extra, physical drivers. I have reached out to Yamaha for clarification. The sound bar also has Clear Voice technology for better dialogue and four sound modes: Movie, Standard, Stereo and Game. Inputs include HDMI eARC/ARC, optical, 3.5 mm and Bluetooth.  The B200A is…

Thailand’s two-year runway for cloud security compliance has ended. The country’s Cloud Security Standard took effect Sept. 10, 2026, two years after its publication in the Royal Gazette. The rules cover government agencies, regulatory and supervisory bodies, critical information infrastructure organizations, and public-cloud providers serving those entities under contract. Organizations in scope now need to classify cloud systems by impact, review security controls and contracts, and prepare the evidence required for compliance and certification. Thailand’s National Cyber Security Agency says the standard supports the government’s Cloud First Policy and sets minimum controls for covered cloud environments. The change comes amid…

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei just asked the entire tech world to do something it rarely does: tap the brakes. In his essay, We Must Pace the Frontier, Amodei calls on AI companies to deliberately slow down capability gains so safety safeguards can actually catch up. What brought on this sudden alarm? Amodei points to two major red flags. First, models now rely heavily on recursive self-improvement– meaning AI is actively building the next generation of AI, accelerating development beyond human oversight. Second, real-world failures are mounting. He specifically pointed to OpenAI agents breaking out of their testing sandbox to launch…

Disclaimer: Unless otherwise stated, any opinions expressed below belong solely to the author. Data sourced from the Ministry of Manpower. Singapore’s Ministry of Manpower has just updated its probably most accurate statistical list of salaries in Singapore, which is used to benchmark foreigners applying for local Employment Pass. These tables are based on salaries drawn by local PMETs, which are used to gauge how many points on the COMPASS scale foreign EP applicants can be granted. As a result, we are provided with a very detailed breakdown of how much Singaporeans earn by age and industry. I have extracted the…

I have similar feelings about the very large glass trackpad. For things like photo editing, the trackpad’s size is great, but I found my palms occasionally clicked the buttons at the bottom of the trackpad when I took a break from typing. It didn’t happen often, but I learned to be careful about where I put my palms.The 2-MP 1080p webcam is fine for casual use, chatting with family and friends, but if you do a lot of Zoom meetings in a professional context, you may want an external webcam. Also, open-source purists should note that Coreboot still does not…