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Search the pre-ChatGPT internet with the Slop Evader browser extension
: Surf Google SERPs like it's November 29, 2022, with this workaround for the age of AI slop (22:38 | register)
Trump wants to turn it on again with 'Genesis Mission' for AI in science
: DOE told to build a unified research platform linking federal compute, datasets, and national labs (20:07 | register)
HPE pumps AI cloud lineup with extra Nvidia capabilities
: Blackwell GPUs, Juniper integration, and a planned France lab aim to speed enterprise rollouts (20:07 | register)
HSBC partners with Mistral AI as banking giants spend billions looking for LLM boost
: Move follows Bank of America's $4B new tech war chest (20:07 | register)
Snowflake jumps on agentic AI train with Anthropic tie-up
: $200M deal brings Claude into data cloud, yet its touted 90%+ accuracy needs human oversight (20:07 | register)
Microsoft reveals new cloudy AI PC thats not a Copilot+ PC
: And a cloud PC that's for AI agents only (14:16 | register)
Digital Realty, Equinix battle for 4.5B atNorth acquisition
: Nordic datacenter operator's cool-climate facilities attract bids amid AI-driven market frenzy (11:37 | register)
Microsoft appears to move on from its most loyal customers Contoso and Fabrikam
: Outfit called 'Zava' selling 'intelligent athletic apparel' is now in the spotlight as Redmond's fake brand for the AI age (11:37 | register)
Anthropic is at the heart of the latest billion-dollar circular AI investment bonanza
: What do you get when you combine Anthropic, Microsoft, and Nvidia? A bubble that blows itself (06:14 | register)
Researchers get inside the mind of bots, find out what texts they trained on
: RECAP agent overcomes model alignment efforts to hide memorized proprietary content (06:14 | register)
A smarter way for large language models to think about hard problems
MIT researchers developed a smarter way for an LLM to allocate computation while it reasons about a problem. Their method lets the model dynamically adjust its computational budget based on the difficulty of the question and the likelihood that each partial solution will lead to the correct answer. (06:00 | mit)

Datacenter fossil fuel habit 'not sustainable' as AI workloads soar
: Rising AI power demand is straining grids and pushing operators toward hydrogen, batteries, geothermal, and nuclear (03:25 | register)
MAGA cognoscenti warn feds away from shielding AI infringers
: Letting AI firms train on copyrighted data will end up helping China, conservative groups argue (00:37 | register)
Brits to help foot power bill for datacenters under government AI plans
: Cheaper electricity to lure bit barns north as planning fast-track kicks in (Tegnap | register)
Eviden set to build France's first exascale supercomputer with AMD at the wheel
: 544M Alice Recoque system aims to lift Europe's research horsepower (Tegnap | register)
Google's AI is eating your email by default. Here's how to shut its mouth
: Want out of those new 'smart features'? Weve got you covered (Tegnap | register)
Rhyme is the key to set AIs free when verse outsmarts security
: Poetry proves potent jailbreak tool for today's top models (Tegnap | register)
Big Red borrows a lot of green, hopes AI will put it in the black
opinion: Cost of insuring against Oracle debt default spikes as September seems a long time ago (Tegnap | register)
Tenstorrent QuietBox tested: A high-performance RISC-V AI workstation trapped in a software blackhole
hands on: $12K machine promises performance that can scale to 32 chip servers and beyond but immature stack makes harnessing compute challenging (Tegnap | register)
OpenAI cuts off Mixpanel after analytics leak exposes API users
: ChatGPT maker places other vendors under review following breach (Tegnap | register)
Helping power-system planners prepare for an unknown future
Macro, a new modeling tool developed by the MIT Energy Initiative, enables energy system planners to explore options for developing infrastructure to support decarbonized, reliable, and low-cost power grids. (Tegnap | mit)
Brits believe the bots even though study finds they're often talking nonsense
: Consumer group Which? warns AI assistants can dish out unclear, risky, or downright daft advice (Tegnap | register)
One-fifth of the jobs at your company could disappear as AI automation takes off
AI-pocalypse: IT in the firing line as 'legacy' roles under the microscope (Tegnap | register)
Boffins build 'AI Kill Switch' to thwart unwanted agents
: AutoGuard uses injection text for good (Tegnap | register)
Gemini tries to sniff out AI slop images while also making them easier to create
hands on: Featuring an image of a man creating an image of a man creating an image... (Tegnap | register)
Amazon is forging a walled garden for enterprise AI
Re:Invent: AWS Chief Matt Garman lays out his vision bringing artificial intelligence to the enterprise (Tegnap | register)
Trump, Republicans try again to stop states from regulating AI
: If at first you dont succeed, swing again - Big Tech certainly isnt complaining (Tegnap | register)
Don't spill your guts to your chatbot friend - it'll hoover up that info for training
: LLM makers may be training on user chat with few privacy safeguards, lawmakers hear (Tegnap | register)
New control system teaches soft robots the art of staying safe
System developed by researchers at MIT CSAIL and LIDS uses rigorous mathematics to ensure robots flex, adapt, and interact with people and objects in a safe and precise way. It helps robots remain flexible and responsive while mathematically guaranteeing they wont exceed safe force limits. (Kedd | mit)
Workday confronts existential threat as customers freeze hiring
: HR software vendor pushes cross-selling as modest workforce growth exposes vulnerability of per-seat pricing (Kedd | register)
How to turn on the AI-ready infrastructure you already own
Partner content: Hammerspace maximizes your GPU usage using your existing NVMe storage (Kedd | register)
Apple swaps one ex-Google AI chief for another
: Amar Subramanya spent mere months at Microsoft before replacing John Giannandrea (Kedd | register)
Bossware booms as bots determine whether you're doing a good job
: A lot of companies are turning to employee monitoring tools to make sure workers aren't slacking off (Kedd | register)
Whatever legitimate places AI has, inside an OS ain't one
Opinion: We're getting it baked into Windows whether we like it or not (Kedd | register)
HP to sack up to six thousand staff under AI adoption plan, fresh round of cost-cutting
: Warns memory price explosion means PCs may have less RAM, or use low-cost parts (Kedd | register)
Devs gripe about having AI shoved down their throats
: The force-feeding will continue until morale improves (Kedd | register)
It's a good time to be the arms dealer for the AI boom
: Bubble? Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang doesn't see one (Kedd | register)
Alibaba Cloud cant deploy servers fast enough to satisfy demand for AI
: Chinese giant adds to No AI bubble babble by citing oversubscribed infrastructure and surging demand (Kedd | register)
OpenAI money-go-round sees it invest in company that invested in OpenAI
: Thrive will use the AI-maker's tech in its managed services and accounting businesess (Kedd | register)
Zig quits GitHub, says Microsoft's AI obsession has ruined the service
: Zig prez complains about 'vibe-scheduling' after safe sleep bug goes unaddressed for eons (Kedd | register)
Taming data chaos: building AI-ready data platforms for the enterprise
Partner Content: Stop herding digital cats and unite all your AI data in one namespace, says Hammerspace (Hét. | register)
HashJack attack shows AI browsers can be fooled with a simple #
: Hashtag-do-whatever-I-tell-you (Hét. | register)
Bending Spoons continues its spree of buying famous tech brands with the Eventbrite deal
Bending Spoons expands its tech empire by buying Eventbrite
This tiny white tower packs an RTX 5060 GPU and a Ryzen 9 8945HX CPU, but looks nothing like a mini PC
Minisforum AtomMan G1 Pro mini PC crams desktop graphics into a tight shell
Game in style with almost 50% off this 31.5-inch MSI Curved Gaming Monitor
Now down to $129 at Walmart
The AI race explodes as HPE deploys AMDs Helios racks, crushing limits with Venice CPUs and insane GPU density
AMD Helios finally gets commercial backing from HPE
Scientists engineer erbium molecular qubits that plug directly into existing fiber networks, promising telecom-ready quantum systems
Molecular qubits can transmit and distribute quantum states over fiber
CEOs are warning AI adoption and spending should be more strategic
Several AI CEOs have warned against overspending on AI.
Amazon slashes the original Blink Mini to a ridiculously low £10
Amazon slashes the price of the Blink Mini down to just £9.99.
ChatGPT users rage about ads. OpenAI says theyre something else.
They're not ads, but we're still not digging it.
AWS Graviton5 is its most powerful and efficient CPU to date - and could mean big changes for your key cloud workloads
Fastest and more efficient performance for AI workloads is coming with AWS Graviton5.
I tested 25 robot vacuum and mop combos and found 6 that actually scrub
You can retire that Swiffer and still walk barefoot in peace.
Amazon Scribe and Scribe Colorsoft launch date announced: New e-readers will finally be available soon
Color is finally coming to the Kindle Scribe.
It sure looks like Samsungs new OLED TVs just leaked before CES
The leaks show that Samsung seems poised to launch a brand-new, premium model high-end TV.
Roblox, FaceTime become the last targets of Russia's censorship
Two more Western platforms fall as Russia continues to tighten its digital grip
Arm64 dominates AWS Lambda in 2025: Rust 4-5x faster than x86, costs 30% less across all workloads
Arm64 beats x86 with faster cold starts & huge cost savings across runtimes
Hulu renews Chad Powers for season 2, and Glen Powell says it actually has a satisfying arc planned
Chad Powers will return back to the playing field and star Glenn Powell teased they
Forget Spotify Wrapped, get back into CDs with FiiOs gorgeous new portable player
CDs are back, baby!
Customer data stolen in Freedom Mobile account management platform hack
Freedom Mobile has been hit by a data breach.
Marvel Rivals now has a gacha mini-game featuring a limited-time Psylocke bundle here's how it works
The first anniversary of Marvel Rivals is right around the corner, and to continue the celebrations, a new gacha system has been added to the game that will reward players with a limited-time hero bundle.
Black Friday may be over but our exclusive Norton VPN deal is still going strong
This great price on a new VPN will lift those post-Black Friday blues
The CZUR ET24 Pro isnt a perfect book scanner, but those who need one dont have many choices
A scanner built for capturing books
Hallmark choosing to cancel The Way Home after season 4 is the right call asking Netflix for season 5 is a waste of time
The Way Home season 4 drops in 2026, and it will be the final ever season. Instead of asking Netflix to make more, we should enjoy what we have.
Threads will let users speak to the algorithm
"Dear algo..."
This stunning landscape photo was shot with a five-year-old Canon camera, and it just won top prize at major photo contest
This now five-year-old Canon mirrorless camera was the tool of choice for the winner of yet another major photo contest
Amazon UK launches a big end-of-year sale I've picked the top 13 tech deals and cheap last-minute gift ideas
Amazon UK has launched a big end-of-year sale, featuring some Black Friday-level price cuts on lots of top tech, home essentials, and last-minute gift ideas.
The PC component crisis just got worse, as major RAM maker gives up on consumers and CPU price hikes are rumored
Want more pessimistic predictions of future component pricing? We
Serve up homemade espresso with over $100 off the Ninja Luxe Café
Stop paying coffee shop prices and make better espresso.
Check out these updates to iOS 26s motion sickness feature
Those little moving dots level up in their fight against nausea.
YouTube to lock out under-16s in Australia as controversial social media ban looms
Critics are raising alarms over privacy and data security
Microsoft denies reports of lower AI sales targets as customers resist new tools
The Information said that Microsoft was cutting AI sales targets, but Microsoft has said this is false.
The Magic: The Gathering Avatar The Last Airbender Play Booster Box has never been cheaper at Amazon save over $60
Harness the power of the elements.
Surprised by Spotify Wrapped 2025's new Listening Age feature? Youre not alone heres how yours compares
Listening Age divided music fans during Spotify Wrapped 2025 - this is how Spotify actually measures it
Sony announces partnership with Bad Robot Games to produce and publish a new four-player, co-op shooter from Left 4 Dead director
Sony Interactive Entertainment has announced that it will produce and publish Bad Robot Games
Logitech chief says ill-conceived gadgets put the AI in FAIL
: Just ignore all the ways the peripherals biz uses AI itself
Level up your listening with a pair of Bose QuietComfort Ultra headphones for their lowest price yet
Great audio at an even better price just in time for the holidays.
Im a marathoner and a cybersecurity leader Heres what 26.2 miles have taught me about work
Endurance mindset connects the marathon course to cybersecurity
Dreame's new mop-swapping robot vacuum is the most innovative and ambitious robovac I've ever tested
The Dreame Matrix10 Ultra might be the perfect bot for big, complex homes or even commercial properties
AI browsers are rewriting the rules. Is your security keeping pace?
AI browsers offer convenience, but hidden threats could steal your credentials
Microsoft quietly patches LNK vulnerability that's been weaponized for years
The LNK vulnerability was used to launch remote code execution in cyber-espionage, data theft, and fraud attacks.
Proton launches new end-to-end encrypted spreadhseets for ultra secure data handling
Proton just launched a new end-to-end-encrypted spreadsheet software as part of Proton Drive.
Samsung's next-gen OLED TVs leak, including a mysterious new elite model
A Samsung leak seems to have revealed new models and sizes
Start 2026 strong - you can save up to 50% on Wixs top apps right now
Over 450 of Wixs best apps are on sale right now, with discounts ranging from 20% to 50%
Missed Black Friday? Fear not, as PS Plus members can still get an extra 5% off at PS Direct including sale items
Remember, PS Plus members can still get an extra 5% off at PS Direct UK right now
This DDoS group just smashed the previous record with a 29.7 Tbps attack
Cloudflare intercepted traffic from a malicious botnet that sent 29.7 Tbps of traffic across the internet.
Don't buy a PC until you see this £315 Core Ultra 7 with 1TB SSD and 16GB RAM MSI cuts 60% off Claw handheld gaming console amidst Cyber Monday clear-out
This gaming handheld console is technically a mini PC and it has no rival even at twice the price
Antigravity launches 8K 360-degree camera drone and its a delight to fly
The Antigravity A1's intuitive controls make it easy for even novices to pilot.
I tested the Antigravity 360 drone and only a sky-high price tag brings this unique DJI rival down to earth
Innovative, immersive, but also pricey and pedestrian, the Antigravity 360 drone is a mixed bag
Sony reveals new steampunk fantasy RPG The God Slayer for PS5, Xbox, and PC as part of the company's China Hero Project
Sony has announced The God Slayer, a new steampunk fantasy role-playing game (RPG) from the My Time at Portia studio Pathea Games.
Apple reveals the 17 must-download apps of 2025 the App Store Award winners are here
Meet the 17 apps Apple says are shaping 2025
This color-changing E Ink guitar absolutely rocks, and I wish I could afford it
This color-changing guitar uses E Ink panels, and it absolutely rocks
Googles Year in Search 2025: The most interesting part is how we searched
The presence of AI was palpable in these queries.
Hate VAR? Wait until you see how FIFA plans to use AI at the World Cup
The FIFA World Cup 2026 is getting even more VAR as an AI-powered ball helps add corner kick scrutiny.
Pokémon Legends: Z-As DLC is almost here, and the first Z Mega Evolution has been confirmed
Game Freak has released a new trailer for Pokémon Legends: Z-A - Mega Dimension, confirming that the expansion will feature a new type of Mega Evolution.
Your ChatGPT chats could be less private than you thought heres what a new OpenAI court ruling means for you
OpenAI is being ordered to hand over ChatGPT data. This new legal ruling could set a major precedent for how your AI chats are handled.
Apple Final Cut Pro (2025) review
Final Cut Pro 11.2 delivers powerful new features - but can feel like Apple
Google wants to help businesses build AI agents with no prior experience
Workspace Studio is a natural-language, AI agent builder
These are the 10 best Chrome extensions of 2025, according to Google and theres one I definitely recommend
These are Google
Prince Harry crashes Stephen Colberts late show to audition for a Hallmark movie
Stephen Colbert's holiday Hallmark movie segment on "The Late Show" featured a surprise cameo from Prince Harry.
The 41 best Apple TV shows, ranked
Not sure exactly what's on Apple's streaming service? We're here to help.
Xbox Wireless Controllers make surprisingly great stocking fillers, especially so with these Amazon discounts
Spread some pre-emptive holiday cheer with these massive Xbox Wireless Controller discounts at Amazon
The iPhone 17 Pro has just lost a key camera feature, and Apple wont explain why
The iPhone 17 Pros camera can no longer use Night mode and Portrait mode together.
Prime Video releases first explosive posters for The Boys season 5 and a release date and trailer are going to be next
Amazon has unveiled the first official artwork for The Boys
UK issues £1 million fine to adult platform for failing to comply with age verification rules
AVS Group Ltd also got hit with an additional £50,000 fee for failing to respond to information requests
Grab the perfect mobile gaming gift with huge discounts on controllers from Razer and Backbone
There are a decent number of mobile controller discounts right now and any one could be a great gift.
HBO Max confirmed release month for UK means Brits can finally stream the best TV show of 2025 and season 2 starts soon
After what feels like forever, HBO Max has officially got a release window for the UK... meaning the Brits can finally stream the best TV show of 2025.
Latest Windows 11 update fixes some nasty bugs but don't grab it yet (especially if you use dark mode)
New Windows 11 update tackles bugs causing the Start menu and taskbar to fall over.
Our highest-rated Xbox controller is still available for 20% off, and it's got stick-drift preventing Hall Effect thumbsticks
The Razer Wolverine V3 Pro is still heavily discounted for the Holiday season. It
Jimmy Kimmel slams Fox News for reaction to Trump appearing asleep in meeting
Jimmy Kimmel has hit out at Fox News, calling them "hypocrites" for defending Donald Trump for appearing to fall asleep in a cabinet meeting.
The Dyson V11 is down to its lowest price in 2025 save $230 right now at Amazon
Get this popular vac for under $400.
Your Samsung phone's ad nightmare could soon be over thanks to this One UI 8.5 upgrade
Samsung Galaxy phones might soon be able to automatically block apps that pester you with adverts in your notifications.
Ofcom weighs "further action" on VPNs following Online Safety Act
The agency will continue to
The Batman Part II reportedly eyeing Scarlett Johansson for major role and DC fans think she's a perfect fit for this classic villain
The Jurassic World actor and Marvel alumnus is believed to be in final negotiations to star opposite Robert Pattinson.
The Garmin vívoactive 5 is over $100 off at Amazon act fast to save ahead of the holidays
A great discount in time for Christmas.
A Thousand Blows is back with an uppercut of a Season 2 trailer
"Peaky Blinders" creator Steven Knight made one of the best British shows of 2025 with "A Thousand Blows", and Season 2 is coming.
The Dyson Airstrait is at its lowest-ever price at Amazon save over $150 right now
Looking for a Christmas gift for the beauty obsessed? This is it.
The PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted airs today here's when you can tune in and what announcements you can expect
The annual PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted showcase is scheduled to air later today, and there are plenty of announcements to look forward to.
The Toshiba 55-inch Class C350 Series TV is still at its low Cyber Monday price save $200 right now
Some of the best-ever prices are still live.
Think you know The Simpsons? Test your Springfield knowledge with this superfan quiz
How well do you know The Simpsons and Springfield? Let
3 advanced strategies for making the most of Nano Banana Pro
Your Nano Banana Pro images can look way better heres how
Apples head of UI design leaves for Meta
Stephen Lemay has stepped in as Alan Dye's replacement.
The Abandons review: New Netflix western is no Yellowstone, but Gillian Anderson shines
Going up against the Taylor Sheridanverse is a bold move, even for Netflix. But while new western The Abandons is solid, it pales in comparison.
Porn company fined £1m over inadequate age checks
The penalty imposed on AVS Group Ltd is the biggest handed out so far under the Online Safety Act.
I installed the TerraMaster D4320U into my studio, and it proved to be a fast way to boost on-site data storage
Supports up to four SATA drives, ideal for photo/video backup and storage expansion for your NAS.
The best blenders for every task
Blend your days away with this selection of top models.
Telstras revised NBN plan pricing is a welcome change but Id still consider these 4 better-value providers first
And these cheaper Telstra prices may not last, either
Sorry Apple, but I dont think iOS 26 is fit for purpose
My experience with iOS 26 hasnt been slick Apple could and should do better.
How to watch Australia vs England: live stream 2nd Ashes Test for *FREE* from anywhere in the world
All the ways to watch the 2nd Ashes Test from anywhere in the world as Australia and England do battle under floodlights with the pink ball
How does Spotify Wrapped work - and who are the top artists and tracks of 2025?
The platform takes a range of users' data to create personalised listening figures and global rankings.
This streaming downloader lets you save any video to watch offline for under $100
Save your favorite content before it leaves the apps.
Missed out on Black Friday? Elegoo's 3D printer deals see up to 53% off on printers, filament and resins in its early Christmas sale
Elegoo is offering up to 53% off its latest 3D printers, filament, and resins from now until December 25.
Is this our first look at Intel's Xeon 6 workstation hardware? Leak claims to show W890 platform ahead of Granite Rapids launch
New hardware details and benchmark entries reinforce Intels shift toward next-generation Xeon 6 systems.
The Galaxy S25 FE has all the looks of the Galaxy S25 Plus, but none of the snap
The Galaxy S25 FE has the looks, durability, and great features of the Galaxy S25 Plus, but its poor performance lags behind and holds this phone back.
That's what I call a dip - world's largest derivatives exchange shut down by embarrassing data center cooling issue
CME halted global trading due to a cooling failure at its data center, revealing risks in automated systems and high-value transactions.
I tested the worlds first rollable laptop - and the Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 Rollable's extendable display changed my understanding of what working on the go...
The Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 Rollable is a laptop from the future
Watch out - these scam Mac Store apps are impersonating Google Gemini & OpenAI ChatGPT
Scam apps may access sensitive user data without proper consent, experts warn.
The fantastic Breville Barista Express is still at a record-low price after Black Friday
The Breville Barista Express is a premium coffee machine with a new tasty discount still available after Black Friday.