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Over 4,500 Google workers demand layoff protections as Alphabet's value hits $4.3 trillion
Like many other companies invested in the AI boom, Google is enjoying plenty of success right now. Parent company Alphabet's latest quarter produced $109.9 billion in revenue, up 22%, while operating income rose 30% to $39.7 billion. It's also the third-largest company in the world by market cap with a $4.3 trillion valuation. Read Entire Article
New York school deploys AI teaching robot from company linked to sex bots
Located on the Seneca Nation reservation, the rural district will be one of the first to use the humanoid robot, part of Realbotix's M-Series and named Sally. It's integrated with Optio, Realbotix's AI-powered teaching assistant, which can be accessed by students off-site for out-of-hours learning. Read Entire Article
TSMC plans include at least four more 2nm fabs in $100 billion Arizona expansion
The announcement came as the Taiwanese giant posted another record quarterly profit and raised its 2026 capital expenditure forecast to as much as $64 billion. Read Entire Article
This retro-style home phone lets kids call friends without apps, browsers, or social media
Pinwheel, the US company that sells modified Android smartphones designed for children and teenagers, has just launched the Pinwheel Home. Read Entire Article
Linus Torvalds tells AI critics to fork Linux or walk away
Torvalds' comments came in response to a discussion about anti-LLM feelings on lore.kernel.org, the official public archive for Linux kernel development mailing lists. He said that while he realizes some people really dislike AI, it's an area where he's willing to "absolutely put my foot down as the top-level maintainer."... Read Entire Article
George Lucas says rejecting AI is like choosing the horse and buggy over cars
Lucas expressed his opinion of AI in an interview with A Rabbit's Foot to promote the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art. Read Entire Article
Boston Dynamics tests Spot as a delivery assistant that carries packages
Boston Dynamics has posted a video of Spot on a route with a delivery driver. After it hops out of the back of a van, the driver loads parcels onto a conveyor belt attached to the robot's back. Read Entire Article
Repair shops are booming during heatwaves as people keep putting phones in fridges
Jamie Farnell, a repair shop owner in the UK town of Wem told the BBC that he has been flooded with devices suffering from internal moisture damage recently. Read Entire Article
US Treasury sanctions a VPN provider and its administrator for the first time
The Office of Foreign Assets Control designated First VPN Service, also known as 1VPNS, and its Ukrainian administrator, Dmytro Rashevskyi. Belarusian national Yegeniy Vladimirovich Silayev was sanctioned separately for selling "cryptors," tools designed to disguise ransomware and other malware as harmless software so security systems do not detect it. Read
Ubisoft endured a review-bombing campaign, then made $1 million from Black Flag Resynced's controversial DLC
Ubisoft has a reputation for the amount of paid-for cosmetic and so-called time-saving extra content it adds to its titles, but making the combined cost of the DLC higher than the price of the game itself was a step too far for many Black Flag buyers. It caused the remake... Read Entire Article
Black Flag Resynced is a smash hit, but 51 Ubisoft Barcelona developers are still being laid off
It was revealed last month that Ubisoft was laying off more than 380 people at offices in Winnipeg, Belgrade, and in the company's global publishing division. It was also reported that 51 people would be let go at Ubisoft Barcelona. Read Entire Article
The studio behind MindsEye is flying fans in for playtests, all while laid-off workers protested outside
The event, first announced on the company's Discord server in June, saw Build A Rocket Boy cover selected community members' flights to Scotland, two nights of hotel accommodation, and return journeys. Participants were also given the opportunity to meet members of the development team. Read Entire Article
OnePlus could be exiting the US and European markets as soon as this week
Reports in March claimed that OnePlus was preparing to withdraw from several global markets, including large parts of Europe and North America, while continuing to operate in a handful of Asian countries, including China and India. This followed similar rumors in January. However, OnePlus insisted at the time that its... Read Entire Article
States sue to block Paramount's $110 billion Warner Bros. deal, warning of a "media behemoth"
The lawsuit was filed in federal court in Sacramento on Monday, just a month after the Department of Justice cleared the deal without conditions. California is joined by Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, and Washington, all states with Democratic attorneys general. Read Entire Article
Swedish startup unveils foot-long drone-killing interceptor that can exceed 220 mph
Stockholm-based Nordic Air Defence publicly showed off the K100XR for the first time during a recent Demo Day. Journalists watched the counter-drone system detect, chase, and engage target aircraft in real time. Read Entire Article
New York hospital lays off 12 nurses, replaces them with AI software amid patient safety concerns
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techspot.com4d agoEU says it can't stop Sony from ending physical PlayStation game releases
Michael McGrath, the European Commissioner for Democracy, Justice, the Rule of Law and Consumer Protection, was asked whether the bloc could intervene in Sony's controversial move toward an all-digital future. Read Entire Article
New York City to ban deceptive subscription practices and force companies to offer easy cancellation
Mayor Zohran Mamdani and the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) announced that the city's final Click-to-Cancel Rule will take effect on October 1. New York will become the first US city to impose this type of requirement at the municipal level. Read Entire Article
After losing about $1 billion in Reaper drones over Iran, the US wants a disposable alternative
The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), the Pentagon organization that pulls commercial tech into the military, has opened submissions for a project called Massed Modular Aircraft (MMA). Read Entire Article