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A new skyline of data centres is rising from the rolling plains of rural China

Potato farmers rub shoulders with rows of gleaming new data centres as Trump and Xi meet to discuss AI safety.

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Are Students Suddenly Losing Interest in Computer Science as AI Coding Takes Off?

On academic mentoring platform Nova Learning, Computer Science and AI, "once the dominant choice among students... is losing ground fast, while Engineering has nearly doubled its share." It's a small survey, but "The steepest proportional decline is in Software & Data Science, the most traditional 'learn to code' pathway, which lost 44% of its 2025 share. AI saw the largest absolute drop of any single subject in the survey, down 6.2 points. "The category did not decline uniformly. Students moved away fastest from…

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Rare look at the remote engine rooms powering China's AI ambitions

The BBC is in Inner Mongolia where dozen of Chinese data centres are being constructed, as the country aims to lead the world in artificial intelligence.

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Why are some songs grayed out on Apple Music (And how to fix it)

If you've had some songs in your Apple Music app turn gray and become unavailable, there are some things you can try.

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Snorkel AI triples valuation to $3.5B as demand for AI training data booms

The seven-year-old startup has raised a $350 million Series E to fuel its data-as-a-service approach.

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DoorDash will pay $131.5 million for missing and miscalculated NYC delivery worker wages

The company blames technical errors and a difference of opinion on how wages should be calculated for pay irregularities.

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Rogue external MFA providers can steal passwords during logins

Security researchers developed an attack that lets hackers with privileged access register a rogue external MFA provider that steals users' passwords during legitimate login attempts. [...]

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Sweden fines Miljödata $183,000 over breach affecting 2.2 million

Sweden's data privacy regulator, IMY, has imposed a $183,000 (SEK 1.8 million) fine on IT systems provider Miljödata for inadequate security measures leading to a breach in August 2025 affecting 2.2 million people. [...]

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Windows CLOSEDQUORUM malware uses AI models to autonomously select post-compromise actions

'first' publicly documented Windows implant to use LLMs for C2

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Microsoft killed FoxPro in 2007. Anyway, here's FoxPro revived

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Rabbit’s new AI agent doesn’t need an R1 to run

Rabbit, the company behind the underwhelming R1 device, is rolling out a standalone AI agent that you don't need its hardware to use, as reported earlier by Wired. The startup says its new OS3 "agentic operating system" runs in the cloud but operates locally across Windows, Mac, and Linux devices. According to Rabbit, you can […]

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Security firm finds naming AI agents after Seinfeld characters helps bots join the team

Not that there's anything wrong with it

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Cities across US oppose Trump FCC plan to preempt local broadband rules

Cities defend permit requirements, say ISPs aren't building networks fast enough.

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Chinese hackers exploit WordPress, Zyxel flaws to steal govt data

A Chinese-speaking threat actor has been exploiting vulnerabilities in ZyXEL GS1900 Smart Managed Switches and WordPress to steal sensitive data from 996 devices and more than 18,500 records stored in backend databases. [...]

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LLM Ass Bench

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Discord rolls out its revised age verification policy

It will offer several privacy-focused options for users who aren't automatically confirmed as adults.

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Saudi Arabia’s new Exobot EVs make the Cybertruck look normal

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is mostly known for its global dominance over petroleum production and oil reserves - not necessarily cars and auto manufacturing, and certainly not electric vehicle production. So it was a little surprising on Monday when a Saudi startup called Ceer unveiled a pair of hyper-angular, spaceship-like EVs, with plans to […]

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Six-year-old breaks women's world Rubik's Cube record – video

Six-year-old Lian Yunzhi broke the women’s 3x3 average world record twice at two World Cube Association-certified competitions in Wuhan and Guangzhou, according to state broadcaster CCTV on Monday. She posted averages of 4.52 and 4.27 seconds, after solving the Rubik’s Cube five times. She is the first female speedcuber to average less than 4.5 seconds. Continue reading...

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Motorola's new Signature 27 is among the first smartphone to use the Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 processor

Not bad for a quick refresh.

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How to set up 5.1 surround sound system for your Xbox

Your Xbox is surround-sound capable, and it's easy to enjoy 5.1 or even 7.1 immersive sound for your favorite titles.

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Qualcomm is making not one but two versions of its flagship Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 chip

That video capture is nothing to sneeze at.

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Tech Life

China is competing with the United States and other nations to develop AI.

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Motorola’s wild-looking Signature 27 runs Qualcomm’s new Extreme chipset

Motorola is the first company to announce a phone running Qualcomm's top-end Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 chip. The Signature 27 looks set to be Motorola's most advanced flagship in some years, though we're still waiting for the full specs, price, and release date. Any prospective buyers will first have to get over the […]

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Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 comes in an Extreme version too

Qualcomm has announced the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6, this year joined by the 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 too. The company describes both new phone chips as flagships, and the spec differences are relatively minor, mostly limited to improved AI processing, video capture, and gaming performance on the Extreme model. Both Gen 6 chips […]

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