The FBI is investigating a hacker suspected of publishing several video games laced with malware on the popular PC games store Steam, the agency said Friday.  In its announcement looking for victims who may have been infected, the FBI listed the following games suspected of being developed by the same…

Uber founder Travis Kalanick has a new company called Atoms focused on robotics that, according to its website, will operate in the food, mining, and transportation industries. Kalanick is rolling his existing ghost kitchen company, CloudKitchens, into Atoms. It’s not immediately clear how he plans to tackle mining and transportation.…

In the lead up to the Tumbler Ridge school shooting in Canada last month, 18-year-old Jesse Van Rootselaar spoke to ChatGPT about her feelings of isolation and an increasing obsession with violence, according to court filings. The chatbot allegedly validated Van Rootselaar’s feelings and then helped her plan her attack,…

For a long time, I was under the impression that using Ethernet instead of Wi-Fi whenever possible was always the smartest move. After all, wired connections are usually more stable, reliable, and faster than Wi-Fi. But I’ve come to realize that’s only partially true. You see, looking around my home,…

And then there were two: Of the original 11 co-founders who kickstarted xAI with Elon Musk three years ago, only two remain as the deep learning lab continues a personnel overhaul to compete with Anthropic and OpenAI. That rebuilding, insists Musk, is by design. “xAI was not built right first…

Netflix original movie War Machine was released on the platform last week and became quite the surprise hit, debuting at number one on the streaming service’s internal viewership charts, notching nearly 40 million views in just two days. The film follows a US Army Ranger recruit whose final training exercise…

You can chart a year through product launches, or you can measure it in the greater moments that change the way we look at AI. The AI industry is constantly churning out news, like major acquisitions, indie developer successes, public outcry against sketchy products, and existentially dangerous contract negotiations —…

Old cars usually have outdated infotainment systems which need upgrading to work with Android Auto and Apple Carplay. They have smaller head units which lack touchscreens and navigation and don’t support streaming apps or wireless connectivity. The good news is that there’s no reason to get left behind, and you…

AI agents are expected to soon start making autonomous purchasing and scheduling decisions on behalf of humans. But Michael Fanous, a UC Berkeley computer science graduate and former machine learning engineer at CareRev, argues that these agents are currently missing a critical piece of the puzzle: the full context required…

As a loyal Apple Notes user, I have well over 900 notes stowed away in my iCloud. They include the typical grocery lists, to-do reminders, and random thoughts ranging from what recipe I’d like to try that evening to a 3AM poetry ramble when inspiration struck once (or twice… or…