The Supreme Court Just Blocked Trumpโs Efforts to Control Mail-In Voting for the Midterms
The ruling bars the United States Postal Service from implementing restrictions that experts and election officials say would upend voting in November.
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Digital ID comes of age as pubs and bars get go-ahead for biometric scan tech
New laws coming into force this week aim to streamline age checks although old-style plastic IDs will still be allowed Younger drinkers in England and Wales will be able to prove their age with a digital ID starting this week as new laws give pubsโฆ
For the first time, the US military confirms it has deployed weapons in orbit
Air Force Secretary Troy Meink made the first public declaration Monday that the United States has placed "space control weapons" in orbit, an announcement that will surely reverberate in the power centers of Beijing and Moscow. Space Forceโฆ
Jensen Huang took a call from Trump, and showed off something else, too
When Jensen Huang took a live call from Trump, some of us were more focused the phone he used to take it.
Microsoft drafts feel-good AI model guidelines and wants your input
Microsoft on Monday debuted draft principles for governing how the company will train future AI models, as part of a public consultation process. The Windows biz has solicited feedback to refine its Humanist AI Code of Conduct [PDF], with theโฆ
Valve is still figuring out โhow and whenโ to do Steam Deck 2
Now that Valve has finally launched its entire 2026 hardware lineup - the Steam Controller, the Steam Machine, and today's Steam Frame - are we any closer to a next-gen Steam Deck handheld? Valve isn't saying so yet. The company is figuring outโฆ
Pubs in England and Wales to allow digital ID apps to prove age
New rules introduced on Tuesday mean establishments will be able to accept digital ID apps alongside physical documents.
Is Big Techโs AI slowdown a safety pact or a cartel?
When OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, Google DeepMind cofounder Demis Hassabis, and SpaceX head Elon Musk loosely agreed over the weekend to slow down AI development, skeptics spotted an ulterior motive immediately. The AI titansโฆ
HBO Max Reddit account compromised to serve ClickFix attacks
Someone compromised the official HBO Max Reddit account and used it to push more than 100 malicious ads serving up ClickFix attacks targeting both Windows and macOS devices with information-stealing malware. A Reddit user uncovered the infostealerโฆ
Apple Homeโs new security camera features cost as much as $60 a month
With the public release of iOS 27 and tvOS 27, Apple Home is getting an injection of Apple Intelligence - but you'll have to pay more for it. Apple Intelligence for Home brings AI-powered video summaries to HomeKit Secure Video, so you can getโฆ
RFK Jr. headlines sold-out anti-vaccine conference alongside Andrew Wakefield
US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will deliver a keynote address at an anti-vaccine conference being held in Washington, DC, later this week and hosted by the anti-vaccine organization he once led, Children's Health Defense (CHD). Theโฆ
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang tells Trump โweโre not going to let [an AI slowdown] happenโ
Though Elon Musk and Sam Altman have supported Dario Amodei's calls to slow the pace of AI development, Jensen Huang seems to feel differently.
Rocket Lab is seeing red about NASA's decision on a Mars spacecraft
In theory, developing a spacecraft that will fly to Mars, insert itself into orbit around the red planet, and relay transmissions back and forth to large satellite dishes on Earth is a relatively straightforward proposition. NASA's procurement of aโฆ
What execs and politicians are saying about slowing down AI development
Dario Amodei kicked off a flood of statements over the past few days about AI safety by publishing a long essay titled "We Must Pace the Frontier" detailing why AI development should be slowed down. Other AI leaders and politicians are speaking outโฆ
AI bots "Timmy," "Ren," and "Jackie" are flooding social media with slop
AI agents are flooding the Internet with slop-infused spam sent to social media platforms and writers in an attempt to gain traction for a startup promoting a โcomplex social system in which humans and Agents participate together.โ โHello, I'm ะ ัะฝโฆ
Oracle celebrates banner quarter with another round of layoffs
Oracle posted record revenue during its latest quarter, but that hasn't stopped the company from chopping more employees. Reports began appearing on social media early Monday that staff were having trouble accessing corporate systems such as emailโฆ
Trump throws out power plant climate pollution rules
The Environmental Protection Agency announced its plans today to kill any remaining standards on how much greenhouse gas pollution power plants are allowed to emit in the US. The move will only make electricity dirtier as AI, electric vehicles, andโฆ
OpenAI buys smartphone camera maker Glass Imaging for $300 million, report says
Glass Imaging was founded by a pair of former Apple engineers who previously led the team that developed Apple's Portrait Mode.
AI infrastructure company Cornelis raises $205M to chip away at Nvidiaโs dominance
The company also announced a product called Active Compute Fabric, a network technology that targets the fact that much GPU time is wasted waiting for data to arrive.
Jensen Huang puts Trump on speakerphone onstage to announce robots wonโt take over the world
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang took a call from President Trump on Monday while onstage at the All-In Podcast's All-In Summit. It's not the first time Huang has taken a call from the president during work, but this time he put Trump on speakerphone beforeโฆ