When Microsoft introduced Recall for Windows 11, data privacy and protection experts were horrified. Why? Because Recall continuously takes screenshots of your screen and saves them on your computer, even if those screenshots contain sensitive data like passwords and credit card details. Back then, Recall was still in testing, and the backlash was enough to get Microsoft to postpone its…
Apple is putting another $100 billion toward expanding manufacturing in the US as the company responds to pressure from President Donald Trump to manufacture more of its products in the US. The move builds upon the company’s initial plan to invest $500 billion in the US…
Google researchers have developed a new framework for AI research agents that outperforms leading systems from rivals OpenAI, Perplexity and others on key benchmarks.
The new agent, called Test-Time Diffusion Deep Researcher (TTD-DR), is inspired by the way humans write by…
For regulated industries, AWS’s neurosymbolic AI promises safe, explainable agent automation
August 7, 2025
AWS is banking on the fact that by bringing its Automated Reasoning Checks feature on Bedrock to general availability, it will give more enterprises and regulated industries the confidence to use and deploy more AI applications and agents.
It is also hoping that introducing methods like automated reasoning, which utilizes math-based validation to determine ground truth, will ease enterprises into…
The initial reactions to OpenAI’s landmark open source gpt-oss models are highly varied and mixed
August 7, 2025
OpenAI’s long-awaited return to the “open” of its namesake occurred yesterday with the release of two new large language models (LLMs): gpt-oss-120B and gpt-oss-20B.
But despite achieving technical benchmarks on par with OpenAI’s other powerful proprietary AI model…
A blistering Senate crypto bill sparks alarm over regulatory confusion, as Ripple’s legal chief warns it could subject XRP and similar tokens to endless SEC control.
Ripple Legal Chief Warns Senate Crypto Draft May Destroy Market Clarity
Ripple’s chief legal officer…
Ripple’s move to launch a national trust bank is drawing fire for threatening to erode regulatory safeguards, destabilize the banking system, and blur core institutional boundaries.
Ripple’s Bank Ambitions Collide With Legacy Finance
The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA), which represents around 5,000 community banks across the country, has formally objected to Ripple Labs’…
Nexo and DP World Tour Launch Crypto Prize for Golfers
August 7, 2025
Nexo has enhanced its partnership with the DP World Tour by introducing a new prize for golf players who hold a course record at the conclusion of a tournament.
Prize Structure and Rules
The digital assets wealth platform, Nexo, has deepened its partnership with the DP World…
The Nissan Micra is back, and it’s gone all-electric. Nissan announced that prices for the new Micra EV will start at £22,995, or just over $30,000, in the UK. It also has a longer driving range than initially expected.
Nissan announces Micra EV prices and range for the…
World record alert: 2026 Chevy Silverado EV Work Truck drove 1,060 miles on a single charge
August 7, 2025
Move over, Lucid. There’s a new world record holder in EV range. Engineers at General Motors recently took a minimally modified version of the 2026 Chevrolet Silverado EV Work Truck out on a real-world test and traveled a total distance of 1,059.2 miles from a single charge.
The Chevy Silverado EV may differentiate quite a bit mechanically from its ICE counterpart, which has been in production…
