
UK gaming icon Peter Molyneux on AI, his final creation and a changing industry
The creator of iconic series such as Fable says Masters of Albion will be the last game he makes.
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The creator of iconic series such as Fable says Masters of Albion will be the last game he makes.
Florida’s attorney general has launched a criminal investigation into OpenAI over allegations that the accused gunman in a shooting at Florida State University last year used ChatGPT to help plan the attack. OpenAI says the chatbot is “not responsible for this terrible crime” and only provided factual information available from public sources. NPR reports: The Republican attorney general, James...
The potential acquisition comes as Elon Musk’s rocket and satellite maker, which has been emphasizing artificial intelligence, is preparing to go public.
BrianFagioli writes: Mozilla says it used an early version of Anthropic’s Claude Mythos Preview to comb through Firefox’s code, and the results were hard to ignore. In Firefox 150, the team fixed 271 vulnerabilities identified during this effort, a number that would have been unthinkable not long ago. Instead of relying only on fuzzing tools or human review, the AI was able to reason through...

The head of the National Cyber Security Centre says frontier AI tools can be a force for good – if kept out of the wrong hands.
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Framework has been selling and shipping its modular, repairable, upgradable Laptop 13 for five years now, and in that time, it has released six distinct versions of its system board, each using fresh versions of Intel and AMD processors (seven versions, if you count this RISC-V one). The laptop around those components has gradually gotten...
Firms like Bank of America, Citi, Wells Fargo, and others are reporting strong profits while reducing head count and automating more work. “All of them credited A.I. to some degree … in areas ranging from the so-called back office, where tens of thousands of employees fill out paperwork to comply with various laws and regulations, to the front office, where seven-figure salaried professionals...

The firm, co-founded by Sam Altman, said it is “not responsible” for the attack at Florida State University

The company announced its new Framework Laptop 13 Pro, along with updates to its 16-inch model.

The ChatGPT Images 2.0 model is here. Our testing shows it’s better at creating more detailed images and rendering text, but it still struggles with languages other than English.

Microsoft has slashed Game Pass prices in South Africa and globally, months after imposing massive price hikes.

The Firefox team doesn’t think emerging AI capabilities will upend cybersecurity long term, but they warn that software developers are likely in for a rocky transition.
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bloomberg: At Google, leaders are anxious about falling behind in the race to offer AI coding tools, especially as rivals like Anthropic PBC offer more effective and popular tools to businesses, according to people familiar with the matter. The search giant is now working to unite some of its coding initiatives under one banner to speed progress and take...

Steve Pacak spent nearly four decades at Naspers, joining pay-TV subsidiary M-Net in 1988.

The soon-to-exit Apple CEO went all in on services. Now, the incoming CEO, John Ternus, will need to embrace the AI era.

New York, NY In 2026, businesses and publishers across multiple countries are discovering that a 1998 copyright law can be weaponized to erase their websites from Google Search within hours no verification required, no warning given. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) allows any entity to submit a takedown complaint against a URL. Google acts […]

The 2026 crypto cycle is accelerating, and positioning early separates strong portfolio returns from missed opportunities. Infrastructure shifts across decentralized AI, Layer-1 scaling, and on-chain trading are rewriting which assets matter most right now. Legacy coins are losing ground to projects with real utility, confirmed exchange expansion, and active ecosystem development. BlockDAG...
Microsoft is cutting the monthly price of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass, but the tradeoff is that new Call of Duty releases will no longer arrive on the service at launch. Instead, they’ll show up about a year later. The Verge reports: After Xbox CEO Asha Sharma admitted last week that “Game Pass has become too expensive for players,” Microsoft is dropping the price of Xbox Game Pass...

A lawsuit from the Consumer Federation of America accuses Meta of misleading consumers about its efforts to combat scams advertisements on its platforms.

The five new F1 watches recharge using sunlight and start at $1,950.
The IEA says 2025 marked a turning point for global energy, with solar posting the largest growth ever seen for any energy source and helping carbon-free power outpace rising demand. The trend led the agency to declare that the world has entered the “Age of Electricity.” Ars Technica reports: The IEA report covers energy use, including the electrical grid, transportation, home heating, and...