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Software Company Bonds Drop As Investors’ AI Worries Mount

Thursday at 02:02 AM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bloomberg: Investors are souring on the bonds of software companies that service industries ranging from automotive to finance as fast-paced artificial intelligence innovations threaten to upend their business models. […] Bond prices tumbled as advances in artificial intelligence rack up. Google announced plans to launch an AI assistant to browse for...

Data Centers Are Driving a US Gas Boom

Thursday at 02:00 AM, via Wired

Gas projects in the US pipeline explicitly linked to data centers increased by almost 25 times over the past two years, according to new research from Global Energy Monitor.

Apple Tells Patreon To Move Creators To In-App Purchase For Subscriptions

Thursday at 01:20 AM, via Slashdot

Apple is forcing Patreon to move all remaining creators onto Apple’s in-app purchase subscription system by November 2026 “or else Patreon would risk removal from the App Store,” reports TechCrunch. “Apple made this decision because Patreon was managing the billing for some percentage of creators’ subscriptions, and the tech giant saw that as skirting its App Store commission structure.” The...

Google Says AI Agent Can Now Browse on Users’ Behalf

Thursday at 00:40 AM, via Slashdot

Google is rolling out an “auto browse” AI agent in Chrome that can navigate websites, fill out forms, compare prices, and handle tedious online tasks on a user’s behalf. Bloomberg reports: The feature, called auto browse, will allow users to ask an assistant powered by Gemini to complete tasks such as shopping for them without leaving Chrome, said Charmaine D’Silva, a director of product....

US Cyber Defense Chief Uploaded Sensitive Files Into a Public Version of ChatGPT

Thursday at 00:02 AM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Politico: The interim head of the country’s cyber defense agency uploaded sensitive contracting documents into a public version of ChatGPT last summer, triggering multiple automated security warnings that are meant to stop the theft or unintentional disclosure of government material from federal networks, according to four Department of Homeland Security...

Amazon is Ending Its Palm ID System for Retail, Amazon One, as It Closes Physical Stores

28 January at 23:22 PM, via Slashdot

Amazon is discontinuing its Amazon One palm recognition ID system for stores later this year, the company informed users. From a report: The company will discontinue Amazon One services at retail businesses on June 3, 2026, according to a support page for the service and email messages to customers. “In response to limited customer adoption, we’re discontinuing Amazon One, our authentication...

Smart Money’s Silent Pivot: Crypto’s Next Big Move Isn’t a Meme Coin

28 January at 19:57 PM, via Tech Financials

For years, the dominant mindset among Bitcoin and XRP investors was simple: buy, hold, and wait for the next major market cycle. That approach worked well during periods of rapid expansion. But as markets have matured, and consolidation phases have grown longer, a different behavior is beginning to surface. Rather than waiting indefinitely for price […]

The Shift Away From Exchanges: How Automated DeFi Is Changing Crypto Investing

28 January at 19:52 PM, via Tech Financials

For a long time, investing in cryptocurrency meant one thing: patience. You buy Bitcoin or XRP, hold it in your wallet, and hope that at some point the market will do the rest. The problem is that the market has no reason to rush. In reality, most of the capital in crypto is not lost […]

Google DeepMind launches AI tool to help identify genetic drivers of disease

28 January at 18:15 PM, via The Guardian

AlphaGenome can analyse up to 1m letters of DNA code at once and could pave way for new treatments

Researchers at Google DeepMind have unveiled their latest artificial intelligence tool and claimed it will help scientists identify the genetic drivers of disease and ultimately pave the way for new treatments.

AlphaGenome predicts how mutations interfere with the way genes are controlled,...

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