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Cyberattack hits French blood bank site but no blood products were compromised

French authorities have reported a cyberattack on several blood banks that attempted to raise temperatures to dangerous levels

European supermarket fridges got hacked. Again. Here's what to know

Mysterious cyberattacks on European supermarket fridges have officials scrambling to understand what happened

Apple posts strong Q4 revenue in first earnings report for new CEO John Ternus

Apple Inc. posted stronger-than-expected revenue in the fiscal fourth quarter, giving new CEO John Ternus a positive start to his tenure that began in September

Meta delays new business terms after outcry over potential web scraping of news sites

Meta is delaying new terms for business accounts after a backlash from media companies and open-web advocates

Anthropic posts $17B quarterly revenue but losses continue in fresh IPO filing

Anthropic reports quarterly revenue swelling to $17 billion but still posts a net loss for the latest three months

Mexico bans cellphones in schools, despite opposition from parents worried about violence

Starting Tuesday, Mexican schools will ban cellphones in classrooms to limit electronic device use among children and teenagers

Japanese online service company GMO apologizes for security breaches and promises compensation

Japanese online service company GMO Internet Group has apologized for security breaches from cyberattacks, and promised to prevent a recurrence and compensate victims

Argentina’s Milei pitches a regulation-free AI haven at the end of the world

Data centers are facing a growing backlash in the United States and Europe

NASA telescope on the verge of plunging to Earth after failed rescue mission

It is barely clinging to space after a failed rescue effort left it tottering.

Graphika finds China-linked Spamouflage accounts posing as US voters on X

Analysts at Graphika report that the influence campaign known as Spamouflage is active ahead of the midterm elections

For many, striped bass fishing is a way of life. But the iconic species could face collapse

Striped bass are in decline on the East Coast and fishermen and scientists are in a race to save the iconic sport fish

Generations of anglers have made the pilgrimage to Montauk to catch striped bass

Generations of fishermen have come to Montauk, New York, to fish for striped bass, but the fish are in the midst of a decline

Dartmouth provost resigns following accusations he used artificial intelligence for writing

The provost of Dartmouth College has resigned after a faculty committee found that he used artificial intelligence in his writing, including in a Washington Post guest column on AI cheating

DoorDash to buy Instacart for $17 billion in big consolidation for grocery delivery

DoorDash is offering $17 billion to buy Instacart to supercharge its grocery delivery business in what would be a big consolidation in grocery delivery

Fire briefly triggers emergency at South Carolina lab on former nuclear weapons site

A fire at a national lab in South Carolina that is on a site that once made key parts for nuclear bombs has triggered an emergency response that shut down incoming traffic and restricted air and rail service in the area

Mongolian mining company says copper exports have dropped due to China border restrictions

The operator of one of Mongolia’s largest copper mines says its exports of copper concentrate to China have dropped by about 70% in the past two weeks due to restrictions at a border crossing

New York enacts ban on 'unsafe' chatbot behavior with kids

New York is enacting farther-reaching restrictions ban on certain chatbot behaviors to protect children using artificial intelligence

Google misses revenue expectations, Alphabet stock sinks in early after-hours trading

Alphabet Inc., Google's parent company, reported strong revenue growth in its third quarter, but it fell short of Wall Street expectations

FDA scientists opposed the Trump administration's effort to ease peptides access

Food and Drug Administration scientists did not support an effort by President Donald Trump's administration to loosen rules on unproven peptide drugs

South Korea fines Google and Apple over unfair app market practices

South Korea on Wednesday fined Google and Apple a combined $47.6 million, saying they abused their dominance in app store markets by forcing local developers onto their own payment systems and by unfairly delaying app reviews

Anthropic expands AI support for nonprofits as it files to sell shares to the public

Anthropic expands its support for nonprofits as it files to sell shares publicly for the first time

Microsoft offers quarter of global workforce voluntary buyouts

Microsoft has offered 60,000 employees, or about 27% of its global workforce, voluntary buyouts as the software giant spends heavily on artificial intelligence

To make AI morally good, tech companies turn to religion. Some say it's not so simple

Some are asking how to teach a chatbot right from wrong.

As the US and China form AI blocs, countries are increasingly torn between them

With the two leading AI powers, the United States and China, forming their own AI blocs, other countries are maneuvering to harness the strengths of both groupings without alienating either and risking losing out

Some US transit systems weigh whether to run trains without a human at the controls

As automated vehicles such as robotaxis become more common on American streets, transit systems are debating whether to go driverless as well

US designates helium as a critical material, citing its importance for semiconductors

The U.S. government has designated helium as a critical material because it’s indispensable for making semiconductors that are essential to energy generation, and the global supply is at risk of disruption

Zuckerberg makes deal with Meta to help him pay billionaire tax if it passes

Mark Zuckerberg has made a deal with Meta to help him pay a proposed billionaire tax that is on the ballot in California

What to know about the AI-detected security bug impacting wide swaths of the internet

The language that’s known as the backbone of the internet is now subject to what experts are calling the one of the most notable vulnerabilities in recent memory

New study traces van Gogh's famed 'Starry Night' to an actual night sky from 1889

Scientists have traced Vincent van Gogh's “The Starry Night” to a celestial scene that suggests a new date for one of the world's most famous paintings

Quest Diagnostics reports cyber breach affecting 'certain patient records'

Medical laboratory operator Quest Diagnostics said it learned of a cyber breach of one of its systems this week, likely compromising some records for patients

Rush is on to patch AI-discovered software vulnerability that could impact 70% of websites worldwide

Governments and corporations worked throughout the night to update software after the AI-assisted discovery of vulnerabilities in a programming language vital to about 70% of websites globally

Almost all coral reef ecosystems face risk of collapse in 50 years, study warns

An assessment of the world's coral reef ecosystems has found that almost all face a high risk of collapse in the next 50 years mostly due to warming oceans and heat waves

Waze rejects Malaysia’s data risks claims after civil servants barred from the app

Waze has rejected Malaysia's claims that it collects sensitive government information or allows exploitation of personal user data

Facing pushback on data centers, tech giants are promising hosts more money and fewer secrets

With host communities across the U.S. turning against their gargantuan data centers, America’s technology giants are promising to take fewer taxpayer handouts, keep fewer secrets or shower more money onto the communities willing to allow the server war...

Meta ordered to pay $25 billion for deceiving users about privacy on Facebook

A judge has ordered Meta to pay New Mexico $25 billion after a jury found the company liable for deceiving users about privacy and content moderation on Facebook

Cryptocurrency companies can keep paying interest-like rewards: Bank regulators

Federal bank regulators have announced that cryptocurrency companies can continue offering interest-like rewards to customers

Nvidia CEO encourages Europe's lagging AI sector and offers tools to accelerate data center buildout

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang urged Europe’s lagging artificial intelligence industry to get going and touted a modular system to quickly build the AI data centers with the massive computing power Europe currently lacks

New UN initiative will aim to tackle the military uses of AI

The United Nations is launching a new initiative on the military uses of artificial intelligence, aimed at addressing some dire concerns about the threat the rapidly developing technology could pose to humanity

Beijing blasts US sanctions on 5 Chinese firms tied to ex-Google engineer

Beijing has expressed strong opposition to U.S. sanctions on five Chinese companies linked to a former Google engineer accused of intellectual property theft

China defends DeepSeek after US ban of its AI from government systems

China has criticized a U.S. ban on AI startup DeepSeek for federal civilian agencies, highlighting tensions in the tech race between the two countries

Japan launches spacecraft to mysterious moons of Mars in a bold mission to bring home soil samples

A Japanese spacecraft is rocketing toward Mars on a quest to explore its mysterious moons and bring back samples

Ex-OpenAI worker accused of bugging conference room planned to fly to Saudi Arabia, prosecutors say

Federal prosecutors say a former OpenAI engineer secretly installed a recording device in a conference room to gather company details

Serbian rector's phone was infected with spyware during student protests, group says

A digital rights group says spyware from an Israeli company targeted the phone of the head dean of Belgrade University

Elon Musk pledges a share of his SpaceX company to 'every kid in America'

Billionaire Elon Musk on Monday pledged to give one share of his company SpaceX to “every kid in America” next year

What to Stream: 'Moana,' 'Modern Warfare 4,' Dolly Parton tribute, 'Lupin' and John Legend

John Legend's new album titled “Muse,” produced by Pharrell Williams, is among the new streaming releases coming the week of Oct. 19

Retired pilot helps historical society buy Neil Armstrong's boyhood home for tours

A former military pilot has stepped up to preserve Neil Armstrong's boyhood home in Ohio

Anthropic commits 5% of its stock to a new 'public benefit' fund

Anthropic says it is committing 5% of its shares to a new “public benefit” fund, with the amount potentially increasing as its shares grow in value

Consumer apprehension grows as US retailers adopt AI-assisted pricing tools

U.S. consumers are uneasy about the increasingly high-tech ways that restaurant chains and major retailers are setting prices

Japan to launch spacecraft on a mission to get samples from a Martian moon

Japan is launching a spacecraft on a groundbreaking mission to bring back samples from Phobos, one of Mars' moons

A rare family of barn owls moved into Manhattan. New Yorkers are captivated

Manhattan’s Upper West Side has been reveling in the company of its latest celebrities: A family of barn owls nested in a water tower atop a building near Central Park

Employee arrested after listening device found in OpenAI conference room, FBI and the company say

An engineer at OpenAI has been charged with secretly installing a recording device inside a conference room in what officials say was an effort to capture sensitive conversations about the company’s technology

Police confiscate robot that groped 16-year-old girl, probe whether young men were at the controls

German authorities have opened an investigation into possible sexual harassment involving a robot

What to Stream: Katseye, 'VisionQuest,' 'Tenzing' and a new 'Castlevania' game

New streaming entertainment options are arriving this week, including a tribute to Norm Macdonald and a new Marvel series

A timeline of developments in AI safety since the attack on Hugging Face

Since OpenAI disclosed this summer that its artificial intelligence system hacked into another AI company in what is now referred to as the Hugging Face incident, other AI companies have jumped on the bandwagon with their own concerning events, such as...

OpenAI fires 3 safety researchers in dispute over AI risks

OpenAI has fired three safety researchers for a "breach of trust," defending the decision after the trio accused the company of prioritizing corporate interests over safety

A US charity plans to use AI to monitor its Gaza classrooms for 'hateful' speech

A U.S. charity in Gaza is worried that teachers at its schools might stray from a curriculum it says promotes peace and tolerance

Margaret Hamilton, who led a software team for NASA's Apollo program, dies at 90

Margaret Hamilton, a groundbreaking computer scientist who led the team that created the onboard flight software for NASA’s moon-bound Apollo program, has died

Four astronauts return to Earth after eight months in space

Four astronauts are back on Earth after an eight-month stay at the International Space Station

Some guardrails on ChatGPT for Teens don't work as promised, watchdog group says

Some of the guardrails for children that OpenAI included in its ChatGPT for Teens product do not work as intended and the chatbot poses an “unacceptable risk” to children

FCC considers allowing more political robocalls before midterms

The Federal Communications Commission is considering a request to loosen rules on political robocalls, including those with AI-generated voices

Nobel Prize in chemistry awarded for research solving 'mirror image' mystery

McDonald's sued over AI tool that recommends prices to US franchisees

McDonald’s is facing a federal lawsuit that alleges its AI-enhanced pricing tool violates antitrust laws because it shares nonpublic data with competing franchisees

RFK Jr.'s embrace of AI confounds some MAHA allies and medical experts

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s unexpected embrace of artificial intelligence has rankled some of his allies in the “Make America Healthy Again” movement

Scientist who hunts mysterious ghost particles in the Antarctic ice wins Nobel Prize for physics

Belgian-born scientist Francis Halzen has won the Nobel Prize in physics for his work on neutrinos, tiny cosmic particles that offer clues about how the universe evolved

NBA is experimenting with smart basketballs, official wrist wearables in games

The NBA is experimenting with two pieces of technology in the leadup to the season

California scientist wins a Nobel Prize, then makes school lunches for his kids

Dr. Karl Deisseroth spent hours fielding congratulatory calls after learning that he had won a Nobel Prize for medicine for helping to open a new field of brain science called optogenetics

AI industry insiders voice alarms to NYC council as local governments take up safety concerns

Artificial intelligence insiders are warning New York City’s leaders about dangers of the emerging technology, calling for greater oversight as local governments move to respond to mounting safety concerns

Lack of transparency in what space weapons nations are pursuing and even on what's already in orbit

The United States military recently confirmed that the U.S. has deployed weapons in space

A reckoning on social media addiction came late for many kids. Will AI safety be different?

The lengthy campaigns to protect kids on social media offer some lessons for those looking to protect children using artificial intelligence

Trump names national intelligence director Jay Clayton to lead a new federal AI task force

President Donald Trump has tapped his director of national intelligence, Jay Clayton, to lead a new government task force on artificial intelligence

Wes Moore forms bipartisan governors group on AI, citing federal inaction

Gov. Wes Moore of Maryland is forming a bipartisan group of governors to address concerns about artificial intelligence

A 21-year-old Fortnite pro gives out computers to young gamers and plans for more through a new fund

Cody Conrod wants to help others enter the increasingly expensive world of professional gaming after he dropped out of eighth grade to pursue esports

Tokyo court grants legal protection to human voices in AI clone case

A Tokyo court has awarded legal protection for the human voice in a landmark case involving a popular Japanese anime voice actor

Newsom vetoes measure that would have penalized the use of smart glasses to secretly record people

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed a bill that would have penalized people for using smart glasses to record people without their permission in changing rooms, doctor’s offices and other spaces people generally consider private

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs laws to protect workers from AI risks

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed laws aimed at protecting workers from the risks of artificial intelligence

Trump touts America.gov, but government-sourced AI answers undercut many statements

The Trump administration has launched a revamped website, America

Smart ring maker Oura puts off initial public offering due to market 'uncertainty'

Smart ring maker Oura says it is postponing a planned initial public offering due to market “uncertainty.”

An endangered frog nursery in LA cares for hundreds of tadpoles until they're ready for the wild

The Aquarium of the Pacific is nurturing critically endangered mountain yellow-legged frogs before releasing them into the wild

NASA ramps up support to get Boeing's astronaut capsule flying after fiasco

NASA is throwing extra support and money behind Boeing's troubled astronaut capsule to get it fixed and flying again as soon as possible

Nvidia unveils security platform to stop AI agents from going rogue

Nvidia has unveiled a new security platform designed to prevent AI agents from going rogue

Anthropic and OpenAI sound the alarm on AI safety — and seek to shape how it's controlled

As tech titans warned an AI-weary world that their own advanced systems could endanger humanity, the question emerged: What do they have to gain

Trump said he would dine with Anthropic CEO amid mounting AI debate

President Donald Trump had plans to dine late Sunday with the CEO of Anthropic

What to Stream: Quavo album, 'East of Eden' series and 'Minecraft Dungeons II'

A limited series adaptation of “East of Eden” and a new album from Quavo are among streaming releases coming in October

OpenAI says its models engaged with US government websites in new model misbehavior disclosure

OpenAI has disclosed its artificial intelligence models have interacted with U.S. government websites in unexpected ways

New Mexico jury finds Facebook liable of deceiving users about privacy protections

A New Mexico jury has found Facebook liable of deceiving users about privacy protections on the social media platform

Private spacecraft falls back to Earth after failing to rescue aging NASA telescope

The robotic spacecraft that failed to rescue an aging NASA telescope has plunged back to Earth less than three months after launching on the bold mission

EU vows to defend its stand against X after the US backs a court challenge from Elon Musk

The European Union says it's ready to defend a 120 million euro fine issued to social media platform X

40 days to midterms, election officials say new US cyber plan comes too late

The nation’s cybersecurity agency has released an election infrastructure security plan 40 days before November’s midterms

It's been an intense hurricane season in Pacific and there's still a long way to go

The hurricane season in the Pacific Ocean already has been very active, thanks to the El Nino weather phenomenon

Chinese auto companies race ahead on EV technology, achieving 5-minute ultrafast charging

Major Chinese auto group Geely has unveiled new ultrafast EV charging technology that can recharge a battery from 10% to 70% in just 4.5 minutes

Autonomous AI hacks raise thorny questions of legal accountability

The Justice Department has a long history of investigating and prosecuting hackers who break into a private company’s network

FDA panel endorses first-of-a-kind cancer blood test from Grail

A federal health panel has endorsed an experimental cancer test that uses a blood sample to detect multiple forms of the disease

Tech leaders to UN: For the sake of humanity, please control the AI technology we created

The heads of major artificial intelligence firms pleaded with the United Nations to set controls over the burgeoning technology they are designing in order to save the world — or at least its people

Prince Harry warns AI chatbots can be more dangerous than social media for the young

Prince Harry says that artificial intelligence chatbots designed to provide companionship are even more dangerous to young people than social media

Sen. Sanders unveils bill to ban artificial superintelligence, create Dept. of AI

Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Greg Casar are introducing legislation that would ban artificial superintelligence, pause development of advanced AI systems and create a new Department of Artificial Intelligence

A look at AI doomsday scenarios that researchers say could put humanity at risk

Artificial intelligence researchers have warned for years of ways the technology could wipe out humanity: AI bots could design an unstoppable disease, unleash a nuclear war, or transform all of Earth into paper clip factories, as one thought experiment...

Worries about an AI internet takeover gain new urgency among doomsday scenarios

In a summer filled with revelations about artificial intelligence’s rapid development, researchers were especially alarmed by runaway bots finding their way onto the internet and, in at least one instance, coordinating there with one another

Agency says sea turtle eggs laid on California beaches are a first for the US West Coast

There's excitement on the beaches of Southern California

Fulfilling earlier US-China agreements is a work in progress as Trump and Xi meet again

The U.S. and China have made uneven progress on trade commitments since their leaders met in May

Judge won't block Trump administration from giving SpaceX acres of wildlife refuge

A federal judge has refused to block the Trump administration from giving SpaceX more than 700 acres of wildlife refuge as part of a land swap in Texas