When employees dare to organize their workplace, a $1.7 billion industry of consultants and law firms springs into action. According to the Labor Department, something like 75% of employers enlist union avoidance consultants to quash union efforts. Some of them,...

Microsoft has pumped ads into the Windows Start menu and pushed users through setup screens promoting its services. Now it's bringing advertising to the Windows desktop with a Harry Potter promotion in its Bing Wallpaper app. Users of Microsoft’s Bing Wallpaper app...

A secret channel running through ChatGPT's internal JFrog Artifactory instance allowed one account to send hidden tasks - such as retrieving email data from a connected Gmail account - to a ChatGPT session under another account, according to Check Point Research. The...

When AI agents communicate with one another, they may decide to cheat when they have difficulty achieving their goals. The solution could involve teaching them how to govern themselves. Segregating AI agents would seem to be the obvious fix – if they can't...

Amazon Web Services on Tuesday tapped mobile chip titan and aspiring datacenter SoC maker Qualcomm to develop "customized" silicon for AI inference and 1.6 Tbps optical networking gear to tie it all together, though it offered few details. Amazon's purchases and other...

You can go retro by using an old video game console or a PC from the 1980s, but why stop there when, like one man, you can build your own vacuum tube computer using 75-year-old recycled components? A UK resident who identifies himself only as “Mike” has done just...

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Meta unveiled on Tuesday its new personal AI agent, Muse, which it says can actively perform tasks on behalf of users. CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Muse in an Instagram post Tuesday. It can send emails, book travel, fill out web forms, and negotiate on a user’s...

Last month, a Claude user noticed his account was consuming tokens even though he wasn't working. Anthropic has since warned users about hackers.

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The Exploration Company (TEC) has raised $450 million to build reusable spacecraft, in what it describes as “the largest-ever Series C by a European space company.”

UN rights chief Volker Türk warns advanced AI could threaten humanity without binding safeguards, independent oversight and firm global limits. The post UN Rights Chief Warns Advanced AI Could Threaten Humanity appeared first on TechRepublic.

Anthropic reportedly ended talks to acquire Decart AI for $6 billion after due diligence, though the companies could still pursue a future partnership. The post Anthropic Walks Away From Reported $6B Decart AI Deal appeared first on TechRepublic.

Australia plans to let social media users choose algorithmic or follow-only feeds under new digital safety rules targeting platform design and control. The post Australia Proposes to Make Social Media Algorithms Optional appeared first on TechRepublic.

China’s military is exploring humanoid robots for urban combat as the country’s commercial robotics industry dominates global shipments and manufacturing. The post China Is Turning Its Humanoid Robot Boom Toward the Battlefield appeared first on TechRepublic.

Canva has shipped 100-plus Visual Suite upgrades in 2026. Here are the changes most likely to reduce tool-switching, rework, and workflow friction. The post Canva Hits 100 Visual Suite Updates: What Matters for Teams appeared first on TechRepublic.

A Belgian researcher is held in a probe into whether sensitive BelGaN semiconductor technology and trade secrets were unlawfully transferred to China. The post Belgian Researcher Held in China-Linked Semiconductor Espionage Probe appeared first on TechRepublic.

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Amazon is once again under fire for its work policies, this time with a new class-action lawsuit filed against the retail giant on Tuesday that alleges the company has failed to make basic workplace accommodations for its pregnant employees. The lawsuit, filed in a...

In some places, the next battle in the war over remote work may be fought in legislatures, not HR departments. The United Kingdom, Ireland, and New Zealand have already passed laws giving workers the right to request remote work and to have the request considered...

[Igor] of [My Tech Fun] set out to discover what differences, if any, can be found between parts printed in PC-ABS filament on an industrial 3D printer, and those from prosumer-grade machines and filament. His video is full of his usual attention to detail as he...