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Meta is testing robots from vendors like Kinova, ABB, and Watney Robotics to perform physical data center tasks such as power-cycling servers, swapping network cables, and restarting machines. Internal workers say one arm alone could eventually take over up to 80% of certain job duties if trials succeed. The initiative has not been previously disclosed.
Android Authority outlines five foldable phones that could serve as alternatives to Google's new $1,899 Pixel 11 Pro Fold, including Motorola's Razr Fold and Razr Ultra, plus Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold 8 and Fold 8 Ultra. The comparison highlights that despite the Pixel 11 Pro Fold being thinner and lighter than its predecessor, it has a smaller battery than last year's model and faces stiff competition on price, charging speed, and battery capacity.
Anthropic has notified a group of Claude users that infostealer malware on their PCs siphoned off active login sessions, letting attackers access their accounts and burn through usage limits. The company is signing out affected accounts, stripping saved payment details, and refunding charges tied to the unauthorized activity while it continues investigating the source.
A YouGov survey found that 34 percent of U.S. adults under 30 belong to at least four group chats, with 3 percent managing more than 20 separate threads across text and messaging apps. The report frames this as evidence that group chats have become the default tool for organizing nearly every social interaction, from book clubs to family reunions.
Google has dropped the infrared temperature sensor first introduced on the Pixel 8 Pro, leaving it out of the newly launched Pixel 11 series. In its place, the company added a new notification light feature called HiLight, shifting the phone's differentiating hardware trick from a thermometer to a lighting cue.
Startups like Prenuvo and Neko Health are selling elective full-body MRI diagnostics to wealthy clients, with prices ranging from $2,500 to $4,000 per scan promising detection of hundreds of conditions. This luxury health trend is expanding even as a growing share of Americans, now 36 percent according to a KFF survey, report skipping doctor visits due to cost.
Qubes OS disclosed QSB 118, a vulnerability in the qvm-copy-to-vm utility that lets a compromised qube inject arbitrary commands into dom0 when a user copies files to it. The flaw stems from insufficient sanitization of a file name reported back through the qfile protocol's error-reporting mechanism, which dom0 displays without properly neutralizing malicious content. Users are advised to update normally to receive the fix, with no other action required.
A dashcam video shared by auto journalist Lei Xing shows a Tesla running the latest Full Self-Driving software, version 14.3.7, stopping at a railroad crossing with flashing lights and then suddenly accelerating toward the tracks as a freight train approached. The driver had to manually brake to avoid a collision, even though warning lights were flashing and train horns were audible. This follows earlier Tesla updates that claimed to improve detection of objects extending into a vehicle's path.
A new survey-based study examines how AI adoption in U.S. workplaces affects employment, looking beyond layoffs to also measure job creation and promotions tied to tools like ChatGPT. The research suggests that while some workers face displacement, others are seeing new roles or career advancement as a result of AI integration.
BMW has attributed the reduction of physical buttons in its newer vehicles to changing driver preferences, particularly among younger customers who are more accustomed to touchscreen interfaces from smartphones. The automaker suggests this generational shift in expectations has influenced its interior design choices, moving controls into digital menus and touch panels.
Federal prosecutors in Nevada allege Brent Kovar ran a Ponzi scheme that fraudulently raised $24 million from roughly 400 investors by claiming he used AI software on a supercomputer to mine and verify cryptocurrency. He promised annual returns of 15 to 30 percent with a full money-back guarantee, but investigators say he paid earlier investors with money from new ones and could not honor his guarantees. Kovar now faces 11 counts of wire fraud, two counts of mail fraud, and two counts of money laundering, carrying a maximum combined sentence of 280 years.
Researchers led by CSIRO's James Quach built a quantum battery prototype that charges in femtoseconds using a phenomenon called superabsorption, where organic dye molecules packed between two mirrors respond collectively to laser light. Unlike conventional batteries, this device charges faster as more molecules are added, and the team successfully extracted a small electrical current from it, extending earlier 2022 research that only showed rapid energy absorption.