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In an opinion piece for Entrepreneur, a BILL leader describes their first three months in a new leadership role, arguing against rushing in with a ready-made plan. They say credibility comes from spending early time listening to teams and customers, identifying real obstacles, and understanding the business before acting.
KPMG's 2025 American Worker Survey found 87% of U.S. employees use AI at least weekly and 51% daily. A separate KPMG and University of Melbourne study of over 48,000 people across 47 countries found 44% had used AI in ways that violated company policy, and 66% relied on AI output without checking its accuracy.
The FBI has arrested a Canadian cybersecurity professional in connection with the ShinyHunters hacking operation, which has been linked to large-scale data breaches at multiple companies. Authorities allege the suspect played a role in the group's activities, though full charging details have not been outlined.
Google announced that users who build apps via prompts in AI Studio can now publish them for use on their own devices through a new 'personal library' in the Play Store, without needing a paid developer account. The feature targets users 18 and older in the US and select markets, and Google says it plans to add secure sharing with friends and family later. To reach a global audience, creators would need to upgrade to a professional developer account and pass standard Play Store safety reviews.
Google announced that any standard Google account holder can now use AI Studio to create personal Android apps via text prompts, with no coding required. These apps install directly to a user's own device through a private Play Store channel rather than the public listing, and can be shared with others outside the formal app store.
Google announced that Android users can now build apps with AI in Google AI Studio and install them directly on their own device via Google Play, without publishing them to the public store. These private apps won't appear in search or listings and are visible only to their creator, though they must still follow Play's policies. The feature is launching first for users 18 and older in the U.S.
LNK Energies, a startup founded out of MIT, has developed a method to retrofit existing diesel Class 8 trucks to run on hydrogen using liquid organic hydrogen carriers (LOHCs). The company shrank the reactor needed to release hydrogen from the carrier liquid down to the size of a mini fridge, small enough to fit on a truck, according to CTO Alexis Huynh, who says the total cost of ownership is 13% cheaper than diesel.
The TMY Smart Projector, which runs Google TV, is currently being sold for $169.99 after an $80 price cut representing a 32% discount. The deal applies to the projector as a home entertainment option for setting up a larger screen in a bedroom or living room.
Google has introduced Gemini 4 Argon, a model built for physical and spatial reasoning tasks used in robotics. The company says Argon scored 87% on the Embodied Reasoning benchmark, which tests understanding of physical and spatial problems in 3D environments, surpassing other leading models. Google outlined uses spanning robot control, simulation-to-reality reconstruction, physical understanding, and self-improvement, including a demo of a Boston Dynamics Spot robot practicing a trash-disposal task in a MuJoCo simulation before performing it physically.
Elon Musk posted screenshots urging followers to let his Grok AI agent handle purchases using their credit cards, including one showing Grok ordering Lego sets with his own unredacted order number, email and partial card number visible. A user named Enderman then claimed to have used that exposed information to cancel Musk's order via Lego's customer service bot, and others claimed to have reinstated it with hundreds of duplicate orders and an altered shipping address. Musk disputed that his order had actually been canceled; Lego declined to comment to Wired.
OpenAI says it found a concealed recording device inside one of its offices and used its own AI models to trace it to a specific employee who had planted it days earlier. The company reported the matter to the FBI, which made an arrest, and OpenAI has terminated the employee.
Netflix will stream all 104 matches of the 2030 FIFA World Cup to viewers in Spain and Andorra, marking its first-ever broadcast of the men's World Cup. One match per day, including all of Spain's games, both semi-finals and the final, will air free via national broadcasters to meet local legal requirements, while the rest will require a subscription. Netflix also plans pre-game, halftime, post-game and daily round-up shows throughout the tournament.