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⚛️ Google's quantum chip is 13,000 times faster than supercomputers
👓 Amazon unveils AI smart glasses for its drivers
💥 Reddit sues Perplexity for ripping its content to feed AI
🤖 Elon Musk wants $1 trillion to control Tesla's 'robot army'
⚠️ ChatGPT Atlas carries significant security risks, OpenAI warns
🚫 SpaceX disables 2,500 Starlink terminals used by scammers
🎁 + 22 other news you might like
🔮 + 6 handpicked research papers and tools
⚛️ Google's quantum chip is 13,000 times faster than supercomputers LINK
Google announced its 105-qubit Willow processor performed a calculation 13,000 times faster than a supercomputer, a speed-up achieved by running its new verifiable "Quantum Echoes" algorithm.
This achievement is verifiable for the first time, meaning the outcome can be reliably checked and repeated, moving quantum development from one-off demonstrations toward consistent, engineer-led hardware progress.
Such a processing advance makes the threat to modern encryption more urgent, adding focus to "Harvest Now, Decrypt Later" attacks where adversaries steal today's data for future decryption.
👓 Amazon unveils AI smart glasses for its drivers LINK
Amazon is testing augmented reality glasses that use AI and computer vision to help drivers scan packages, follow turn-by-turn walking directions, and capture proof of delivery hands-free.
A demonstration shows the device projecting green highlights on the correct packages in the cargo area, updating a virtual checklist in the driver's vision, and displaying a digital path on the ground.
The wearable system includes a small controller on the driver's vest with a swappable battery and an emergency button, and the glasses themselves are designed to support prescription lenses.
💥 Reddit sues Perplexity for ripping its content to feed AI LINK
Reddit filed a lawsuit against AI firm Perplexity, accusing it of teaming up with data brokers to unlawfully scrape user conversations directly from Google's search engine results pages.
The company proved its claim using a digital sting operation, creating a test post visible only to Google’s crawler that Perplexity’s answer engine was later able to reproduce.
The suit invokes the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, arguing that circumventing Google's site protections to access Reddit's content counts as an illegal bypass of technological security measures.
🤖 Elon Musk wants $1 trillion to control Tesla's 'robot army' LINK
Elon Musk explained his proposed $1 trillion compensation package is needed to ensure he keeps "strong influence" over the "enormous robot army" he intends to build at the company.
He stated the money is not for spending but is a form of insurance against being ousted after creating the robots, which he is concerned could happen without more control.
This "robot army" is a new description for the company’s humanoid robot Optimus, which was previously presented as just a helping hand for household tasks, suggesting a change in purpose.
⚠️ ChatGPT Atlas carries significant security risks, OpenAI warns LINK
OpenAI's top security executive admitted its new ChatGPT Atlas browser has an unsolved "prompt injection" vulnerability, letting malicious websites trick the AI agent into performing unintended harmful actions.
Researchers demonstrated a "Clipboard Injection" attack where hidden code on a webpage maliciously altered a user's clipboard after the AI agent clicked a button, setting up a later risk.
A key safety feature called "Watch Mode" failed to activate on banking or GitHub sites during testing, placing what experts are calling an unfair security burden directly on the end-user.
🚫 SpaceX disables 2,500 Starlink terminals used by scammers LINK
SpaceX proactively identified and disabled over 2,500 of its Starlink terminals in Myanmar after discovering their connection to suspected ‘scam centers’ operating near the country’s border with Thailand.
The company’s move follows a recent raid by Myanmar's military on a cybercrime hub known as KK Park, where authorities detained 2,198 people and seized 30 Starlink terminals.
Starlink is not licensed for operation within Myanmar, and while the method wasn't confirmed, SpaceX can remotely shut down kits by ID or use geofencing to block regional signals.
Other news you might like
- AI Workers Are Putting In 100-Hour Workweeks to Win the New Tech Arms RaceLINK
- OpenAI teases a string of updates for its AI-powered browser, ChatGPT AtlasLINK
- GM to introduce eyes-off, hands-off driving system in 2028LINK
- Apple confirms it pulled controversial dating apps Tea & TeaOnHer from the App StoreLINK
- Quantum computing companies might be Trump's next target for a government stake. The stocks surgeLINK
- Report: Apple to Skip 'iPhone 19' Name for 'iPhone 20'LINK
- Tesla's increased costs outweighed its revenue growthLINK
- Amazon uses AI to make robots better warehouse workersLINK
- China seeks semiconductor and AI self-reliance in new 5-year plan LINK
- Stablecoins become ‘global macroeconomic force’ as transactions reach $46T: ReportLINK
- Elon Musk says Tesla 'not about to replace Nvidia' as EV maker develops chips for cars, robotsLINK
- European firms plan merger to rival StarlinkLINK
- Apple's 18-inch foldable iPad is starting to look like a very expensive maybeLINK
- Amazon’s new AI shopping tool tells you why you should buy a recommended productLINK
- Apple is considering buying HBO owner Warner Bros.LINK
- One in five security breaches now thought to be caused by AI-written codeLINK
- China’s Noetix debuts ‘family-friendly’ US$1,400 humanoid robotLINK
- North Korea has stolen billions in cryptocurrency and tech firm salaries, report saysLINK
- New Bitcoin Protocol Makes Payments EasierLINK
- Why Cohere’s ex-AI research lead is betting against the scaling raceLINK
- How going viral made one Apple Store employee change his nameLINK
- Reverse-engineering ASML isn't going great for China, engineers allegedly broke the machine tryingLINK
Latest research and tools
Ovi: a video and audio generation model that simultaneously creates short, synchronized clips from text or text-plus-image prompts.LINK
Cuq: a framework for formally verifying Rust code that runs on GPUs, helping to prove that the compiled instructions will execute safely and correctly.LINK
Deta Surf: an open-source, local-first AI notebook that combines your files and the web to help you research and think in one place, minimizing the need to switch between different apps and windows.LINK
VortexNet: a neural network that applies fluid dynamics concepts to build and train models for working with image datasets.LINK
RustFS: a high-performance, distributed object storage system built in Rust, offering an open-source and S3-compatible solution for big data and AI workloads.LINK
A Homological Proof of P != NP: Computational Topology via Categorical Framework: this paper claims to prove that P is not equal to NP by applying concepts from computational topology.LINK
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