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As part of a disclosure into the Justice Department and FBI operations to prevent Chinese threat actors from accessing a malicious botnet and hacking platforms, the US Office of Public Affairs has revealed that the hackers managed to breach computers belonging to multiple US government departments.

An AI agent, Anthropic’s Claude, developed and validated the control logic for the laser system in a QuEra quantum computer, recovering it in seconds versus an expert needing minutes, and holding it steadier than a specialist’s manual tune. QuEra plans to extend the approach to other subsystems.

Gemini Notebook, formerly known as NotebookLM, is getting a new feature that will let you directly access and cite information from the books you own. Fittingly, Google refers to this new feature as Expert Intelligence, and the whole idea behind it is pretty clear. Instead of citing information from the sources you upload, or pull…

Transmitting data through the air often comes with a key problem: under a barrage of turbulent atmospheric conditions like wind and heat, the data can become distorted and corrupted, requiring great effort to piece it back together. It’s a big obstacle for long-distance internet and communications providers, yet a team of researchers think they’ve just…

Back to school deals will soon come to an end. Now that students are returning back to the classroom, retailers will start winding down their sales. But there’s still a few days left to shop, so if you’re looking for bargains — there are plenty to be found.

OpenAI has released a more detailed report on exactly how an experiment led to an AI model breaching its containment and launching a cyber attack against Hugging Face. If you need a refresher, take a look at our summary here.

With fall just around the corner, all eyes are on the upcoming iPhones. But Apple surprised us this week with updates to two of its desktop computers: a new Mac mini and a Mac Studio. They don’t look radically different, but they come with faster chips. And although these Macs won’t hit stores until next…

Just a few months back, I got to go inside United’s next-generation Boeing 787 Dreamliner, complete with a high-tech new interior, spacious seats, and some notable upgrades for Economy.

Claude Cowork just got its own browser, built directly into the desktop app. Until now, giving Claude web access inside Cowork meant handing it your actual Chrome browser through Claude in Chrome extension.

Apple announced a surprising update to the Mac mini this week. That cute little Mac that doesn’t come with a keyboard or monitor now has an M6 chip inside. It’s a brand-new Apple Silicon chip debuting in the Mac mini and, as you might expect, it’s faster and more efficient than the last generation. The thing is,…