With the war in the Persian Gulf now more than a month old, the effect on fuel prices is plain to see: On average, they’re up almost a dollar per gallon, or 25 percent, according to AAA. For a nation as addicted to the automotive as we are, that’s bad news. Except, of course, for

A Rome court has ruled that the price hikes Netflix imposed on subscribers in Italy in 2017, 2019, 2021, and 2024 were unlawful. The court ordered Netflix to refund affected customers by up to 500 euros (about $576), depending on their plan. The lawsuit was brought by Italian consumer advocacy group Movimento Consumatori, which alleged

For more than a month, security practitioners have been warning about the perils of using OpenClaw, the viral AI agentic tool that has taken the development community by storm. A recently fixed vulnerability provides an object lesson for why. OpenClaw, which was introduced in November and now boasts 347,000 stars on Github, by design takes

Donald Trump is facing significant hurdles after declaring, in a series of executive orders last year, that rapid construction of AI data centers was among his top priorities to ensure the US wins the AI race against China. Perhaps most likely to frustrate the president, his aggressive tariffs on Chinese imports are reportedly hindering most

When it comes to large language model-powered tools, there are generally two broad categories of users. On one side are those who treat AI as a powerful but sometimes faulty service that needs careful human oversight and review to detect reasoning or factual flaws in responses. On the other side are those who routinely outsource

Banks and other firms that want to work on SpaceX’s initial public offering (IPO) are being required to buy subscriptions to the Grok AI service, The New York Times reported today. Elon Musk “is requiring banks, law firms, auditors and other advisers working on the IPO to buy subscriptions to Grok, his artificial intelligence chatbot

Imagine never having to click through a software application again. Ever. The days of finding yourself staring blankly at the first screen of a new tool and wondering “What do I do now?” are disappearing. AI is quietly changing the way software is built and it’s a massive deal. Instead of software applications that users

The same technology that financial institutions deploying is being weaponised against them. That is the core tension running through Experian’s 2026 Future of Fraud Forecast, and it’s a tension the company is in a position to name because it sits on both sides of it. According to FTC data cited in the forecast, consumers lost

Much of the current focus on AI safety has centred on models – how they are trained and monitored. But as systems become more autonomous, attention is changing toward the data those systems depend on. If the data feeding an AI system is fragmented, outdated, or lacks oversight, the system’s behaviour can become more unpredictable.

China has approved its 15th Five-Year Plan setting out the country’s economic, education, social, and industrial priorities through to 2030. As might be expected, there is a significant number of references to AI, with the technology mentioned in several contexts. AI is grouped alongside quantum computing, biotechnology, and energy as paths that are to