Tory leader Kemi Badenoch said Burnham was offering “more government control, more taxes and more politicians”, as he addressed MPs for the first time as PM. ...
Meta disables cameras on thousands of tampered smart glassesMeta disables cameras on thousands of tampered smart glasses
The Scoop Meta has disabled the photo- and video-taking abilities for thousands of its Glasses users after detecting they had tampered with the light that discloses that the device’s camera is on. The company recently rolled out an update that can detect whether the LED light has been covered or ...
John Ternus confronts Apple’s AI eraJohn Ternus confronts Apple’s AI era
Steve Jobs and Tim Cook solved Apple’s biggest problems of their respective eras — building new products people loved and then manufacturing them at global, margin-fattening scale. John Ternus, who takes over as CEO today, will now have to confront Apple’s AI era. Among his first tasks: Defending the powerful ...
The Fed’s forecasts keep missing, so it may stop making themThe Fed’s forecasts keep missing, so it may stop making them
Liz’s view Hi, and welcome back. A lot happened while Rohan and I were on vacation, but the one thing still on my mind — freshly cleansed by Hudson Valley air — is Kevin Warsh’s speech in Jackson Hole. The Fed chair argued the central bank should say less about ...
New Leon Black book picks fight with the TimesNew Leon Black book picks fight with the Times
The Scoop Apollo founder Leon Black’s career started falling apart in October of 2020, when The New York Times revealed that he’d been one of Jeffrey Epstein’s main financial patrons, relying on the criminal long after others had abandoned him. The veteran finance writer Bill Cohan’s new 673-page Black biography, ...
OpenClaw agent hype dies down in ChinaOpenClaw agent hype dies down in China
The extent of AI excitement among China’s public may be overstated, analysts argued. A viral craze this year saw grandmothers installing the agentic AI tool OpenClaw, part of the so-called “raising lobsters” frenzy that was widely presented as evidence of rabid AI enthusiasm in China. But the lobster has become ...
US launches new airstrikes on Iranian targets as hostilities flareUS launches new airstrikes on Iranian targets as hostilities flare
Move from Washington quashes hopes that exchange of fire last weekend might not presage wider renewal of hostilities Middle East crisis live – latest updates The US launched new airstrikes on Iranian targets on Tuesday, quashing hopes that an exchange of fire last weekend might not presage a wider renewal ...
British activist abducted by West Bank settlers and deported by Israel – The LatestBritish activist abducted by West Bank settlers and deported by Israel – The Latest
A British activist who was forcibly abducted by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank has been deported to the UK. The treatment of 22-year-old Finn Joughin comes after a surge of settler violence against Palestinian people in the West Bank that has been widely condemned internationally and also by ...
Oklahoma Tells City It Can’t Charge $17,125.44 for a Records Request Related to Data Center ArrestOklahoma Tells City It Can’t Charge $17,125.44 for a Records Request Related to Data Center Arrest
A city in Oklahoma tried to charge a farmer more than $17,000 to fulfill a public records request for information related to a proposed data center and the farmer’s arrest at a city council meeting. Now, in a win for the farmer, the State’s attorney general has stepped in and ...
This ‘Digital Camouflage’ Shirt Confuses AI-Powered Surveillance CamerasThis ‘Digital Camouflage’ Shirt Confuses AI-Powered Surveillance Cameras
I am standing in front of a camera that’s streaming to a giant video screen. The image recognition AI running on the camera puts a big green box around me. “PERSON,” it says. Artist Simon Weckert hands me his newest creation, a button-down shirt with flowery, blurry globs of green ...