Are you looking forward to a future of casual but supercharged surveillance, in which inconspicuous wearable devices record everything private you do — ostensibly in service of making you “super intelligent?” Evidently, readers, you are not.  Users on social media have responded with horror and outrage to a pair of smart glasses developed by a startup

Content warning: this story includes discussion of self-harm and suicide. If you are in crisis, please call, text or chat with the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988, or contact the Crisis Text Line by texting TALK to 741741. A family in California filed a wrongful death lawsuit against OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman

AI is steadily changing the way banks work. The technology can sift through massive amounts of data, calculate risks, and handle routine tasks at speeds people can’t match. Now, Malaysia has entered that space with the launch of Ryt Bank, billed as the first AI-powered bank created in the country. The new venture, led by

Vibe coding is making lots of noise in software development, but perhaps nowhere will its presence be felt more keenly than in the Web3 coding space. Of course, not every AI code generator is cut out for Web3 development. That’s because it’s a niche area that requires deep expertise in blockchain languages and smart contract

Elon Musk’s X and xAI are taking on Apple and OpenAI, accusing the tech giants of an AI monopoly to crush their competition. A lawsuit by the companies filed in a Texas federal court claims the exclusive partnership between Apple and OpenAI to put ChatGPT on the iPhone is a calculated move by “two monopolists

AI’s growing dominance in the world, whether it be reshaping industries’ workflows or influencing investor portfolios, is redefining how society and economies evolve. Of course, the hype and buzz around AI has been and is hard to ignore, but the question is, does this hype often overshadow the real challenges and limitations of AI? According

Digital identities, the electronic credentials embedded in phone wallets, workplace logins, and other apps, are becoming ubiquitous. While they offer unprecedented convenience, they also create new privacy risks, particularly around tracking and surveillance.  One of these risks is linkability, the ability to associate one or more uses of a credential to a specific person. Currently,

OpenLight has closed a $34 million Series A funding round, co-led by Xora Innovation and Capricorn Investment Group. The oversubscribed round also drew participation from Mayfield, Juniper Networks (now part of HPE), Lam Capital, New Legacy Ventures, and K2 Access. This financing marks OpenLight’s official move from being a Synopsys subsidiary to becoming an independent,

AiGent, a developer of AI-based distributed power plants, has raised $6 million in seed funding. The round was led by Zero Infinity Partners (ZIP) and CIV, with both firms backing AiGent’s plan to bring reliable, fast-responding power to the grid by activating existing backup generation infrastructure. The funding was raised in record time, according to

Blue Water Autonomy, a Boston-based shipbuilding and technology startup, has raised $50 million in Series A funding to accelerate development of its long-range, autonomous naval vessels. The round was led by GV, with continued support from Eclipse, Riot, and Impatient Ventures. This brings the company’s total funding to $64 million, following a $14 million seed