Fox to Acquire Roku for $22 Billion Enterprise Value

Users report that mandatory sign-ins and account-linked features are appearing in more places, with fresh complaints about BitLocker recovery adding to the friction.

The policy, announced by Prime Minister Keir Starmer, will block access to major platforms and add rules on games, livestreaming, and certain chatbots.

Bloomberg hands-on report finds the updated assistant now meets basic practicality thresholds and may anchor a broader AI reset.

Linux 7.1 ships a rewritten NTFS driver and performance updates for upcoming Intel and AMD processors.

Emmanuel Macron aims to define his presidency by returning Europe to the technology race, but success hinges on securing AI funding and data centers before his term ends.

The Trump administration’s restriction on foreign use of Anthropic’s top models marks a sharp reversal in export policy toward advanced AI.

Users report the requirements appearing in more system functions, with fresh complaints centered on setup friction and BitLocker recovery.

A fire damaged Google Cloud India's network infrastructure, with slowdowns still reported a week later.

Adam Engst counted and sorted every feature and change Apple listed during the event.

The weekly column notes fixes targeting ad blocker workarounds, friction for European Office users, and open questions on AI job displacement.

A Hacker News thread questions the source of recent attention around Anthropic without revealing the underlying claim.

A coalition of state attorneys general has requested documents from OpenAI covering its advertising practices, health data handling, and other operations.

Startups are trying to ride the IPO wave set in motion by AI companies, including hopes tied to a SpaceX listing.

A GitHub issue shows that the Nex-N2 model promoted as locally developed is assembled from existing weights rather than trained from scratch.

Prime Minister Mark Carney said the American export restrictions on Anthropic's newest models show the hazard of depending on a narrow set of frontier AI systems.

A coalition of state attorneys general has requested documents from OpenAI on topics that include advertising policies and the handling of health data.

A preprint study asserts that Pearl’s claimed AI computation network delivers no verified useful output while driving up GPU rental prices.

The government will introduce restrictions on platforms including TikTok and AI chatbots, though Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy says the step alone will not solve child safety issues.

US officials told the company that a Chinese group had reached its model through the Fable 5 flaw, yet CEO Dario Amodei left the issue in place before new export rules applied.

London postings for finance analysts fell from more than 350 to roughly 80 over four years, according to recruitment data.

A coalition of state attorneys general has opened an inquiry into OpenAI and asked the company for records on multiple fronts.