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Apple Store, Apple Layoffs

Apple Considered Replacing 5,000 Support Staff With AI: Then Put Mass Layoff Plan on Hold

Apple has paused a proposal to eliminate roughly 5,000 AppleCare customer-service positions through AI, even as automated support tools continue handling some customer questions and troubleshooting.

By Sami Khan

Dario Amodei

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s SNL Cameo Reveals How Mainstream AI Anxiety Has Become

By Suman V

Claude Opus 5 helped researchers test OpenAI security

Claude Is Down: ‘Unable to Authenticate’ Error Affects Thousands Across Code, Chat and API

By Sami Khan

OpenAI

OpenAI Employee Thinks Everyone Is About to Lose Their Jobs: ‘Eventually We All Will’

By Suman V

Grandfather targeted in AI voice scam kidnapping fraud

Grandfather Paid Ransom After Deepfake Voice Mimicked His Brother in Fake Kidnapping Scam

By Grace Hisona

Tesla Optimus humanoid robot displayed during technology exhibition

Tesla’s Robot Future Runs Into a Human Problem: Some Workers Pushed Back on Training Optimus

By Grace Hisona

OpenAI GPT-6.1 Astra model safety concerns

OpenAI’s GPT-6.1 Astra Crossed User Boundaries in Tests: Its Planned Release Was Scrapped

By Grace Hisona

Tesla Model X Living Setup

Tesla Worker Who Lost Job, Sold $1.2M Home and Moved Into Model X Reveals How Much He’s Saved

By Vinay Patel

BBC job cuts hit iPlayer and Sounds technology teams

BBC Pushes Digital Future While Cutting 110 Jobs From Teams Behind iPlayer and Sounds

By Grace Hisona

Apple & Iphone View more

iOS 27 glitch freezing an iPhone screen

Two Swipes Can Freeze Your iPhone? Viral iOS 27 Glitch Leaves Phones Unresponsive

Cybersecurity & Scams

Contractor Review Microsoft Copilot Prompts

Your Copilot Photos Aren’t Just Seen by AI: Hundreds of Humans Review User Images

Flock CEO, Flock cameras

Flock Safety CEO’s Home Marked ‘Public Toilet’ After It Was Blurred on Street View

Editor's Picks

AI & ChatGPT
Female Tech Workers Warn Each Other With Secret Silicon Valley ‘Sex Misconduct List’ Naming 100+ Men
By Vinay Patel
Future Tech
‘We Don’t Set Different Prices’: Walmart Says Sparky AI Won’t Use Your Data to Charge More
By Vinay Patel
AI & ChatGPT
‘I Earn £6,600 a Month and I Don’t Even Exist’: AI Influencer Reveals Trade Secret
By Suman V
Future Tech
Vogue’s ‘Human Touch’ Show Featured Naked Robots: ‘It Didn’t Work’
By Suman V
Money & Work
‘Save Your UPT’: Amazon Workers Plot 1 October Walkout Over Pay, Safety and Job Security
By Suman V

AI & ChatGPT

Tristan Roberts jailed for murdering his mother

Teen Who Asked DeepSeek ‘Hammer or Knife?’ Before Murdering His Mum Is Jailed for Life

Meta Muse raises privacy concerns after Marketplace incident

AI Sent a Stranger to His Door? Meta Muse User Raises Alarming Privacy Question: ‘Dangerous and Creepy’

OpenAI Rogue AI Agents Data Leak

OpenAI’s Rogue AI Agents Leaked 53 ChatGPT Images — And The Incidents Keep Growing

OpenAI Navier-Stokes Millennium Prize Breakthrough

Tech VP Sacked After Sleeping in Sauna Can Now Pursue £76M Claim From OpenAI-Owned Firm

Nvidia CEO rejects AI doomsday fears

Jensen Huang’s AI Plan to Help Climate Comes With a Warning: ‘They’ve Got to Hurt You First’

Mark Zuckerberg discusses AI safety and responsible development

Mark Zuckerberg Says AI Won’t ‘Kill Us’ If Developers Act Responsibly: Rejects AI Slowdown

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Social Media

Utah pastor, women social media access

Far-right Utah Pastor Says Women Need a ‘Competent Man’ to Control Their Social Media

Meta Hologram Brings Realistic AI Avatars to WhatsApp Calls: Your Voice Drives the Facial Expressions

Oktoberfest Devil's Wheel Ride

Oktoberfest Upskirting Videos Flood Meta, YouTube and TikTok: AI Used To Evade Filters

Smart Glasses Privacy Concern in France

‘I’d Been Tricked’: Men Secretly Film Women With Smart Glasses and Sell Videos for Money

Future Tech

Amazon AI jobs drive recruitment of former employees

Amazon Wants Ex-Workers Back for AI Jobs After Mass Layoffs: ‘A Lot Has Changed’

Amazon recruiters are contacting former employees, including some previously laid off, about AI, machine-learning and cloud roles following workforce reductions affecting about 30,000 positions.

Pentagon, Minab strike

AI’s Troubling Role in Strike That Killed 123 Iranian Children: Pentagon Probe Reveals What Went Wrong

Human vs robot fight sends influencer crashing to floor

Viral ‘Human vs Terminator’ MMA Fight Is Terrifying: 6-Foot Robot Floors Influencer With Flying Kick

Nvidia CEO rejects AI doomsday fears

Nvidia CEO Rejects AI Doomsday Fears: ‘2030 Is Not Going to Be the End of the World’

Microsoft AI chief Mustafa Suleyman warns about rival silicon species

‘New Silicon Species’ Could Wipe Out Humanity: Microsoft AI Chief Warns We’d ‘Bitterly Regret’ It

Money & Work

Xbox

Gaming & Streaming

Halo Director Josh Daniels Laid Off After 11 Years at Xbox Just Days After Promotion

Microsoft layoff, Tim Sweeney, Epic Games CEO,

Gaming & Streaming

Epic Games CEO Says Microsoft’s Xbox Overhaul ‘Makes Sense’: Gives Projects ‘Best Chance of Success’

Google building

Former Google Executive Alleges Age Discrimination and Retaliation: Files Lawsuit Over Layoff

Verizon

Verizon Cuts 13,000 Jobs, Then Spends $70M Teaching Americans How to Work With AI