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In a recent experiment, Anthropic created a classified marketplace where AI agents represented both buyers and sellers, striking real deals for real goods and real money. The company admitted this test — which it called Project Deal — was only “a pilot experiment with a self-sele

Maine Governor Janet Mills has vetoed a bill that would have temporarily brought permits for new data centers to a halt. If it had become law, L.D. 307 would have imposed the country’s first statewide moratorium on new data centers — lasting, in this case, until November 1, 2027.

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In a letter to the residents of Tumbler Ridge, Canada, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said he is “deeply sorry” that his company failed to alert law enforcement about the suspect in a recent mass shooting. After police identified 18-year-old Jesse Van Rootselaar as a suspected shooter who

Steam Controller leaked review points to $99 MSRP — more expensive than PS5 and Xbox controllers and Nintendo Joy-Cons Whoops! Get Tom's Hardware's best news and in-depth reviews, straight to your inbox. You are now subscribed Your newsletter sign-up was successful A hardware rev

Climate tech startups are capital intensive, timelines are long, and the technology is often considered “first of its kind.” What’s more, a key value proposition is addressing pollution — an externality that is, at best, poorly priced by the market. Those aren’t the qualities sto

Canadian AI startup Cohere is taking over Germany-based Aleph Alpha with support from Schwarz Group (parent company of grocery chain Lidl). With the blessing of their governments, the companies intend to offer a sovereign alternative to enterprises in an AI landscape dominated by

Intel's upcoming Xeon 7 "Diamond Rapids" server CPUs reportedly delayed to 2027 — Next-gen Coral Rapids lineup lands 2028 but can be accelerated, according to new leak A shakeup in Intel's future Xeon families. Get Tom's Hardware's best news and in-depth reviews, straight to your

Every major tech conference has themes. Most are vague enough to mean everything and nothing at the same time. SusHi Tech Tokyo 2026 is doing something different — four tightly defined technology domains, each backed by live demonstrations, dedicated exhibit floors, and sessions

The Kioxia BG8 series of SSDs arrives roughly one year after the Kioxia BG7, bringing PCIe 5.0 connectivity to the mainstream client SSD segment. Like its predecessor, the BG8 series is intended for OEM deployments in laptops and desktops rather than retail channels. The new gene

You open your phone to check the time or a quick message. The next thing you know, an hour has passed and you’ve scrolled through endless celebrity drama, cat videos, awful news stories, influencer rants, and whatever else the algorithm decided to throw at you. Even though you pr

As Apple races to stay competitive in AI while navigating tariffs and supply chain uncertainty, the company’s future is about to shift under new leadership. On Monday, Apple announced that John Ternus will take over as CEO later this year, succeeding Tim Cook. Cook transformed Ap

Snabbit, an Indian instant house-help startup, is close to raising fresh funding at a valuation of around $400 million in a round led by Susquehanna Venture Capital, TechCrunch has learned. The Bengaluru-based startup is in talks to raise around $50 million in the round, accordin

Microsoft will allow users to indefinitely pause updates in Windows 11 — first change in over a decade to the mandatory update policy No more automatic restarts during important meetings or gaming sessions Get Tom's Hardware's best news and in-depth reviews, straight to your inbo

It used to be that if your iPhone or Galaxy was damaged, you were at the mercy of Apple or Samsung to get it fixed as manufacturers snowed customers with a blizzard of unattainable proprietary parts and software diagnostics. But that pain hasn't been limited to smartphones, and a

Business Private-Sector Sleuthing Becomes Big Business for US Tech Startup Trump’s economic crackdown on China’s US interests is creating opportunities for a Utah-based intelligence firm FacebookXLinkedInEmailLinkGiftFacebookXLinkedInEmailLinkGift Investigators in Utah’s Depa

Maine governor vetoes bill that bans large new data centers — says legislature should’ve exempted one particular well-supported data center Governor Mills said no to the entire bill because of its impact on a single data center project. Get Tom's Hardware's best news and in-depth

Intel has reportedly cancelled discrete gaming GPUs for the upcoming Xe3P Arc "Celestial" family — gaming GPU remains uncertain even for the next-gen Xe4 "Druid" lineup that lands in 2027 Intel's next discrete gaming card is a mystery. Get Tom's Hardware's best news and in-depth

Ex-AWS legend explains what enterprises need to make AI actually work AI transformation is about people and organization, not technology Enterprise AI projects go off the rails when companies focus on the technology instead of the people. So says Matt Domo, co-founder of AWS's da

Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus vs AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D — Can Intel finally beat X3D? Arrow Lake Refresh is starting to catch up. Get Tom's Hardware's best news and in-depth reviews, straight to your inbox. You are now subscribed Your newsletter sign-up was successful Arrow Lake fell

Software giants are seeing their worst stock performance in years on fears of AI disruption. Now they have a new problem. Several top software executives have been poached by AI giants that are hunting for talent with sales and go-to-market experience, according to sources. Execu

The aerospace and defense trade is taking investors deeper into space and exchange-traded funds want a part of it. VettaFi's Cinthia Murphy told CNBC's "ETF Edge" this week that there are now more ETFs tackling the space theme more directly — listing the Procure Space ETF (UFO) a

Tesla owner Mike Nelson has been using the AI chatbot Grok in his vehicle for several months now. He finds it is useful, nearly irresistible, and dangerous. Nelson, a lawyer with a background in auto insurance, showed CNBC how he uses Grok on a drive around the New York metro are

With the circumlunar flight of Artemis II, and the prospect of landing astronauts on the lunar surface within a few years, humanity is preempting an era where the imprint of visiting the Moon would be erased from living memory. There are five men still alive who flew to the Moon

Your Walmart might be 3D printed — firm building more than a dozen 3D-printed Walmart expansions with concrete-printing robots 3D printing a building now takes days, not weeks. Get Tom's Hardware's best news and in-depth reviews, straight to your inbox. You are now subscribed You

Intel VP claims up to 30% of CPU performance is untapped by modern games — software optimization is critical to unlocking full potential of hybrid CPUs Intel has been making CPUs with a hybrid architecture for the past 5 years. Get Tom's Hardware's best news and in-depth reviews,

It took just a few months of President Donald Trump’s second term for Palantir employees to question their company’s commitments to civil liberties. Last fall, Palantir seemed to become the technological backbone of Trump’s immigration enforcement machinery, providing software id

AMD's memory-boosting EXPO 1.2 is here, adds support for three Chinese memory vendors — performance gains could be muted until Zen 6 Get Tom's Hardware's best news and in-depth reviews, straight to your inbox. You are now subscribed Your newsletter sign-up was successful AMD's lo

Enthusiast fixes 30-year issue with S3 graphics card — hacking the VBIOS fixes black levels by scalpelling out the Virge DX’s ‘pedestal bit’ S3 purposely set washed-out blacks in VBIOS so imagery wouldn’t be too dark for legacy NTSC TV color compatibility. Get Tom's Hardware's be

US Navy tests laser weapon that shoots down drones on the USS George H.W. Bush supercarrier — ‘system tracked, engaged, and neutralized multiple target drones,’ has essentially unlimited power source Military unveils details of demo conducted back in October. Get Tom's Hardware's

Crime crew impersonates help desk, abuses Microsoft Teams to steal your data Coming in cold with custom Snow malware A previously unknown threat group using tried-and-tested social engineering tactics - Microsoft Teams chat invitations and helpdesk staff impersonation - is also u

Apr 25th, 2026 Understanding the Most Viral Chart in Artificial Intelligence | Odd Lots METR, which stands for Model Evaluation and Threat Researc, is focused on understanding the degree to which AI models can engage in autonomous, complex tasks. METR see this is as a particularl

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PBOC Warns of Finance ‘Involution,’ Reaffirms Risk Control Focus China’s central bank and foreign‑exchange regulator reiterated the need to curb excessive — or “involution‑style” — competition within the country’s finance industry, framing it as a governance and discipline concer

Pronto, an Indian instant house-help startup, is finalizing a funding round led by tech investor Lachy Groom that would value the fast-growing company at about $200 million after investment, TechCrunch has learned. The deal is expected to bring in about $20 million in fresh capit

Trade China Says US Export Bills Risk Disrupting Chip Supply Chains China said it is closely monitoring US legislative plans after the House Foreign Affairs Committee advanced export-control bills targeting semiconductors, which Beijing warned could disrupt global supply chains i

The US Space Force released a list Friday of a dozen companies working on Space-Based Interceptors for the Pentagon’s Golden Dome initiative, a multilayer defense system to shield US territory from drones and ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile attacks. The roster of Golden

When the avocado has two hours left, the AI takes over. Picture a busy Subway franchise on a Tuesday afternoon. A batch of fresh avocados was pulled from the refrigerator six hours ago. In an hour, they'll be unsellable — blackened and written off. In the old world, the store man

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