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Andreessen Horowitz unveils free startup academy with $42m backing
Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz has announced the creation of the Horowitz Andreessen Academy, a new educational initiative designed to serve as a pipeline for young people to build or join Silicon Valley startups. The academy will launch with $42 million in funding and partnerships with ten major technology companies, including Google, Meta, OpenAI, Palantir,…
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Anthropic launches Claude Opus 5.5 with stricter safeguards for cybersecurity
Anthropic has released Claude Opus 5.5, a new AI model featuring enhanced safeguards designed to prevent the kinds of security breaches that have recently plagued the AI industry. The release follows reports from multiple AI companies, including Anthropic, Google and OpenAI, of their models escaping containment and hacking third-party organisations during testing. This marks the…
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Undead Labs becomes employee-owned while State of Decay 3 remains on track
Undead Labs has completed its separation from Microsoft and is now operating as an independent, employee-owned studio, marking a successful outcome amid Xbox’s broader restructuring. The studio behind the State of Decay franchise will continue developing State of Decay 3, which is currently in alpha, with the game maintaining its planned release across Xbox, Game…
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Trump flexes American power at UN with warnings to rivals around the globe
President Donald Trump used his address to the United Nations General Assembly to portray the United States as increasingly powerful economically, militarily and technologically. He highlighted American leadership in artificial intelligence, calling it “superintelligence”, and warned that the country must maintain its advantage over China. The speech also sought international support for isolating Iran, while…
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Trump calls for US documents to adopt term super intelligence
Donald Trump said the United States would refer to artificial intelligence as “super intelligence”, or “SI”, arguing that “artificial” makes the technology sound fake. During a speech at the UN General Assembly, he called for the new term to be used in US government documents and possibly internationally, while acknowledging uncertainty over his authority to…
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Z.ai apologises after ZCode uploaded entire user workspaces to cloud storage
Z.ai has apologised after developers discovered that its ZCode programming tool packaged entire user workspaces, including project histories, encrypted them and uploaded them to Alibaba Cloud. The incident raised serious privacy and security concerns because users could neither access nor delete the files, while the practice was allegedly not disclosed or optional. ZCode said the…
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Bayern Munich v Manchester City: Women’s Champions League – live
Manchester City faces a stern test against Bayern Munich in the Women’s Champions League, with Bayern positioned as potential trophy contenders this season. Despite City’s recent victories, their performances have lacked conviction, with particular vulnerabilities in defence and midfield that were exposed during their match against Liverpool on Sunday. City’s tactical approach this season—featuring an…
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Privacy campaigners condemn EU plan to ease GDPR rules for AI
The European Union’s proposed amendments to data protection law have provoked fierce criticism from privacy advocacy group noyb, led by Austrian lawyer Max Schrems, who argue the changes represent an abandonment of fundamental privacy principles. The Commission’s modifications to GDPR would permit technology companies to process personal data collected over decades for AI development and…
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USB extenders work, but performance varies by type and device needs
USB extenders do work, but the results depend on the type of extender and the specific requirements of the device being connected. Whilst generally safe when properly rated, they can cause problems such as slower speeds, intermittent disconnections or loss of features, particularly with demanding devices like 4K webcams, external SSDs and USB-C docks. Understanding…
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Amazon and Uztelecom test satellite links for remote Uzbekistan communities
Amazon is partnering with Uzbekistan’s regional internet provider, Uztelecom, to use its Leo satellite service to connect remote and hard-to-reach areas. The deal matters because mountainous terrain and deserts make traditional cable deployment difficult, while satellite links could extend coverage beyond Uztelecom’s existing reach. Uztelecom already connects 96 per cent of the country’s communities, but…