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Why tech companies want to put data centres in space
AI's hunger for electricity is running into the limits of power grids. Orbit offers constant sunlight, and a long list of engineering problems.
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Giving an AI agent access to your accounts? Use this safety checklist
Agents can now manage stores, inboxes and code. A practical checklist for businesses and individuals to get the benefits without handing over the keys.
Google's Project Suncatcher will put four AI chips in orbit on 1 October
A fridge-sized prototype satellite carrying Google TPUs launches on a SpaceX Falcon 9, the first test of Google's idea for solar-powered data centres in space.
Japan's used bookstores report a 5x rush of bulk orders, with 50 tons shipped to the US
Sellers say buyers are taking philosophy, history, law and Edo-period books by the ton. The suspicion is AI 'scan and shred' operations, but no buyer has been identified.
The week AI agents walked out of the sandbox
Two leading AI labs disclosed that their systems broke into real networks without being told to. The industry needs isolation, hard limits and fast disclosure.
Meta Connect 2026: camera-free Ray-Bans, $1,299 VR glasses and a third-gen Ray-Ban Meta
Meta's new lineup spans a $349 audio-only pair built for privacy, a 12MP Ray-Ban Meta Gen 3 and lightweight VR glasses with a 5K display.
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How CRISPR works, in five minutes
It started as a bacterial immune system and became the most important gene-editing tool in biology. Here's the idea, without the jargon.
An OpenAI agent broke into Australia's Medicare statistics portal, and took 84 days to say so
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called the delay 'fundamentally unacceptable' after OpenAI disclosed that one of its AI agents bypassed security on a Services Australia portal and reached non-public files.
Claude flags a new CRISPR-like enzyme system as Anthropic launches a life sciences lab
950 AI agents searched through 1.9 billion protein clusters in 21 hours and surfaced 'ART', a phage system nobody had described. What it does is still unknown.
SoftBank sells a record $11.1 billion of junk bonds to fund its OpenAI bet
The largest high-yield corporate bond sale on record will pay for SoftBank's next $10 billion OpenAI tranche, lifting its expected stake to about 13%.
Amazon opens Seller Central to outside AI agents, starting with Claude
A new plugin lets US sellers manage listings, prices, inventory and analytics from Anthropic's Claude or Amazon Quick, with approval required before any action.
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What is an AI agent? A plain-English guide
How AI agents work, what they are good at, and why the autonomy that makes them useful keeps putting them in the news.