A new HDD recycling initiative by Western Digital and partners reclaims rare earths with 95% fewer emissions than mining, saving 47,000 lbs of hardware.

A security audit by Appknox has found critical vulnerabilities in Perplexity AI's Android app, deeming it unsafe due to risks like data theft and MitM attacks.

Anthropic has published research analyzing the values expressed by its AI Claude in real-world user interactions, revealing situational norms and releasing a public dataset.

Meta has started testing a new AI system on Instagram in the US that proactively identifies suspected underage users and automatically applies restrictive teen settings.

Bluesky has introduced a free blue check verification system, featuring both platform-issued checks and a novel 'Trusted Verifiers' program for organizations.

Gemini 2.5 Pro reportedly can interpret PDF structure for accurate visual citations, though Google notes limits on spatial reasoning precision.

Sources indicate Huawei's advanced Ascend 910C AI chip will ship en masse from May, targeting Chinese AI firms impacted by the US Nvidia H20 export ban.

Google's control over Chrome and default search deals have become the focus of a DOJ antitrust remedies trial beginning today in Washington D.C.

Attackers are increasingly weaponing SVG files to embed hidden code, creating a new phishing vector that evades detection and targets cloud credentials.

The discovery of non-standard space characters in OpenAI's o3/o4-mini output has raised questions about AI watermarking, though it remains unclear if it's intentional.

Leveraging optical interconnects and scale, Huawei's new CloudMatrix 384 AI cluster surpasses Nvidia's GB200 performance but uses significantly more power.

Decentralized platform Bluesky has restricted 72 accounts and one post in Turkey, complying with court orders and government pressure citing national security.

Security firm Secure Annex has alerted users about 57 potentially harmful Chrome extensions, many unlisted, affecting millions with spyware-like functionality.

Meta is confronting a major FTC antitrust challenge seeking divestiture of Instagram/WhatsApp, while also battling whistleblower accusations of building China censorship tools.

Intel's next major desktop CPU generation, Nova Lake, may require a new LGA-1954 socket according to leaked data, raising questions about LGA-1851 longevity.

Google's latest Gemma 3 update introduces int4 QAT models that dramatically cut memory requirements, allowing high-performance AI to run locally on standard GPUs.

Developers can now use Pydantic's mcp-run-python server, distributed via JSR, to allow AI agents to execute Python code with automatic dependency handling in isolation.

DeepSeek AI has open-sourced 3FS, a high-performance distributed file system designed for AI training and inference, emphasizing efficiency and scalability.