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Netflix shows its love for AI once again — the platform has acquired Ben Affleck’s firm InterPositive for $587 million, and it’s just given me another reason to cancel my subscription

* Netflix announced it bought AI firm InterPositive for $587 million * It acquired the company back in March * Though the partnership claims to support human creativity, it's still ringing alarm bells for subscribers Netflix is taking another huge step into its investment in AI — now the streaming platform has

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Custom OS installation now available on AWS DeepRacer devices | Amazon Web Services

With the stock firmware and software, developers couldn’t modify their AWS DeepRacer devices to use the latest operating systems. Now, developers can upgrade or install a custom operating system (OS) by using a newly released bootloader, which extends the life of these hardware devices. AWS DeepRacer devices are fully

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70% of Americans don’t want data centers built nearby, but the government is seizing private property to force…

* The US government is using 'eminent domain' to force landowners to sell property to make way for new data center infrastructure * Power companies are turning to the government as a last resort for acquiring land needed for power transmission projects * Americans are not happy with the mass buildout

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Cybersecurity companies say hackers are exploiting vulnerable WordPress versions to take over websites; WordPress patched two critical security flaws last week

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An AI agent breached Hugging Face before an AI defender caught it: What users should do next

Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways * Hugging Face discloses a cyberattack that compromised internal infrastructure and credentials. * An autonomous AI agent has been blamed for the breach. * An AI, in turn, detected the intrusion -- but is AI-enabled defense enough to

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The best rugged phones in 2026: Expert tested

The best smartphones include the likes of Apple iPhone, Samsung Galaxy and Google Pixel. They have sharp displays, powerful performance, and versatile cameras, alongside an IP rating for dust and water resistance. However, they aren't made for outdoorsy people who want phones that can withstand rough elements. In

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Why Zillow's AI ROI numbers actually hold up | VentureBeat

Zillow, the real estate technology company, doesn't get one conversation with its customers. They move from a phone screen to a loan officer to a real estate agent, sometimes over months or years, and expect the context to follow them. A single chatbot could never carry that thread.

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HuggingFace breach that's blamed on AI agent is defended by AI, too - what users should do next

Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways * Hugging Face discloses a cyberattack that compromised internal infrastructure and credentials. * An autonomous AI agent has been blamed for the breach. * An AI, in turn, detected the intrusion -- but is AI-enabled defense enough to

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A Chinese AI lab just built a giant data centre with no Nvidia inside

For a year, one question has hung over China’s fast-improving AI models: what are they actually running on? Z.AI has just given part of the answer. It has built a huge data centre that uses only Chinese-made chips. The company, formerly known as Zhipu, has started partially operating

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'It’s time to punch more holes in the closed Internet' — This free VPN now promises to be even…

* A digital rights group unveils a new version of its free, open-source VPN * FreeSocks v2 adds Xray-based pluggable proxy to evade VPN blocks * Post-quantum encryption has also been added for maximum security With state-sponsored internet blocks growing more sophisticated worldwide, ordinary citizens are finding it increasingly difficult to stay connected.

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Source: Z.ai completed construction of a 1 GW data center housing only Chinese chips; Z.ai has built or operates several computing clusters each with 10K+ chips

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Evolving from legacy BI to agentic AI at Tradeshift with Amazon Quick | Amazon Web Services

This guest post is co-written by Raphael Bres, Robert Iordache, Anca Andone, Ioana Millon (Ploesteanu) of Tradeshift and Roy Yung of AWS Tradeshift is an AI-powered accounts payable (AP) and e-Invoicing compliance platform serving buyers and sellers in more than 70 countries, with a cloud-based network that processes millions of