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* Ministers in the UK are consulting on workplace monitoring technologies * Employers may have to ask permission to implement surveillance tools that ensure employees are working as contracted * The consultation includes references to the use of artificial intelligence-assisted monitoring The British government’s Make Work Pay strategy to overhaul employment rights
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In Brief 3:43 PM PDT · August 6, 2026 More details continue to trickle out about OpenAI’s mysterious new hardware device — described previously as an AI-fueled smart speaker that will be the “physical manifestation” of ChatGPT. Bloomberg now reports that the device will be “donut-shaped,” designed thusly to allow
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In Brief 3:43 PM PDT · August 6, 2026 More details continue to trickle out about OpenAI’s mysterious new hardware device — described previously as an AI-fueled smart speaker that will be the “physical manifestation” of ChatGPT. Bloomberg now reports that the device will be “donut-shaped,” designed thusly to allow
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Discover IIT Bombay’s top AI certificate and diploma programs for developers, engineers, and technology leaders. Artificial Intelligence (AI) has moved from research labs into every major business function. Whether you are a software engineer, data scientist, technology leader, product manager, or business executive, developing AI expertise has become an
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The El Capitan Theatre and the Walt Disney Studios lot have long been reserved for some of Disney's biggest moments. Citizen Kane held its Hollywood premiere on that same stage in 1941, and decades later, The Lion King, the Avengers films, and a steady run of Pixar premieres
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* The World Wide Web was created 35 years ago today * It was initially designed for sharing documents at CERN * Its creator says we can return to its spirit of openness and collaboration These days, it’s hard to go long without connecting to the Internet in one way or another:
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Let's learn about Google via these 500 free blog posts. They are ordered by HackerNoon reader engagement data. Visit the Learn Repo or LearnRepo.com to find the most read blog posts about any technology. You feeling lucky? 1. This Is How Google Will Collapse Reporting on Google’
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* VulnCheck CTO Jacob Baines reported Zbtlink routers shipped with a built‑in backdoor dubbed ENDLESSDOORS, allowing remote root commands and reverse shells * Zbtlink denied malicious intent, calling it an after‑sales maintenance feature, but quietly pulled vulnerable firmware and promised patches * Researchers warn all firmware images are hijackable; mitigation advice
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Toshiba has announced sampling of its enhanced-security TXZ+ M4V microcontroller family, built around an Arm Cortex-M4 core and targeting system control tasks in Internet of Things (IoT) designs. "The widespread adoption of network connectivity and over-the-air updates in consumer and industrial equipment has improved convenience in respect of remote
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Espressif has announced a new release of its ESP RainMaker platform, launched six years ago — splitting it into the existing ESP RainMaker Classic and launching a new permissively-licensed open source version called ESP RainMaker Neo. "ESP RainMaker Neo is a new implementation of ESP RainMaker in which the entire
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* Google’s automated systems mistakenly flagged hundreds of Blogger sites as malicious * Company admitted a bug caused false malware labels, promising a fix * Users advised to request reviews, avoid migrating content Hundreds of Blogger websites were locked down, and some apparently deleted as well, after Google’s automated security systems
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* OpenAI disrupted a major scam campaign in Cambodia’s Poipet, banning accounts and blocking new registrations * Criminals used ChatGPT to run romance fraud, fake investments, bogus police scams, and even operations linked to human trafficking * AI was leveraged for fake personas, fraudulent messages, job lures, and worker administration; OpenAI shared
