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Meta's AI training effort is capturing employee emails and browsing history, not just mouse clicks
Posted on Monday June 01, 2026
Internal documents reviewed by Reuters show that the company's Model Capability Initiative (MCI) is collecting interaction data across more than 200 apps and websites. The goal is to train AI systems to perform routine digital tasks autonomously. But exactly what the tool is collecting – and how far that collection...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Intel Crescent Island data center GPU supports up to 480GB LPDDR5X with 350W air-cooled TDP
Posted on Monday June 01, 2026
At Computex 2026, Intel shared more details about its Crescent Island GPU architecture, noting that it is designed specifically for agentic AI workloads. While conventional AI accelerators from Nvidia and AMD rely on expensive high-bandwidth memory, Intel's new chip uses consumer-oriented LPDDR5X DRAM and is designed to run in air-cooled...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Zig project leader says AI-generated code contributions are "invariably garbage" and will be rejected
Posted on Monday June 01, 2026
Andrew Kelley designed the Zig programming language in 2016 and still presides over the non-profit organization responsible for managing the project. In a recent interview on the developer-focused JetBrains podcast, Kelley said AI-based contributions have no value and will be discarded.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Dell's new XPS 13 starts at $599 and is gunning directly for the MacBook Neo
Posted on Monday June 01, 2026
The company is launching the laptop at a promotional price of $599 for students as part of a back-to-school offer that runs through September. After that, the starting price will increase to $699. That places it in direct competition with Apple's MacBook Neo, which has already helped define the budget...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
A top economist says there's "zero evidence" AI is killing jobs, despite thousands of actual layoffs
Posted on Monday June 01, 2026
Writing in a post last week titled "Zero Evidence of AI-Related Job Losses," Sløk points to ADP employment data to support his conclusion. The report found that private companies added almost 110,000 people to their payrolls in April.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
This solar-powered desalination device turns seawater into drinking water, can also extract lithium
Posted on Monday June 01, 2026
The work, led by Chunlei Guo, a professor of optics and physics, centers on a specially treated surface known as superwicking black metal. The material is created by texturing a metal surface with femtosecond laser pulses, altering its structure at microscopic scales. This process gives the surface two key properties:...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Microsoft unveils Surface Laptop Ultra with Nvidia RTX Spark chip and up to 128GB of RAM
Posted on Monday June 01, 2026
The Surface Laptop Ultra features a standard design, without the more experimental elements seen in earlier Surface devices. That means it does not include a removable display like the Surface Book series, nor an adjustable screen that can be moved forward or backward, as seen in the Surface Laptop Studio.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Engineer builds AI laser defense system that wiped out every mosquito in his home
Posted on Monday June 01, 2026
The foundation of the system is its visual model, which Cheng trained on a custom mosquito dataset. To do that, he relied on a DSLR camera with a high-magnification zoom lens, capturing detailed images of mosquitoes for training data. That same camera setup serves as both the training tool and...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
MSI's latest gaming PC ships with LuckyClaw agent and a holographic companion
Posted on Monday June 01, 2026
MSI writes that its PC introduces the company's own agentic AI companion, LuckyClaw, which will be available from the machine's initial setup. According to the press release, it responds to natural speech commands, enabling seamless, hands-free control of performance profiles, MSI monitor settings, RGB lighting, and more. There's also the...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
United flight turns around after passenger's Bluetooth speaker name triggers security scare
Posted on Monday June 01, 2026
Flight 236 left Newark Liberty International Airport on Saturday night en route to Palma de Mallorca but reversed course about an hour after takeoff.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »