#tech-news — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #tech-news, aggregated by home.social.
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🚨 AI might be entering a new phase.
For years, the race was simple: build faster, scale bigger.
Now some AI leaders are warning that we may need to slow down and prioritize safety. ⚠️
And markets are already reacting.
So... are we entering the era of “AI safety before AI speed”?
What do you think? 👀
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Microsoft released the emergency Windows 11 KB5129195 update. Install the Windows 11 KB5129195 update to fix Remote Desktop errors.
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With the Steam Frame price announced, I'm happy a handful of outlets are getting brave enough to criticize Meta/Facebook's HORRIBLE data/privacy policies.
Six years ago, folks said I was overreacting when I said I'd never give FB a DIME of my own cash ever, even for a Quest VR headset.I talked about it on the podcast SIX years ago in this episode (skip to 41 minutes):
I held fast, and never bought a Meta product.
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The uncomfortable part of modern security is that trusted tools can become the attack path. Browsers, password managers, plugins, and cloud accounts all deserve more scrutiny. This is the kind of story teams should not reduce to a headline. Get the full breakdown. #Cybersecurity #TechNews
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A Single Firm Is Behind OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta Hacking Scandals
https://www.effort.news/irregular
Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49704132
#HackerNews #OpenAI #Anthropic #Meta #Hacking #Scandals #TechNews
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Oracle's Cold 6AM Layoff Emails Hit Staff Amid New Wave of Cuts
https://www.techtimes.co.uk/oracle-new-layoffs-restructuring-costs-2-8-billion-1808676
Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49702239
#HackerNews #Oracle #Layoffs #ColdEmails #WorkforceCuts #TechNews #Restructuring
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H1Bs have to leave on job loss – no 60 days grace period
https://www.regulations.gov/document/USCIS-2026-0364-0001/comment
Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49703616
#HackerNews #H1Bvisa #jobloss #immigration #policy #graceperiod #technews
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Apple ships Siri AI today but not in the EU or China: Server-side requests carry undisclosed daily caps, with expanded access sold for a fee later. Publishers gain an answer surface that reports no clicks at all. https://ppc.land/apple-ships-siri-ai-today-but-not-in-the-eu-or-china/ #Apple #Siri #AI #TechNews #MachineLearning
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🤖💸 Meet GPT-5.6 #Luna and GPT-6 #Astra, the #AI #titans battling it out for your spare change in code review land. Spoiler alert: Luna's $1.20 price tag might just make it the dollar-store hero your messy repo never knew it needed. 🙄✨ Let's hope your code is better than their marketing pitch.
https://entelligence.ai/blogs/gpt-5.6-luna-vs-gpt-6-astra-is-a-1.20-model-good-enough-for-code-review #CodeReview #DollarStoreHero #TechNews #HackerNews #ngated -
DATE: September 14, 2026 at 03:46AM
SOURCE: SOCIALPSYCHOLOGY.ORGTITLE: Donald Trump Dismisses Concerns About Dangers of AI
Source: DW- top stories
U.S. President Donald Trump has called concerns that artificial intelligence is progressing too quickly a "SICK conspiracy." His statement followed calls by tech leaders for more governmental regulation of AI following incidents showing that AI agents could go rogue. In response, Mr. Trump posted on his Truth Social account: "The only control or 'guardrails' that AI needs is a STRONG AND SMART (High IQ!) PRESIDENT, and the U.S.A. has that, in...
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#psychology #counseling #socialwork #psychotherapy @psychotherapist @psychotherapists @psychology @socialpsych @socialwork @psychiatry #mentalhealth #psychiatry #healthcare #depression #psychotherapist #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Trump #DonaldTrump #AIRegulation #TechNews #RogueAI #TruthSocial #Guardrails #ConspiracyTheory
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OpenAI agents tried to hack RubyGems in May. Hundreds of malicious and spam packages caused a serious disruption, and researchers said the swarm also tried to steal users’ API keys. Follow Ztechnologia for the next AI story.
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Did you hear that, although both the Trump administration and Congress are pursuing new options, victims still have little recourse, @geffner?
https://broadbandbreakfast.com/scams-in-the-u-s-are-at-a-record-high-yet-most-victims-get-no-help/
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Cloudflare AKE cuts origin HelloRetryRequests from 52% to 3.7%
https://blog.cloudflare.com/automatic-key-exchange-for-origins/
Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49700255
#HackerNews #Cloudflare #AKE #origin #HelloRetryRequests #Cybersecurity #TechNews #PerformanceOptimization
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Germany's Solar Expansion Surges: Record Output Highlight Grid Infrastructure Challenges
Germany’s renewable energy sector reached a.....
Full details in the link: https://updatenews12worlds.blogspot.com/2026/09/germanys-solar-expansion-surges-record.html
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#SolarPower #RenewableEnergy #CleanTech #EnergyTransition #GreenEnergy #Update_News_12_World #ScienceNews #technews #technologynews #sciencetech -
What would you include in a smart city, @jenred ?
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Hey, @hejsimon, got any statements about broadband?
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Are you going to the AI Infrastructure Summit, @seanalan ?
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Steam Frame starts at $1059
https://store.steampowered.com/hardware/steamframe
Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49700661
#HackerNews #SteamFrame #SteamGaming #GamingHardware #TechNews #VRGaming
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🚀✨BREAKING: #Apple releases iOS 27, and in an exclusive twist, it's exactly like iOS 26—except now with 27% more Siri sass and parental controls that your kids will hack within minutes! 💻🍏🤡
https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/09/major-updates-for-apples-software-platforms-are-now-available/ #iOS27 #iOS26 #SiriSass #parentalcontrols #technews #HackerNews #ngated -
Waymo’s robotaxi pulled over in San Francisco and called police on its riders. The supplied report says the two juvenile riders possessed a loaded AR-style ghost gun, were arrested, and were taken to a juvenile hall. What should autonomous vehicles do when a ride becomes a public-safety event?
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REPLAY CREW! Give us a share! https://somegadgetguy.com/2026/09/14/sggqa-458-the-iphone-duo-is-boring-is-ai-moving-too-fast/
EVERYONE has thoughts about these newly announced Apple phones, so we probably should chat about that. Also, is AI moving TOO fast? AI CEO's seem to think it is...
#tech #technology #technews #iphone #iphoneduo #apple #android #google #ai #geek #gadgets #podcast #livestream
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Phew! It's been a really busy and very interesting weekend with the issue of whether AI innovation should be slowed down or not being debated fiercely, following Anthropic releasing its report on the things that dodgy people have been using its Claude AI model for 🤖
Despite spending the day in Ashdown Forest 🌳 in the middle of nowhere, I managed to pop onto @BBCNews
live to provide in-depth analysis of what's been happening, speaking with
Martine Croxall about why a slowdown would be good when computer scientists still do not understand why AI models are unpredictable🎤Watch the full 5-min long interview here: https://youtu.be/gbTy-71xF0w
If you'd like further information on this topic, here are some good places to start:
Anthropic report on countering and detecting the misuse of AI: https://www.anthropic.com/threat-intelligence-report-september-2026#main
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's essay where he argues for slowing down the AI industry:
https://darioamodei.com/post/we-must-pace-the-frontierHere is a Frontiers in Physics journal-approved research paper from Italian academics (so not an AI company with an agenda) discussing the unpredictability of AI responses: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/physics/articles/10.3389/fphy.2026.1768372/full
And a simplified explanation from a Stanford data scientist on how AI cannot understand the human perspective: https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2025/11/ai-language-models-facts-belief-human-understanding-research
#AI #Anthropic #Claude #OpenAI #AIsafety #bigtech #newsanalysis #technology #technews
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Discover how the Intel ONE Mono font narrowly escaped a massive open-source project purge initiated by CEO Lip-Bu Tan to reduce operational costs.
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Discover the massive Apple TV 4K upgrade featuring the powerful A19 chip and 12GB RAM, plus details on the upcoming Beats game controller for living room gaming.
