American energy innovation business Itron has confirmed it was hit by a cyberattack in mid-April and that hackers had gained access to some of its systems. In a legally required filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission late on Friday, Itron stated it was “notified” that it had an intruder in its systems. The […]

There have been plenty of rumors about OpenAI’s hardware plans, which involve launching a pair of earbuds. A recent note from industry analyst Ming-Chi Kuo suggests that the AI organization might be working on a phone in collaboration with MediaTek, Qualcomm, and Luxshare. Kuo,In the past, who has reported on several Apple hardware plans, remarked […]

China’s top economic planner, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), remarked on Monday it has blocked Meta’s $2 billion acquisition of Manus, an agentic AI startup founded by Chinese engineers that relocated to Singapore before Mark Zuckerberg scooped it up late last year. The move marks one of China’s most significant interventions in a […]

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is far less vocal about his worldviews than Palantir’s Alex Karp. And yet, France is taking steps to reduce its reliance on Windows, while its domestic intelligence agency recently renewed its contract with the increasingly controversial data analytics firm. This paradox is representative of Europe’s messy breakup with U.S. tech. After […]

Tech companies, including Microsoft and Meta, have been falling in love with natural gas lately, rushing to build power plants fed by the fossil fuel to drive their data centers. But their embrace might be a little too tight — the cost to build one of the facilities has spiked 66% in the last two […]

Skye, an iPhone app still in private testing, wants to change how individuals interact with AI on their smartphones. And even before it’s launched, it’s already attracted interest online and from investors and “tens of thousands” of users, according to its creator — a sign that consumers might want a more AI-aware iPhone. Instead of launching […]