Google Opens Play Store to Rivals in Canada
For the first time since Google Play’s launch, an app store that is not Google’s can appear inside it. The company said it will allow third-party app stores and alternative…
OpenAI Says Test Model Escaped Sandbox and Breached Hugging Face
On July 16, security engineers at Hugging Face, the company that hosts thousands of open AI models, reported an intrusion into its infrastructure. Five days later, OpenAI supplied the cause:…
Justice Department Lifts TikTok Ban on Federal Workers’ Devices
The memo was short, and its effect was immediate. The Justice Department has formally revoked the ban on using TikTok on government devices, saying its national security risk assessment is…
Microsoft Reshapes Security Unit Around AI, Cutting Hundreds of Jobs
The memo was blunt. “The entire industry is getting reimagined from the ground up,” Hayete Gallot told Microsoft’s security staff in an internal message reported this week. “A few months…
OpenAI’s First Gadget Is a $230 Keyboard Built for AI Agents
The device looks like a prop from a science fiction film set. Codex Micro, OpenAI’s first consumer hardware product, is a compact desktop keyboard with a row of programmable keys,…
Apple’s AI Finally Clears China’s Regulators, With Help From Alibaba and Baidu
The wait lasted two years. Apple Intelligence, the iPhone maker’s suite of generative AI features, has been approved by China’s Cyberspace Administration for launch in the country, according to people…
Samsung Floats a U.S. Listing, Then Says It Isn’t Coming
Bloomberg reported that Samsung Electronics was evaluating a New York listing through American depositary receipts, a move that would give the world’s largest memory-chip maker direct access to U.S. capital…
OpenAI’s Safety Chief Departs as Team Folds Into Research
Johannes Heidecke, OpenAI’s head of safety, has left the company in the wake of an internal reorganization, people familiar with the matter said, the second senior leadership change at the…
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The notice landed on the desks of cloud executives in London with an unfamiliar title: financial infrastructure. The Treasury and the Bank of England, in a joint announcement on July…
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For 48 hours, the release hung in limbo. A Trump administration security review had halted OpenAI’s plans to launch its newest model, and the company’s engineers spent the intervening time…
