Technology
Wall Street’s flip from AI stocks to elsewhere accelerates, while oil prices keep easing
Most of Wall Street is rising Tuesday, even as stocks of computer chipmakers continue to tumble worldwide. Oil prices, meanwhile, are easing further from the two-month high they hit last week.
Harrigan fears ‘unintended consequences’ of Pentagon’s investment stakes in defense firms
The Pentagon's controversial plan to take financial stakes in private companies could inflict long-term "unintended consequences" on the U.S. defense industry, Rep. Pat Harrigan told the Washington Times' Threat Status Podcast in an exclusive interview.
Russian navy forming drone unit to protect vulnerable ships from Ukrainian attacks
The Russian navy is forming drone units that analysts say are likely intended to protect vulnerable warships from intensified Ukrainian strikes on the country's naval assets in the Black and Azov seas.
Ukrainian President Zelenskyy to meet sailors and Britain’s new leader on visit to a U.K. port
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will meet with British Prime Minister Andy Burnham at a naval base in England on Monday, a visit Burnham said is intended to signal the U.K.'s "unwavering" support for Ukraine.
China memory chipmaker CXMT’s shares soar in a blockbuster listing in Shanghai
Shares of CXMT, China's largest memory chipmaker, shot skyward Monday as they began trading in Shanghai in mainland China's biggest initial public stock offering in recent years.
‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ gives home theater fans a gorgeous Nintendo ride
"The Super Mario Galaxy Movie: Collector's Edition" dazzles on 4K with vivid animation, cosmic worlds, game callbacks and family-friendly adventure.
Romania scrambles F-16 jets and downs a suspected Russian drone, the third in 3 days
Romania shot down a suspected Russian drone after it crossed into its airspace on Sunday - the third such incursion in three days in the Eastern European nation that's both a European Union and a NATO member, the country's president said.
For some, so-called ‘Skynet Day’ came too close to sci-fi after a rogue agent hacked into a startup
To be fair, James Cameron did warn us.
2 dead in Ukraine from Russian attacks, 4 more in Russian-held area hit by Ukrainian drones
Russian ballistic missiles struck Kyiv early on Sunday, setting off fires and wounding at least three civilians, while attacks on other parts of Ukraine later killed at least two people, local officials reported.
A U.S.-Russian space crew lands safely in Kazakhstan after an 8-month stint on the ISS
A U.S.-Russian space crew landed safely in the steppes of Kazakhstan on Sunday after an eight-month stint on the International Space Station.
Cheaper, open and intelligent: Chinese AI models gain ground as they make inroads in the U.S.
China has a hot new product in the United States: artificial intelligence.
Lawmakers propose AI Kill Switch Act
A bipartisan bill to require artificial intelligence companies to maintain the ability to shut down their models was introduced following an OpenAI system going rogue during testing.
Latest Russian and Ukrainian attacks kill a total of 15 people, officials say
Ukrainian attacks on holiday camps on Saturday in the partly Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia region have killed 12 people, Moscow-installed officials said, while authorities in Ukraine's northeastern Sumy region said a Russian drone strike killed three people there.
Virginia study on groundwater, data centers calls for tighter water regulations
Virginia, the world's largest data center hub, has released a long-delayed study that examined the state's eastern region groundwater supply and the resource-hungry industry's possible impact on it, finding declines are likely in a critical aquifer due to population growth and industrial use, and urging stricter regulations.
Pentagon, Oracle sign massive software consolidation contract worth nearly $7B over next decade
The Pentagon and Oracle announced a massive software consolidation deal late Thursday, worth up to $6.9 billion over the next 10 years, covering the entire Defense Department, Coast Guard and intelligence community.
AI models’ breakout from human control brings a told-you-so moment for technology researchers
It is the kind of development once seen only in science fiction: An artificial intelligence system, trained to probe for digital vulnerabilities, breaks free of human control and acts on its own to hack another company.
Senate panel to take up kids online safety, AI bills in early August
The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee will take up a slate of kids online safety and AI bills the first week of August.
Trump plugs states, utilities into pledge for Big Tech to pay for data centers’ energy bills
President Trump on Thursday expanded his Ratepayer Protection Pledge to a sweeping coalition of governors, state legislatures, utilities and data center developers -- demanding that tech giants foot the energy bills for their power-hungry data centers rather than passing those costs onto American families.
Chick-fil-A loyalty account data for people in D.C., Maryland, 8 other states hit in hack attack
Chick-fil-A is sending out a letter warning certain customers in the District of Columbia, Maryland and eight other states about a recent data breach.
A member of Vance’s Secret Service detail is being investigated over a suspected news leak
A member of Vice President J.D. Vance's security detail is being investigated over allegations tied to a suspected news leak, the U.S. Secret Service said Thursday.