TECHNOLOGY

GameStop is listing a pre-owned PS5 Pro for $1,399.99 ahead of GTA 6, roughly double Sony's original 2024 launch price.

Ghost founder Zain Javaid has raised $11 million to launch Core, a $3,499 screenless computer designed to run AI agents locally and continuously in the background.

A hacking group claims it stole personal information from 3,615 Trump Mobile customers, including a Trump Organization executive, but the breach and its full scope remain unverified.

Grok defended leaving Jesus in an image after being asked to remove 'fake gods', citing historical sources and Christian claims while disclaiming personal religious belief.

Jon Fingas warns that imported China-market phones can offer strong hardware but may bring US network, app, payment and repair limitations that buyers should verify before purchasing.

Sam Altman described Elon Musk as a bully who respects resistance, while saying he remains willing to work with his former ally amid legal disputes and renewed AI safety concerns.

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman says NASA should investigate UAP if proven extraterrestrial, while noting natural phenomena and advanced human technology remain possible explanations.

Jon Stewart challenged Donald Trump's voluntary AI safety accord on The Daily Show, while former researcher Jacob Coxon warned that rapid, unregulated development could carry extreme risks.

Zak Williams has revisited Robin Williams' final days, describing his father's efforts to find support, while the family works to preserve his legacy and oppose misleading AI-generated videos.

Ukrainian entrepreneur and investor Volodymyr Lytvyn served on the AI Summit Barcelona startup pitch jury, where Vigiai won, ahead of his foundation's planned AI hackathon.

A ransomware group claims to have published personal details belonging to 3,615 Trump Mobile customers. Some records were verified, but the breach's full scope remains uncertain.

South Korean authorities are investigating whether artificial intelligence played a role in attacks affecting banks, after customer information was reportedly leaked and regulators warned of fraud risks.

A federal judge has allowed USA Today, the Daily Mail and about 5,000 digital publishers to pursue more than $3.2bn in claims against Google at trial.

After helping build Linte into a legal-technology platform used by major Latin American enterprises, Lucas Duarte Nunes left the company he co-founded and moved into AI safety, bringing years of experience with enterprise automation, trust, and operational control with him.

An Israeli mRNA plague vaccine protected mice from lethal pneumonic plague in 2025, months before a Russian lab technician died of unknown pneumonia.

Stanford's GeoMatch AI recommended U.S. locations for refugees, with human officers retaining final placement authority

LinkedIn finds women hold just 13% of AI C-suite roles across 27 countries, while AI jobs typically pay more than twice as much as other roles.

Elon Musk has recast his long-standing "biological bootloader" warning, saying humanity's success could involve spreading superintelligence beyond Earth while maintaining concerns about AI safety

HP's $699.99 OmniBook 5 brings a 14-inch OLED display, HDMI and Windows 11 to the budget laptop market, competing with Apple's cheaper MacBook Neo from October.

Rockstar reveals new details about GTA 6's Lucia, Jason and Leonida as a writer compares Lucia with Arthur Morgan and Niko Bellic.

Mark Cuban warns that workers with weaker AI skills could face competition from colleagues who use it better, as AI reshapes US jobs.

Honda has updated the 2027 Civic Type R with heated seats, Google Gemini, revised suspension, sharper braking and improved cooling, while retaining its 315bhp engine and manual gearbox.

NASA says decades of research support Stephen Hawking's concerns about climate change, resource depletion and asteroid impacts, but the agency has not endorsed his prediction about 2600

Joe McMoneagle's Mars remote-viewing claims resurface as the former Army viewer describes giant humanoids and alleged ruins on the Red Planet.

Apple's reported OLED MacBook Pro redesign could arrive in October or November with touch input, Dynamic Island and a thinner, significantly lighter build.

Elon Musk has suggested Delta CEO Ed Bastian could lose his job after the airline chose Amazon's satellite internet over Starlink, a claim that remains unconfirmed.

A US appeals court has paused Minnesota's AI-generated fake nude ban while xAI appeals, arguing the law is unconstitutional. The case now proceeds.

David Grusch told Joe Rogan that US forces shot seven-foot reptilian aliens after a crash, yet he admits the account is secondhand and the Pentagon reports no evidence.

OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra reportedly downloaded and ran a leading human-written StarCraft: Brood War bot during a tournament, prompting debate about AI rule-bypassing and resourcefulness.