AI Will Lead To Labor Shortages, Bezos Says In Optimistic Talk
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Artificial Intelligence will lead to labour shortages, not the replacement of humans, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos predicted in a highly optimistic appearance at the VivaTech technology conference in Paris on Wednesday. Bezos put forward a rosy vision of how technology will help humanity, speaking about projec … ⌘ Read more

Mobileye Is Entering the US Robotaxi Market With Standalone Service
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: The driving technology company Mobileye plans to launch a robotaxi service in an as-yet-unnamed US city in 2027, it said earlier today. The service will be vertically integrated, using Mobileye’s Moovit mobility platform to interact with customers booking rides, coordinate drivers, and … ⌘ Read more

UK Scientists See Little Evidence for Claims Smartphones Are Rewiring Kids’ Brains
UK’s Members of Parliament (MP) were “looking for proof that smartphones and social media are rotting children’s brains,” writes The Register — but they got “a less satisfying answer from neuroscientists on Wednesday: nobody can really prove it.”

Appearing before the Science, Innovation and Technology Commit … ⌘ Read more

Stalled Ukraine security pact could leave Australia ‘fighting with one hand behind its back’
Australia’s ability to tap into Ukraine’s expertise in drones and other advanced technologies is being hampered by delays in striking a security pact. ⌘ Read more

Software stock reversal has traders bracing for more pain ahead
By Ryan Vlastelica

A recent rally in software stocks is proving to be short-lived, and investors are bracing for more selling as fears linger about artificial intelligence disruption. ⌘ Read more

Pokemon Go Data Was Used To Help Train AI Systems Being Developed For Military Drones
Pokemon Go players’ optional location scans reportedly helped train Niantic Spatial’s visual positioning system, which uses camera imagery and 3D maps to navigate when GPS is unavailable or jammed. According to DroneXL, that technology is now being paired with Vantor’s drone navigation software for milita … ⌘ Read more

NZ stocks rally before SpaceX debut as Gulf tensions ease
Renewed optimism about a possible end to the Iran war helped drive the New Zealand sharemarket higher amid a heightened sense of anticipation before the debut of SpaceX on United States markets tomorrow.

The S&P/NZX 50 Index ended 191.7 points (1.45%) higher to 13,393.87 on turnover of 38.89 million shares, worth $148.4 mi … ⌘ Read more

Inside Xero’s new staff rating system and why some workers fear for jobs
Staff judged to be underperforming at Xero are being forced to choose between redundancy and a performance improvement plan.

Xero has introduced what have been called sweeping changes to the way it manages staff performance. ⌘ Read more

What goes on in a data centre, and why are they suddenly on everyone’s radar?
Data centres are a hot-button issue, but what do they actually do, and why are people worried? Felicity Lewis, Explainer editor, answers all your questions. ⌘ Read more

What goes on in a data centre, and why are they suddenly on everyone’s radar?
Data centres are a hot-button issue, but what do they actually do, and why are people worried? Felicity Lewis, Explainer editor, answers all your questions. ⌘ Read more

Data centres and the new AI world
Data centres are a hot-button issue, but what do they actually do, and why are people worried? ⌘ Read more

Data centres and the new AI world
Data centres are a hot-button issue, but what do they actually do, and why are people worried? ⌘ Read more

SpaceX IPO draws at least US$5b order from BlackRock
By Corrie Driebusch and Jack Pitcher

Elon Musk’s SpaceX is preparing to stage the largest public offering ever, selling US$75 billion (NZ$128.5b) of shares in one fell swoop. Investors are showing up. ⌘ Read more

OpenAI Says China Launched Influence Campaign To Shape US Attitudes On AI Datacenters
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Politico: China was likely behind an online influence operation to sway U.S. perceptions of artificial intelligence technology and reshape the debate in Washington around the infrastructure needed to support it, according to research from OpenAI published Wednesday. Ope … ⌘ Read more

Tytan Technologies: Mercedes steigt in die Drohnenabwehr ein
Mercedes-Benz hat eine Absichtserklärung mit dem Münchner Start-up Tytan Technologies unterzeichnet. Geplant sind Drohnenabwehrsysteme. ( Mercedes Benz, Politik)

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Visa Plugs Its Payment Network Into ChatGPT
Visa is integrating its payment network with ChatGPT so AI agents can shop and complete purchases on users’ behalf. “It means AI agents can not only recommend products but complete the purchase on the user’s behalf, at potentially any merchant that accepts Visa,” reports the Associated Press. “The payment network’s previous attempts at this technological leap were confined to a single re … ⌘ Read more

Neural Dawn: ARM und Sumo Digital zeigen Mali-KI-Rendering-Features
ARMs Neural Technology soll auf Smartphones zu PCs und Konsolen vergleichbare Grafik ermöglichen. Einen Haken hat die Technik aber. ( ARM, Grafikkarten)

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Artificial Intelligence Sneaks Into the World Cup Thanks to Google Gemini
The Argentine national team will be Google’s test bench and technological showcase during the World Cup. ⌘ Read more

Government puts up $51m to push adoption of on-farm methane technologies
The Government is launching a $51 million Early Adoption Accelerator to push take-up of on-farm methane reduction technology.

The lack of incentives was a major talking point at the Agriculture and Climate Change Conference in Wellington in late April. ⌘ Read more

Anthropic Releases Claude Fable, a ‘Safe’ Version of Mythos
Anthropic is releasing Claude Fable 5, a Mythos-class AI model for enterprise customers and paid subscribers. The company says broader access is possible thanks to new safeguards that block high-risk requests in areas like cybersecurity and biology. “For us, it’s really around what we call ‘race to the top,’ being able to provide this technology in a valuable fash … ⌘ Read more

OpenAI files to go public in test of investor appetite for top AI startups
By Corrie Driebusch and Berber Jin

OpenAI, which kick-started the artificial-intelligence boom with the 2022 release of ChatGPT, is officially preparing to stage an initial public offering that will test investor appetite for AI companies. ⌘ Read more

Eroad chair ‘part of solution, not problem’, NZSA says
Eroad executive chair John Scott has the tentative backing of the New Zealand Shareholders’ Association as the NZX-listed company’s largest shareholder seeks his ouster.

Shareholders of fleet management technology company Eroad are weighing a challenge to the board by New York-based Ampfield Managemen … ⌘ Read more

Global food automation surge drives new contracts for Scott Technology
Automation in global food production is accelerating, and manufacturers seeking to stay competitive must scale, Scott Technology’s chief executive, Mike Christman, says.

The NZX-listed company announced this week that it had secured “several” contracts within its Material Handling and Logistics (MHL) business across Europe and North America, with a total value of over $12 milli … ⌘ Read more

Longevity Startup Doses First Human in Bid to Reverse Age-Related Sight Loss
It’ll be the first time ER-100 technology they claim can reverse aging in cells has been tested on a human ⌘ Read more

Linux 7.2 Preparing Intel Key Protection Technology “KPT” For Next-Gen QAT
Going back to the launch of 1st Gen Xeon Scalable processors in 2017 was Intel Key Protection Technology (KPT) promoted and there have been Key Protection Technology references in QuickAssist (QAT) documentation since 2016. Surprisingly we are only now seeing Key Protection Technology references for the upstream Linux QAT driver as Intel engineers prepare for their next-gen “Gen6” QuickAssist hardware support… ⌘ Read more

Apple credits Australia’s teen social media ban for its new controls
Apple chief executive Tim Cook told Anthony Albanese the iPhone maker’s new child-safety tools were “in part inspired” by the world-first social media ban. ⌘ Read more

Apple credits Australia’s teen social media ban for its new controls
Apple chief executive Tim Cook told Anthony Albanese the iPhone maker’s new child-safety tools were “in part inspired” by the world-first social media ban. ⌘ Read more

Apple unveiled ‘Siri AI’. The reaction was lukewarm
AI advancements are key to Apple’s bid to catch up with its Silicon Valley peers. ⌘ Read more

Apple unveiled ‘Siri AI’. The reaction was lukewarm
AI advancements are key to Apple’s bid to catch up with its Silicon Valley peers. ⌘ Read more

Apple unveils ‘Siri AI’, new features
It is key to the company’s bid to catch up with Silicon Valley peers, but Apple’s release has underwhelmed Wall Street. ⌘ Read more

Apple unveiled the new Siri AI. Here are the key takeaways
By Rolfe Winkler and Tina Li

Apple showed off a new AI version of its Siri chatbot on Monday, technology developed with Google that the iPhone maker hopes will help power a comeback in artificial intelligence. ⌘ Read more

Apple unveils ‘Siri AI’, new features
Apple investors gave a tepid reception to the next generation of its artificial intelligence platform, which is key to the company’s bid to catch up with Silicon Valley peers in a critical market. ⌘ Read more

Apple unveils new Siri, AI features
Apple investors gave a tepid reception to the next generation of its artificial intelligence platform, which is key to the company’s bid to catch up with Silicon Valley peers in a critical market. ⌘ Read more

Apple unveils new Siri, AI features
Apple investors gave a tepid reception to the next generation of its artificial intelligence platform, which is key to the company’s bid to catch up with Silicon Valley peers in a critical market. ⌘ Read more

Trump and Xi alone may have the chance to stop AI from spiralling out of control
After the Cuban Missile Crisis brought the world to the edge of nuclear war, global powers worked together to pull it back from the brink. We need something similar now. ⌘ Read more

Trump and Xi alone may have the chance to stop AI from spiralling out of control
After the Cuban Missile Crisis brought the world to the edge of nuclear war, global powers worked together to pull it back from the brink. We need something similar now. ⌘ Read more

All the Ways Europe Is Ditching American Technology
A WIRED timeline shows how dozens of governments, companies, and other organizations across Europe are moving, or planning to shift, away from US Big Tech. ⌘ Read more

There’s more to space stocks than SpaceX
By Asa Fitch

SpaceX’s IPO this month will give investors their first big opportunity to place bets on the growing space economy. ⌘ Read more

Eroad board challenger wants to split company, cut costs
Eroad’s largest shareholder wants to split the company, sell or unwind its North American operations, and reduce headcount if a boardroom challenge succeeds.

Alleging mismanagement of the NZX-listed fleet technology company, New York-based Ampfield Management has put forward a turnaround strategy as part of its attempt to remove Eroad’s executive chairman, John Scott, and another director, and install three of … ⌘ Read more

‘Steve Jobs In Exile’ Remembers the Birth of the Web and ‘Making Unix Taste Sweet’
Ars Technica shares some anecdotes from Steve Jobs in Exile, a new book released last month:

[Author Geoffrey] Cain reminds us, in stunning detail, that Jobs’ “exile” era at NeXT was not only critical to his evolution as a man and an entrepreneur, but that it mattered for the rest of us, too. The technological … ⌘ Read more

I tried Google’s new health app. It can’t replace a real trainer
Over the past few weeks, Google’s omniscient Coach has messaged me constantly about my heart, sleep and exercise. But how capable is it? ⌘ Read more

Field of clones: How horse replicas came to dominate polo
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Mark Zuckerberg wants Meta’s new AI agents to run your whole business
By Meghan Bobrowsky

For 20-plus years, Meta Platforms has been a consumer business. That is now starting to change. ⌘ Read more

Anthropic urges global pause in AI development, flags ‘self-improvement’ risk
By Bradley Olson and Sam Schechner

Anthropic is calling for top artificial intelligence labs to weigh slowing the pace of development, suggesting that AI systems are advancing so rapidly that they may soon be able to improve themselves without human intervention in ways that could pose significant societal risks. ⌘ Read more

So Long, ‘Ferrynoia.’ Green Maritime Technology Is Here
From San Francisco to Stockholm, a new generation of electric ferries is entering passenger service, marking a tipping point for green maritime technology. ⌘ Read more

Anthropic urges global freeze on AI as it warns of losing control
The tech giant has offered to halt work on more powerful systems on one condition: that its rivals in the US and China agree to stop at the same time. ⌘ Read more

Antony Starr Agrees With Backrooms Director, Calls Cast ‘Horrible’ in AI Movies
Antony Starr recently came out in support of Backrooms director Kane Parsons regarding AI. He admitted that recent movies have shown that audiences value real storytelling over big VFX-driven productions. These comments come shortly after Parsons expressed his disinterest in AI, claiming that such technology takes away the creative satisfaction. Antony Starr backs Kane Parsons’ […]

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Analysts raise IkeGPS forecasts on sharper earnings and AI gains
Forsyth Barr analysts have raised their spot valuation on IkeGPS after the technology company delivered a “strong” full-year result.

The dual-listed utility pole assessment technology firm more than halved its net after-tax loss in the 12 months ending March 31, 2026, to $7.5 million from a net loss … ⌘ Read more

NZ startup wins Dubai airport contract
Auckland-based aviation compliance startup OneReg has signed Dubai International Airport, the world’s busiest international airport, as a customer.

While currently impacted by the war in Iran, Dubai is the home base airport for the global airline Emirates and has long been the world’s most heavily trafficked international hub. ⌘ Read more

EU Plots To Abandon US Tech
Ancient Slashdot reader whitroth shares a report from Politico, with the caption: “shutting down Microsoft Office for the International Criminal Court (ICC) was clearly a wake-up call.” From the report: The EU is moving to counter American dominance in technology by reaching for one of the oldest tools in its arsenal: industrial strategy. As the European Commission unveiled a plan Wednesday to reduce Europe’s reliance … ⌘ Read more