From TechCrunch: At OpenAI’s DevDay event on Tuesday, the company showed off GPT-6.1 Sol, a mere week after it launched GPT-6 Sol. OpenAI says the new model delivers nearly the same level of intelligence as GPT-6 Astra for agentic coding, computer use, and professional work, at one-fifth the...

From Tom's Hardware: In the face of strong demand and device shortages, Sony has decided to filter PlayStation 5 Pro purchasers in Japan using a lottery system. We’ve seen such anti-scalper techniques used by the makers of the most treasured tech before, but the Sony Store in Japan is also insisting...

From Tom's Hardware: What do you get when you cross a bored teenager with free time and excellent computer skills? A hack of a Microsoft database with trillions of records on hand and 25,000 records of employee data, of course. Future legend hacker Faav poked around Microsoft's supposedly internal...

From CRN: MongoDB has begun searching for a new permanent CEO following the surprising news Monday morning of Desai’s departure to take a job overseeing Meta Group’s new Meta Enterprise Platform initiative.

Chirantan “CJ” Desai has stepped down as president and CEO of database developer MongoDB to...

From PC Mag: Amid increasing security concerns around autonomous AI tools, OpenAI is scrapping its latest in-development model before its release after it performed poorly on tests measuring alignment and ability to follow a user's instructions.

This comes after several troubling incidents in...

From TechCrunch: AMD is acquiring World Labs, one of the leading developers of deep learning models intended to understand physical reality, in an $8.2 billion deal, the two companies said today.

World Labs justified the deal in a statement saying that AI development required “close collaboration...

From CNET: Apple has been ordered to pay $5.7 billion in damages for infringing on two patents owned by a gaming headset company. Taction Technology, which also supplied the tech found in the Corsair HS60 headset, alleged in 2021 that Apple infringed on two patents related to its haptics systems in...

From Tom's Hardware: The USB Implementers Forum now lists some of Intel's Core Ultra 400-series 'Nova Lake' platforms in its Integrators List, meaning that the products have passed applicable USB compliance and interoperability tests. The PCI-SIG Integrators List also includes Intel’s 900-series...

From Tom's Hardware: The announcement of Google's new Googlebook laptops raised questions: what happens to the Chromebooks that many, especially students, know well? Google says it will be phasing out ChromeOS updates in mid-2034. That date matches plans previously described in court records, but it...

From TechCrunch: Smart ring maker Oura has postponed its up to $2.2 billion IPO indefinitely, citing “uncertainty in the IPO market.”

The company, which had filed to offer 55 million shares at a range of $40 to $44 each in the IPO, did not provide additional details. The IPO would have valued Oura...