From CNET: Add "fly a military fighter jet" to the list of tasks AI can accomplish.

The Defense Department revealed last week that artificial intelligence flew a jet similar to an F-16 for 17 total hours over 12 flights. The series of flights happened in December at Edwards Air Force Base in...

From CRN: Swedish tech giant Ericsson is laying off 8,500 employees worldwide as part of an $860 million cost reduction plan, marking the largest layoff round the company has undertaken in over five years.

The 8,500 layoffs amount to roughly 8 percent of Ericsson’s global head count of...

From The Verge: Elon Musk emailed his remaining employees at Twitter on Monday morning to tell them that, after another round of sudden layoffs over the weekend, those who are left will receive “very significant” performance-based stock awards on March 24th, according to an internal memo obtained by...

From ComputerWorld: Chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) plans to set up a second semiconductor manufacturing plant in Japan with an investment of about $7.4 billion, Japanese newspaper Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun reported.

TSMC will build the new plant in the southwestern region...

From PC Mag: The European Commission and Council of the EU have banned staff from using TikTok on government-issued devices for cybersecurity reasons.

Citing growing concerns about the Chinese-owned video sharing app, the policy-making institutions told a combined workforce of about 35,100...

From The Verge: Google is running tests that block access to news for some Canadian users in response to a new bill that could force it and other large platforms like Meta’s Facebook to negotiate deals with news publishers to pay them for content, Reuters reports. The tests will reportedly impact...

From Tom's Hardware: AMD approved hefty six-figure bonuses for several top execs earlier this month — at least four AMD VPs and the CEO, Dr. Lisa Su, will pocket substantial annual cash bonuses. In contrast, Intel’s diligent team faces painful salary cuts and suspended bonuses despite the bullish...

From CNET: Apple has yet to confirm plans for its first augmented and virtual reality headset, but there are already rumors brewing about a second generation of the device.

A second-generation AR/VR headset from Apple will include both high-end and low-end models that will "likely" launch in...

From ExtremeTech: Venus is considered Earth’s twin due to its size and composition, but the conditions on this world could not be more different. The choking, scorching environment on Venus has killed every probe that attempted a landing in mere minutes, but NASA is planning a new mission to Venus...

From TechCrunch: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) says Tesla CEO Elon Musk still needs to get pre-approval from lawyers before tweeting Tesla-related information.

The SEC penned its renewed stance this week in a letter to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit in New York...