Train wreck

With the launch of its new Pixel 9 phones, Google has made a significant change by replacing Google Assistant with Gemini as the default voice assistant, and it is a complete trainwreck.

Jobs’ Mob complains they were “commercially sensitive”

India's antitrust body has taken the unusual step of recalling two reports detailing competition law breaches by Apple after the tech giant complained that it had disclosed commercial secrets to competitors.

Intel is now completely armless

A recent filing shows Chipzilla has flogged off its stake in chip designer Arm.

Thanks to AI demand

Foxconn had a six per cent rise in second-quarter net profit, driven by strong AI server demand as the company touted "strong growth momentum" from the technology boom.

Neighbours furious

For the past few weeks, in what might be seen as a prelude to a robot takeover,  driverless Waymo cars have been gathering in a San Francisco car parking lot to sing to each other.

Six gangs account for more than half of the infections.

Despite a law enforcement takedown six months ago, LockBit 3.0 remains the most prolific encryption and extortion gang so far this year.

And flogging it to insurance companies

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has started legal proceedings against General Motors, alleging that the automotive giant illicitly gathered and sold drivers' data to insurance firms.

Serious business risks

A recent study has found that 94 per cent of spreadsheets used in business decision-making contain errors, posing serious risks for financial losses and operational mistakes. This finding highlights the need for better quality assurance practices.

4,000 employees  this time

Cisco is reportedly set to lay off around 4,000 employees in its second round of job cuts this year, as the networking behemoth intensifies its focus on artificial intelligence.

Since patched

At the Defcon security conference in Las Vegas, three Google researchers presented over nine vulnerabilities in Qualcomm's Adreno GPU, which have now been patched.