The Guardian Europe
Criminals are using fake McAfee renewal emails to harvest financial data - deploying the same fear-based tactics the company has used for years, but with less legitimate branding.
BBC Business
Standard Chartered boss Bill Winters apologises for calling employees whose jobs may be replaced by AI 'lower value human capital' - a phrase that goes over about as well as you'd expect.
BBC Business
Tired of catfishers, scammers, and Boris Johnson impersonators, entrepreneurs are building niche dating sites and ID-verification apps to restore some sanity to modern romance.
The Verge
Graduates across the country are booing tech executives who tell them AI is inevitable - proving that telling people their jobs are doomed and they should be grateful is not, in fact, a winning commencement strategy.
Ars Technica
SpaceX files for IPO, reveals $18.67B revenue, $4.94B loss, and a plan to dominate AI compute in orbit - because rockets alone weren't ambitious enough.
The Verge
Fast-food chains are pushing AI drive-thrus despite 55% of Americans preferring humans, McDonald's ending its IBM partnership, and trolling customers ordering 18,000 water cups.
ZDNet
Anthropic's Claude now offers a contract-review skill for $20/month that catches traps lawyers miss, though its QuickBooks and Mailchimp connectors are less impressive.
The Guardian Europe
Elon Musk's lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI goes to jury, with both sides accusing each other of lying, greed, and general billionaire shenanigans.
ZDNet
Samsung's Galaxy Watch can predict fainting with 84.6% accuracy in a lab, but doctors warn false alarms and real-world chaos mean your wrist might still let you hit the floor.
The Guardian Europe
The Doomsday Clock hits 85 seconds to midnight, thanks to war, AI, climate breakdown, and a general lack of leadership - tick tock, folks.
The Good Times
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