2026-07-14
Nintendo is pulling a console from Europe over battery rules. Meta’s glasses just got exempted from them.
The European Commission has exempted wearable technology from rules requiring batteries that users can remove and replace. The change clears the biggest obstacle to Meta’s latest smart glasses reaching the EU, Politico reports. The delegated act, adopted on Tuesday, adds six product categories to the exemption list. It covers wearable devices such as smartwatches and fitness […]<br /> T [...]
2026-07-14
Meta sued by 26 employees who say its AI systems targeted workers on medical leave for layoffs
Twenty-six current and former Meta employees have filed a federal lawsuit accusing the company of using AI-powered systems that disproportionately targeted workers with disabilities or who had taken medical leave when selecting people for mass layoffs. The suit, filed Monday in Oakland, California, alleges that Meta relied on productivity metrics and AI token usage data […]<br /> This stor [...]
2026-07-14
IBM shares plunge after preliminary Q2 revenue falls short of estimates despite surging AI bookings
IBM issued preliminary second-quarter results on Monday showing revenue of roughly $17 billion, up one percent year over year but well below the $18 billion that analysts had expected. Shares fell as much as 17 percent in premarket trading, erasing weeks of gains that had been fuelled by bullish analyst coverage and a stock rally […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-07-14
Upwind links compromise of multiple AsyncAPI npm packages to coordinated attack on software release process
Developers often assume that packages published through official channels have passed through a secure release process. That assumption is fundamental to modern software development, where open source components are routinely integrated into applications through automated dependency management. A new investigation suggests that confidence can be challenged when attackers gain access to the syste [...]
