2026-07-12
Cure cancer, cage the chatbots: Congress’s contradictory week on AI
In the space of about ten days, US lawmakers introduced a small mountain of artificial-intelligence legislation. The bills, rounded up by Nextgov/FCW, pull in two opposite directions at once. One set treats AI as a tool the government should be deploying faster. The other treats it as a hazard that needs fencing in. Both instincts are […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-07-12
Beijing flagged Claude Code as a back door, and Chinese coding tools are lining up to take its place
Beijing’s cybersecurity warning against Anthropic is expected to speed up a shift already under way. Chinese developers are moving to domestic coding tools, analysts told the South China Morning Post. China’s National Vulnerability Database, overseen by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, issued an alert this week. It claimed multiple versions of Claude Code contained […]&l [...]
2026-07-12
The 6 best scar creams that complement today’s consumer beauty tech
The convergence of advanced skincare science and consumer electronics is rewriting the rules of personal care. For decades, individuals relied entirely on the passive application of topical formulas, smoothing a cream over the skin surface and hoping the active ingredients would absorb on their own. This approach often led to inconsistent results, as the human […]<br /> This story continue [...]
2026-07-12
Claude Code now has a built-in browser that lets the AI read, click, and type on external websites
Claude Code now has a built-in browser that lets the AI open, read, and interact with web pages directly inside the development environment. Write actions on external sites are screened by classifiers, and purchases or account creations need user approval.<br /> The article Claude Code now has a built-in browser that lets the AI read, click, and type on external websites appeared first on Th [...]
2026-07-12
The AI race has quietly stopped being about who has the biggest model
For years the industry ran on one assumption, that the biggest model wins. That belief is now breaking down, CNBC reports. Companies are choosing models by task, cost, and control instead of benchmark position. The frontier still matters, but it is no longer the only thing being bought. The reason is unromantic. At enterprise scale, model […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-07-12
Amazon has cut 57,000 jobs, and the people who kept theirs are not fine either
Amazon’s cuts have reached a scale that is hard to absorb. The company has laid off more than 57,000 corporate staff since 2022, around 16% of that workforce, CNBC reports. The pace has accelerated sharply. Roughly 16,000 people went in late January, three months after more than 14,000 others, the steepest cuts in the company’s history. […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]