2026-06-17
The FCC reopens the door to Chinese toy drones, but only the tiniest ones
The exemption is narrower than the announcement makes it sound. On Tuesday the US Federal Communications Commission said it would again allow new models of Chinese toy drones to be imported, six months after it barred new foreign-made drones outright. The relief is real, but it has been defined so tightly that the word ‘toy’ […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-06-17
Interpol reports a sharp rise in cybercrime and scams across Asia
The figure that reframes the problem is a share, not a sum. In more than half the countries Interpol surveyed for its latest Asia and South Pacific cyber-threat assessment, cybercrime now accounts for around 30% of all crime recorded nationally. That is the line that turns scams and phishing from a category of nuisance into […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-06-17
US holds off blacklisting DeepSeek and 100-plus Chinese firms
The decision had, in effect, already been made. According to people familiar with the matter, reports Reuters, a US interagency committee approved adding the Chinese AI startup DeepSeek, the memory-chip maker CXMT and more than 100 other companies flagged as national-security risks to the Commerce Department’s Entity List last year. What has not happened, and […]<br /> This story continu [...]
2026-06-17
G7 leaders weigh a ‘trusted partners’ route to America’s top AI models
The conversation happened where these conversations usually happen, on the sidelines of a dinner. At the opening of the G7 summit in the French lakeside resort of Evian-les-Bains on Monday, representatives of several member countries raised with US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick the idea of a ‘trusted partners’ scheme that would let allied nations, or […]<br /> This story continues [...]
2026-06-17
Hyperscalers may soon be unable to fund their AI buildout from cash flow alone
According to an Epoch AI analysis, Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, and Oracle are growing their AI infrastructure spending by about 70 percent a year, while operating cash flow is only rising at 23 percent. If the trend holds, spending could overtake cash flow as early as Q3 2026. Several of these companies are already tapping outside funding.<br /> The article Hyperscalers may soon be un [...]
2026-06-17
Focal's new Doctor Who-esque speakers cost as much as a Porsche 911, but they’re here to exterminate the competition
The new Focal Diva Alta Utopia may look like Daleks who missed their call time for a Doctor Who shoot, but there's a whole lot of hi-fi going on under the hood. [...]