2026-06-11
Mercedes-Benz turns to defence, partnering with startup Tytan to build anti-drone vehicles
Mercedes-Benz is leaning deeper into defence. The carmaker has signed a memorandum of understanding with TYTAN Technologies, a Munich counter-drone startup, to develop vehicle-based systems that detect and shoot down hostile drones, built on its G-Class SUV and Sprinter van. Mercedes calls the defence sector “a strategic growth field”. The deal, signed at the ILA […]<br /> This story c [...]
2026-06-11
ShopAgentic raises €1.9M to build commerce infrastructure for AI shopping agents
A German startup wants to rebuild online commerce for shoppers who are not human. ShopAgentic has raised a €1.9mn pre-seed to do it. May Ventures and Greenfield Capital co-led the oversubscribed round. What ShopAgentic is building ShopAgentic calls itself a “native agentic commerce system”. It runs a squad of specialised AI agents, each owning one […]<br /> This story continues at Th [...]
2026-06-11
Mississippi residents file a 10,000-strong class action against Musk’s xAI and SpaceX over data-centre noise
The backlash against AI data centres has reached a new stage: a class-action lawsuit. Residents of Mississippi have sued Elon Musk’s xAI and SpaceX, claiming a gas-fired power plant that feeds nearby data centres blasts “omnipresent and inescapable” noise that has eroded their health and home values. The case, made public in federal court in […]<br /> This story continues at The Next [...]
2026-06-11
OpenAI plugs Visa into ChatGPT so AI agents can shop and pay at any Visa merchant
OpenAI is wiring a payment network into ChatGPT. Under an expanded partnership announced at the Visa Payments Forum on Wednesday, AI agents inside OpenAI’s products will be able to shop and pay on a user’s behalf at, in principle, any of the more than 175 million merchant locations that accept Visa, once the user grants […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-06-11
South Korea hits Coupang with record $409 million fine over massive data breach
South Korea’s privacy watchdog has slapped e-commerce giant Coupang with a record-breaking 624.7 billion won ($409 million) fine, the largest data breach penalty in the country’s history. The ruling, handed down today by the Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC), dwarfs the previous record of 134.8 billion won imposed on telecoms firm SK Telecom last year. The […]<br /> Th [...]
2026-06-11
OpenAI and Anthropic keep warning about AI risks, then releasing bigger models and filing for IPOs
In the past fortnight, the two most powerful AI labs on the planet have published research papers, blog posts, and policy proposals warning that frontier artificial intelligence is advancing faster than anyone can control it. In the very same stretch, both filed confidential paperwork to go public. The tension is hard to miss. OpenAI and […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-06-11
Fable will feature over 150,000 lines of dialogue, Playground Games confirms — 'We've had multiple studios set up running in parallel for over 1000 hours just this year alone, just recording VO'
Playground Games has said that more than 150,000 lines of dialogue have been recorded for Fable. [...]
2026-06-11
'Celebrating this partial restoration is not right' — Iran emerges from 88-day internet shutdown, but what happens next?
As connectivity began to be restored, internet experts have warned that a cutoff "will happen agains." TechRadar talked to Mahsa Alimardani at WITNESS about what this partial restoration actually means, and what could happen next. [...]