2026-08-05

Google is cutting 52 jobs in Washington the same week it lost four star researchers

Google is laying off around 52 employees in Washington state, according to a WARN notice it filed on Wednesday and first reported by GeekWire. The letter gives no reason for the cuts. It says only that they are permanent, and that they are not the result of relocating or contracting work out of the state. […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]

2026-08-05

Anthropic built an inspection layer that lets enterprises block sensitive data before it reaches Claude

Anthropic launched inference hooks for Claude Enterprise, a system that routes every prompt and tool call through a customer’s own security server before Claude processes anything. The company’s DLP server inspects the content and returns an allow or deny verdict. Claude only proceeds once it has one. The same check runs on tool calls: when […]<br /> This story continues at The Next We [...]

2026-08-05

Minecraft is coming to Switch 2 on October 27

Minecraft for the Switch 2 feels like a perfect place for mouse controls, but Mojang hasn't said anything about that feature yet. [...]

2026-08-05

Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis is stepping down, but will remain with the company

A handful of high-level personnel changes are coming to DeepMind. [...]

2026-08-05

Meta apps displayed ads that contained AI-generated CSAM

Researchers identified more than 50 ads on Meta properties that violated the company's policies on child sexual abuse material. [...]

2026-08-05

Don't forget to turn off this setting after buying a new TV

This built-in setting might still be affecting your new TV's quality. [...]

2026-08-05

Chinese military reportedly uses American AI models to train its defense systems - tools from OpenAI and Anthropic reportedly among those affected

Chinese military researchers are distilling US AI models into systems they can run locally. [...]

2026-08-05

This round mini PC is big on personality - here's why I recommend it

Small enough to slip into a backpack, Lenovo's Yoga Mini Gen 11 is a solid work PC with unique tricks up its sleeve. [...]

2026-08-05

7 photography techniques for shooting in bright summer light

Shooting into shadow, using light as a subject rather than an obstacle, the specific white balance fix — the techniques that turn midday sun from a problem into a tool [...]