2026-07-31

TechRadar's first crossword is here — puzzle #1, Friday, July 31

Had a long day or want to get your brain kick-started first thing in the morning? Try your hand at TechRadar's first crossword puzzle. [...]

2026-07-31

Lioness season 3 is Taylor Sheridan's most scathing, brutal, and AI-wary outing yet — but the new Paramount+ series is still making sure that the Yellowstone creator is the action hero of the hour

Lioness season 3 is pushing Joe to more vulnerable and brutal limits than she's ever had to endure — but somehow, Taylor Sheridan himself feels like the biggest star of the bunch. [...]

2026-07-31

Why traditional security checks are failing in the age of AI-driven fraud

As AI supercharges fraud with deepfakes and synthetic identities, continuous, layered defenses are now essential. [...]

2026-07-31

The surge in AI-driven fraud requires coordinated global defense

AI has enabled an 8,000% fraud surge, and a global networked response is our best bet to stop it. [...]

2026-07-31

The E.U. is opening bids for seven massive AI computing hubs in a €30 billion push

The bloc wants €10 billion in public funds to draw €20 billion in private investment, with construction set to begin in 2027 [...]

2026-07-31

Oracle put its cloud rival’s AI inside its business apps, and the stock jumped 8%

Oracle has just put its cloud rival’s AI at the heart of the software its customers run their businesses on. Investors cheered. The company said on Thursday it is expanding its Google Cloud partnership to bring Gemini into Oracle’s enterprise applications. Gemini will slot into Oracle AI Agent Studio for Fusion Applications. It will also […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]

2026-07-31

AI search is fragmenting, ageing and filling with ads

A year ago, AI search was basically one product with one name: ChatGPT. A new report says that era is already over. Similarweb’s 2026 Generative AI Landscape report tracks a market that is booming and splintering at once. Generative AI websites drew 9.5 billion visits a month worldwide between June 2025 and May 2026, up […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]

2026-07-31

The EU clears the $55bn Saudi-led buyout of EA under its subsidy rules

The European Commission approved the PIF-led take-private of Electronic Arts under its Foreign Subsidies Regulation, removing one of the last hurdles to the biggest leveraged buyout ever. The European Union has cleared the $55bn takeover of Electronic Arts by a Saudi-led consortium, removing one of the last regulatory hurdles to the largest leveraged buyout in […]<br /> This story continue [...]

2026-07-31

Brazil banned Bolsonaro from speaking. His AI avatar spoke anyway.

Brazil ordered Jair Bolsonaro to stay silent. Last weekend, a giant AI version of him addressed a campaign rally anyway. At the launch of his son Flávio’s presidential bid in São Paulo on Saturday, a video avatar of the jailed former president loomed over the crowd. The clever part was the confession. “What you see […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]