2026-07-25

Samsung signs a $200 billion chip deal with Broadcom covering memory, foundry and advanced packaging through 2030

Samsung Electronics and Broadcom have signed a memorandum of understanding worth more than $200 billion spanning memory chips, foundry manufacturing and advanced packaging for artificial intelligence semiconductors. The deal, announced on Friday at an AI summit in San Francisco, runs for five years through 2030 and covers some of the most critical layers of the […]<br /> This story continu [...]

2026-07-25

Anthropic's Claude Opus 5 costs well below Fable 5 while matching or beating it across most benchmarks

Anthropic's Claude Opus 5 leads the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index with 61 points, edging out Claude Fable 5 and GPT-5.6 Sol. The model scores highest in analytical quality and coding, and costs up to half as much as Fable 5 at lower reasoning tiers. But the race at the top remains close.<br /> The article Anthropic's Claude Opus 5 costs well below Fable 5 while matching or [...]

2026-07-25

'Not the USP I wanted': Nothing’s new Ear (3a) earbuds sound good and the ANC is effective, but they hide a troublesome secret I found it hard to get past during testing

Is everything coming up roses for Nothing's new $99 / £99 noise-cancelling earbuds? Depends on whether the USP sits well with you, I think… [...]

2026-07-25

‘The Odyssey’ Was Made for Imax 70mm. Good Luck Watching It That Way

Over the last several years, the Imax format has taken on a few different forms—but only a few dozen theaters are capable of screening it in its full glory. [...]

2026-07-25

Amazon accused of poaching HBO employees in Warner Bros. lawsuit

Warner Bros. Discovery has sued Amazon for 'inducing' its employees to breach their contracts. [...]

2026-07-25

The OpenAI Models That Hacked Hugging Face Were ‘Active on the Internet’ for Days

Plus: Russian hackers are trying to steal US nuclear scientists’ emails, the State Department bans known scammers from entering the United States, and more. [...]

2026-07-25

Modi breaks Instagram’s Reel record with 300 million views as student protests sweep India

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi posted two selfie videos on Instagram as student protests swept the country, with the first Reel drawing more than 300 million views in 24 hours and breaking the platform’s record for a single clip. The 75-year-old leader recorded the videos late Thursday and Friday, choosing the short-video format most popular […]<br /> This story continues at The Nex [...]

2026-07-25

Opus 5 may have solved browser-based prompt injection, the biggest security flaw haunting AI agents

Opus 5 combined with Auto Mode hits a zero percent prompt injection success rate for browser agents across 129 test scenarios. Without those extra protection layers, the rate is 3.7 percent. If these numbers hold up in practice, Anthropic may have cracked one of the biggest security problems facing AI agents that operate in browsers.<br /> The article Opus 5 may have solved browser-based pro [...]

2026-07-25

Vacation mode, activated: why this VPN belongs in every traveler’s carry-on

Streaming, optimising hotel Wi-Fi and something to help with your roaming charges too... [...]