Microsoft tightens rules for conflict zones after investigation into Israel's military use of Azure

Microsoft has wrapped up its investigation into Israel's military use of its Azure cloud and is rolling out new human rights checks. But the report leaves key questions unanswered: the actual con [...]

Novo Nordisk's weight loss pill is hitting 3 million U.S. prescriptions — and most users had never tried one before

More than 80% of new Wegovy pill prescriptions are for patients who had never previously taken a GLP-1 drug [...]

Delta's president is targeting United's dominance on trans-Pacific routes

Delta generates $2.79 billion in trans-Pacific revenue versus United's $6.89 billion, but its new president says that gap won't last [...]

Britain’s Cosine rallies BT, HSBC, and BAE to build a “sovereign” AI model and cut its reliance on US tech

Britain’s banks, telecoms, and weapons-makers have a new shared anxiety: that the AI they increasingly run on is built, owned, and controlled in the United States. A startup barely three years old i [...]

'Some places carry the costs and other places capture the benefits': UN warns that AI is stripping natural resources in exchange for making the rich richer

New United Nations report demands better water and land use reporting, stronger governance to prevent focusing impacts on vulnerable communities. [...]

Amazon’s billion-dollar Corning deal shows fibre is the new bottleneck in the AI build-out

The AI boom runs on chips and electricity. It also runs on glass. Amazon is paying Corning billions of dollars for optical fibre to wire up its rapidly expanding US data centres, the two companies sai [...]

This clever peephole camera is perfect for renters, adding smart home video without wires, drilling, or an expensive subscription

EZVIZ's new EP4 door camera looks like an excellent alternative to video doorbells, especially for rental properties [...]

How ChatGPT's new Lockdown mode protects you from data theft (and what else it does)

The goal is to protect you against attackers who try to steal your personal data through prompt injection. But it does limit your ability to access the web. [...]

The UK just collected billions in AI pledges on day one of London Tech Week

London Tech Week opened the way these events increasingly do: with a leaderboard of investment pledges. By the end of the first morning, the UK had collected several billion pounds in AI commitments, [...]