Dan Milmo / The Guardian:
The UK’s NCSC urges large entities, including energy and transport firms, to introduce “post-quantum cryptography” by 2035 to protect against quantum hackers — Organisations including energy and transport firms told to guard systems against powerful new computers
Bloomberg:
A profile of Skydio, the US’ largest drone maker, after its first batch of drones proved disappointing in Ukraine and it competes with Chinese makers like DJI — Drones are getting smarter, deadlier and more indispensable. Skydio believes America should make its own.
Stephen Nellis / Reuters:
Chip design software maker Synopsys unveils AgentEngineer, initially letting engineers give AI agents instructions with plans to expand to helping make chips — Synopsys (SNPS.O), which makes software used to design semiconductors, on Wednesday introduced a technology it said will pave …
Kylie Robison / The Verge:
Andor showrunner Tony Gilroy says the Disney+ show’s scripts will not be released as planned, due to fears that they could be used as AI training data — Tony Gilroy doesn’t want his work to become training data. … Andor showrunner Tony Gilroy told Collider he has killed plans to publish …
Sue Marek / Ookla:
Analysis: AT&T and Verizon Speedtest users saw higher median download speeds on the iPhone 16e with the C1 modem than the iPhone 16; T-Mobile was the opposite — The 16e is the first iPhone to feature the Apple-designed C1 modem. — Key Takeaways: — AT&T and Verizon Speedtest® …
Steven T. Dennis / Bloomberg:
Crypto-friendly stablecoin legislation is poised to pass the US Senate with support from some pro-crypto Democratic Senators, including Kirsten Gillibrand — The crypto industry is on a roll in Washington and it’s not just because of Donald Trump. — A key ally is rising in the Democratic party …
Benedict Evans:
Apple’s stumble with Vision Pro, followed by falling flat on its face with AI, suggests the company may be slipping into a Vista-like drift of poor execution — It matters that Apple’s new Siri will be late, and it matters more that Apple didn’t realise. Is it more than that?
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Google and UCB researchers detail “inference-time search”, which some call a fourth AI scaling law, though experts are skeptical of its usefulness in many cases — Have researchers discovered a new AI “scaling law”? That’s what some buzz on social media suggests — but experts are skeptical.
Emma Roth / The Verge:
Meta will roll out its AI chatbot with text-only features in the EU this week on WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger, nearly a year after pausing — A more limited version of Meta AI will head to WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger this week.
Lizette Chapman / Bloomberg:
Early-stage VC Long Journey Ventures, co-led by Cyan Banister, Arielle Zuckerberg, and Lee Jacobs, debuts with a ~$181.818M fund after five years in stealth — Long Journey Ventures has nurtured an appetite for off-beat startups. — In Silicon Valley’s corporate landscape of sleek glass minimalism …
