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Apple Slashes Daily AI Budgets for Internal Engineering Teams

Apple has moved to curb internal spending by reducing the daily budgets allocated for employees to use artificial intelligence tools, according to reporting from Bloomberg. The cutbacks mark a shift in strategy after efforts to embed AI capabilities directly into the company’s internal engineering operations. The spending restrictions began in October, when Apple reduced the

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Oppo Rolls Out ColorOS 17 to F35 Pro With Exclusive Smoothness Feature

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Oppo has expanded the deployment of its ColorOS 17 operating system to the newly launched Oppo F35 Pro, bringing specialized performance tuning and updated security protections to the handset. The update, which arrives as part of Oppo’s third rollout wave, introduces a feature designated exclusively for F-series hardware called ColorOS Smoothness Boost. According to the

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AI PACs See Mixed Results After Multi-Million-Dollar Midterm Blitz

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Political action committees on opposing sides of artificial intelligence regulation poured millions of dollars into the midterm elections, resulting in a fractured scorecard across several high-profile congressional races. Industry-aligned committees suffered multiple notable losses despite significant cash deployments. American Mission, the Republican arm of the Andreessen Horowitz- and OpenAI President Greg Brockman-backed group Leading the

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State-Backed Hackers Exploited Outdated iOS and Android Flaws in Broad Espionage Campaign

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Suspected Russian state-sponsored hackers targeted mobile users with zero-click exploits by injecting malicious code across dozens of websites, exploiting previously patched security flaws in older versions of iOS and Android. Security firm Sekoia linked the operation with moderate to high confidence to Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service, also tracked as APT29. The attackers deployed malicious JavaScript

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Elon Musk’s $500 Million Midterm Spending Falls Flat After High-Profile Texas Loss

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Elon Musk’s heavy political investments faced a significant setback in the midterm elections after pouring nearly $500 million into campaigns nationwide, led by a stinging defeat in Texas where Democrat James Talarico secured 55 percent of the vote. Talarico prevailed over Musk’s preferred candidate, Ken Paxton, in the Texas Senate contest despite facing a $47

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OpenAI Pitches New Deal-Inspired Policy Blueprint Ahead of 2028 Election

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OpenAI is looking ahead to the 2028 presidential election, calling on lawmakers to adopt a sweeping national policy framework to manage the economic disruptions and public backlash tied to artificial intelligence. In a published essay, OpenAI chief global affairs officer Chris Lehane likened the technology’s transformative potential to Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal, arguing that

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Pro-AI Super PAC Network Fails to Sway Competitive Midterm Races Despite $100M War Chest

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Silicon Valley’s primary political spending vehicle, Leading the Future, largely failed to shift the needle in competitive midterm races, retreating to secure contests after its aggressive push against artificial intelligence regulation failed to deliver wins in key battlegrounds. The network suffered high-profile defeats in nearly every toss-up race it entered. In South Carolina, the PAC’s

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Trial Lawyer Mark Lanier Says Only Relentless Legal and Public Pressure Will Reform Big Tech

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Litigator Mark Lanier argued that forcing accountability from major social media corporations requires relentless legal battles and broad public exposure, speaking after a string of major court challenges over youth platform safety. Appearing at the WIRED World Fair, Lanier pointed to coordinated state actions as the most potent mechanism for driving regulatory reform. In an

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Binance Details Multi-Stage Cyberattack Behind Record Multibillion-Dollar Crypto Theft

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Binance has revealed that a sophisticated, months-long cyber operation targeting $6.34 billion in digital assets succeeded through an intricate sequence of social engineering, weaponized software, and manipulated internal systems. The incident marks the largest targeted cryptocurrency theft on record, with both the FBI and cybersecurity firm TRM Security attributing the breach to North Korean state-sponsored

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Apple Music Adds Video Karaoke Recording With Upcoming Selfie Sing Feature

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Apple Music users will soon be able to record video karaoke performances directly within the app through a new feature dubbed Selfie Sing. The capability is slated to arrive alongside iOS 27.3, which is currently in beta testing and scheduled for a wider release in December. Building on the vocal-takeover “Sing” mode introduced in 2022,

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