OpenAI hit with 30 more lawsuits
Sam Altman’s OpenAI is facing another major legal challenge over the Tumbler Ridge school shooting in Canada. The ChatGPT maker is reportedly facing 30 new lawsuits over allegations that it failed to act on warning signs linked to the attacker. The fresh complaints were filed in a California court by Edelson PC, the law firm
AI boom is testing tech firms’ climate pledges
Technology companies are stepping up their climate commitments but not fast enough to counter rapidly inflating energy needs linked to the artificial intelligence boom. Published by the UN’s International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA), sustainable development NGO, the report monitors the emissions and climate commitments of 200 major tech companies worldwide.
Google launches Gemini 3.8 Flash and Flash Cyber
Google has launched Gemini 3.8 Flash for coding and agentic tasks, alongside restricted Flash Cyber for vulnerability discovery, automated patching and trusted security defenders globally. Google has launched Gemini 3.8 Flash and Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber, just three weeks after its previous Flash release. While both share the same core intelligence, they serve different purposes.
UK summons Russian official over ‘attempted drone attack’
The UK has taken a decisive stance alongside Germany as it summoned the Russian charge d’affaires in condemnation of an attempted drone attack. The explosives were found close to Ukrainian cargo planes. Investigators believe they did not explode because of a faulty detonator. On Wednesday, German investigators identified two suspects they accuse of carrying out
WhatsApp deepens fintech play in India
Messaging giant WhatsApp launched a bill payments feature native to the app in India on Thursday.The launch of bill payments by WhatsApp in India comes at a time when the entity is already live on India’s real-time payments system, Unified Payments Interface (UPI), further deepening its presence in the market.The bill payments feature would allow
EU antitrust regulators quiz publishers on Google’s AI search opt-out
EU antitrust regulators are seeking feedback from publishers on Google’s proposal to let them opt out of AI search without affecting their rankings in search results, a questionnaire seen by Reuters showed. The publishers’ feedback could determine the outcome of an ongoing EU investigation that could result in yet another hefty fine for Google if
Dropbox Hack attack
Dropbox said on Tuesday that around 5,000 accounts were compromised last month, with hackers viewing and downloading content stored on the cloud-storage platform. Some Dropbox users received an email from the company on Monday notifying them that their accounts have been accessed without authorization between August 4 and August 21, Dropbox confirmed after Bloomberg News
Uber to cut 3,300 jobs in company overhaul to reduce management layers
Uber Technologies Inc. is cutting about 3,300 roles, or 10 per cent of its staff globally, in a massive restructuring aimed at reducing management layers and reallocating spending into its ride-sharing, delivery and robotaxi businesses. The cuts will reduce the number of managers in the company by 20 per cent, with some being moved to
EU and Nato vow to step up pressure on Russia
The heads of Nato and the European Commission have warned that Russia is growing increasingly reckless and vowed to respond to a “new normal”. Russia has rejected German accusations that a drone carrying explosives deliberately targeted a Ukrainian cargo plane on 4 August. The drone was defused by a robot at Leipzig/Halle airport and a
Teachers, students file new wave of lawsuits against OpenAI over Tumbler Ridge shooting
Lawyers representing victims and survivors of the Tumbler Ridge school shooting say they are filing 30 new lawsuits against OpenAI in U.S. federal court in California. Edelson PC, a U.S. firm that specializes in class actions, says the new plaintiffs include educators, a principal and students, including siblings who were separated during the Feb. 10