Everyone knows the AI business model is steal first, ask permission later, and Google's CEO is clinging to the notion of opt-outs as justifying it: 'We do give people those rights'

Everyone knows the AI business model is steal first, ask permission later, and Google’s CEO is clinging to the notion of opt-outs as justifying it: ‘We do give people those rights’

The head of Google parent company Alphabet, Sunder Pichai, has given a new interview to the BBC in which he says fears of the AI bubble bursting may well be justified. “I think no company is going to be immune, including us,” said Pichai. We’ll return to the bubble, but the section of the interview…

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Delta Force devs apologise after Facepunch Studios exec accuses them of stealing assets from Rust: ‘If you wanted to collab, you should have reached out’

Team Jade released a new trailer for its military FPS Delta Force earlier today, kicking off the new ‘Asarah’ Season that introduces a new map for its Battlefield-style Warfare mode and an event for its extraction-themed Operations mode. Soon after the Chinese company came under fire from the COO of Facepunch Studios, Alistair McFarlane, as…

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Stella Montis condenses everything I love about Arc Raiders by cramming it all into a cramped facility of pure chaos

Sean Martin, Senior Guides Writer (Image credit: Future) Last week I was: merrily skipping through the gorgeous scenery of Dam Battlegrounds. This week I’ve been: trying to survive the Raider and Arc packed perils of Stella Montis. I love shouting “Don’t shoot” in Stella Montis in solo—it’s like Raider radar. You’ll hear one person reply…

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Anthropic reports the first 80-90% ‘AI-orchestrated’ cyber espionage campaign, but cybersecurity critics are sceptical

Recently, in a blog post titled “Disrupting the first reported AI-orchestrated cyber espionage campaign”, Claude owner Anthropic shared details on a “Chinese state-sponsored group” it claimed was using Claude’s coding tool to try and infiltrate 30 global targets. This report claims “the threat actor was able to use AI to perform 80-90% of the campaign”,…

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PC and smartphone markets forecast to shrink in 2026 due to higher prices as memory supply crisis escalates and threatens to spoil Black Friday for PC fans

Market analyst Trendforce is predicting that both the PC and smartphone markets will actually shrink next year as a consequence of the memory supply crisis (via Hankyung.com). So far, we haven’t seen any dramatic increases in PC system prices, but as Black Friday 2025 hoves into view, the question is for how much longer will…

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