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Airspeed raises USD $20 million in Series A funding
The funding will help the London- and New York-based software group expand its AI agents for revenue teams and hire globally.

Microsoft is force-installing M365 Copilot again after a brief pause
Between October 2025 and March 2026, many Microsoft 365 users discovered that the Copilot AI app was automatically installed on their computers. After heavy vocal backlash and several crucial bugs, like the one that allowed Copilot to read confidential emails, the forced installation of Microsoft 365 Copilot was suspended. However, Microsoft has...

Tony Livesey steps back from 5 Live after allegations against David Sullivan
The presenter worked as editor-in-chief at Sullivan's Sport newspapers before joining the BBC.

Luma launches Ray3.2 with tighter AI video control
Studios and advertisers gain finer scene control as Luma opens its AI video model to APIs, keyframes and post-production formats.

The last lifeline for uBlock Origin in Chrome is almost gone for good
Google has been working for some time on a way to block old browser extensions in Google Chrome. This goes hand in hand with the switch from Manifest V2 to Manifest V3, a newer and presumably more secure architecture for the popular browser. As early as March 2025, this rendered some...

I can’t wait for this new Chrome security feature to take off
As good as passkeys and two-factor authentication are, they can’t fully prevent someone from breaking into (and possibly stealing) an account. But a new feature in Chrome should make that possibility much harder—provided website operators start making use of it. Called “Device Bound Session Credentials,” this update recently became fully available...

Analysis-Alberta pitches cheap natural gas for data center boom, at odds with Canada's clean power aims

No tech rule exemption for Apple, EU regulators say amid spat over Siri AI delay

Why Apple's WWDC and Siri AI hype left investors sad

How an e-scooter founder raised $5 million to build space data centers

High-severity vulnerability in Linux caused by a single errant character
Use-after-free bug can be exploited to evade sandbox defenses.

My A/C unit came with a cruddy manual. Claude made a better one
Um, what does this button do? Our new air conditioner had just arrived, a necessity for a sure-to-be-sizzling New York summer, and already I was scratching my head. What’s the “Swing” button for? How does the “Timer” button work? And I couldn’t make sense of the icons on the remote control. I...

5 small but clever Apple AI features that actually look useful
Apple mostly steered clear of the big, dumb AI announcements we often see at the big tech keynotes — you know, things like AI pop song generators, AI-generated avatars, and virtual AI try-on tools that make for great headlines but aren’t all that practical. OK, so Apple did indulge in some...

Samsung’s Odyssey G51F is now $160. Score 1440p/180Hz for cheap
LOWEST PRICE 27-inch Samsung Odyssey G51F Monitor View Deal (function () { document.querySelector("#sticky-promo-block a").addEventListener("click", function(e) { const debug = document.location.host.search(/lndo.site|go-vip.net/) !== -1; const text = this.closest("#sticky-promo-block").querySelector("p.promo-title").textContent; const data = { event: "stickyConversionUnitClick", eventCategory: "Sticky Conversion", eventAction: "Click", eventLabel: text }; if(debug)console.log("Sticky Conversion CLick - pushing to dataLayer: ", data); dataLayer.push(data); return true; }); })(); Samsung’s 27-inch Odyssey G51F gaming monitor is down to $159.99 at Amazon, roughly 36%...

Geekom’s A6 mini PC drops to $479, a solid workstation with gaming chops
NOW $170 OFF Geekom A6 Mini PC View Deal (function () { document.querySelector("#sticky-promo-block a").addEventListener("click", function(e) { const debug = document.location.host.search(/lndo.site|go-vip.net/) !== -1; const text = this.closest("#sticky-promo-block").querySelector("p.promo-title").textContent; const data = { event: "stickyConversionUnitClick", eventCategory: "Sticky Conversion", eventAction: "Click", eventLabel: text }; if(debug)console.log("Sticky Conversion CLick - pushing to dataLayer: ", data); dataLayer.push(data); return true; }); })(); Geekom’s A6 mini PC is down to $479 at Amazon, a special $170 discount...