California bans AI tools that read workers’ emotions
Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 1883, barring California employers from using AI to infer workers’ emotional states or collect neural data, effective…
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Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 1883, barring California employers from using AI to infer workers’ emotional states or collect neural data, effective…
Federal prosecutors charged Earthmade Computer owner Greg Lui with smuggling over $300 million in Nvidia AI servers to China via Malaysia and…
Google Research has launched a new federated learning system that trains Gboard models inside sealed server hardware with publicly auditable rules.
The World Meteorological Organization warns strengthening El Nino could bring drought, water stress and food-security risks to southern Africa through early 2027.
The Finance Ministry has kept small savings rates unchanged for the tenth straight quarter. PPF stays at 7.1%, Sukanya Samriddhi and SCSS…
A quick roundup of October 4, 2026: Trump's $90 Medicare payments, Ethiopia's Tigray airport recapture, the Swiss president's India visit, and more.
President Trump says more than 20 million Medicare beneficiaries will get a one-time $90 payment. Here is who qualifies, who is excluded,…
Germany's cabinet has approved a roadmap to phase out coal, oil and gas by 2045. Here is what the plan covers, from…
From David Robinson's Atlantic essay to earlier exits by Ilya Sutskever and Jan Leike, a pattern of safety staff departures is raising…
A Swedish study of nearly 15,000 people with bipolar disorder found semaglutide use was linked to a 21% lower risk of psychiatric…