Children of Asian immigrant households are building community online with videos of their home interiors that hundreds of thousands of TikTok and Instagram viewers relate to.
Why it matters: While minimalistic design has long been en vogue online, viewers appear more receptive to content that reflects ordinary lifestyles — even embracing "de-influencing."
A wave of social-engineering attacks targeting open-source software projects is ringing alarm bells across the entire coding community.
Why it matters: The scope of the attacks is still unclear as organizations and open-source project maintainers continue to comb their code for any signs of malicious activity.
Why it matters: The move signals a new intensity in the U.S.'s conflict with China over access to key technologies and information, which has already resulted in a range of tariffs and exports controls on products such as computer chips and telecoms equipment.
Tesla is recalling close to 4,000 of its Cybertrucks over a problem with the vehicle's accelerator pedal, according to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) documents.
Giving more autonomy to AI-powered assistants offers tantalizing benefits — along with fresh ethical dilemmas we're only beginning to explore, Google DeepMind researchers say in a new paper, shared first with Axios.
Why it matters: Advanced AI agents that act as assistants, advisers and companions could be the next iteration of AI that people encounter on a daily basis.
Google's firing of 28 protesting employees Wednesday sends the clearest signal yet that the tech giant — whose founders pledged it was "not a conventional company" — has become just that.
The big picture: Silicon Valley's leading firms have long told talented employees to think of the office like a campus, "bring their whole selves" to work and change the world for the better — but workers who bought those promises are facing a moment of truth.
