Crypto-stealing apps found in Apple App Store Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: Kaspersky researchers found apps in Google’s Play Store and Apple’s App Store that use OCR to steal wallet recovery phrases from images on users’ devices — Android and iOS…

Boston Dynamics and Former CEO Team Up to Supercharge Atlas Robot’s Intelligence Boston Dynamics Wednesday announced a partnership designed to bring improved reinforcement learning to its electric Atlas humanoid robot. The tie-up is with the Robotics & AI Institute (RAI…

Ampere Chip Company Bought for About $6.5B Ampere, the semiconductor business founded by former Intel exec Renee James, is reportedly on the cusp of selling itself to SoftBank — the latest in an ongoing saga over the company’s future ownership….

Cristiano Amon Confirms Arm Drops Breach Claims Stephen Nellis / Reuters: Qualcomm CEO says Arm has withdrawn its breach claims against the company and now Arm has no plans to end its license agreement with Qualcomm — Qualcomm’s (QCOM.O) Chief…

Sonos’ Mass Layoffs Raise Concerns About Its Future Strategy Sonos announced that it has laid off 200 people in a letter posted to its site Wednesday. The news follows a 100-person layoff in August. Both rounds arrive in the wake…

Reddit Shuts Down Karissa Bell / Engadget:  r/WhitePeopleTwitter banned for 72 hours due to “a prevalence of violent content”, after Elon Musk said on February 3 that its users had “broken the law” — The company said it was due…

AI Reasoning Model—Built for Under $50 AI researchers at Stanford and the University of Washington were able to train an AI “reasoning” model for under $50 in cloud compute credits, according to a new research paper released last Friday. The…

AMD Sets Bold Promise Something to look forward to: AMD has yet to release full technical specifications for its upcoming Radeon RX 9000-series graphics cards. However, the company recently revealed more about the lineup’s intended performance profile and market segment….

Scout Motors Hit with Lawsuit  They plan to eschew traditional dealerships and sell EVs directly to consumers is running into legal trouble. A group of Volkswagen and Audi dealers filed a lawsuit in the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court in Miami-Dade…

Bench Accounting Shutdown A clearer picture of Bench’s downfall is emerging thanks to newly released bankruptcy filings. The records show that the Canada-based startup, which ironically enough offered cloud accounting software for small businesses, consistently struggled to reach profitability. It…

Tech Layoffs: Tracking Industry-Wide Cuts The tech layoff wave continued through 2024. Following significant workforce reductions in 2022 and 2023, 2024 saw more than 150,000 job cuts across 542 companies, according to independent layoffs tracker Layoffs.fyi. Large companies like Tesla,…

VO₂ Breakthrough Researchers at Osaka University in Suita, Japan, have devised a novel way to improve the performance of electronic devices. The study, published in ACS Applied Electronic Materials, involved laying down a metamaterial called vanadium dioxide (VO₂) on top…