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techcrunch.com - Julie Bort - Tech industry is buzzing after a Claude agent hacked into a gym
Tech industry is buzzing after a Claude agent hacked into a gym
TechCrunch

By now, we all realize that Silicon Valley's AI labs have built the world's best hackers in the form of AI agents. Give the latest frontier models a task and they are so resourceful that they get it done, even if this means breaking out of their…

pcmag.com - Rob Pegoraro - This Tech Expert Thinks It's 'Time to Call Bullshit on the AI Industry
This Tech Expert Thinks It's 'Time to Call Bullshit on the AI Industry
PCMag

LAS VEGAS—Most of the panels at the Ai4 conference here last week were overrun with enthusiasm for the possibilities AI is opening. Ed Zitron's talk was not one of them. In a 20-minute session, the tech publicist- turned -tech critic tore…

forbes.com - Scott Kramer - Window Shades With A Touch Of Tech
Window Shades With A Touch Of Tech
Forbes

The four slatted blinds in our master bedroom were a quarter-century old. The strings had deteriorated so much that two of them couldn't even be pulled up – replacement time was overdue by about five years. But we hadn't really looked into…

digitaljournal.com - AFP - Hong Kong's tech index plans expansion with AI and robotics themes
Hong Kong's tech index plans expansion with AI and robotics themes
Digital Journal

Hong Kong's main tech stock index plans to include 20 more companies as well as artificial intelligence and robotics themes to reflect changes in the industry, the firm compiling it has said. Launched in 2020, the Hang Seng Tech Index tracks the 30…

newsweek.com - Gordon G. Chang - Investors are fleeing China's tech stocks | Opinion
Investors are fleeing China's tech stocks | Opinion
Newsweek

China's closely watched CSI 300 Index fell 7.9 percent last month despite firm government support for stocks. The country's investors have been spooked by both a wave of foreign selling and news of China's technology breakthroughs. Chinese…

forbes.com - Sofia Chierchio - A Boyfriend Led This Harvard Grad To Leave Tech. Now She Manages $700 Million.
A Boyfriend Led This Harvard Grad To Leave Tech. Now She Manages $700 Million.
Forbes

Firm: Merrill Wealth Management Team Custodied Assets: $727 million Background: Elisabeth Dewailly grew up near the southernmost tip of Texas in a rural, low-income town she compares to Friday Night Lights, where everyone knew the starting football…

forbes.com - Michael Edmondson - Technology Is Moving Faster Than Society Can Govern It
Technology Is Moving Faster Than Society Can Govern It
Forbes

Technological innovation is outpacing institutional capacity, requiring leaders to anticipate risks, build governance, and strengthen organizations for rapid change. Technological progress has always challenged established institutions. Today…

newsweek.com - Eileen Falkenberg-Hull - Satellite technology is helping farmers plant smarter, not harder
Satellite technology is helping farmers plant smarter, not harder
Newsweek

Despite the pastoral imagery many have in their minds, modern agriculture is undeniably high tech. Farmers operate cutting-edge equipment that efficiently allows them to feed the world. Some of the same technology that powers smartphone location…

wwd.com - Arthur Zaczkiewicz - Tech Tuesday: Executive Appointments, New Apps
Tech Tuesday: Executive Appointments, New Apps
WWD

This week, we hear that RetailMeNot is celebrating 20 years in business by launching a new “Rewards” app that is powered by AI and touts new deal-finding features. In other news, Infor has named a president and representative director…

nytimes.com - Austin Meek - Who is Will Hammond? Why Texas Tech has high hopes at QB without Brendan Sorsby
Who is Will Hammond? Why Texas Tech has high hopes at QB without Brendan Sorsby
The New York Times

LUBBOCK, Texas — Once the biggest controversy of college football's offseason subsided, everybody outside of Texas Tech's immediate orbit had the same question: Who is Will Hammond? The quarterback replacing Brendan Sorsby, the coveted…

gizmodo.com - Webb Wright - House Democrats Want Tech CEOs to Testify Under Oath Following Recent AI Hacks
House Democrats Want Tech CEOs to Testify Under Oath Following Recent AI Hacks
Gizmodo | The Future Is Here

Multiple AI systems in recent weeks have hacked into third-party organizations during what were supposed to be routine internal tests, revving up anxieties around the speed at which the technology is developing and what it could be capable of in…

seekingalpha.com - The Value Investor - Resideo Technologies: Addressing The Future Alone (NYSE:REZI)
Resideo Technologies: Addressing The Future Alone (NYSE:REZI)
Seeking Alpha

Resideo Technologies has completed its separation, leaving a simpler, higher-margin business with a clearer strategic focus. Resideo now trades at 13–14x earnings with leverage below 3x, supported by reasonable valuations and improved…

scmp.com - Zoe SL Chan - Index compiler plans to add 20 more stocks to Hong Kong's main tech tracker
Index compiler plans to add 20 more stocks to Hong Kong's main tech tracker
South China Morning Post

Hang Seng Indexes Company plans to expand the Hang Seng Tech Index (HSTECH) to 50 constituents and introduce “sales growth” as a selection criterion to strengthen market representation, according to a consultation paper released on…

yahoo.com - Roper Technologies, Inc. (ROP) Stock Forecasts
Roper Technologies, Inc. (ROP) Stock Forecasts
Yahoo!

The benchmark U.S. 10-year Treasury bond yield is near 4.65%, up from the 4.0% earlier in the wake of changes in the inflation outlook (higher) and at the Federal Reserve (less guidance). Other sovereign long-term rates generally have held at…

wsj.com - Katherine Hamilton - Target Hires First Chief AI Officer in Retail's Latest Tech Push
Target Hires First Chief AI Officer in Retail's Latest Tech Push
Wall Street Journal

Target said it is putting more resources into its artificial intelligence and user experience capabilities, the latest move by a major retailer to integrate more AI. The retailer said Tuesday it would bring on two executives to focus specifically…

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