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  1. CIO

    A human rubber stamp on AI-based HR decisions won’t satisfy California’s No Robo Bosses law

    California is setting a precedent for AI use in scenarios where workers’ jobs are at stake. Governor Gavin Newsom this week signed the No Robo Bosses Act (SB 947), which bans employers from relying solely on AI-powered automated decision-making systems (ADS), also known as “bossware,” to discipline...

  2. Wired

    Whatever AI Safety Is, It’s Not This

    Asking AI companies to self-regulate is a great way to pretend like you’ve accomplished something.

  3. Dark Reading

    Alleged KillSec Ransomware Mastermind a 16-Year-Old

    Law enforcement from multiple countries collaborated to disrupt a cybercrime operation that has claimed some 500 victims worldwide in the past two years.

  4. Wired

    The Best Early Prime Day Deals Ahead of Amazon’s Second Sale (2026)

    Amazon Prime Big Deal Days officially begin on October 6 and 7, but I’ve already spotted early discounts on gear our team recommends.

  5. CIO

    Microsoft, Google back Apache Ossie to make enterprise data and AI platforms more interoperable

    Microsoft and Google are joining a project to create an open specification for exchanging semantic models across data, analytics, and AI platforms. The project already has the backing of over 60 companies including Databricks, Informatica, Mistral AI, Nvidia, Oracle, Salesforce, and Snowflake...

  6. Wired

    Trump’s ‘Morally Binding’ AI ‘Accord,’ the Rise of AI Agents, and Extremists on the Ballot

    This week on “Uncanny Valley,” we discuss the voluntary AI safety agreement tech executives signed, AI agents for normies, and extremist candidates running for office in the US midterms.

  7. CIO Dive

    Tech skills gaps are stopping projects in their tracks

    Most businesses wasted $250,000 or more last year because expertise didn’t match project aspirations, a Pluralsight report found.

  8. CIO Dive

    Wawa names new information technology chief

    Bill O’Donnell takes on the role after more than 25 years with the retailer working across fuel operations and project management.

  9. The Next Web

    Japan eyes $140bn AI data centre push with Dell and JERA, FT reports

    Japan’s biggest power generator is teaming up with Dell to build AI data centres across the country. The push could cost as much as $140bn, the Financial Times reported. JERA, Dell and UK developer RHAELM signed a non-binding agreement on Thursday, JERA said. Private equity firm Apollo will help...

  10. The Next Web

    OpenAI cuts ties with three staff over sensitive information, WSJ reports

    OpenAI has parted ways with three employees who it says mishandled sensitive company information. The Wall Street Journal first reported the exits on Thursday. Two of the three were safety researchers, and one was a research programme manager, Rachel Metz reported for Bloomberg. They allegedly gave...

  11. The Next Web

    CFPB can’t say if data on abandoned office kit is safe, watchdog finds

    The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau cannot confirm that IT equipment it left in four closed offices is secure, a watchdog has found. J.J. McCorvey reported the audit for Bloomberg. The bureau ended the leases on its New York, Chicago, San Francisco and Atlanta offices in early 2025. It left...

  12. NY Times

    Amazon Settles Lawsuit Over Claims of Slow Deliveries to Low-Income Areas

    The tech giant will refund $7.25 million in Prime membership fees to affected customers and pay an additional $1 million to settle the suit brought by the District of Columbia.

  13. The Next Web

    GM’s Q3 sales drop 5.5% as its electric models collapse and Toyota closes to within 136,000

    GM’s third-quarter sales fell 5.5% and its electric models collapsed, with the Equinox EV down 92.4% to 1,905 cars after America ended its $7,500 purchase credit. Europe kept its mandates, where electric cars took 29% of new registrations in August and drivers pay about twice the American petrol...

  14. The Next Web

    Factory and Cognition bosses clash over adviser’s exit, Bloomberg reports

    The heads of two AI coding startups are fighting in public over an adviser who switched sides, as Carmen Arroyo reported for Bloomberg. Factory chief executive Matan Grinberg said on X on Wednesday that he was cutting ties with Chris Degnan, an adviser of about a year. Degnan was later named chief...

  15. The Next Web

    Samsung lifts prices across most of the Galaxy S26 range by $100

    Samsung has added $100 to the Galaxy S26, S26+ and Ultra and $200 to the 1TB Ultra, seven months after the phones went on sale, blaming the memory shortage. The same shortage made Samsung’s semiconductor division 94% of company profit in the first quarter while its mobile division’s operating...

  16. The Next Web

    Grindr to buy HIV prevention telehealth firm Freddie for $250mn

    Grindr has agreed to buy PurposeMed, the company behind HIV prevention service Freddie, for $250mn in cash and stock, it said in a statement on Wednesday. Grindr will pay $190mn in cash and $60mn in shares. Up to $70mn more in cash depends on Freddie hitting targets in 2027. The deal is expected to...

  17. Wired

    Experience What It’s Like to Travel in the Occupied West Bank

    Traverse barriers and checkpoints in the occupied West Bank—your choices reflect the reality of nearly 3.5 million Palestinians who live there.

  18. Security Week

    Zero Trust Creator Says Model Holds Firm Against AI-Assisted Attacks

    Fifteen years after coining the framework, John Kindervag insists zero trust still works in the AI era—if you get the implementation right. The post Zero Trust Creator Says Model Holds Firm Against AI-Assisted Attacks appeared first on SecurityWeek.

  19. The Next Web

    Coliving startup PadSplit expands to San Francisco, New York and Chicago

    PadSplit rents out single rooms in shared homes. It is now moving into the San Francisco Bay Area, the New York metro area and Chicago, the company said in a press release on Thursday. The Atlanta-based startup lets homeowners split houses into furnished private bedrooms with shared kitchens and...

  20. The Next Web

    TSMC eyes a multibillion-dollar Texas campus for more AI chips

    TSMC is weighing a new Texas campus of multiple fabs, each costing at least $20B, contingent on Congress extending a 35% manufacturing tax credit. Its only European plant, the Dresden joint venture, totals above EUR 10B and will run 28nm to 12nm nodes rather than anything used for AI. TSMC is...