Oscar Piastri apologised to McLaren after admitting to “pushing the boundaries” in the incident that nearly saw him collide with team-mate Lando Norris in their battle for Austrian Grand Prix victory. Just a fortnight after the two McLarens made contact when a misjudgement from Norris saw him hit the back of his team-mate’s car, Piastri … Read more
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin is arguing that the digital identification approach being promoted by Sam Altman’s World project has real privacy risks. Previously known as Worldcoin, World was created under Altman and Alex Blania’s Tools for Humanity. The organization says it can help distinguish between AI agents and human beings by scanning users’ eyeballs and … Read more
Spain midfielder Aitana Bonmati has been discharged from hospital after being treated for viral meningitis just days before the start of Euro 2025. With the tournament scheduled to start on Wednesday, the 27-year-old Barcelona player will join her national team’s training camp in the coming days. World champions Spain begin their campaign on Thursday with … Read more
Welcome back to Week in Review! Lots of news for you this week — Travis Kalanick is possibly returning to the world of self-driving vehicles, CoreWeave’s CEO is now worth $10 billion, Apple users aren’t happy with how the company is promoting its new “F1” movie, and much more. Quick note that we will be … Read more
We’re all set for a huge clash in Saint-Cloud on Sunday afternoon as King George winner Goliath looks to stand between Calandagan and an elusive Group 1 crown. 4.30 Saint-Cloud – Goliath, Calandagan and Aventure lock horns A fantastic renewal of the Group 1 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud sees a top-class field of five head … Read more
Looks like Meta isn’t done poaching talent from OpenAI. Earlier this week, TechCrunch reported that Meta had hired influential OpenAI researcher Trapit Bansal, and according to The Wall Street Journal, it also hired three other researchers from the company. Now The Information is reporting four more Meta hires from OpenAI: Researchers Shengjia Zhao, Jiahui Yu, … Read more
Aldrich Potgieter will take a two-shot lead into the final round of the Rocket Classic with major champions Collin Morikawa and Matthew Fitzpatrick among the chasing pack Potgieter – eyeing a first PGA Tour title after losing to Brian Campbell in a play-off at the Mexico Open in February – carded a seven-under 65 in … Read more
An open letter from authors including Lauren Groff, Lev Grossman, R.F. Kuang, Dennis Lehane, and Geoffrey Maguire calls on book publishers to pledge to limit their use of AI tools, for example by committing to only hire human audiobook narrators. The letter argues that authors’ work has been “stolen” by AI companies: “Rather than paying … Read more
Lando Norris says he is “reassured” after the “old me” returned in qualifying at the Austrian Grand Prix where he took a dominant pole position. After a series of disappointing qualifying results, Norris beat Charles Leclerc and Oscar Piastri to pole position by over half a second on one of F1’s shortest tracks – the … Read more
The FBI and cybersecurity firms are warning that the prolific hacking group known as Scattered Spider is now targeting airlines and the transportation sector. In a brief statement on Friday shared with TechCrunch, the FBI said it had “recently observed” cyberattacks resembling Scattered Spider to include the airline sector. Executives from Google’s cybersecurity unit Mandiant … Read more
