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AI pioneer warns China could outpace the West in the race for true intelligence

Former Meta chief AI scientist Yann LeCun says Silicon Valley chasing an illusion with giant language models while innovative Chinese firms quietly build smarter, more efficient systems that could reshape the global tech balance

Raphael Kahan | 01.27.26

China narrows AI gap as Western tech leaders sound alarm at Davos 2026

Executives and policymakers warned at Davos that the West’s technological edge over China is fading, turning AI competition from a business rivalry into a strategic contest with economic and national security implications

Raphael Kahan | 01.25.26

Apple said secretly to be developing tiny screenless AI device

New report reveals Apple 'smart pin' project while OpenAI also working on new hardware, in collaboration with designer Jony Ive; The big question: Are consumers ready for a screenless world - or is this another experiment that will end up in a drawer?

Raphael Kahan | 01.22.26

Mud-slinging peaks as Musk warns about ChatGPT and Altman fires back on Tesla deaths

Elon Musk calls ChatGPT ‘diabolical’ and warns it could lead to real-world tragedy; OpenAI CEO Sam Altman responds by citing fatal Tesla Autopilot crashes and questioning Musk’s approach to AI safety

Raphael Kahan | 01.22.26

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Musk challenges Nvidia and AMD, vows new AI chip every nine months

Musk has set an aggressive goal for Tesla’s development team, aiming for a faster chip cycle than Nvidia and AMD, focused on mass-producing AI chips for vehicles and robots, even as experts warn the pace could compromise safety, validation and critical software

Raphael Kahan | 01.20.26

From gamers to predators: Inside the internet’s most dangerous cybercriminal network

Loose network of hackers, extortionists and young predators operates under the radar of authorities, calling itself The Com, and it has no leadership, boundaries or rules; what starts with gaming 'hacks' ends with system shutdowns, brutal extortion and violence that slips from the screen into real life

Raphael Kahan | 01.04.26

Kidnapped teen located through phone tracking | Here's how your smartphone can save lives

A 15-year-old girl was abducted at knifepoint on Christmas Eve and rescued after her father tracked her phone in real time; here is how parents can turn their children’s smartphones into emergency lifesaving tools

Raphael Kahan | 12.29.25

How Iran infiltrates Israel’s inner circle through aides and advisers

The Handala hacking group avoids ministers’ secure devices, instead targeting assistants, advisers and forgotten cloud backups in Iran’s second-circle cyber strategy against Israel

Raphael Kahan | 12.29.25

Public opinion for sale: The new startup that's causing a storm in Silicon Valley

Doublespeed, which has raised money from one of the world's most powerful venture capital funds, operates smartphone farms and tens of thousands of AI-powered accounts to circumvent TikTok's algorithms

Raphael Kahan | 12.21.25

The clean era is over: AI tools fill with ads whether you like it or not

AI companies, facing soaring costs that undermine subscription models, are increasingly pushing ads even to paying users; the result is an AI experience shaped by profit rather than accuracy, leaving users feeling like the product

Raphael Kahan | 12.12.25

Hundreds of Porsches disable themselves in Russia after faulty theft alert

Satellite tracking system mistakenly flagged reception loss as theft attempt, shutting down hundreds of cars; drivers found their engines unresponsive and, with no support from company due to war with Ukraine

Raphael Kahan | 12.11.25

'One click can bring down a country': Israel cyber chief warns of digital siege

A rare cyber warning from Israel’s National Cyber Directorate chief sketches a reality where a country could collapse in moments; strikes on power, water, traffic lights and hospitals are now tools of war, often via proxy gangs to mask the attacker

Raphael Kahan | 12.10.25

AI bots sway voters four times more than campaign ads, studies show

Two new studies show that AI bots can shift users’ political views with four times the impact of campaign ads, flooding voters with arguments, data and supposed evidence, even when some of the information is false

Raphael Kahan | 12.08.25

Foreign-run social media ‘sleeper cells’ trying to sway upcoming elections, watchdog warns

FakeReporter warns that AI-powered influence networks run by hostile states are infiltrating Israeli politics through seemingly authentic accounts, after Iranian-run fan group for lawmaker stayed online despite repeated alerts to Meta, cyber officials

Raphael Kahan | 12.04.25

OpenAI declares ‘code red’ as Google’s Gemini closes the ChatGPT gap

Gemini 3 has pushed Google back to the forefront of generative AI, erasing OpenAI’s lead and shaking Silicon Valley’s balance of power; inside OpenAI, growing pressure and rising uncertainty have CEO Sam Altman warning employees of difficult months ahead

Raphael Kahan | 12.02.25

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