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This week we were treated to numerous updates to Google AI at Google I/O 2026, and Apple announced the date of its own software presentation: WWDC 2026. To stay up to date on all this and more, scroll down to read our highlights of the biggest tech news of the week. But before you go, […]

Original Chromecasts are starting to fail en masse Device support officially ended in 2023 Technology lives on with the Google TV Streamer box Some 13 years after it debuted – and received a 5 out of 5 star rating from us, by the way – it seems like it’s finally the end of the road

Senior leaders are twice as likely as other employees to use unapproved shadow AI tools Leaders often bypass security protocols to prioritize personal productivity over company compliance. Double standards in the use of AI create significant governance and security risks Amid ongoing top-down efforts to strengthen security as companies deploy AI more widely, a new

Jeff Bezos says AI pessimists are ‘completely wrong’ Amazon founder says using AI will lead to greater productivity Bezos praises Trump, but says ‘I’m on America’s side’ Jeff Bezos has criticized opponents of the growing use of AI in the workplace, saying the technology could actually help workers around the world and unlock additional productivity

Qualys Discloses CVE‑2026‑46333, a Linux Flaw Present Since 2016 That Allows Unprivileged Users to Briefly Hijack Privileged Processes to Gain Administrator Access Exploits have been confirmed on default installations of Debian, Ubuntu and Fedora Administrators should apply updates immediately Qualys security researchers have discovered a major flaw in the Linux operating system that could allow

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Young workers hit hardest by layoffs, study finds The technology sector is particularly affected, with AI bringing big changes Companies seek to hire older workers, ‘turning talent pyramids into diamonds’ Young workers and those looking to enter the job market may soon find it even harder to find jobs, as bosses increasingly turn to AI

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New research has found that leading AI chatbots frequently give incorrect election information. Researchers say systems like ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and Grok still struggle with their provisioning and policy accuracy. AI chatbots become reliable information tools even before they are reliable in elections AI companies want to make their chatbots a source of information. But