xAI fired an engineer who raised alarms about Grok safety, new lawsuit claims
A former engineer at Elon Musk’s xAI has filed suit against the company and its parent SpaceX claiming he was fired for raising concerns about AI safety. Devin Kim, who…
World Cup 2026: Haiti forced to alter kit days before opener against Scotland
Haiti have been forced to change their kit design just four days before their World Cup opener against Scotland after their shirt, depicting a war scene, failed to comply with…
Cybercriminals claim breach of Oracle PeopleSoft servers at 100-plus organizations
The notorious cybercrime group ShinyHunters claimed to have hacked Oracle PeopleSoft servers at more than 100 organizations, many of them universities, a ShinyHunters member told TechCrunch on Wednesday. The breaches…
Gianni Infantino: BBC asks Fifa chief ‘have you lost control?’
BBC sports editor Dan Roan quizzes Fifa president Gianni Infantino on the eve of the World Cup, after he told journalists to "chill" and "relax" over visa and ticketing issues.READ…
Everyone wants a piece of Tesla’s battery business
First Tesla, then Ford, and now GM — it seems every automaker wants a slice of the energy storage market. It’s easy to see why. While EV sales have stagnated in…
Formula 1 agrees to engine design change after criticism
Formula 1 has agreed a two-step plan to change engine design in response to criticism of this year's new rules.Drivers have complained that the near 50-50 split between internal combustion…
North Koreans behind nearly half of US tech industry hacks, says CrowdStrike
A new report by cybersecurity giant CrowdStrike found North Korean hackers posing as remote IT workers and online recruiters made up about half of all documented “hands-on-keyboard” intrusions at U.S.…
Marcus Rashford: Man Utd waiting on Barcelona’s £26m transfer decision
Manchester United are waiting to be told whether Barcelona intend to trigger the £26m clause that would make Marcus Rashford's transfer permanent.The Spanish champions have a 15 June deadline to…
‘AI-pilled’ firms spend $7,500 per employee each month on AI
An Nvidia executive recently said that the cost of compute is now greater than the salaries of his employees. Last week, Mercor’s CEO said the startup is spending more on…
Why England turned to Joe Root to replace Ben Stokes as interim England Test captain
England have described the arrangement for the second Test as "interim", and its impermanence seems important.On Monday, when it first emerged that Stokes and Gus Atkinson were in hot water,…
