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King Digital, the renowned developer behind the addictive game application Candy Crush Saga and owned by Microsoft through its acquisition of Activision Blizzard in 2022, has laid off about 200 employees as part of an aggressive shift towards integrating AI-powered solutions into its services. The aim of this move is to allow AI-driven systems to take over many activities or workflows previously handled by human teams. The layoffs, impacting approximately 200 employees, affected core development departments that are central to the company’s structure; employees in level design, narrative copywriting, and user experience (UX) were mostly hit. According to insiders, many…

IBM has announced the launch of its new Power11 chips, introducing a new generation of servers designed to meet the growing demands of artificial intelligence (AI) workloads while maintaining the reliability and security that IBM Power systems are known for.  The Power11 platform is IBM’s first major update to its Power processor line since 2020. Available from the 25th of July, IBM says it will bring a comprehensive redesign that spans processor technology, hardware architecture, and virtualization software. With these changes, IBM aims to deliver, through the chip, what it calls the “six-nines of operationality” — 99.9999% uptime, which translates…

Now accessible to both Pro and Ultra AI Subscribers, Google wants to use Veo3 to normalize cinematic video generation by powering it with artificial intelligence (AI). Veo3 is the AI model from Google DeepMind that is designed for generating high-quality, cinematic videos directly from text or image prompts. It is also a model that is standardizing improved video quality and the ability to generate synchronized audio that matches the visual content’s mood and action.  Some of the technology’s standout capabilities are text-to-video generation, advanced prompt understanding, realistic lip-syncing, physics-based motion, and image-to-video animation, The image-to-video generation feature was recently introduced…

Scattered Spider, an aggressive cybercrime gang, has escalated its SIM-swap attack campaign by targeting some of the world’s most prominent airlines in 2025. Once known for smaller-scale exploits and having roots in online gaming communities, the group has evolved into one of the most effective and persistent cybercrime gang that has forced the hands of major companies and law enforcement agencies across the globe to rethink their cyber-defensive strategies. The cybercriminal group, also known as 0ktapus, Starfraud, UNC3944, Scatter Swine, Octo Tempest, and Muddled Libra, was linked earlier this year to coordinated cyberattacks against Canada’s second-largest airline, WestJet, which brought…

A new wave of cybercrime where artificial intelligence is used (AI) to impersonate high-profile government officials has emerged. In a recent and alarming incident, an AI-powered voice scam targeted several high-level U.S. and foreign officials by mimicking the voice and writing style of Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who is also the Acting National Security Adviser to President Donald Trump. This AI-powered voice scam involved unknown perpetrators launching a target campaign by creating a Signal account under a name that looked legitimate and closely related to Rubio’s official email. Using a powerful AI voice cloning technology, the perpetrators were able…

The U.S. Senate recently voted 99-1 to remove a controversial 10-year moratorium on state artificial intelligence (AI) regulations from President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.” The vote, held during a marathon session on July 1, 2025, marked a rare moment of overwhelming bipartisan agreement in the U.S. Senate, and it also marked a shift in how the rapidly growing AI technologies should be governed. The moratorium, originally included in Trump’s tax policy bill, aimed to prevent states from enacting or enforcing their own AI regulations for a decade. Supporters of this moratorium argued this would avoid a patchwork of…

IonQ, a leading quantum computing company, has announced its agreement to acquire Oxford Ionics for $1.075 billion. The deal is structured primarily as a stock-based transaction, with $1.065 billion in IonQ common stock and approximately $10 million in cash. This acquisition, marking the largest deal in the quantum computing sector to date, also positions IonQ as the company at the forefront of the race to develop commercially viable quantum computers. The merging of IonQ’s established quantum infrastructure with Oxford Ionics’ high performance quantum computing technology aims to accelerate the development and commercialization of quantum computers. Being a UK-based company founded…

Meta’s aggressive spending spree in its bid to develop artificial intelligence (AI) has sent shockwaves through Silicon Valley, as Mark Zuckerberg unleashes what industry insiders are calling “Zuck Bucks” to dominate the AI landscape. The social media giant’s combination of massive infrastructure investments and eye-watering talent acquisition offers is reshaping how tech companies who are already at the forefront of AI development further compete for AI supremacy. At the heart of Meta’s AI strategy is a staggering financial commitment. Earlier in the year, the company announced plans to spend between $64 billion and $72 billion on AI infrastructure in 2025,…

The U.S. Department of Defense, also known as the Pentagon, has awarded OpenAI a one-year contract to “develop prototype frontier AI.” This contract, which will be managed through the Department of Defense’s Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO), aims to develop advanced AI prototypes to address critical national security challenges. It is also the first awarded contract under OpenAI’s newly launched “OpenAI for Government” initiative. This initiative is designed to provide federal, state, and local agencies with secure and customized AI solutions. According to the company’s blog post, it will consolidate the tech giant’s other government-focused efforts, such as…

In a move set to reshape Africa’s food technology landscape, Nigeria’s food delivery platform, Chowdeck, has acquired Mira, a fast-growing point-of-sale (POS) startup. This strategic acquisition signifies Chowdeck’s transition from a pure delivery service to a comprehensive provider of merchant operations technology, aiming to become the operational backbone for food businesses in Nigeria, and across the African continent. Founded in October 2021, Chowdeck has quickly established itself as a dominant force in Nigeria’s on-demand delivery sector. The company boasts over 1.5 million users and more than 20,000 active riders operating in 11 cities across Nigeria and in Ghana’s capital, Accra.…