OECD survey finds wider use of worker-sanction software in US firms
An OECD survey of 6,047 firms across six countries found 67% of US firms use software to sanction poor performance, versus 4% across France, Germany, Italy and Spain. It found US firms were also more likely to monitor conversation...
ASML backs Tata Electronics' planned Dholera chip fab
ASML is preparing to support Tata Electronics as it develops a planned 300mm semiconductor fab in Dholera, Gujarat. Tata has described roughly $11 billion of investment and capacity of up to 50,000 wafers a month, with technology...
AI subscribers file proposed antitrust case over alleged development slowdown
Four subscribers to ChatGPT, Claude, Grok or Gemini filed a proposed class-action lawsuit alleging that leading AI developers agreed to slow AI development. The plaintiffs contend the alleged coordination, which they say began aft...
Lockheed expands Vectis drone prototype fleet to five aircraft
Lockheed Martin has unveiled a full-scale mock-up of its Vectis collaborative-combat aircraft and said it is expanding development production to five airframes. The company says the in-house-funded autonomous drone program will us...
Meta's Muse agent launches with connected-data controls
Meta's Muse AI agent is available through its app and WhatsApp, offering to browse websites and handle tasks such as finding deals, booking reservations and managing inboxes. WIRED reports that the app exceeded 900,000 downloads ...
Malicious npm package hides malware in runtime behavior
Checkmarx researchers identified an ongoing npm malware campaign using the package indexed-btree, which impersonates the legitimate sorted-btree library. The package avoids install scripts and instead triggers a loader through its...
