Teen Behind Hundreds of Swatting Attacks Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges

In perhaps the largest swatting case to ever be prosecuted, an 18-year-old from Lancaster, California, has pleaded guilty to federal charges stemming from a nationwide spree of hundreds of shooting and bomb threat hoaxes that sent police scrambling to high schools, courthouses, and the homes of law enforcement officials. Alan Winston Filion now faces a … Read more

ePlane looks to ride the Indian government’s interest in air taxis with new $14M round

Soaring private vehicle ownership and declining use of public and nonmotorized transport have created mounting traffic congestion in India, the world’s most populous country, which also struggles with relatively narrower roads and inadequate parking facilities in cities. New Delhi recognizes these challenges and has been exploring new ways to address them quickly. Indian prime minister … Read more

How Microsoft’s next-gen BitNet architecture is turbocharging LLM efficiency

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More One-bit large language models (LLMs) have emerged as a promising approach to making generative AI more accessible and affordable. By representing model weights with a very limited number of bits, 1-bit LLMs dramatically reduce the memory … Read more

If Elon Musk Joins the Government, What Will He Have to Disclose About His Wealth?

Governing by tweet, President-Elect Donald Trump’s administration announced Tuesday night that Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy will co-lead a new Department of Government Efficiency, where they will “dismantle Government Bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures, and restructure Federal Agencies.” It sounds like a lot of responsibility for two men that nobody elected to office. … Read more

This generative AI startup is strapping cameras to people’s backs

A startup is training an AI model that it claims will enable creators to generate cinematic worlds, with complete control over the scenery, characters, lighting, and motion. How? By having humans strap cameras to their backs and hike around the world. Odyssey, founded by self-driving pioneers Oliver Cameron and Jeff Hawke (Cameron was previously the … Read more

Xbox is considering a PC gaming handheld

Xbox is exploring a PC gaming handheld, Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer told . In an earlier , Spencer had mentioned a hypothetical “Xbox gaming handheld PC device,” which now appears to be in the early research and prototyping stage. Spencer told IGN that he liked his Asus ROG Ally, Lenovo Legion Go and Steam … Read more