The biggest video game of all time looks like a movie
I think I know why Rockstar Games debuted its "extended look" of Grand Theft Auto VI on Netflix instead of immediately dropping it for free on YouTube.…
Unlike most video game trailers, the almost 27-minute preview of GTA V…
To make a new game that lasts another decade or more and potentially r…
The line between games and movies has been getting consistently fuzzier.
Anthropic and OpenAI are joining the AI stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
At TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, the AI Stage is back to dig into the single hottest topic in the community for the past few years, presented by Google for Startups.
Cisco Deploys Custom AI Agent to Entire 90,000-Person Workforce
Cisco is rolling out its artificial intelligence (AI) agent, MyAgent, to 90,000 employees, Thimaya Subaiya, executive vice president, operations at Cisco, said in a Thursday (Aug.…
27) blog post.
MyAgent is built on Cisco’s secure, governed, multi-model agnostic AI …
MyAgent performs supervised autonomous workflows across Outlook, Webex…
Port of Los Angeles commits $200 million to zero emission equipment
The Port of Los Angeles has secured a new, 30-year lease with Yusen Terminals, with the marine terminal operator fully committed through 2056 in a deal that paves the way for an fresh, $200 million investment in zero-emission cargo-handling equipment.
Thomson Reuters Taps Decades of Content to Train AI
Thomson Reuters has launched a proprietary large language model that the company developed in-house and trained on its decades of content from Westlaw, Practical Law, Checkpoint and Reuters, the company said in a Monday (Aug.…
24) press release.
Dubbed “Thomson,” the LLM began with an open-source foundation and was…
As a result, Thomson is fully controlled by Thomson Reuters and does n…
130-ton electric works 4,000 feet beneath the surface of the Earth [video]
Swedish mining company LKAB is putting a pair of massive, 130-ton electric Scania haul trucks to work at its Malmberget iron ore mine – which happens to be more than 4,000 feet below the surface of the Earth.
Everything ‘Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look’ Just Revealed About the Year's Biggest Game
Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look is a 27-minute preview of the missions and mayhem awaiting us in the series’ long-awaited, secrecy-shrouded return to Vice City.
Typhoon Saudel Piles More Pressure on China’s Congested Ports
The storm has shuttered Ningbo-Zhoushan and suspended operations at Shanghai’s Yangshan and Waigaoqiao terminals, compounding days-long vessel berthing delays that have lasted since July.
Elon Musk’s xAI used child porn to train Grok models, lawsuit says
xAI has now been accused of training Grok on child sex abuse materials (CSAM), as regulators and courts continue to probe how far the problem goes, and some Grok users have been arrested.…
In a complaint filed on Wednesday, a plaintiff known as Jane Doe expla…
Since then, Doe’s images have been hashed by groups like the National …
For her safety, Doe has opted to receive alerts from the US Department…
Anthropic's new hardware standard lets AI agents control the physical world
For all the interest in and uptake of agentic AI systems over the past year or so, the world of automated AI has thus far been primarily limited to text, images, code, and other data and actions that take place inside a computer.…
Anthropic is now aiming to change that somewhat with what it's calling…
For now, the "research preview" of the MHS effort is being sold mainly…
MHS can provide a common interface and common format for data sharing …
Oil Sheen in Cook Inlet Underscores Risks of Offshore Drilling
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A miles-long sheen reported near an inactive oil and gas platform in Cook Inlet is raising renewed concerns about the risks posed by aging offshore infrastructure as the Trump administration and Congress push additional offshore oil and gas lease sales in the region.…
Authorities said Tuesday that the sheen .
[continued] The post Oil Sheen in Cook Inlet Underscores Risks of Offs…