PCWorld reports a significant decline in PC hardware sales, with major motherboard vendors like Asus and ASRock experiencing drops up to 37% in sales projections. Despite current market challenges, future innovations like PCIe 8.0 specification and AMD's FSR 4 support for older graphics cards suggest continued technological advancement. The analysis questions whether declining sales indicate long-term reduced interest in PC building or temporary market conditions affecting the industry.

Some critics say the increasing use of AI could result in'asynchronous, agent-driven management'. Some critics say the increasing use of AI could result in'asynchronous, agent-driven management'. 'I didn't want to be the guinea pig': inside tech's AI-fueled manager purge As tech companies pour billions into artificial intelligence bets and slash their workforces, middle managers are squarely in the crosshairs. A trend is emerging: when tech CEOs announce that AI is making it possible to do more with fewer workers, they promise to flatten their structures by cutting away what they call unnecessary management layers and bureaucracy. Just last week, the cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase laid off 14% of its workforce while gesturing to the thrill of AI-fueled, minimal-management efficiency.

Gavin Kenneally is the Co-Founder and CEO of Ghost Robotics, a company that has gained a reputation for pushing the boundaries of legged robotics technology. In his current role, Gavin spearheads a team of highly skilled engineers and researchers who share his passion for creating advanced robotics systems. Previously, he was Head of Product at Ghost Robotics, responsible for the mechanical design of the company's flagship product: the Vision 60 Q-UGV. Gavin has a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania and has authored six academic papers. Robot Talk is a weekly podcast that explores the exciting world of robotics, artificial intelligence and autonomous machines.

PCWorld explores how AI still lacks a transformative "killer app" like VisiCalc was for early personal computers, despite recent advances like Anthropic's Claude for Small Business. While new AI tools integrate with platforms like QuickBooks and PayPal for business tasks, public skepticism remains high due to reliability concerns and unpredictable AI behavior. The industry continues searching for universally valuable AI applications beyond specialized uses, as current solutions haven't achieved the widespread adoption that would make AI truly indispensable. The arrival of Claude for Small Business earlier this week marked an interesting moment-and a savvy strategic move-for Anthropic. Rather than saddling web browsers with more AI slop or trying to slather AI onto perfectly good user interfaces that don't need improving, Anthropic is attempting something both less flashy and potentially more fruitful: finding a practical, agentic AI-powered application for everyday business owners looking to make ends meet. The bag of tricks included in Claude for Small Business is somewhat predictable, running the gamut from "ready-to-run" agentic workflows to connectors for PayPal, QuickBooks, HubSpot, Canva, DocuSign, and more. With these tools, business owners can use Claude to help to plan their payrolls, reconcile their books, analyze their cash flow, spin up promotional campaigns, and so forth.

When you purchase through links in our articles, we may earn a small commission. The Dutch Fish Doorbell mixes livestreams, crowdsourcing, and conservation in all of the best ways. Every spring in the Dutch city of Utrecht, thousands of fish attempt to migrate through the city's canals to reach spawning grounds, but locked flood gates stay shut for long stretches to manage water levels. So the city came up with a weirdly charming solution: a fish doorbell. The site, called Visdeurbel --or Fish Doorbell--lets anyone in the world help the fish out.

What are Russia's gains from the Iran war? 'We are not losers; we are winners' Finland has stood down its defence forces after sounding an alarm over suspected drone activities in its airspace. The authorities said on Friday that suspected drone activity above the Helsinki region no longer posed a threat and that the situation was returning to normal hours after launching an emergency response, including the launch of fighter jets and closure of the capital's airport. The Helsinki City Rescue Department had warned the nearly 2 million inhabitants of Finland's Uusimaa region to stay indoors starting about 4am local time (1:00 GMT), as fighter jets were scrambled. Helsinki's airport was also closed for about three hours. Later, President Alexander Stubb wrote on X that authorities had "demonstrated their readiness and capacity to react", adding that the country was now facing "no direct military threat". Kimmo Kohvakka, director general for rescue services at the Ministry of the Interior, called the response a "precautionary measure" and said "daily life can continue."

Does'federated unlearning' in AI improve data privacy, or create a new cybersecurity risk? As the capacity of artificial intelligence (AI) increases at an exponential rate, so do concerns about the privacy of user data . Increasingly, organizations around the world are adopting something called federated unlearning that enables AI training without centralizing sensitive data. This allows hospitals, banks and government agencies to collaborate while keeping data local -- an approach that's regarded as a major advance in privacy . Federated unlearning promises that user data can be removed from a trained AI system .

Security researchers, aided by Anthropic's Mythos, claim to have breached macOS Security researchers, aided by Anthropic's Mythos, claim to have breached macOS Apple's operating systems are known for their security, especially compared to their rivals in mobile and computing. Now, security researchers from a Palo Alto-based company called Calif claim they were able to breach macOS after designing a privilege escalation exploit with help from Anthropic's Claude Mythos Preview . As The Wall Street Journal reports, the exploit could be used to access parts of the MacBook that should be inaccessible and, thus, allows the attacker to take control of a Mac computer. The researchers worked with Mythos to identify the vulnerabilities and to help them with the exploit's development. Mythos Preview was able to identify the bugs quickly, because they belonged to known classes.

A Woman Was in the US Legally. María de Jesús Estrada Juárez was applying for her green card and thought she was doing everything right. Instead, she was arrested and deported to Mexico. María de Jesús Estrada Juárez came to the US from Mexico in 1998 at 15 years old. Later, she was a recipient of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), the policy meant to protect undocumented immigrants who arrived in the country as minors from deportation .

CFTC chairman Michael Selig sat down with WIRED to discuss how the agency scours Polymarket and other prediction markets for illegal activity. For most of the past year, it looked like prediction markets had kicked off a new golden age of fraud. On Polymarket, traders raked in fortunes from suspiciously timed bets on geopolitical events like the raid on Venezuela and the Iran War. It wasn't clear whether the US government would bother pursuing some of the most flagrant bad actors, since Polymarket's crypto-based platform was technically offshore and not regulated or licensed within the country. Now, however, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, which oversees prediction markets, wants you to know that it's watching very, very closely.