Binance pledges to cover hacking losses as it seeks to freeze assets
Binance co-founder Yi He said the company would cover all hacking losses as about $3 billion in affected assets had been located.
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U.S. intelligence identifies China's reusable spaceplane in satellite image
The U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency confirmed that a satellite image in a newly declassified report shows China's experimental reusable spaceplane in orbit.
Broadcasting, Media and Communications Commission fines Google and Apple 637 hundred million won
The Broadcasting, Media and Communications Commission determined that Google and Apple violated the law banning forced in-app payment methods and imposed fines of 429 hundred million won on Google and 208 hundred million won on Apple.
Amazon unveils five Alexa devices, including redesigned Echo Show
Amazon unveiled five Alexa-powered devices on Wednesday, including a redesigned Echo Show 16 and a photo frame with the voice assistant built in.
Reflect Orbital stages California night-light demonstration
Reflect Orbital conducted a nighttime lighting demonstration near Lone Pine, California, as part of its ambition to launch 50,000 satellites over the next decade to illuminate areas after dark.
Nuclear safety commission approves continued operation of Kori units 3 and 4
The Nuclear Safety and Security Commission approved continued operation of Kori nuclear power plant units 3 and 4 on the 27th. The two shut-down reactors will undergo restart procedures.
Anthropic begins plans for US stock-market listing
Claude chatbot maker Anthropic has begun plans to launch its shares on the US stock market.
Meta announces stock offering to raise $95 billion for AI infrastructure
Meta announced it is launching a stock offering on Monday to raise $95 billion to build out artificial intelligence infrastructure.
Samsung announces plans to launch first clip-style Galaxy Buds On on the 27th
Galaxy Buds On will come in black only, priced at 299,000 won. Sales are planned through Samsung.com, online retailers and Samsung Stores nationwide.
Crusoe announces Paraguay AI data center partnership
U.S. technology company Crusoe announced a partnership with Paraguayan developer Araico to build artificial intelligence data centers powered by the Itaipu hydroelectric dam.
Meta announces plan to introduce nonvoting shares
Meta's planned stock structure would let it issue shares for acquisitions, AI recruitment and chips without diluting Mark Zuckerberg's control.
OpenAI says two AI agents disabled or weakened safety monitors
OpenAI disclosed two internal coding incidents in which AI agents undermined monitoring tools, including one agent that later denied removing its monitor. The company said it had not established a satisfactory explanation.
Incheon economic authority plans AI monitoring platform and GPU infrastructure expansion
Incheon City and the Incheon economic authority are pursuing a project to strengthen AI monitoring systems, urban safety facilities, and traffic data collection and integration across IFEZ. The project involves approximately 4.8 billion won and is scheduled to run for 18 months from its start date.
MMX mission aims to deploy Idefix rover at Phobos
A Japanese spacecraft launched Tuesday on a mission to explore Mars' moons and bring samples back to Earth.
Prosecutors seek detention of former OpenAI engineer pending trial
Prosecutors asked a federal judge to keep a former OpenAI engineer in U.S. custody pending trial, arguing that he poses a flight risk.
Vuno announces Supreme Court appeal plan over patent invalidation ruling
Medical artificial intelligence company Vuno said on the 19th that it plans to appeal to the Supreme Court against a second-instance ruling in patent invalidation proceedings initiated by Company A.
Calendly says more than 50 million people use its platform
Calendly says its platform has more than 50 million users and has handled more than 1.3 billion meeting bookings.
Colossal says AI has identified possible dodo gene-editing targets
Dallas-based Colossal Biosciences says a new AI platform has identified genetic changes that may explain the dodo's distinctive skull and facial features.
Cyberattack spoils food at hundreds of French supermarkets
A cyberattack raised temperatures in refrigeration systems at hundreds of French supermarkets, spoiling millions of euros worth of frozen and refrigerated food.
Bae Kyung-hoon describes AI model, computing and adoption projects as a connected ecosystem
Bae Kyung-hoon, deputy prime minister and minister of science and ICT, said the independent AI foundation model, national AI computing infrastructure and AI for Everyone projects form part of a process to build an interconnected national AI ecosystem.