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Microsoft to cut more than 3,000 jobs from ailing Xbox unit -- Microsoft moves to slash costs as the video game industry faces what the tech giant calls the "most severe hardware crisis in its history."

2 days ago

Smart home security tips for personal and cyber protection -- ZDNet Editor-in-Chief Jason Hiner explains best practices for setup and success of smart home security systems.

3 years ago

Sony to stop making physical discs for PlayStation starting in 2028 -- After January 2028, new games will be available exclusively in digital format from the PlayStation Store and at retailers, Sony said.

7 days ago

Consumers need protection from AI agents, lawmaker says -- Sen. Mark Warner wants to create a federal registry of trusted AI agents and ensure autonomous bots operate like fiduciaries.

8 days ago

AI could make people dull, one scientist fears. Here's why. -- AI tends to "play it safe within a user's preferences," nudging people toward more conventional choices, according to computational social scientist Sandra Matz.

8 days ago

Gadget prices have fallen for decades. Then AI happened. -- The race to build AI data centers is leading to a global shortage of memory chips, driving up the cost of personal electronics.

12 days ago

Live - Iran says 14 killed in U.S. strikes ahead of Khamenei's burial - Iran's former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei is being buried as the U.S. and Iran exchange escalating attacks. 6M ago

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Cartel violence hits World Cup despite warnings: "Getting massacred" -- The attacks came as Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has spent months grappling with how to address endemic criminal violence in Mexico.

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China warns of "security backdoor" in Anthropic AI coding tool -- A Chinese industry regulator warned users of a "security backdoor" embedded in versions of U.S. artificial intelligence company Anthropic's coding tool, Claude Code.

23 hours ago

Satellites search for wildfires from space -- FireSat satellites, equipped with specialized cameras and imaging software, are helping detect wildfires from space. Muon Space CEO Jonny Dyer explains how the satellites could help firefighting efforts.

23 hours ago

How AI powered robots are helping small farms -- From labor shortages to environmental impacts, farmers are looking to AI to help revolutionize the agriculture industry. One California startup, Farm-ng, is tapping into the power of AI and robotics to perform a wide range of tasks, including seeding, weeding and harvesting.

2 years ago

Why U.S. initially restricted Anthropic AI models -- The Trump administration has lifted export restrictions on Anthropic's most advanced artificial intelligence models, Fable and Mythos, after weeks of negotiations over national security concerns. CNET Editor-in-Chief David Katzmaier joins to discuss.

2 days ago

White House lifted AI limits, Anthropic says -- Tech giant Anthropic says that the federal government has now removed restrictions from its robust Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models. Axios reporter Madison Mills has more on artificial intelligence regulation.

7 days ago

U.S. eases restrictions on Mythos AI model -- The Trump administration is allowing Anthropic to restore access to its Mythos 5 AI model for a select group of U.S. companies and federal agencies. New York Times tech reporter Sheera Frenkel joins CBS News to discuss.

8 days ago

How trains drove American history -- The transcontinental railroad changed just about everything in America: transportation, communications, commerce, cities, politics, even our perception of time. Correspondent David Pogue visits Steamtown National Historic Site, in Scranton, Pa., home to Big Boy, the biggest functioning steam train in the world, to learn how trains helped define an expansive America.

9 days ago

California creates AI job trend tracker -- California now has the nation's first dashboard to publicly track artificial intelligence-related job trends, ones created and ones lost. As of now, early findings show no evidence of rising statewide unemployment from jobs exposed to AI. Till von Wachter, a faculty director of the California Policy Lab at UCLA, joins "The Takeout" to discuss.

10 days ago

Apple, Microsoft announce price hikes -- Apple and Microsoft announced they're hiking prices for some electronic products, including computers and XBOX consoles, citing a shortage of memory chips. CNET editor-at-large Scott Stein weighs in.

12 days ago

Graham Platner suspends Maine Senate campaign after sexual assault allegation -- Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner is suspending his campaign against GOP Sen. Susan Collins, after a woman accused him of sexually assaulting her five years ago.

10 hours ago

Bonnie Tyler, who sang "Total Eclipse of the Heart," dies at 75 -- Bonnie Tyler, the Welsh pop star best known for singing the chart-topping power ballad "Total Eclipse of the Heart" in 1983, has died. She was 75.

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Analysis: Some of largest ICE facilities haven't been inspected in over a year -- Detention facilities are now inspected every year or every other year rather than twice a year, a CBS News analysis of inspection reports found.

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Judge orders release of over $5 million due to E. Jean Carroll in Trump case -- The damages were awarded to Carroll, a writer, by a 2023 jury in a civil sexual abuse and defamation case.

16 hours ago

1 year after Supreme Court limited broad injunctions, groups see shifting landscape -- More than one year after the Supreme Court restricted the use of nationwide injunctions, groups challenging President Trump's agenda have relied on other mechanisms to broadly block his policies.

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NASA chief flew private military jets over D.C. for July 4th despite FAA disapproval -- NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman flew private military jets over D.C. in a flyover Saturday - with Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche as a passenger - despite safety objections from the FAA.

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What to know about Florida's newly named Donald J. Trump International Airport -- Palm Beach International Airport officially became Donald J. Trump International Airport on Thursday, but the airport's code won't change for another 40 days.

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Suspect's roommate in Charlie Kirk killing given immunity for recorded statements -- Prosecutors revealed that the roommate of the man accused of assassinating Charlie Kirk was given "use immunity" in exchange for providing recorded video statements to investigators about the case.

12 hours ago

June was the hottest on record for Western Europe, second hottest globally -- A new report by the Copernicus Climate Change Service also found that June temperatures in Western Europe were nearly 5.5 degrees above average.

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U.S. military launches second night of strikes against Iran -- The U.S. military launched another round of strikes against Iran late Wednesday night, U.S. Central Command said, in the second night of attacks as diplomacy between the two countries appears to collapse.

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Trump says U.S. will grant Ukraine's request to license Patriot defense system -- "A little birdie told me this, about the fact that we'll give them the right to make Patriots," President Trump told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

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