Claude Gains Autonomous Gmail Messaging
Claude can now send, reply to, and forward Gmail messages on a user's behalf. Users can grant the assistant more autonomy without approving every individual action.
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Lightelligence’s Photonic Pivot: Bright Technology, Uncertain Business
Lightelligence is shifting from computing with light to connecting with light, signaling a more pragmatic focus on photonic interconnects. Despite strong investor enthusiasm following a 383.62% first-day stock surge in Hong Kong, the company faces concentrated customers, slow receivables, declining margins, and supply-chain risks.
AI Explanations Can Weaken Human Judgment
A study found that LLM recommendations could persuade evaluators to reject promising innovations or approve weak ones. Providing narrative explanations made participants more likely to follow incorrect AI decisions, while unexplained recommendations led to better independent judgment.
London’s Taxi Legacy Meets Autonomous Driving
London’s centuries-old black-cab industry is confronting potential competition from autonomous taxis, with Waymo, Wayve, and Baidu testing vehicles in the city. Drivers and unions argue that local knowledge, judgment, and human interaction remain difficult for autonomous systems to replicate.
AI Layoffs Often Backfire, Study Finds
The article reports that three-quarters of organizations found AI-related layoffs cost more than they saved. It argues that leaders should focus on using AI to augment employees and generate measurable operational value instead of simply cutting headcount.
White House Rewrites Critical Technology Priorities
The White House has updated Appendix A of the US Critical and Emerging Technologies list for the first time since February 2024. The revision removes data centers, batteries, and augmented reality while adding post-quantum cryptography, integrated photonics, and high-entropy alloys.
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AI Is Taking Jobs—Where Can Workers Go?
In an interview, Llama Ventures partner and Yidao founder Zhou Hang discusses how AI will reshape careers, entrepreneurship, and traditional industries. He argues that workers should develop commercial judgment and seek AI opportunities in overlooked sectors rather than simply compete for shrinking technical roles.
SanDisk Launches High-Endurance NAS SSDs
SanDisk launched its SANDISK NAS SSD lineup for modern network-attached storage environments, including the SATA-based NAS 600 and PCIe Gen5 NAS 800 NVMe. The products offer capacities up to 4TB and 7.68TB respectively, with the NAS 800 reaching up to 14.9GB/s sequential read speeds.
Dropping Flock Cameras Doesn’t End Surveillance
Residents in Longmont, Colorado, opposed Flock Safety’s automated license plate readers after the city allowed its contract to lapse. However, lawmakers later approved a new vendor, illustrating how automated surveillance can continue despite policy victories against a specific provider.
Pine64 Freezes Linux Hardware Until Mid-2027
Pine64 is halting manufacturing of its Linux single-board computers, tablets, and phones through at least mid-2027 because of ongoing memory shortages. Microcontroller-based products, including PineTime, PineVoice, and Pinecil, will continue production.
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