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Canva layoffs: design giant to cut or relocate more than 1,200 jobs in major restructure

Chief executive Melanie Perkins describes job cuts as ‘without doubt the hardest moment in our thirteen-year history’ in email to staffGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastCanva is cutting or relocating more than 1,200 jobs, representing 22% of its global workforce, as part of a major restructure that includes laying off

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This design software reimagines everyday objects as self-aware devices

As a child, you likely saw a few Disney movies depicting inanimate objects, such as clocks, cups, and toys, as interactive companions to humans — an act of pure magic, seemingly. But scientists at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) are now doing something similar: transforming stationary items into self-aware tools that perceive and respond

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Nvidia unveils security platform to rein in AI agents and $150bn stock buyback

Chipmaker says new system was designed to prevent AI agents from going rogue amid incidents at top companiesNvidia on Monday unveiled a new security platform that the chipmaker said can stop artificial intelligence agents from going rogue.The company announced a $150bn stock buyback the same day. Continue reading…

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How an MIT research project became a global programming language

It all started with some exasperated emails. Back in 2009, a group of researchers began venting their frustration with the programming languages designed to help scientists and other researchers perform complex mathematical operations and statistical simulations without learning how to code. These programming languages were rigid and slow. If scientists built something that really worked,

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Fairphone 6+ review: the most repairable, ethical phone gets faster

Dutch sustainable smartphone revamped with new chip and more RAM without sacrificing modular designFairphone’s top Android for 2026 is a little faster with more memory while maintaining full compatibility with its previous phone, including its repairable and ethical chops.The Fairphone 6+ continues the Dutch cooperative’s mission to make consumer electronics longer lasting and more sustainable,

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The 9 Best Agentic SDLC Platforms for Engineering Teams in 2026

Ask most AI development tools to do something, and they wait for a prompt. That works for a developer sitting at a keyboard. It does nothing for the bug filed at 2 am, the security finding that sat untriaged for a week, or the pull request comment nobody followed up on. The work that slows

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Working to automate nuclear plant operations

For nuclear to be considered as a viable clean energy source, it has to be competitively priced and economical to produce. Lauren Fortier, a second-year doctoral student in the Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering (NSE), is helping the cause by developing remote operation protocols for autonomous control of nuclear plants. After an undergraduate degree in materials

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Moroccan intelligence insider reveals widespread use of Pegasus hacking software

Whistleblower suggests internal security services deployed spyware from 2017 against key domestic and foreign targetsA former member of Morocco’s domestic intelligence service has helped to provide an unprecedented insight into how the north African state used hacking software – including Pegasus spyware – to target journalists, human rights defenders, French politicians and Spanish cabinet ministers

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IBM loses quarter of its value as tech giant’s shares plunge and profits falter

IBM issued profit warning after weak second quarter, triggering selloff in software sector including MicrosoftShares in IBM plunged more than 25% on Tuesday after the US tech giant released disappointing preliminary second-quarter results. IBM’s stock was on track for an even steeper single-day decline than it suffered during ⁠the 1987 “Black Monday” crash.IBM had issued

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How MIT students are helping to prevent cyberattacks

In May 2019, the government of Baltimore, Maryland, fell into chaos. Cybercriminals had locked the city out of many of its critical files and demanded payment to decrypt them. The city refused to pay ransom. The attack incapacitated a swath of services, including real estate transactions and bill payment, and recovery costs soared into the

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