Explosion, vehicle fire rock Faraday Future’s LA headquarters

[ad_1] A Faraday Future electric SUV caught fire at the startup’s Los Angeles headquarters early Sunday morning, leading to an explosion that blew out part of a wall, the fire department told TechCrunch. The fire was extinguished in 40 minutes, and no injuries were reported. Damage to the building — …

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SWIFT, Global Banks To Expand Blockchain Use

[ad_1] More than 30 of the largest banks worldwide join in the design, development, and testing of the new offering, SWIFT announced at the Sibos conference. Big news at this year’s Sibos conference in Frankfurt came right at the opening on Monday. SWIFT announced it would add a shared blockchain-based …

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Anthropic launches Claude Sonnet 4.5, its best AI model for coding

[ad_1] On Monday, Anthropic launched a new frontier model called Claude Sonnet 4.5, which it claims to offer state-of-the-art performance on coding benchmarks. The company says Claude Sonnet 4.5 is capable of building “production-ready” applications, rather than just prototypes, representing a leap in reliability from previous AI models. Claude Sonnet …

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Finastra Unveils Intelligent Routing Module

[ad_1] Home Transaction Banking Finastra Unveils Intelligent Routing Module To Revolutionize Payments Processing The new module is designed to help banks route payments faster, cheaper, and smarter across multiple rails. Finastra, a global leader in financial services software, announced its new Intelligent Routing Module at Sibos 2025 on Monday, a …

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OpenAI rolls out safety routing system, parental controls on ChatGPT 

[ad_1] OpenAI began testing a new safety routing system in ChatGPT over the weekend, and on Monday introduced parental controls to the chatbot – drawing mixed reactions from users. The safety features come in response to numerous incidents of certain ChatGPT models validating users’ delusional thinking instead of redirecting harmful conversations. OpenAI is facing a wrongful death lawsuit tied to one such incident, after a teenage boy died by suicide after months of interactions with ChatGPT.  The routing system is …

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DJI loses lawsuit over classification as Chinese military company

[ad_1] A federal judge has rejected drone maker DJI’s efforts to get off a Department of Defense list of Chinese military companies. U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman ruled Friday that the DoD had provided “substantial evidence” that DJI contributes “to the Chinese defense industrial base.” Pointing to the use of …

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GSK switches CEO as Trump tariffs test pharma

[ad_1] GSK chief executive Emma Walmsley will be replaced by chief commercial officer Luke Miels on January 1. Photo: ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP/FileSource: AFP British pharmaceutical giant GSK on Monday said longtime chief executive Emma Walmsley will be replaced by its chief commercial officer in January, as the company navigates …

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