Recent AI-powered hardware launches, like the Humane Pin and Rabbit R1, have faced criticism, yet there's still significant venture capital and interest in the sector, with prominent figures like Sam Altman eyeing substantial investments. The allure lies in AI's potential to revolutionize consumer hardware by utilizing sensors, silicon, and interfaces creatively. However, the challenge to offer a compelling alternative to versatile smartphones remains, with AI still needing to mature and hardware startups struggling to compete with established tech giants.

Dropbox reported a breach of its Dropbox Sign signature platform. Attackers gained access to authentication tokens, MFA keys, hashed passwords, and customer information. Dropbox says that the attackers gained access through a backend system configuration tool.

A new study reveals that recruiters are only slightly better than a coin flip at judging resumes and predicting which candidates will pass technical interviews. They only correctly chose who to interview 55% of the time and different recruiters often disagreed on the same resume. Recruiters were found to subconsciously favor candidates from top companies. Simple ML models trained on objective performance data were found to be more accurate than human recruiters in predicting interview success.