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Mozilla is working on an AI kill switch for the Firefox open-source web browser to let users completely disable all AI features.

For the first time, every cover, article, and issue in the magazine’s hundred-year history can be enjoyed on newyorker.com.

We’ve noted how Larry Ellison, as part of his attempt to control the entirety of media, had launched a $108 million hostile takeover bid for Warner Brothers. Larry, as we’ve seen with C…

The bill, which lawmakers passed in June, will be modified to more closely match a similar law in California, at Big Tech’s urging.

2025 Year in Review of LLM paradigm changes

Technology influencer Lamarr Wilson has died at age 48. The content creator made his name reviewing and discussing the biggest tech brands and gadgets on the market.

An AI agent ran a snack operation in the WSJ newsroom. It gave away a free PlayStation, ordered a live fish—and taught us lessons about the future of AI.

Online education platform Coursera said on Wednesday it would buy rival Udemy in an all-stock deal, valuing the combined company at $2.5 billion, as the industry consolidates after a post-pandemic slowdown and heightened investor scrutiny.

The world's highest-profile and most-watched awards show, which has aired on ABC since 1976, will be moving to a streaming-only platform starting as part of a deal that also includes red carpet coverage, the Oscar nominations announcement, the Governors Awards and more.

The new ChatGPT Images is powered by our flagship image generation model, delivering more precise edits, consistent details, and image generation up to 4× faster. The upgraded model is rolling out to all ChatGPT users today and is also available in the API as GPT-Image-1.5.

Gemini 3 Flash offers frontier intelligence built for speed at a fraction of the cost.

MCS Cruises bans smart glasses in public spaces

The Cloudflare Radar 2025 Year In Review features interactive charts, graphs, and maps you can use to explore what changed on the Internet Worldwide throughout 2025.

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A Reuters investigation reveals the owner of Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp decided to accept high levels of fraudulent advertisements from China. Internal company documents show Meta wanted to minimize "revenue impact" caused by cracking down on the scams.

Some of the recruits to government service will be on leaves of absence from private sector companies while working for government — a setup that raises ethical questions about conflicts of interest.

In a lawsuit challenging an Australian law barring children under 16 from having social media accounts, Reddit argues it's not a social media company.

Mirelo, a German startup that is building AI to add synced sound effects to videos, has raised a $41 million seed round led by Index Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz.

Home Office expected to encourage companies to introduce controls

Improvements to roads, bridges, and other infrastructure could take a hit as data center construction accelerates.

17 out of 20 popular VPNs exit traffic from different countries than they claim. Dig into what that means and why it matters in our VPN report.

Purdue University will begin requiring that all of its undergraduate students meet an AI competency requirement starting with freshmen who enter the university in 2026.

The US has gone all-in on artificial intelligence. But the idea of an end-of-times battle with China over tomorrow’s key technology is part delusion, part lobbying tool for Silicon Valley

If language is what makes us human, what does it mean now that large language models have gained “metalinguistic” abilities?

Five test questions put to Google’s AI-enhanced search. Answers analysed to understand its weaknesses rather than strengths. And why every answer is a bit random.

Copywriters were one of the first to have their jobs targeted by AI firms. These are their stories, three years into the AI era.

Secret parties, lavish buffets, and talks of annihilation at one of the largest AI-research conferences

Time magazine used its 98th annual "Person of the Year" cover to "recognize a force that has dominated the year's headlines, for better or for worse. For delivering the age of thinking machines, for wowing and worrying humanity, for transforming the present and transcending the possible, the Archite...

The rise of AI at Christmas is tied to churches trying "to put their best foot forward" during the holidays.

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