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When Reddit sued “data scraper” companies and AI firm Perplexity earlier this week, I assumed it was another predictable skirmish over AI training data—the kind of case we’ve been…

Andreessen Horowitz is funding a company that clearly violates the inauthentic behavior policies of every major social media platform.

EU alleges Facebook and Instagram make it too hard to report illegal content.

Automattic has filed counterclaims that detail why WP Engine allegedly violated WordPress trademarks.

The new mode added in the latest update will speed and weave through traffic.

The U.S. National Highway Safety Administration says it has contacted Tesla to gather more information about a new setting on its driver assistance software that makes its vehicles move faster and more aggressively. Tesla added the setting, called “Mad Max,” in an update for users of its “Full Self-Driving” software earlier this month. In a note to users accompanying the update, Tesla said the

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A study has confirmed that AI chatbots absolutely love to please us. Researchers have found that they are 50 percent more likely to agree with us when...

The M5 chip may get the spotlight, but a detailed MacBook Pro teardown shows Apple's refinements go deeper, from simpler battery access to cleaner internal cable design.

OpenAI recently made a splash with artificial intelligence that generates short videos from text prompts—say, a scene from “Lord of the Rings” but with Gen Z characters, or Pokémon’s Pikachu as “The Godfather.” Now the company has set its sights on doing the same thing with music. OpenAI staff ...

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: The outage that hit Amazon Web Services and took out vital services worldwide was the result of a single failure that cascaded from system to system within Amazon's sprawling network, according to a post-mortem from company engineers. [...] Amaz...

Apple, in a new filing, says that Jon Prosser hasn’t indicated if he will respond to the company’s trade secrets lawsuit against him.

AI clothes changer with batch processing. Upload multiple person models and clothing items for instant virtual try on results. Try different outfits on various characters with i-TryOn.

Snack maker Mondelez is using a new generative AI tool to cut costs for the production of marketing content by 30% to 50%, a senior executive told Reuters.

Apple has begun shipping U.S.-made AI servers from a new factory in Houston, Texas -- part of its $600 billion investment in American manufacturing and supply chains. CNBC reports: Apple Chief Operating Officer Sabih Khan said on Thursday that the servers will power the company's Apple Intelligence...

Hackers have been spreading malware through more than 3,000 YouTube videos advertising cracked software and game hacks, cybersecurity firm Check Point warned this week. The campaign, active since at least 2021, tripled its video production in 2025. The videos promoted free versions of Adobe Photosho...

Automattic has filed counterclaims that detail why WP Engine allegedly violated WordPress trademarks.

A few years ago, Elon Musk pitched Apple unsuccessfully on the idea of his company, SpaceX, providing satellite connectivity to iPhones. There are tantalizing hints that such a deal could be back on the table. In recent months, in anticipation of a possible future arrangement with Apple, SpaceX ...

While Apple and SpaceX have no direct arrangement over Starlink satellite-based internet connectivity, a new report highlights two reasons why...

Apple has published documentation for a new framework designed to simplify the transfer of third-party app data between iOS and Android.

More than 800 public figures signed a statement demanding a ban on AI work that could lead to superintelligence

An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Financial Times: A lot of critical financial and government infrastructure runs on Cobol. The more-than-60-year-old mainframe coding language is embedded into payments and transaction rails, even though there are very few Cobol-literate coders available t...

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An intensive international study was coordinated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and led by the BBC

Two human rights organizations want the European Union to force Apple to remove all barriers to making third-party app stores — but it's an unnecessary demand that ignores that the iPhone remains the greatest freedom of speech and expression hardware ever made.

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said on a podcast last week that he wanted ChatGPT to become “people’s personal AI subscription.” The company last week made moves toward that goal with “apps in ChatGPT,” which lets people use the chatbot to search for homes on Zillow or make Spotify playlists, for ...

Meta is effectively shutting down ChatGPT integration for 50 million WhatsApp users, according to OpenAI. The company behind ChatGPT cited...