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The finalists for the 2025 Tiny Awards are out, which I helped judge again this year. Here's a little roundup of the 11 contenders. Voting ends September 1!

After backlash from users upset over losing GPT-4o, OpenAI has reinstated it as an option for ChatGPT Plus subscribers just a day after making GPT-5 the default. "We will let Plus users choose to continue to use 4o," Altman said in a post on X. "We will watch usage as we think about how long to offe...

Independent red teams have jailbroken GPT-5 within 24 hours of release, exposing severe vulnerabilities in context handling and guardrail enforcement, warning model is not enterprise-ready.

It is disturbing to think that the leader of a beloved, trusted, and widely believed-to-be-ethical company like Apple has succumbed to avarice. That Tim Cook feels no qualms about — or perhaps even delights in — participating in a quid-pro-quo-driven corrupt administration in which flattery, fealty, gifts, and barely-concealed bribes are rewarded. That the United States devolving into kleptocracy suits Tim Cook just fine, because Apple’s pockets are deep enough to pay the vig. But the alternative is more disturbing.

Grow a Garden, a Roblox game created by a 16-year-old in just a few days, has shattered records for the most concurrent players in gaming history, surpassing Fortnite with over 21.6 million concurrent players at once. The Associated Press reports: Grow a Garden is as simple as its name suggests -- ...

Learn about why dial up internet has been discontinued.

Disney spent 18 months negotiating to create a digital version of Dwayne Johnson for the live-action Moana film. Johnson agreed. The technology was ready. Then Disney’s lawyers killed the who…

The database, which helps companies calculate their greenhouse gas emissions, will continue under a consortium that includes Stanford University.

On climate, the U.S. and the rest of the planet are now in “completely separate worlds.”

Explore some of the stunning images shortlisted in the world’s biggest astrophotography competition

OpenAI is updating how ChatGPT works to encourage healthier use and avoid unintended consequences. One change that OpenAI says ChatGPT...

OpenAI’s model will still be optional for Apple device users.

Beyond just requiring Apple to allow third-party app stores, Japan's new anti-trust regulations will also force Apple to allow third-party browsers on iPhone starting in December.

Today, after weeks of internal tensions, Intel’s situation grew even more delicate, with renewed scrutiny from the White House.

Hubble Network's satellite-enabled Bluetooth network is getting a boost from Muon's new XL satellite bus.

After Apple committed to an additional $100 billion in US manufacturing spend and presented Trump with a trinket for his...

The semiconductor supply chain is complex and global. And most chips come into the United States as part of electronics.

Tech group has lost about a dozen of its AI staff to rivals since start of year

The AI startup isn’t matching Meta’s sky-high salary offers. It’s still dominating when it comes to engineer retention.

A new supply chain report from Korea backs up previous claims that Apple will ship a MacBook Pro in 2026 with an OLED screen made by Samsung Display.

Apple has announced that it's working with Samsung at its Texas plant to "launch an innovative new technology for making chips."

President Donald Trump called on the chief executive officer of Intel Corp. to resign because of what he called conflicts of interest, adding to the challenges for a company that is supposed to anchor restoration of the US semiconductor industry.

After the loss of about a dozen AI engineers, developing Apple Intelligence features and shipping that improved Siri in 2026 could be more difficult than Apple hoped.

OpenAI is providing access to its ChatGPT product to US federal agencies at a nominal cost of $1 a year as part of a push to get its AI chatbot more widely adopted.

Powered by Gemini 2.5 Pro, Jules is an asynchronous, agent-based coding tool that integrates with GitHub, clones codebases into Google Cloud virtual machines, and uses AI to fix or update code while developers focus on other tasks.

The new tool, and a $1 billion initiative to improve AI education for college-age Americans, will compete against OpenAI’s recently added ChatGPT Study mode.

The US president has called on Apple to do more of its manufacturing in the US.

We’re on a journey to advance and democratize artificial intelligence through open source and open science.

With partially automated features becoming common in more cars, the opportunities for risk are multiplying.