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Tubi becomes the first streaming service to offer an app integration within ChatGPT, the AI chatbot that millions of users turn to for answers.

Volkswagen subsidiary MOIA America still has a long and winding regulatory road before it can launch a commercial robotaxi service.

Australia was the first country to issue a ban in late 2025, aiming to reduce the pressures and risks that young users may face on social media, including cyberbullying, social media addiction, and exposure to predators.

Back, a longtime researcher and pioneer in cryptography, denies the allegation that he is the secretive creator of Bitcoin.

Astropads Workbench lets users remotely monitor and control AI agents on Mac Minis from iPhone or iPad, with low-latency streaming and mobile access.

The LAPD said the breach affected a digital storage system belonging to the citys Attorney's Office. The World Leaks extortion gang was reported to be behind the attack.

OpenAI's new Child Safety Blueprint aims to tackle the alarming rise in child sexual exploitation linked to advancements in AI.

The maker of the popular open source file encryption software VeraCrypt said Microsoft locked his online account, which may prevent device owners from booting up their computers.

Matei Zaharia has won the top honor from the Association for Computing Machinery. Now he's working on AI for research and says AGI is simply misunderstood.

YouTube's hiring across roles, partnerships, and a Bengaluru hub shows how it is building out its TV strategy.

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Confluence users can now create visual assets within the software in addition to new third-party agents working with Lovable, Replit, and Gamma.

New automatic translations and photo editing on X are powered by the company's flagship AI model.

Avalanche Energy is working on an DARPA project to build a new class of materials capable of turning damaging radiation into electricity.

Arcee is a tiny 26-person U.S. startup that built a high-performing, massive, open source LLM. And it's gaining popularity with OpenClaw users.

Eclipse will put some of that money towards incubating, or building startups.

The partnership brings semiconductor experience to Musk's latest high-tech project.

The new model will be used by a small number of high-profile companies to engage in defensive cybersecurity work.

The news follows a report from Nikkei Asia on Tuesday that raised concerns the companys foldable iPhone could be delayed due to challenges during the phones engineering test phase.

Fancy Bear, also known as APT28, has taken over thousands of residential home routers to steal passwords and authentication tokens in a wide-ranging espionage operation.

Google Chrome's latest update brings vertical tabs and a cleaner Reading Mode to help manage cluttered browsing.

The app uses iPhone Live Activities to alert you when scary scenes are about to happen, while also tracking what to watch and where to stream it.

Uber is expanding its AWS contract to run more of its ride-sharing features on Amazon's chips. This is a thumb-of-the nose at Oracle and Google.

Anthropic bulked up its compute deal with Google and Broadcom as the company has seen its run-rate revenue surge to $30 billion.

Gemini can now create captions when users are looking to share a photo or video.

Justin Jins company Giggles which he describes as putting a trading app and TikTok together started as a joke.

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The defense aviation startup is coming off two successful flight demonstrations, and with the next one, it's aiming to go supersonic.

Spotify will now allow users to input natural language prompts to create podcast playlist.

Rocket's new AI platform combines strategy, product building, and competitive intelligence, aiming to move beyond code generation.

The program invites creators to create original content with Picsart tools for a specific campaign, share it on their social channels, and earn revenue based on how their audience engages.

Zero Shot, a new venture capital fund with deep ties to OpenAI, is aiming to raise $100 million for its first fund. It has already written some checks.

There are a growing number of reasons why used EVs have gained in popularity.

Google's new offline-first dictation app uses Gemma AI models to take on the apps like Wispr Flow.

Netflix says the app gives children access to an ever-growing library of games for kids.

NHTSA closed its investigation into Tesla's Actually Smart Summon feature, saying that only a fraction of cases resulted in an incident, and that no incidents resulted in injury. Tesla has also issued a number of software updates.

Iran said it will target U.S.-linked data centers with new missile strikes, as the war between the U.S. and Iran escalates.

Apple plans to ask the Supreme Court to review its App Store fight with Epic Games, as it challenges a ruling limiting its ability to charge fees on external payments.

An apparent North Korean worker was caught visibly stumped during a remote job interview when asked to insult the country's leader.

North Korean hackers pushed out malicious updates to a popular open source project by hacking a top developer's computer in a long-running campaign.

OpenAI proposes taxes on AI profits, public wealth funds, and expanded safety nets to address job loss and inequality, blending redistribution with capitalism as policymakers debate AIs economic impact.

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Learn how to use Spotify, Canva, Figma, Expedia, and other apps directly in ChatGPT.

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The pcTattletale founder escapes a custodial sentence following the first successful prosecution of a spyware maker in the U.S. for over a decade.

The company is also announcing a deal with L3Harris to build the sensors for Xoople's spacecraft.

The Xiaomi 17 Ultra gives you a ton of options to play around with images, including preset filters and hardware add-ons.

A Democratic congressman had harsh criticism for Polymarket for allowing users to bet on the date the U.S. would confirm the rescue of Air Force service members shot down over Iran.

AI skeptics arent the only ones warning users not to unthinkingly trust models outputs thats what the AI companies say themselves in their terms of service.

We've compiled a list of friendship apps, from friend discovery platforms like BFF to event-focused ones like Timeleft.