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Prosecutors accused 21-year-old student Zyaire Wilkins of publishing on Steam several fake video games that contained malware, infecting thousands of victims, and stealing crypto from some of them.

As parents look for alternatives to unrestricted smartphones, a growing number of companies are building phones designed specifically for kids, from feature-limited mobile devices to minimalist home phones.

Some Amazon customers logged on Friday to a surprise bill estimate claiming that they owed the tech and cloud giant billions in fees.

Patreon is strengthening its defenses against AI scraping by working with Cloudflare to block bots that train AI models on creators content without permission. The move marks a shift away from relying on websites using robots.txt alone to actively block unauthorized AI training.

Remarkable's Paper Pure replaces Remarkable 2, and it is quite good.

The recall comes as the top automotive safety regulator in the U.S. has warned AV companies about their vehicles interfering with first responders.

In the wake of a massive hours-long gridlock event, San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie has told state regulators its time to put more requirements on robotaxi operators like Waymo.

The company didn't immediately say what went wrong. SpaceX's stock plunged more than 4% in after-hours trading before paring losses.

Coca Cola said dairy production at its Fairlife unit will emain suspended in the United States following a hack.

Ryan Beiermeister, who demonstrated cool analysis in the Founders Fund YouTube series Mafia, has joined the firm as a partner.

Google is adding personalized AI avatars to Vids that let users create videos starring a digital version of themselves, alongside Gemini Omni-powered tools for generating and editing videos from prompts and reference images.

Roblox's new Build feature lets users generate basic games using a single text prompt.

BP Ventures is shutting down, ending a nearly 20-year run that was marked by reportedly lackluster returns.

Uber has agreed to acquire Delivery Hero in a $14.8 billion all-stock deal that would nearly double the companys global footprint and create one of the worlds largest food-delivery platforms outside China.

Beehiiv is launching an AI Copilot to help publishers with user growth and analytics.

X will use Grok AI to better detect stolen content, redirect payouts to original creators, and crack down on engagement bait.

Travel agency Fora announced a $60 million Series D round led by Forerunner and Tactile Ventures, valuing the company at $1 billion.

Google said users can soon access their notebooks through AI Mode in Search.

With this new update, Google is expanding AI Mode beyond answering questions and into completing tasks across the apps they use regularly.

DoorDash is opening a limited beta of dd-cli, a command-line tool that lets developers and AI agents search stores, build carts, and place orders from the terminal, marking another step toward software designed for AI agents instead of just humans.

Owen Flowers and Thalha Jubair, two members of the prolific Scattered Spider hacking group, pleaded guilty and were sentenced to five years and six months in jail for hacking Londons metropolitan transit system.

One period tracker app tested by Mozilla was 'squeaky clean,' while another app was seen sharing users' health data with an analytics company, underscoring vast differences in user privacy among these apps.

You may have heard that OpenAI released its first piece of hardware this week. You may not have heard about the ChatGPT basketball.

Drawing on more than a decade spent helping build some of the world's most influential AI systems, including research that later informed the development of ChatGPT, Andrew Dai explains why he believes visual AI is one of the next major frontiers in artificial intelligence.

The startup, founded in 2021, lets enterprise customers use smartphones to scan and spot vehicle damage.

While everyone in AI is chasing superintelligence, Alexandre LeBrun, CEO of Yann LeCuns world model startup, AMI Labs, dismisses the word.

The FT reports Kimi K3 will be the largest open AI model from China, with a parameter count between 2 trillion and 3 trillion.

The deal, which was rumored to be in the works last year, marks an important step for Apple's AI ambitions in a key market.

Aina is going to pilot a new device in the coming weeks.

The updates come as Meta and other tech companies are facing scrutiny from regulators and parents around how AI chatbots respond to users in crisis, particularly teenagers.

OnePlus could also wind down its operations in India by 2027.

Applied Computing has raised a $20M Series A to build a foundation AI model for the oil, gas and petrochemical industry.

Syntetica, a French startup that has developed a novel approach to recycling nylon, has already obtained big-name partners and investors.

By keeping the number of investments to about 25 per fund, Greylock aims to remain what it calls he most important partner to its founders.

Microsoft is looking to sell its in-house AI models as more efficient and cost-effective than its competitors' models.

The safety board confirmed Tesla's account of the crash, which the company shared days after it happened last month.

Neko Health has developed proprietary body-scanning technology, which it couples with bloodwork, to assess a person's health.

OpenAI, which is in the middle of a legal battle with Apple over hardware trade theft allegations, just released a light-up keyboard designed to be paired with its agentic coding app.

The vulnerability in the decades-old game could have allowed hackers to take over victims computers with a malicious game invite.

Apple has published the policies governing its upcoming Maps advertising business, revealing a strategy that differs from Googles. The new rules prohibit home services businesses like plumbers, electricians, locksmiths, and roofers from advertising on Apple Maps, along with several other sensitive categories, suggesting Apple is taking a more curated approach to these ads.

The stock has steadily fallen from the euphoric post-IPO high, showing that markets may be sobering up to the promises CEO Elon Musk made before and after SpaceX went public.

It's the company's first public proof point after a year and a half spent building AI infrastructure largely out of public view.

OnePlus could also wind down its operations in India by 2027

Google's biggest solar and battery project stands in sharp contrast with xAI's nearby unpermitted power plant.

The hacker used an employee's credentials to access source code, which revealed how Suno scraped decades of audio.

Livestream shopping platform Whatnot has acquired AI startup Shaped, a machine learning company focused on real-time recommendations and search. The deal will bolster Whatnots personalization and discovery features as it expands into new product categories.

Microsoft's monthly release of security fixes, dubbed Patch Tuesday, resolved a record 570 security vulnerabilities across the company's product line, thanks to discoveries with AI.

Stripe and private equity firm Advent International have reportedly submitted a joint bid to acquire PayPal in a deal valued at approximately $53.4 billion. Reuters reports that the offer was submitted earlier this month and is backed by roughly $50 billion in committed bank financing. Under the proposal, Stripe and Advent would jointly own PayPal, []

Apple Intelligence is headed to China after regulators approved Apples AI services through a partnership with Alibaba. The long-rumored deal will bring Alibabas Qwen AI models to Apples operating systems, marking a major expansion of the companys generative AI platform into one of its most important markets.

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