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Google AI Mode is expanding to 180 countries and adding an agentic restaurant finder

Google AI Mode is expanding to 180 countries and adding an agentic restaurant finder

Trump Mobile is promoting its smartphone with terribly edited photos of other brands' products, Ecosia offered $0 for control of Chrome, and Tesla investigated over inaccurate crash reports

Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold vs. Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7: How the newest foldable phones stack up

AI browsers may be the best thing that ever happened to scammers, Oracle will reportedly power a giant data center with gas generators, and Alaska Air will offer Starlink in-flight internet starting next year.

Anker's Soundcore Sleep A30 earbuds include ANC and a snore-detection algorithm

The White House now has a TikTok account, a man who allegedly used a botnet to take down X has been charged, and Meta's AI voice translation feature rolled out globally

Google announces the first nuclear site to power its data centers

The UK will no longer require Apple to create backdoor access to users' data ... and more Tech News

Roblox cracks down on its user-created content following multiple child safety lawsuits

Anthropic's Claude AI can end 'distressing' conversations, China's inaugural 'Robot Olympics' delivered some impressive feats, and Can-Am's first electric ATV can haul more than its gas models

Solos is equipping its smart glasses with an AI for the blind and low-vision community

SCOTUS let Mississippi's social media age-verification law go into effect, the Trump administration may buy a stake in Intel, and an internal Meta AI document said chatbots could have 'sensual' conversations with children

Match Group will pay $14 million to settle claims of deceptive business practices

OpenAI and Sam Altman may be creating a startup rival to Neuralink, a 'tabletop robot' from Apple may be here in 2027, and Amazon adds perishable food to same-day delivery

Oura rolls out new features for pregnancy and perimenopause

Apple says the App Store is 'fair and free of bias' in response to Musk's legal threats, Google lets you pick preferred sources, and Russia implicated in a hack on US federal court databases

AOL's dial-up internet still exists, but not for much longer

AI summaries can downplay medical issues for female patients, Intel's CEO successfully wooed President Trump, and Revel is ending its ridesharing operation

AI summaries can downplay medical issues for female patients, Intel's CEO successfully wooed President Trump, and Revel is ending its ridesharing operation

DJI repurposed its drones' obstacle detection tech for robot vacuums

NVIDIA may give the US government a cut of its profits to sell AI chips to China, AOL's dial-up internet still exists, but not for much longer, and The Space Invaders movie is apparently still happening

Instagram adds a new friends map feature that sure looks a lot like the Snap Map

The FCC will review EAS, Wild headset prototypes could be the future of VR, and HBO Max will crack down on password sharing

OpenAI is giving ChatGPT Enterprise to the executive branch workforce for $1

Apple will invest another $100 billion to avoid tariffs, Google says AI in Search is driving more queries and clicks, and TeaOnHer app for men which has security problems

Illinois is the first state to ban AI therapists

Grok's image and video generator now has an NSFW 'spicy' mode, ElevenLabs launched its own royalty-free AI music service, and Intel's next-gen manufacturing process is reportedly still struggling

NASA's latest mission to the ISS features a bacterial experiment

Perplexity is allegedly scraping websites it's not supposed to, again plus a failed NASA Lunar mission and Amazon reorg of Wondery

Uber Eats is stuffing AI slop into your meal

Apple reportedly has a 'stripped-down' AI chatbot on the way,’ X has to prove it wasn't negligent when removing CSAM, and a leak about the PS6

Spotify's lax privacy means anyone can see the Vice President's song choices

Steve Huffman wants Reddit to be a 'go-to search engine,’ Apple is 'open to' acquisitions to boost its AI roadmap, and Uber Eats is stuffing AI slop into your meal

The New York Times and Amazon's AI licensing deal is reportedly worth up to $25 million per year

Mark Zuckerberg shared a confusing vision for AI 'superintelligence', flickering lights could help fight misinformation, and Substack accidentally sent push alerts promoting a Nazi publication

ChatGPT's Study Mode will guide students to an answer stey by step

TikTok gamifying mindfulness with 'well-being missions', YouTube is turning to AI for age verification, and Opera takes its browser beef with Microsoft to Brazil

China calls for the creation of a global AI organization

VPNs are booming in the UK, but free options carry big risks, Jack Dorsey's Bluetooth messaging app is now on the App Store, and the new Warner Bros. and Discovery Global would like you to forget Warner Bros. Discovery

LeBron James is reportedly trying to stop the spread of viral AI 'pregnancy' videos

People in the UK now have to take an age verification selfie to watch porn online, China called for the creation of a global AI organization, and DOGE is reportedly pushing an AI tool that would put half of all federal regulations on a 'delete list'.

The Pixel Watch 4 might charge via a wireless charging stand

$1 billion of NVIDIA AI chips were reportedly sold in China despite US bans, plus more Tech News

AppleCare One lets you protect three devices under one subscription

FDA employees say the agency's generative AI hallucinates entire studies, Trump's AI Action Plan targets state regulation and 'ideological bias', and Uber will help pair women riders and drivers in the US

Google shows off the Pixel 10 less than a month before its launch

US nuclear weapons agency breached by Microsoft SharePoint hack, Meta is adding new safety features to Instagram accounts, and Amazon is acquiring an AI wearable that listens to everything you do

Microsoft Sharepoint server vulnerability puts an estimated 10,000 organizations at risk

France launched a criminal probe of X's alleged algorithm 'manipulation', OpenAI getting closer with the UK government, and Xbox cloud games will follow you just about everywhere

OpenAI's experimental model achieved gold at the International Math Olympiad