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Another study argues how bad AI is for our brains, Apple & Google reportedly pointing users to 'nudify' apps, and Anthropic will ask Claude users to verify their identities

Meta warned by dozens of organizations that facial recognition on its smart glasses would empower predators

NAACP is suing xAI over data center pollution, the FCC just handed Netgear a de facto router monopoly in the US, and Amazon is buying the satellite internet company behind Apple’s SOS system

Meta is reportedly building an AI clone of Mark Zuckerberg

Meta warned that facial recognition on its smart glasses would empower predators; and the majority of Australian kids are still on banned social media platforms

YouTube Premium’s US pricing is going up

OpenAI says Elon Musk is orchestrating a last-minute 'legal ambush', the FAA is encouraging gamers to get jobs in air traffic control, and the US government wants Reddit to snitch on one of its users

OpenAI 'pauses' its Stargate UK data center plan

OpenAI has a new ChatGPT $100 Pro plan, Apple is closing three US stores, and a maverick hacker got Mac OS X running on a Wii

Sony teases its next-gen TV technology

OpenAI 'pauses' its Stargate UK data center plan, Meta's Muse Spark model brings reasoning capabilities to the Meta AI app, and Greece will ban all kids under 15 from using social media

Apple's foldable iPhone may be delayed due to engineering snags

Anthropic launched an effort to prevent AI cyberattacks with AI, Binge is a tracking app warning about jump scares, and Sony will scan you to put you in PlayStation games

An Italian court ruled Netflix has to refund its customers for price hikes

New Jersey can't ban Kalshi's prediction market, Apple's foldable iPhone may be delayed, and three YouTubers accused Apple of illegal scraping to train its AI models

Banks working on the SpaceX IPO have to subscribe to Grok?, Ireland testing out a digital wallet, and Netflix has to refund its Italian customers

Google releases Gemma 4, a family of open models built off of Gemini 3

Sony bought an AI startup that turns photos into 3D volumes, fan fiction website AO3 finally coming out of beta, and Flipboard's 'social websites' are a new spin on decentralized social media

What to expect from WWDC 2026

Claude Code leak suggests Anthropic is working on a 'Proactive' mode for its coding tool, The AI Doc's director was scared by AI, so he made a movie about it, and What’s going on with Donut Lab?

DoorDash partners with Rivian spinoff for autonomous delivery vehicles

Slack's upgraded AI can analyze how you work, Google's 'Performance Advisor' Steph Curry teased a new wearable, and an immersive 'Black Mirror Experience' is launching in Montreal

Microsoft's research assistant can now use multiple AI models simultaneously

SpaceX lost contact with one of its Starlink satellites, OkCupid settled its FTC case, and Comet 41P reversed its spin

The White House app is just as weird and unnecessary as you'd expect

Austria pursuing a social media ban for kids under 14, Bluesky's next product is an AI assistant, and Project Hail Mary is Amazon MGM's highest-grossing film ever

Wikipedia has banned AI-generated articles

A bill has been introduced to pause US data center construction, Google began rolling out Search Live globally, and Apple discontinued the Mac Pro

Meta is letting creators fill their Reels with shopping links

OpenAI shelved plans to release an adult chatbot, Spotify testing a tool to help real artists deal with AI slop, and a jury rules against Meta and YouTube in social media addiction case

Ultrahuman has opened US pre-orders for Ring Pro

Baltimore sues xAI over Grok deepfakes, X is changing its revenue-sharing policy, and Sony and Honda is killing its Afeela EVs

Wheely, an on-demand chauffeur app, makes its US debut in NYC

The US bans all new foreign-made network routers, Apple will reportedly start stuffing ads into the Maps app, and Wing is expanding its drone delivery service to the Bay Area

Elon Musk claims Terafab project will be the 'largest chip manufacturing facility ever'

Reddit is looking for methods to combat its bot problem, team work makes the dream work for Plastic Eating Bacteria, and the Crimson Desert developer promised to replace the game’s AI-generated art

Meta's metaverse app will stick around after all

Amazon acquired autonomous robotics startup Rivr, OpenAI is putting ChatGPT, its browser and code generator into one desktop app, and DoorDash will start paying gig workers for creating content to train AI models

Meta will shut down VR Horizon Worlds access in June

Meta agentic AI sparked a security incident, a Tennessee senator introduced the first draft of a federal AI bill, and the FBI confirmed it's buying Americans' location data

Apple and Nike team up for a new Powerbeats Pro 2 colorway

Arizona’s AG is suing Kalshi, the DoD says Anthropic poses an 'unacceptable risk' to national security, and Apple is releasing its first Background Security Improvement

Encyclopedia Britannica sues OpenAI

xAI is being sued by teenagers, US senators told ByteDance to shut down Seedance 2.0 'immediately', and Krafton must rehire fired Subnautica director

NASA will try its Artemis II launch again in early April

Anthropic temporarily doubling Claude's usage limits for most, ByteDance suspended the rollout of its new AI video generator, and humans clawed back some voice jobs in Arc Raiders

Google Maps brings a 3D map to your driving directions

RAMaggedon not expected to ease this year, the Teamsters are urging the DOJ to block Paramount's Warner Bros. merger, and X might be breaching US sanctions on Iran

Anthropic is opening an office in DC while battling Pentagon in court