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Amazon asked corporate employees to help fulfill grocery deliveries for Prime Day

Amazon asked corporate employees to help fulfill grocery deliveries for Prime Day

Grok sure seems antisemitic after its recent update, FTC’s click-to-cancel rule struck down, and zooplankton is a surprising ally

Jack Dorsey just released a Bluetooth messaging app that doesn't need the internet

Apple is still trying to overturn the ban on its blood oxygen sensor, Samsung bought Xealth to integrate its wearables into the healthcare system, and Epic Games ended its antitrust lawsuit against Samsung

We have the letters that let Apple and Google ignore the TikTok ban

US TikTok users may have to switch to a new version of the app, Samsung's Texas chip plant is delayed, and 'The Stop Killing Games' initiative hit a major milestone

Meta is reportedly training its AI chatbots to send unprompted messages

Meta is training its AI chatbots to send unprompted messages, E Ink created a new touchscreen trackpad, and Anthem is shutting down Jan. 12

Bezos-funded satellite tracking methane emissions loses power in space

OpenAI disavowed Robinhood's sale of 'OpenAI tokens', Perplexity offering a $200/month sub, and Summer Games Done Quick starts Sunday

Apple claims former engineer shared Vision Pro secrets in new lawsuit

ICEBlock climbed to the top of the App Store charts, X will let AI write Community Notes, and a Cloudflare experiment will block AI bot scrapers

GoPro’s Anamorphic lens makes it easy to get stylish cinematic action shots

Anthropic's Claude failed at vending business, Apple may power Siri with Anthropic or OpenAI models, and NASA will livestream on Netflix this summer

Android 16 will protect users from fake cell towers and potential spying threats

Apple's F1 had a successful $144 million opening weekend, Facebook test uses Meta AI to process photos you've yet to upload, and Trump claims a 'very wealthy' group will buy TikTok

Meta wins AI copyright case filed by Sarah Silverman and other authors

US senators reintroduce bill to open Apple and Google's app stores, Threads' Hidden Words setting now separate from Instagram, and Windows saying 'goodbye' to Blue Screen of Death

Judge rules Anthropic's AI training on copyrighted materials is fair use

Aaron Sorkin is making a second 'Social Network' movie, Trump Mobile dropped its 'made in the USA' claims, and YouTube increasing the minimum age for live streaming to 16

The xMEMS 'fan on a chip' is ready for smart glasses

Anthropic's AI training on copyrighted materials is fair use, US prices for Phillips Hue will rise due to tariffs, and Netflix is removing over 20 games

US House reportedly bans WhatsApp on government devices

The Oversight Board called Meta's uneven AI moderation 'incoherent and unjustifiable' ... and more news

Texas will require permits for self-driving cars

Tesla's Robotaxi rides kicked off in Austin Sunday, Perplexity's AI-powered browser opens up to select Windows user, and Meta said it isn't removing the word 'transgenderism' from its hate speech rules

Wyze adds major security update to its security cameras

The golden Trump Phone is almost certainly not made in the US ... and more

Garmin’s new sleep tracker offers a week of battery life

Waymo will test its autonomous cars in New York again, Google's AI-powered Search Live feature is here, and Adobe Project Indigo is a new photo app from former Pixel camera engineers

Waymo expands service area around San Francisco and Los Angeles

TikTok ban delayed again, Xbox's AMD partnership sheds light on the future of the division's ecosystem, and the 560-pound Twitter sign met a fiery end

Threads is testing out a way to hide spoilers

OpenAI was awarded a $200 million US defense contract, Meta warned users to 'avoid sharing personal or sensitive information' in its AI app, and Instagram is running another test of a repost feature

The Internet Archive modernizes its GeoCities GIF search engine

FSD tests showed a Tesla blowing past a stopped school bus, the founder of 23andMe is regaining control of the company, and Wikipedia canceled plans to test AI summaries

Google DeepMind is sharing its AI forecasts with the National Weather Service

Meta is funding geothermal energy projects, Reddit added analytics, and an Anker Power Bank Recall

Hong Kong bans video game using national security laws

Meta is cracking down on AI 'nudify' apps, iOS 26 new Parental Controls, and Midjourney sued for copyright infringement

Android 16 is out

Is Meta forming an 'AI Superintelligence' team? ... and 2 more questions answered

Apple is adding a camera remote and upgrading audio recording on AirPods

macOS Tahoe is the end of the line for Intel Macs, YouTube allowing more harmful misinformation, and Nintendo delayed The Legend of Zelda movie

The head of Tesla's Optimus humanoid robot program leaves the company

WWDC kicks off this afternoon but not everybody is juiced for Apple’s big event and Monument Valley 3 is breaking free from Netflix

Foreign propagandists continue using ChatGPT in influence campaigns

Apple's appeal for an emergency hold on app fees denied, you can train AI models without copyrighted material, and OpenAI appealed a court order forcing it to preserve all ChatGPT data

Florida's social media law has been temporarily blocked by a federal judge

Reddit is suing Anthropic, Volvo introduced new adaptive seatbelt technology, and AMC Networks teaming up with Runway