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U.S. Court Sentences Ukrainian Man To Five Years Over North Korean IT Worker Scheme

A U.S. federal court has sentenced a Ukrainian man to five years in prison for his role in an identity theft operation that enabled North Korean workers to obtain fraudulent…

Judge Rejects Tesla Bid To Overturn $243 Million Autopilot Verdict

A federal judge has denied Tesla’s request to overturn a $243 million jury verdict that found the automaker partially responsible for a fatal 2019 crash in Florida involving its Autopilot…

Threads Adds In-App Instagram Story Sharing As Meta Pushes User Growth

Meta is expanding how Threads connects to Instagram with a new feature that lets users share Threads posts to their Instagram Stories without leaving the app, a change aimed at…

Toy Story 5 Trailer Pits Classic Toys Against AI Tablet Villain

Pixar has released a trailer for “Toy Story 5” that frames a new conflict between the franchise’s long-standing toy characters and a fictional AI tablet named Lilypad, placing Buzz Lightyear,…

Lucid Motors To Cut 12% Of Staff As Company Pushes Toward Profitability

Lucid Motors is cutting 12% of its workforce as it works to reduce costs and improve efficiency while preparing new vehicle launches and expanding production, according to an internal memo…

OpenAI Reviewed Shooter’s Chats Before Tumbler Ridge Attack And Did Not Alert Police

An 18-year-old accused of killing eight people in a mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, Canada, used OpenAI’s ChatGPT in ways that triggered internal safety tools, according to reporting, but the…

Google Startup Chief Flags LLM Wrappers And AI Aggregators As Growth Risks

Two business models that surged during the generative AI boom are now facing tougher questions, as Darren Mowry, who leads Google’s global startup organization across Cloud, DeepMind, and Alphabet, said…

Microsoft Names Asha Sharma To Lead Gaming As Phil Spencer And Sarah Bond Exit

Microsoft announced a leadership change in its gaming division on Friday, with Microsoft Gaming Chief Executive Officer Phil Spencer leaving the company and Xbox President Sarah Bond also departing, as…

Wikipedia Moves To Remove Archive.today Links Over Abuse And Reliability Concerns

Wikipedia editors have agreed to remove all links to Archive.today and its related domains after concluding that the service should no longer be used as a citation source, a decision…

Altman Pushes Back On Claims About AI Water Use And Focuses On Energy Costs

OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman said this week that claims about AI’s water consumption are not accurate and argued that the more relevant concern is the total energy used…

Trump Moves To Impose 15% Global Tariff After Supreme Court Blocks Earlier Import Taxes

US President Donald Trump said he will impose global tariffs of 15% after the Supreme Court struck down his earlier import taxes, setting up a new, temporary levy under a…

Rivian Adds Apple Watch Controls As Software Update Expands Vehicle Features

Rivian is adding Apple Watch support to its vehicle controls, letting owners use the watch instead of a phone for basic functions, as part of a broader software update that…

School Admissions Site Ravenna Hub Fixes Flaw That Exposed Student And Parent Data

A student admissions platform used by families to apply to schools has fixed a security flaw that allowed any logged-in user to access the personal information of other families and…

OpenAI Nears Funding Deal Above $100 Billion At Valuation That Could Top $850 Billion

OpenAI is close to finalizing a funding round of more than $100 billion at a valuation that could exceed $850 billion, according to Bloomberg, as the company continues to spend…

Zuckerberg Testifies In Trial Over Claims Social Media Harms Teens And Kids

Meta Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg testified on Wednesday in a trial that seeks to determine whether the company’s social media apps are addictive and harmful to teenagers and children,…

New York Pulls Robotaxi Legalization Plan, Blocking Waymo Expansion Outside New York City

New York has withdrawn a budget proposal that would have changed state traffic law to allow robotaxis to operate outside New York City, a move that halts Waymo’s latest attempt…

Reddit Tests AI Search With Product Carousels Tied To Community Recommendations

Reddit is testing a new AI-powered search tool that links community recommendations to products from its shopping and advertising partners, adding interactive product carousels to search results for a small…

Meta To Shut Down Messenger Website And Shift Web Users To Facebook Messages

Meta is shutting down the standalone Messenger website and will end access to messenger.com in April 2026, directing web users to Facebook’s messaging interface while keeping the Messenger mobile app…

Starbase Moves To Set Up Municipal Court As City Builds Its Own Public Services

Starbase, SpaceX’s company town in Texas that is less than a year old, is moving to create its own municipal court as it continues to build out local government services…

Google Chrome Adds Split View And PDF Tools As Browser Competition Increases

Google is rolling out three new features in Chrome, Split View, PDF annotations, and Save to Google Drive, as the company works to keep the world’s most widely used browser…