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Nothing Opens First India Retail Store In Bengaluru As It Expands Its Physical Presence

Launch And Location Nothing, the hardware company backed by Tiger Global, has opened its first retail store in India, which the company describes as its largest market. The two story…

Hollywood Groups Challenge ByteDance Over Seedance 2.0 And Alleged Copyright Infringement

Launch And Access Hollywood organizations are pushing back against a new AI video model called Seedance 2.0, which they say has become a tool for copyright infringement. ByteDance, the Chinese…

Former Staff Say Musk Is Pushing Grok To Be Less Restrained As xAI Sees Departures

Wave Of Exits After Corporate Changes Elon Musk is “actively” working to make xAI’s Grok chatbot “more unhinged,” according to a former employee who spoke to The Verge in a…

Homeland Security Expands Use Of Subpoenas To Identify Critics Of ICE On Social Media

Pressure On Tech Platforms The Department of Homeland Security has increased efforts to push technology companies to identify the owners of social media accounts that criticize Immigration and Customs Enforcement,…

Hello Kitty Designer Yuko Yamaguchi Steps Down After 46 Years At Sanrio

End Of A Long Tenure Yuko Yamaguchi, the designer behind Hello Kitty, is stepping down after 46 years overseeing the character’s development, according to Sanrio. Yamaguchi took over design duties…

Waymo Uses DoorDash Drivers To Close Doors On Stranded Self-Driving Cars

A Small Problem That Stops The Cars Waymo’s autonomous vehicles now carry passengers in six cities, but the cars can be stopped by a simple issue if a rider leaves…

Pinterest Compares Search Volume To ChatGPT After Missing Fourth Quarter Estimates

Earnings Miss And Executive Comparison Pinterest reported weaker than expected results for the fourth quarter, and during the earnings call chief executive Bill Ready compared the platform’s search activity to…

IBM Plans To Triple Entry-Level Hiring In The U.S. In 2026 Despite AI Automation Claims

Hiring Plan Announced At Industry Event IBM plans to triple entry-level hiring in the United States in 2026, according to reporting from Bloomberg. The company’s chief human resources officer, Nickle…

Musk Urges Engineers To Join xAI With Vision Of Moon-Based Mass Drivers And Space Computers

Recruitment Message After Restructuring Elon Musk said on Wednesday that people should join xAI “if the idea of mass drivers on the Moon appeals to you,” following a restructuring that…

YouTube Launches Native VisionOS App For Apple Vision Pro After Two Years

App Arrival And Background YouTube has released a dedicated app for the Apple Vision Pro, ending a two year period in which the company relied on a web based experience…

Security Conferences Remove Vincenzo Iozzo From Review Boards After Epstein Records Resurface

Removal From Conference Sites Vincenzo Iozzo is no longer listed on the websites of Black Hat and Code Blue, two major cybersecurity conferences, after records connected to the late financier…

WP Engine Expands Lawsuit With New Claims Against Mullenweg And Automattic

Amended Complaint And New AllegationsWeb hosting company WP Engine has filed an amended complaint in its lawsuit against WordPress co founder Matt Mullenweg and Automattic, the parent company of WordPress.com,…

Trump Administration Moves To Repeal EPA Finding That Classified Greenhouse Gases As A Public Health Risk

Repeal Of The 2009 Endangerment Finding The Trump administration on Thursday moved to repeal the Environmental Protection Agency’s 2009 endangerment finding, which had determined that greenhouse gases such as carbon…

Spotify Says Top Developers Now Rely On AI And Ship Features Without Writing Code

Earnings Call Comments On AI Use Spotify said this week that some of its best developers “have not written a single line of code since December,” according to comments from…

OpenAI Releases GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark And Ties It To Cerebras Hardware For Faster Inference

New Lightweight Codex Model OpenAI on Thursday announced a lightweight version of its agentic coding tool Codex, releasing GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark as a smaller model designed for faster inference. The company said…

Coupang Data Breach Dispute Draws U.S. Investors Into Arbitration With South Korea

From Security Probe To Investor Dispute Coupang’s data breach in South Korea has expanded from a regulatory investigation into a dispute involving U.S. investors and the South Korean government. The…

Apple Buys Rights To Severance And Moves Production In House

Acquisition And Deal Terms Apple has acquired the intellectual property and all rights to its series “Severance” from its original studio, Fifth Season, according to a report by Deadline. The…

FTC Questions Apple Over Alleged Bias In Apple News Content Curation

Letter From The FTC Chair The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has raised concerns about claims that Apple is censoring conservative content on the Apple News app. In a letter to…

Ring Ends Flock Safety Partnership After Privacy Scrutiny And Super Bowl Ad Backlash

Decision To Cancel The Deal Amazon’s Ring said it will not proceed with a partnership with Flock Safety, ending an agreement announced in October that would have linked Ring devices…

Robot Makers Race To Build Hands That Match Human Dexterity

Early Prototypes And Current Designs Robot hands built from wood, springs, and rubber bands marked the first experiments at Shadow Robot in the late 1990s, according to company director Rich…