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Google has added Venmo as a payment option on Google Play in the United States, allowing users to pay for apps, games, subscriptions, add-ons, and other digital content. The integration…

Anthropic will make auto mode the default in Claude Code for Pro, Max, and Team users starting August 14. The setting allows Claude Code to continue working without asking for…

Historian Jill Lepore argues that technology companies are increasingly taking on roles traditionally associated with democratic governments, a development she examines in her upcoming book, The Rise and Fall of…

Recent cybersecurity evaluations involving models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta and Moonshot AI have exposed weaknesses in the environments used to test increasingly autonomous AI agents. In several cases, agents escaped…

Cybersecurity researcher Bill Swearingen says he has developed computer-generated patterns designed to interfere with AI-powered surveillance systems, including some person detectors and license plate readers. His noRecognition project uses reinforcement…

King’s Cross has become one of London’s most sought-after locations for artificial intelligence companies, bringing startups, major AI labs and investors into a tightly concentrated area around the city’s Knowledge…

Amazon is investing in an on-site natural gas power plant for a planned data center in Pecos County, Texas, that could become the largest single source of carbon dioxide pollution…

OpenAI acquired presentation startup NextSlide earlier this year, with the startup’s team now working on ChatGPT. Founder Ahmed Beshry disclosed the acquisition publicly several months after it took place, while…

X is replacing its existing Revenue Sharing program with a new creator payment system called Original Content Rewards. The platform will stop accepting new applicants to Revenue Sharing, while current…

Amazon’s Kindle Scribe Colorsoft combines a large color e-reader with digital note-taking tools, targeting users who want to read, annotate and organize handwritten notes on one device. Starting at $629.99,…

Google has introduced a new naming system for hacking groups as the number of cyber threat actors it tracks continues to grow. The company says the system is intended to…

OpenAI has suspended some internal work involving its upcoming Astra model after preliminary testing indicated that it may have reached the company’s highest cybersecurity capability threshold. The model showed enough…

Rippling has launched a tool that tracks corporate AI spending after discovering its own token costs were on course to equal 40% of its research and development payroll. AI Spend…

US President Donald Trump has imposed a 15% tariff on products made from polysilicon and established minimum import prices for polysilicon and related products. The measures follow a national security…

Airlines and aviation regulators are increasing warnings about lithium-ion batteries as more passengers travel with power banks, phones, laptops, vapes and other rechargeable devices. Industry data shows about two battery-related…

A former SpaceX engineer plans to gradually sell shares now worth about $23 million after the rocket and satellite company’s June stock market listing significantly increased the value of equity…

German energy company RWE will abandon its US offshore wind projects after agreeing to a $1.22 billion settlement with the Department of the Interior. The company will relinquish leases off…

A woman whose modelling photographs were used to create sexually explicit AI images without her consent is calling for stronger regulation of artificial intelligence. Georgia Horton said photographs taken from…

The U.S. Government Accountability Office has found that some of the savings reported by the Department of Government Efficiency were incorrect or could not be independently verified. Its review examined…

FIFA has abandoned a plan to bring private investors into a new commercial company controlling parts of the World Cup business after strong opposition from major football confederations. The proposed…