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OpenAI Faces 30 New Lawsuits Over Tumbler Ridge School Shooting

OpenAI is facing 30 additional lawsuits tied to the February 10 mass shooting at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in British Columbia, bringing new claims that the company aided and abetted…

Apple Maps Renames Lake Ontario to Lake America for U.S. Users

Apple has changed the name of Lake Ontario to “Lake America” for Apple Maps users in the United States, following a similar update by Google. The change comes less than…

Google Adds Motion Assist, Guided Vision and New Gemini Features to Android

Google is rolling out five Android updates that add tools for reducing motion sickness, assisting blind and low-vision users, remembering where physical items are stored, collaborating through Google Messages, and…

Anthropic Releases Fable and Mythos 5.1 With Lower Token Costs and New Enterprise Safeguards

Anthropic has released Fable 5.1 and Mythos 5.1, two versions of its latest AI model with performance improvements, lower token costs, and changes intended to reduce false-positive safety restrictions. Fable…

X Investigates Mass Password Reset Attempts After X Money Launch

X says it is investigating a wave of unsolicited password reset emails sent to users following the wider launch of X Money. The company has not found evidence that attackers…

Thrive Capital Defends Failed $4.2 Billion FIFA Deal as UEFA Pursues Legal Action

Thrive Capital founder Josh Kushner has defended the rationale behind a failed proposal to bring $4.2 billion in private investment into FIFA while acknowledging that his firm underestimated the politics…

John Ternus Takes Over as Apple CEO After 25 Years at the Company

Apple has officially appointed John Ternus as CEO, ending Tim Cook’s 15-year tenure in the role. Ternus, 51, took over on September 1 after spending 25 years at Apple, where…

Google Launches Pics, an AI Image Creation and Editing Tool for Workspace

Google is launching Google Pics, a new AI-powered image creation and editing tool for Workspace customers and Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers. Powered by Google’s Nano Banana models, Pics…

OpenAI Integrates ChatGPT for Healthcare With Epic EHR

OpenAI is integrating ChatGPT for Healthcare with Epic’s electronic health record system, giving clinicians read-only access to authorized patient information such as clinical notes, medications, encounters, conditions, and laboratory results.…

Waymo Says Camera-Only AI Is Not Enough for Fully Autonomous Driving

Waymo says fully autonomous vehicles require multiple sensor types and argues that camera-only, end-to-end AI systems are not sufficient for safe deployment at scale. The Alphabet-owned company made the case…

Empirik Raises $21 Million to Build AI Infrastructure Engineer

Empirik has spun out as an independent company with $21 million in seed funding to develop an AI system that helps infrastructure teams predict how software and configuration changes could…

Instagram Will Reduce Reach of Undisclosed AI-Generated Profiles

Instagram is changing how it labels profiles featuring AI-generated people and will reduce the reach of accounts that fail to disclose their use of AI. The platform is renaming its…

Microsoft Outlook Outage Disrupts Email and Authentication for Hours

Microsoft confirmed a widespread, multi-hour outage on Monday that disrupted Outlook and Exchange Online, causing delays and failures in email delivery, authentication errors, mailbox search problems, and other service issues.…

Kalshi Permanently Bans George Santos and Fines Him $71,356 Over State of the Union Trades

Kalshi has permanently banned former Republican Rep. George Santos from its prediction market platform and fined him $71,356 over trades tied to his attendance at President Donald Trump’s State of…

Pentagon Adds ChatGPT Mil and Grok for Government to GenAI.mil

The Pentagon has added ChatGPT Mil and Grok for Government to GenAI.mil, giving up to 3 million civilian and military personnel access to generative AI tools customized for government use.…

Blue Voice Raises $6 Million for AI Policy Assistant Used by 225 Public Safety Agencies

Blue Voice has emerged from stealth with $6 million in funding as it expands an AI platform that gives police officers real-time access to department policies, laws, ordinances, and other…

McKesson Confirms Data Theft After ShinyHunters Claims Cyberattack

McKesson has confirmed that hackers accessed several cloud-hosted accounts and stole data, with the ShinyHunters hacking group claiming responsibility for the breach. The pharmaceutical distribution company said the incident affected…

Bolt Seeks Up to $27 Million in Bridge Funding as Breslow Pushes Turnaround

Bolt is raising up to $27 million from existing investors through a bridge financing round as CEO Ryan Breslow works to stabilize the checkout company ahead of a planned Series…

Tim Cook Steps Down as Apple CEO as John Ternus Takes Over

Tim Cook has completed his final day as Apple CEO, with longtime hardware executive John Ternus taking over the role on September 1, 2026. Cook will remain at Apple as…

VLC Crosses 7 Billion Downloads as VideoLAN Prepares VLC 4

VLC has crossed 7 billion downloads across all platforms, according to Jean-Baptiste Kempf, president and lead developer of the non-profit VideoLAN. VideoLAN’s own download statistics now show more than 7.03…