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Wikipedia Trials New Method to Protect Bandwidth and Block AI Bots

Their standard-bearer The New York Times has already successfully taken legal action against OpenAI. They claim the tech firm illegally scraped their straight news articles to train AI models without…

SpaceX’s Free Starlink Roof Installations Raise Quality Concerns

SpaceX has recently introduced a program offering free or discounted roof installations for its satellite internet service, Starlink, in selected states, including North Carolina and Tennessee. The initiative, which aims…

ChatGPT Can Now Identify Photo Locations with Impressive Accuracy

OpenAI’s recent models, including ChatGPT, have indeed accomplished amazing feats. As a result, it’s getting easier for them to figure out where photos are taken with high precision. Earlier this…

Netflix to Launch Advanced AI Search to Boost Content Discovery

Netflix is set to enhance its search functionality using artificial intelligence, aiming to improve how users discover new content. CEO Greg Peters discussed these developments during the company’s first-quarter earnings…

Nintendo Announces Switch 2 Preorders for April 24, Cites Potential Price Hikes

Mark your calendars for next Thursday, April 24, as Nintendo will finally begin taking preorders for the highly anticipated Switch 2 after delays caused by tariff-related uncertainties. The good news…

High Cocoa Prices Keep Chocolate Prices Elevated This Easter

As consumers get ready for Easter, they’ll be facing the highest chocolate prices on record thanks to sky-high cocoa prices. The jump in cocoa prices have partly been the result…

Taobao Joins DHgate in Top 5 of U.S. App Store

The Chinese e-commerce marketplace app Taobao continues to make big waves in the U.S. App Store. On Saturday, it rocketed all the way to No. 2 in the Top Overall,…

Zuckerberg Admits TikTok Has Slowed Meta’s Growth

Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta Platforms Inc., recently spoke about the impact of competing social media platforms, specifically TikTok, on Meta’s growth during a trial. He even admitted TikTok’s rapid…

Grok Introduces Memory Feature to Enhance User Interaction

xAI, the new artificial intelligence company started by Elon Musk, has recently rolled out a new “memory” feature for its chatbot, Grok. This groundbreaking new ability will enable Grok to…

Tesla Whistleblower Wins Latest Legal Victory Against Musk

Cristina Balan, a former Tesla engineer, has emerged victorious in her long-running legal dispute with Tesla and CEO Elon Musk. Balan, who was dismissed in 2014 after raising concerns about…

Temu Cuts U.S. Ad Spending and Drops in App Store Rankings After Trump’s China Tariffs

Temu, the Chinese online retailer that gained significant attention for its “Shop like a billionaire” marketing campaign during last year’s Super Bowl, has seen a sharp decline in its U.S.…

TikTok Tests Footnotes, a New Community Notes-Inspired Feature

TikTok is testing a new feature called “Footnotes,” which works similarly to the Community Notes feature found on X. The platform announced on Wednesday that Footnotes will allow users to…

UK Takes Cautious Approach to Future Chinese Steel Investments

In response to British Steel’s collapse, the UK government has passed an emergency law to nationalise it. This decision follows shocking news reports that the steel giant’s Chinese owner, Jingye,…

Figma Issues Cease-and-Desist Letter to Lovable Over ‘Dev Mode’ Term

Figma, one of the top design collaboration platforms, is going hard after folks pilfering their creativity. To this end, they recently sent a cease-and-desist letter to Lovable, a no-code AI…

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg Contemplated Spinning Off Instagram in 2018, FTC Trial Reveals

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is in the process of investigating Meta Platforms Inc. They are even considering splitting Instagram from its controlling owner, Meta. This is happening against the…

Starbucks Tightens Dress Code for Baristas Under Their Green Aprons

Starbucks recently introduced a new code of conduct – dress code – for its baristas. This new policy puts severe restrictions on what they’re allowed to wear underneath their green…

Claude Now Integrates with Gmail for Enhanced AI Capabilities

Anthropic, the AI research organization behind the increasingly popular chatbot, Claude, has just released some big improvements to the platform. This move is marked by the debut of Claude Research,…

Hertz Confirms Personal Data and Driver’s Licenses Stolen in Data Breach

Hertz announced a massive data breach that put the personal information of millions of its customers, including the numbers on their driver’s licenses, at risk. A spokesperson for Hertz confirmed…

Nvidia Announces Plans for US-Based AI Chip Production

Nvidia announced on Monday that it has secured more than one million square feet of manufacturing space in Arizona and Texas to build and test AI chips as part of…

AI-Powered Spam Floods 80,000 Websites Using OpenAI API

Although we were hit with a super-smart pro AI spambot called AkiraBot, it has allegedly attacked more than 80,000 sites, most of which are managed and maintained by SMEs. Well-known…