Google Apologizes For Offensive Baftas News Alert After Safety System Failure
Google has apologized after sending a news alert about this year’s Bafta awards that included language directing users to read further using a racial slur, an incident the company said…
Paramount Raises Bid For Warner Bros Discovery As Netflix Deal Faces Review
Paramount Skydance has increased its offer to buy Warner Bros Discovery, prompting the company to reconsider its existing agreement with Netflix and opening the door to further negotiations between the…
E-Commerce Stocks Rise After Supreme Court Blocks Trump Tariffs
E-commerce shares rose Friday after the Supreme Court ruled that President Donald Trump lacked authority to impose tariffs under the International Economic Powers Act, a decision that lifted stocks across…
National PTA Ends Funding Relationship With Meta As Child Safety Trials Continue
The National Parent Teacher Association has decided not to seek renewed funding from Meta for 2026, ending a relationship that began in 2017, as the social media company faces court…
White House Launches Tech Corps Inside Peace Corps To Promote U.S. AI Abroad
The White House has announced a new “Tech Corps” program within the Peace Corps to send tech-skilled volunteers overseas to support the adoption of American artificial intelligence systems, a move…
Anthropic Launches Claude Code Security In Limited Enterprise Preview
Anthropic has introduced Claude Code Security, an AI-powered service built into Claude Code that scans software codebases for vulnerabilities and recommends fixes, with the company rolling out the capability in…
Mastercard And Cloudflare Partner To Offer Cyber Defense Tools For Smaller Organizations
Mastercard and Cloudflare said they have formed a partnership to deliver cyber defense solutions aimed at small businesses, critical infrastructure operators, and government organizations, according to a joint press statement…
China’s Spring Festival Gala Showcases Rapid Advances In Humanoid Robots And AI
China’s annual Spring Festival Gala featured back-flipping, nunchuck-wielding humanoid robots and a range of AI-driven performances, presenting a broadcast that highlighted faster technical progress and growing competition among domestic robotics…
India’s Budget Fashion Chains Gain Ground As Shoppers Shift From Bazaars To Branded Stores
At a three-storey Reliance Trends outlet in Sangli in western India, a geriatric care worker named Alka browses racks of Indian ethnic-wear kurtas in bright colors while looking for a…
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…
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…
