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The European Union has fined Elon Musk’s social media platform X €120m over its paid blue tick verification system, prompting sharp criticism from senior US officials who say the penalty…

Air Transat will begin cancelling flights starting Monday as it prepares for a possible pilot strike on Wednesday, after the union representing its pilots issued a 72-hour strike notice while…

US President Donald Trump has raised concerns about Netflix’s planned $72bn acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery’s movie studio and HBO streaming networks, saying the combined size of the two companies…

OpenAI has been barred by a U.S. court from using the “io” name in connection with its planned AI hardware products, after a ruling found the branding could be confused…

Wikipedia has introduced a year-end recap feature that allows logged-in users to review their reading activity over the past year, offering statistics such as the number of articles viewed, topics…

Global spending on geothermal energy is projected to grow by about 20% a year through 2030, as governments and companies increase investment in the sector to secure clean and reliable…

Awear, a startup founded by former Rakuten Symphony R&D head Antonio Forenza, has developed a behind-the-ear EEG wearable designed to measure brain activity linked to chronic stress and provide users…

Netflix has agreed to acquire the film and streaming businesses of Warner Bros Discovery for $72bn, a deal that would combine one of the largest streaming platforms with a major…

Meta has acquired Limitless, the AI startup behind a wearable pendant that records conversations, leading to an immediate halt in hardware sales and a wind-down of several of the company’s…

ChatGPT remains the world’s most widely used AI chatbot, but its user growth is beginning to slow as Google’s Gemini gains traction, according to new data from market intelligence firm…

SpaceX is in talks to launch a secondary share sale that would value the private aerospace company at $800 billion, according to The Wall Street Journal, a move that would…

Amazon is considering ending its long-term delivery contract with the United States Postal Service and building its own nationwide shipping network, according to a report by The Washington Post, as…

Spyware maker Intellexa had direct remote access to some government customers’ surveillance systems, allowing its staff to view personal data collected from hacked phones, according to new findings published by…

Legal artificial intelligence company Harvey has confirmed that it has closed a new $160 million funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz, valuing the company at $8 billion following earlier reports…

Tesla chief executive Elon Musk said a new version of the company’s Full Self-Driving (Supervised) software allows drivers to text while the system is engaged, despite laws in most U.S.…

Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei said the question of whether the artificial intelligence industry is in a bubble cannot be answered with a simple yes or no, while warning that…

Apple has confirmed the retirement of two senior executives, general counsel Kate Adams and vice president for Environment, Policy, and Social Initiatives Lisa Jackson, extending a series of leadership changes…

The Chicago Tribune has filed a federal lawsuit against AI search company Perplexity, alleging that the platform reproduces its copyrighted journalism without permission, including through verbatim output and the use…

Executives at Beast Industries, the company behind YouTube creator MrBeast, said they are considering a future public listing as a way to give viewers a chance to become shareholders, following…

Meta has recruited Alan Dye, the Apple executive who led the company’s user interface design for the past decade, to head a newly formed creative studio within its Reality Labs…