Fire Breaks Out At Rad Power Bikes Warehouse Weeks After Battery Safety Warning
A fire broke out this week at a Rad Power Bikes retail store warehouse in Huntington Beach, California, in an incident that comes just weeks after federal safety regulators warned…
Meta Retreats From Virtual Reality After Reality Labs Layoffs And Studio Closures
Meta has scaled back its long-running push into virtual reality, laying off roughly 1,500 employees from its Reality Labs division and shutting down several internal VR game studios, according to…
Threads Overtakes X In Daily Mobile Users As Meta’s App Continues Gradual Climb
Meta’s Threads is now seeing more daily usage than Elon Musk’s X on mobile devices, according to new data from market intelligence firm Similarweb, marking a shift in how people…
Signal Co-Founder Launches Privacy-Focused AI Assistant Designed To Avoid Data Collection
A new AI assistant built by Signal co-founder Moxie Marlinspike is offering an alternative to mainstream chatbots by prioritising user privacy and avoiding data collection at every layer of its…
Musk Seeks Up To $134bn From OpenAI And Microsoft In Lawsuit Over Nonprofit Shift
Elon Musk is seeking between $79 billion and $134 billion in damages from OpenAI and Microsoft, alleging that the AI company defrauded him by abandoning its original nonprofit mission, according…
TikTok Launches PineDrama App In US And Brazil To Test Stand-Alone Microdrama Platform
TikTok has quietly released a new stand-alone app called PineDrama in the United States and Brazil, expanding its push into short-form scripted video by offering one-minute episodic dramas outside its…
EPA Finds xAI Illegally Ran Gas Turbines To Power Tennessee Data Centers
Elon Musk’s AI company xAI has been operating dozens of natural gas turbines without proper permits to power its Colossus data centers in Tennessee, the US Environmental Protection Agency ruled…
Hacker Posted Victims’ Personal Data On Instagram After Breaching US Government Systems
A Tennessee man who pleaded guilty to hacking the US Supreme Court’s electronic filing system also breached networks at AmeriCorps and the Department of Veterans Affairs, then published victims’ personal…
White House Pushes PJM To Add $15bn In Power Generation As Data Center Demand Rises
The Trump administration is pressing the operator of the largest electricity grid in the United States to add $15bn worth of new power generation capacity and wants technology companies to…
X Suffers Second Major Outage This Week Amid Scrutiny Over AI Deepfakes
Elon Musk’s social media platform X experienced its second large-scale outage of the week on Friday, with users reporting widespread access problems as the company faces mounting criticism over how…
YouTube Expands Ad Eligibility For Non-Graphic Videos On Sensitive Topics
YouTube is updating its advertiser-friendly content guidelines to allow more videos that discuss controversial issues to earn full ad revenue, provided the material is presented in a non-graphic or dramatized…
Anthropic Names Former Microsoft India Chief To Lead Expansion As It Prepares Bengaluru Office
Anthropic has appointed Irina Ghose, the former managing director of Microsoft India, to lead its India business as the US-based AI startup prepares to open an office in Bengaluru. The…
Bluesky Adds Twitch Livestream Sharing And Stock Cashtags As Downloads Rise
Bluesky is rolling out new features that let users share when they are livestreaming on Twitch and discuss publicly traded stocks using specialized hashtags, as the social network looks to…
Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy Steps Down After 14 Years Leading Star Wars Studio
Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy is stepping down after 14 years leading the studio behind Star Wars, one of the highest-grossing film franchises in Hollywood history. The company said on Thursday…
Ashley St Clair Sues xAI Over Sexualised Deepfakes Generated By Grok
Ashley St Clair has filed a lawsuit against xAI, alleging the company’s Grok AI tool generated sexually explicit deepfakes of her on the social media platform X, while xAI has…
OpenAI To Test Ads In ChatGPT As It Adds Lower-Priced Subscription Tier
OpenAI has announced it will begin testing adverts within ChatGPT, marking a shift in how the company generates revenue as it expands its consumer offerings and scales its artificial intelligence…
WhatsApp Exempts Brazilian Users From Policy Barring Third-Party AI Chatbots
WhatsApp has reversed part of its new policy that restricts third-party, general-purpose AI chatbots from operating on the app, allowing AI providers to continue offering their services to users with…