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Sam Altman Talks ‘Bumpy’ GPT-5 Launch, Return of 4o, and the ‘Chart Crime’

During a Reddit AMA on Friday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and key members of the GPT-5 team fielded a wave of questions about the new model — and calls to…

Meta Brings On Far-Right Influencer to Oppose ‘Woke AI’

Meta has announced a collaboration with conservative influencer Robby Starbuck to address what it calls “ideological bias” in its AI systems. The move is part of a settlement between the…

Air Canada to Cancel Flights in Advance of Possible Strike

Air Canada will begin suspending flights starting Thursday after the union representing its 10,000 flight attendants issued a 72-hour strike notice. The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) says talks…

Amazon Rolls Out Same-Day Delivery for Meat, Eggs, and Produce in 1,000+ Cities

Amazon is extending its same-day delivery service for fresh foods to more than 1,000 U.S. cities and towns, with plans to reach at least 2,300 locations by year’s end. The…

Apple Dismisses Musk’s Claims of App Store Bias

Apple has dismissed claims from Elon Musk that its App Store suppresses competition, describing it as “designed to be free and fair of bias.” The dispute emerged after Musk, owner…

Perplexity Offers $34.5 Billion to Acquire Google’s Chrome Browser

Artificial intelligence startup Perplexity AI has made an unexpected $34.5 billion bid to acquire Google’s Chrome browser, a move confirmed on Tuesday. The offer surpasses Perplexity’s current valuation, but the…

Google Now Lets You Choose Your Preferred Sources for Search Results

Google has launched a new feature called “Preferred Sources” in the U.S. and India, giving users the option to choose news sites and blogs they want to see more frequently…

Anthropic Challenges OpenAI, Offers Claude to All Three Government Branches for $1

Just a week after OpenAI said it would provide ChatGPT Enterprise to the federal executive branch for $1 per year per agency, Anthropic has stepped in with a broader counteroffer.…

Australian Court Rules Apple, Google Misused App Store Market Power

Epic Games has secured a major legal victory in Australia against Apple and Google’s app store policies. On Tuesday, the Federal Court of Australia ruled that both companies engaged in…

Trump Threatens Fed Chair Powell With ‘Major Lawsuit,’ Urges Rate Cut

President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened to let a “major lawsuit” proceed against Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, intensifying his push for lower interest rates. Trump said the potential suit…

Spirit Airlines Says It May Not Survive a Year Without Additional Funding

Spirit Airlines has warned it may not be able to continue operating beyond the next 12 months unless it secures new funding. The disclosure comes just five months after the…

YouTube to Test AI-Based Age Verification System in the U.S.

YouTube will start testing an artificial intelligence–based age-verification system in the United States on Wednesday. The technology aims to identify whether a viewer is an adult or a minor by…

LinkedIn Debuts Mini Sudoku, Expands Into Casual Games to Boost Engagement

LinkedIn has rolled out Mini Sudoku, a condensed version of the classic puzzle, to its 1.2 billion global users. The game, which takes only two or three minutes to solve,…

Tesla Hiring Robotaxi Test Drivers in NYC Without Applying for Permits

The New York City Department of Transportation confirmed that Tesla has not applied for approval to test AVs on city streets. State officials also said Tesla has yet to seek…

Trump to Nominate E.J. Antoni as Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner

President Donald Trump announced Monday that he will nominate economist E.J. Antoni to serve as commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Antoni would succeed Erika McEntarfer, who was…

Trump Reverses on Intel CEO, Praises Him as ‘Success’ After Calling for Resignation

President Donald Trump said Monday that he met with Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan, just days after publicly calling for Tan’s resignation. The meeting, also attended by Secretary of Commerce Howard…

Ford Unveils $5B Initiative to Cut EV Prices, Launching $30K Pickup

Barely a month after President Trump signed the budget-reconciliation bill that ends tax credits for electric vehicles and other clean-energy purchases, Ford has announced an initiative to make EVs more…

Microsoft Faces Lawsuit Over Ending Windows 10, Allegedly Pushing AI Upgrades

Some Windows 10 users are pushing back against Microsoft’s plan to end official security updates for the operating system. Lawrence Klein, who owns two laptops that cannot run Windows 11,…

Apple Unveils iOS 26 Beta 6 Features Ahead of Public Launch

Apple on Tuesday rolled out the sixth developer beta of iOS 26, alongside updates for iPadOS, watchOS, tvOS, macOS, and other platforms. With the public launch expected in September, the…

Trump Says He Requested 20% Cut From Nvidia, Labels H20 Chip ‘Obsolete’

President Donald Trump said on Monday that he initially demanded a 20 percent cut from Nvidia’s sales of its H20 chip to China, but agreed to reduce the figure to…