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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…

Grok 4 Offered Free for a Limited Time as xAI Challenges GPT-5

xAI announced on August 10 that Grok users, both paid and unpaid, can access the new Grok 4 model without restrictions for a limited time. The move appears aimed at…

Starlink Lowers Monthly Rate to Attract More US Customers

SpaceX is cutting the cost of its Starlink internet service for new customers in certain areas of the United States. The company has reduced the monthly fee for the Residential…

Truth Social’s AI Search Disagrees With Trump on Some Topics

Less than a week after the launch of Truth Search AI, a new Perplexity-powered search engine from Trump Media and Technology Group, the tool is already generating answers that contradict…

Reddit Blocks Internet Archive to Prevent Free User Data Scraping

Reddit has restricted the Internet Archive’s access to its content after learning that AI companies were using the Wayback Machine to scrape user data without payment. The Internet Archive, a…

Trump Open to Allowing Nvidia to Sell Downgraded Top Chip to China

President Donald Trump has indicated he may allow Nvidia to sell a downgraded version of its Blackwell AI chip to China, provided the performance is reduced. Speaking at a press…

Musk Plans to Sue Apple Over Omission of X and Grok From Top Apps List

Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk says he plans to take legal action against Apple, accusing the company of deliberately excluding his social media platform X and its Grok artificial intelligence chatbot…

Nvidia, AMD Could Sell High-End AI Chips to China With US Revenue Share

The AI chip competition between the U.S. and China is now less about security restrictions and more about tariffs. Nvidia and AMD have reportedly agreed to pay the U.S. government…

AOL to Shut Down Dial-Up Internet, Sparking ’90s Nostalgia

AOL’s dial-up internet, a relic of the early online era, will be officially shut down next month after running continuously since the early 1990s. In a statement released Friday, the…

Sam Altman Calls AGI ‘Not a Super Useful Term,’ Joining Other Critics

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says the term “artificial general intelligence” is losing its relevance as advancements in AI make it increasingly hard to define. Traditionally, AGI has referred to AI…

M&S Restores Click and Collect Service 15 Weeks After Cyberattack

Marks & Spencer has reinstated its click and collect service, 15 weeks after suspending it in the wake of a damaging cyber attack. The suspension, which began on 25 April,…

Paramount Secures UFC Rights in $7.7B, 7-Year Deal After Skydance Merger

Days after completing its merger with Skydance, Paramount has acquired exclusive U.S. rights to TKO Group’s UFC for seven years starting in 2026. The deal, valued at $7.7 billion, averages…

Microsoft Edge to Receive Windows 10 Support Through 2028

Microsoft will officially end support for Windows 10 in October 2025, but some of its software will continue receiving updates for years afterward. That includes the Edge browser, which will…