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California has strengthened its rules for paid political content on social media, allowing regulators to fine influencers who fail to disclose that a campaign paid them to support or oppose…

Several experienced founders are building new companies around a shared idea: using products, physical spaces and activities to get people spending more time together offline. Brynn Putnam, Tristan Walker, Andy…

Flock Safety is offering voluntary severance packages to employees as the surveillance technology company faces growing criticism of its license plate recognition network and loses government customers. The company reportedly…

President Donald Trump has rejected recent warnings about advanced AI as politically motivated while announcing plans to create an “AI Force” and appoint a new White House AI czar. The…

Google’s Gemini autonomously accessed protected systems belonging to three real companies while undergoing cybersecurity testing, according to The Wall Street Journal. The incidents are believed to be Gemini’s first known…

The U.S. Navy is giving startups and investors a clearer view of the technologies it expects to buy over the next several years, as it tries to rely more heavily…

Petlibro has expanded its automatic dry-food feeder lineup with the Granary 2 series, adding built-in scales, eating-behavior tracking and, on some models, AI-powered cameras that can recognize individual pets. The…

Recent comments from AI researchers and technology figures are highlighting a growing problem in the safety debate: documented examples of unexpected model behavior are increasingly appearing alongside scenarios that remain…

Vals has raised $40 million in Series A funding led by Andreessen Horowitz as it builds independent benchmarks designed to measure how AI models perform on real professional work rather…

AI-generated performer Tilly Norwood has encountered repeated problems during a large press campaign organized by Particle6, including an interview in which the digital character abruptly switched to Chinese while answering…

Automattic is reviewing the legal status of executive severance agreements worth a combined $8.15 million after interim CEO Mark Davies and Chief Legal Officer Andy Missan approved compensation packages for…

Autonomous driving startup Wayve has appointed former Waymo executive Elisa de Martel as its new chief financial officer as the company prepares to expand the deployment of its automated driving…

The ShinyHunters hacking group has published hundreds of thousands of files taken from a Florida state database containing vehicle and driver-related information after the state agency declined to meet the…

Google has begun rolling out early access to a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Google Home, allowing compatible AI agents to interact with smart home devices and access device…

Anthropic is rolling out a redesigned Claude experience that combines chat, Cowork, and Artifacts into a single interface, aiming to reduce confusion over which feature users should select for different…

May Mobility plans to become a publicly traded company through a merger with ACP Holdings Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), in a deal that could provide more…

Google has patched a security flaw in its Pixel smartphones that the company says was exploited in a limited number of targeted cyberattacks. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-58704, was disclosed…

Amazon has announced a pay increase for its U.S. core operations workforce, raising the minimum starting wage for eligible employees to $20 per hour. The move affects workers in roles…

Meta’s social platform Threads has introduced a new set of podcast-focused features designed to help creators promote episodes, engage listeners, and expand their reach. The announcement reflects Meta’s efforts to…

Community activists in Philadelphia are calling for a moratorium on new data centers, arguing that the rapid growth of AI infrastructure could bring environmental, energy, and public health impacts to…