Meta Connect 2025 to Showcase ‘Hypernova’ Smart Glasses and Metaverse AI
Meta Connect 2025 will take place on Wednesday, September 17, with CEO Mark Zuckerberg opening the event at 5 p.m. PST. The following day, September 18, company executives will deliver…
Kirk’s Assassination Pressures Politicians to Rethink Security Measures
The killing of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk has intensified concerns over political safety in the U.S., forcing campaigns and public figures to reconsider how they engage with the public. In…
Claude Adds AI Tools for Document Editing Without Opening Files
ChatGPT may dominate the AI chatbot conversation, but Claude AI is quickly gaining traction as a serious competitor. With its latest update, Anthropic has equipped Claude with tools that make…
Apple Wins Approval for Hypertension Notification Feature
Apple introduced its latest lineup — the Apple Watch Series 11, Apple Watch Ultra 3, and Apple Watch SE 3 — earlier this week. Among the new features was Hypertension…
Microsoft Clears EU Competition Probe After Agreeing to Unbundle Teams
The European Commission has accepted Microsoft’s pledge to unbundle Teams from its Office and Microsoft 365 productivity suites, ending a years-long antitrust investigation without fines. The probe began in 2020…
Apple Postpones iPhone Air Launch in China Over eSIM Approval Delays
Apple announced that its iPhone 17 series will officially launch worldwide on September 19, with preorders for most countries beginning this Friday. However, the iPhone Air — the first model…
Venezuela Plans to Increase Troop Presence to Combat Drug Trafficking
Venezuela announced Sunday that it will sharply increase troop deployments in coastal states in response to growing concerns over drug trafficking. Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino said President Nicolas Maduro has…
Gmail Adds Simplified Package Tracking for Upcoming Deliveries
Google announced Thursday that Gmail is introducing a dedicated Purchases tab to help users manage package deliveries more easily. The tab will bring together all purchase-related emails — from upcoming…
Google to Shut Down Tables, Its Answer to Airtable
Google has confirmed it will sunset Google Tables, a work-tracking tool built to rival Airtable, by December 16, 2025. End-of-Life Plans In an email to users, Google advised them to…
Costco Rejects Lululemon Trademark Claims Over Alleged Dupe Sales
Costco Wholesale Corp. has denied accusations from Lululemon Athletica Inc. that it infringed on the athleticwear company’s intellectual property by selling alleged knockoffs of its popular clothing. Costco’s Defense In…
California Bill to Regulate AI Companion Chatbots Nears Final Approval
California has moved one step closer to becoming the first state to regulate AI companion chatbots. SB 243, a bill aimed at protecting minors and vulnerable users, passed both the…
OpenAI Introduces Parental Controls After Lawsuit Tied to Teen’s Suicide
OpenAI announced new parental controls to be rolled out this month, following a lawsuit tied to the suicide of a California teenager who had been engaged in conversations with ChatGPT.…
YouTube Expands Multi-Language Audio Dubbing to All Creators
YouTube announced Wednesday that its multi-language audio feature is officially rolling out to millions of creators, following a two-year pilot program. The update will allow creators to dub their videos…
Anthropic Outages Disrupt Claude and Console Services
Anthropic reported a temporary service outage Wednesday that affected its APIs, Console, and Claude AI. Timeline of the Disruption Issues were first spotted by users on GitHub and Hacker News…
Meta Expands Community Notes With Alerts for Corrected Posts
Meta is rolling out updates to its Community Notes fact-checking system, which it launched in the U.S. earlier this year. Users on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads will now be notified…
Reddit Replaces Subreddit Member Totals With Active User Stats
Reddit has begun phasing out the long-standing Member Count feature on communities, replacing it with two new statistics: Visitors and Contributions. Visitors uses a 28-day rolling average to display how…
Appeals Court Deals Blow to Trump in Separation of Powers Dispute
A federal appeals court on Wednesday halted President Donald Trump’s attempt to remove Shira Perlmutter, the U.S. register of copyrights, in a ruling that underscores the limits of executive power…
Reddit and Ziff Davis Support Effort to Keep AI From Breaking the Internet
Artificial intelligence may be reshaping the internet, but it is also straining its foundation: information. Chatbots consume vast amounts of web content, yet there is still no consistent way to…