YouTube Pays $8 Billion to the Music Industry Over 12-Month Period
YouTube has paid out more than $8 billion to the global music industry between July 2024 and July 2025, marking a new annual record for the platform. The figure reflects…
Amazon Launches ‘Help Me Decide,’ an AI Shopping Tool That Recommends What to Buy
Amazon is introducing a new AI-powered shopping assistant called Help Me Decide, designed to help customers make purchasing decisions by analyzing their search history, browsing behavior, and shopping preferences. The…
Rivian to Lay Off 600 Employees in Third Workforce Reduction This Year
Rivian is cutting approximately 600 jobs, or about 4% of its total workforce, marking its third round of layoffs in 2025, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal.…
Google to Invest in Illinois Carbon Capture Power Plant to Supply Data Centers
Google announced plans to invest in a 400-megawatt natural gas power plant in Decatur, Illinois, that will capture the majority of its carbon emissions to supply electricity for its nearby…
OpenAI’s Sora App to Add Pet Cameos, Video Editing Tools, and Android Version Soon
OpenAI is preparing a major update for its AI video generation app, Sora, which has held the top spot in the App Store across the U.S. and Canada since its…
Big Tech Companies Help Fund Trump’s $250 Million White House Ballroom Project
As the U.S. government remains in a shutdown, construction crews have begun demolishing the White House East Wing to make way for a new 90,000-square-foot ballroom capable of hosting up…
GM to Bring Google Gemini-Powered AI Assistant to Vehicles in 2026
General Motors announced Wednesday that it will introduce a Google Gemini-powered conversational AI assistant across its lineup of cars, trucks, and SUVs beginning in 2026. The feature, unveiled at the…
Instagram Rolls Out Custom Icons Only For Teens
Instagram is introducing custom home screen icons, but only for teen accounts, sparking frustration among older users who feel excluded from the feature. The rollout, announced Wednesday, allows teenagers to…
Uber Launches Incentives to Encourage Electric Vehicle Adoption Among Drivers
Uber recently announced a new initiative to promote electric vehicle (EV) adoption among its drivers. The move may come as a surprise since the ride-hailing giant is providing a substantial…
Meta Cuts 600 Jobs in AI Division as Part of Ongoing Reorganization
Meta is cutting about 600 positions from its superintelligence lab, according to an internal memo from chief AI officer Alexandr Wang obtained by Axios. The layoffs come as the company…
Snapchat Rolls Out Free Access to Its AI-Powered ‘Imagine Lens’ in the U.S.
Snapchat is expanding access to its AI image-generation tool, the Imagine Lens, allowing all users in the United States to try it for free. The feature, first launched in September…
Wayback Machine’s Web Archiving Activity Drops 87% Since May
The Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine, long considered one of the most important tools for preserving the internet’s history, has seen a sharp decline in archived webpages since mid-May 2025. According…
Anthropic Launches Web App for Claude Code AI Coding Assistant
Anthropic has rolled out a web version of its AI coding assistant, Claude Code, allowing developers to create and manage multiple AI coding agents directly from their browsers. The new…
Apple Adds ‘Tinted’ Option to Customize Liquid Glass Interface
Apple is adding a new tinted appearance setting to its recently introduced Liquid Glass design, giving users the ability to choose between Clear and Tinted interface styles. The option, included…
Meta Adds Scam Warnings to WhatsApp and Messenger to Protect Older Users
Meta has introduced new scam detection features for WhatsApp and Messenger as part of its broader initiative to protect older adults from online fraud. The updates, announced on Tuesday, include…
OpenAI Launches AI-Powered Atlas Browser to Compete With Google
OpenAI has released an artificial intelligence-driven web browser named ChatGPT Atlas, designed to rival major players such as Google’s Chrome and Microsoft Edge. The browser, unveiled on Tuesday for Apple’s…
Elon Musk’s X Introduces Pay-Per-Use API to Woo Developers Back, but Costs Raise Concerns
Elon Musk’s X, formerly known as Twitter, has introduced a new pay-per-use API model in an attempt to rebuild its once-thriving developer ecosystem. The platform, which previously charged flat monthly…
Anthropic Debuts Claude Haiku 4.5, a More Affordable Compact AI Model
Anthropic announced on Wednesday the release of Claude Haiku 4.5, a small artificial intelligence model that will serve as a lower-cost offering for all the company’s users. Anthropic stated that…