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Windows 11 Soon Allows Moving Brightness and Volume Indicators on Your PC

Microsoft is updating Windows 11 to give users more control over where volume, brightness, airplane mode, and virtual desktop indicators appear on the screen. Previously centralized at the bottom of…

US House Prohibits WhatsApp on Staff Devices

The U.S. House of Representatives’ top cybersecurity official has prohibited the use of WhatsApp on government-issued devices assigned to its staff. A memo, reported by Reuters, cites potential security risks…

Meta Skips SF Pride as Tech Industry Pulls Back from Public LGBTQ+ Support

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg once personally ensured Facebook’s participation in San Francisco Pride, the largest LGBTQ+ parade and a symbol of advocacy and social justice. In 2015, when Facebook’s real-name…

US Safety Regulators Reach Out to Tesla Over Erratic Robotaxis

The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has reached out to Tesla following social media videos that appear to show the company’s newly launched robotaxis breaking traffic laws. Tesla’s…

Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 Launches Late July Starting at $249

Nvidia is set to release the GeForce RTX 5050, a budget-friendly graphics card starting at $249, expected in the second half of July. The company recently launched a dedicated web…

Google Launches New Gemini Model Capable of Running Locally on Robots

Google DeepMind announced the launch of Gemini Robotics On-Device, a language model designed to run locally on robots without the need for an internet connection. This update builds on the…

iPhone Users Frustrated by Apple Wallet Ad Promoting ‘F1’ Movie

Apple customers have expressed frustration after receiving a push notification from the Apple Wallet app promoting the company’s original film, F1 the Movie. The notification offered a $10 discount at…

Chrome for Android Now Lets You Move the Address Bar to the Bottom

Google Chrome for Android is adopting a design feature familiar to iOS users: the ability to move the address bar to the bottom of the screen. This update follows Safari’s…

Nvidia CEO Huang Sells $15 Million in Stock, Initiates $873 Million Sale Plan

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang sold 100,000 shares of the company’s stock on Friday and Monday, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The sales are…

Judge Rules Anthropic Did Not Infringe Authors’ Copyrights in AI Book Training

A federal judge ruled late Monday that Anthropic’s use of books to train its AI model Claude qualifies as “fair use” and is “transformative.” The decision marks a significant milestone…

Trump Administration Accuses District Judge of Defying Supreme Court Over Migrants Held in Djibouti

The Trump administration urged the Supreme Court on Tuesday to allow immediate deportation of a group of migrants held at a U.S. military base in Djibouti to South Sudan. The…

Amazon to Invest Over $4 Billion to Expand Prime Delivery in Rural US Areas

Amazon announced on Tuesday that it is expanding its Same-Day and Next-Day delivery services to more than 4,000 small cities and towns across rural America. This expansion will bring faster…

Carney Says Canada Will Hit New NATO Spending Target Through Critical Minerals Development

Canada plans to increase its NATO defence spending target in part by developing its critical minerals sector and the necessary infrastructure to export these resources, Prime Minister Mark Carney said…

Alexa+ with Gen-AI Technology Reaches Over One Million Users

Amazon’s upgraded digital assistant, Alexa+, powered by generative AI, has quietly grown to over one million users, according to Amazon. The service, first announced in February, remains in Early Access…

Sam Altman Open to Ads on ChatGPT, Describes Instagram Ads as ‘Kinda Cool’

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has addressed the possibility of ads appearing in ChatGPT, marking a shift in the company’s approach to monetization. Speaking on OpenAI’s official podcast debut, Altman acknowledged…

Google Introduces AI Features to Chromebook Plus Devices

Google is rolling out several AI-powered features for its productivity-focused Chromebook Plus devices. Among the new tools is a screen-selection feature that allows users to capture parts of their screen…

Apple Considers Partnership with Perplexity AI Amid Siri Delays

While Apple remained silent on AI during its WWDC 2025 keynote, Bloomberg reports that internally, the company is actively exploring options to strengthen its AI capabilities. Discussions led by Apple’s…

LinkedIn CEO Says AI Writing Assistant Has Fallen Short of Expectations

LinkedIn CEO Ryan Roslansky admitted that AI-generated suggestions to improve LinkedIn posts have not been as popular as anticipated. The Reason Behind User Reluctance Roslansky explained that posting on LinkedIn…

Apple Faces New Siri AI Lawsuit Filed by Shareholders

Apple is being sued again over delays in its Apple Intelligence features, this time through a federal securities class-action lawsuit. The suit represents investors who purchased Apple shares between June…

Amazon Launches Second Batch of Kuiper Satellites to Compete with Elon Musk’s Starlink

Amazon successfully launched the second batch of its Kuiper internet satellites on Monday, advancing its goal of creating a vast constellation to provide global broadband coverage. The launch took place…