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OpenAI’s Big Week Reshapes AI Race, Investors Say It’s Not “Crazy”

OpenAI has redefined what momentum and risk look like in the artificial intelligence arms race. In a rapid-fire series of announcements, the company unveiled partnerships involving staggering sums of money…

Pfizer to Offer Cheaper Drugs via Trump’s Website

The Trump administration has announced a deal with pharmaceutical giant Pfizer that will allow patients to buy prescription drugs at discounted prices via a new federal government website called TrumpRx.…

Disney Sent Cease and Desist Letter to Character.AI over Use of Copyrighted Characters

The Walt Disney Company has sent a cease and desist letter to Character.AI, warning the artificial intelligence startup to stop using copyrighted characters without authorization. A Disney spokesperson confirmed the…

White House Withdraws Trump’s Controversial Nominee to Lead BLS

The White House has sent paperwork to the Senate to withdraw the nomination of E.J. Antoni as head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The withdrawal comes after CNN’s…

Trump Previews $500 Million Deal with Harvard on Trade Schools

President Donald Trump on Tuesday previewed a $500 million deal with Harvard University, following months of talks about a potential settlement. The proposed deal, which would restore federal funding to…

Google Drive Gets AI-Powered Ransomware Detection

Google is adding new AI-powered ransomware detection for Google Drive on desktop. The new protection is trained on millions of real-world ransomware samples and is capable of identifying maliciously modified…

Spirit Airlines on Track for a $475 Million Bankruptcy Lifeline

Spirit Airlines is making “massive progress” in its effort to revitalize the airline, according to its restructuring lawyer, Marshall Huebner. The struggling budget carrier has reached an agreement with some…

OpenAI is Launching the Sora App, Its Own TikTok Competitor, Alongside the Sora 2 Model

On Tuesday, OpenAI announced the release of Sora 2, an audio and video generator that succeeds last year’s Sora. Along with the new model, the company also launched a linked…

YouTube Agrees to Pay Trump $24.5 Million to Settle Lawsuit over Suspended Account

YouTube has agreed to pay $24.5 million to settle a lawsuit involving the suspension of President Donald Trump’s account following the U.S. Capitol riots on January 6, 2021. According to…

Facebook Adds Fan Challenges, Custom Badges for Creators

Facebook is rolling out new features that aim to bring fans closer to their favorite creators, with fan challenges and customized top fan badges. The fan challenges feature will allow…

Nothing Phones Now Let You Build Personalized Apps with AI

A new AI tool for Nothing Phones will soon let you build your own apps, which can be added directly to a phone’s home screen. These “Essential Apps” are available…

Trump’s Ominous Move to Recruit Generals and Admirals to His Political Cause

President Donald Trump delivered a remarkable speech to military generals and admirals in Quantico, Virginia, that critics fear was an attempt to recruit the armed forces to his political cause.…

There’s a Kindle Scribe with color, but you won’t like how much it costs

Amazon is rounding out its Colorsoft collection with a new e-reader. The Kindle Scribe Colorsoft, which was unveiled at the company’s Devices & Services event in New York City, is…

Elon Musk Plans to Take on Wikipedia With ‘Grokipedia’

Elon Musk plans to take on Wikipedia with his own rival encyclopedia site. On Tuesday, the Tesla CEO announced on X that his xAI startup is building Grokipedia, which he…

Thousands of Workers in Limbo as US-Africa Trade Deal Set to Expire

At Shona EPZ, a garment factory in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, the future is uncertain for its workers as the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa) is set to expire on…

Opera Launches Its AI-Centric Neon Browser

Browser maker Opera has launched its AI-centric browser, Neon, which allows users to create apps through AI prompts and build repeatable prompts through a feature called “Cards.” With this move,…

Anthropic Launches Claude Sonnet 4.5, Its Best AI Model for Coding

Anthropic has launched a new frontier model called Claude Sonnet 4.5, which it claims offers state-of-the-art performance on coding benchmarks. The company says Claude Sonnet 4.5 is capable of building…

Trump ‘Truths’ About Tariffs on Films and Furniture Raise Questions on Details

President Donald Trump announced on Monday that he would impose a 100% tariff on all foreign-made films. The president made the announcement in a post on his social media site,…

OpenAI Takes on Google, Amazon with New Agentic Shopping System

ChatGPT users in the U.S. can now make purchases within conversations, as OpenAI launches its new “Instant Checkout” feature. The new tool is available to all ChatGPT Pro, Plus, and…

US Shutdown Looms After Trump and Democrats End Meeting Without a Deal

The U.S. is hurtling towards a government shutdown on Tuesday night, and there appears to be little appetite on either side of the partisan divide to avoid it. A last-ditch…