US Officials Issue ‘Emergency’ Cybersecurity Order After Hackers Breach at Least One Government Agency
US cyber officials issued an “emergency directive” on Thursday, ordering federal agencies to defend their networks against an “advanced” group of hackers. The hackers have breached at least one agency…
Trump Signs Memorandum Ordering Probes of Groups Aiding ‘Organized Political Violence’
President Donald Trump on Thursday signed a presidential memorandum to intensify government-wide efforts to identify organizations his administration suspects of supporting political violence. The directive aims to intensify efforts to…
Spotify Denies Recent Accusation That It Changed Its Terms for Artists
Spotify has publicly addressed misinformation circulating about its terms of use, reassuring users that it has not modified its policies to permit the transfer of rights to artists’ music to…
Amazon Agrees to Pay $1.5 Billion to Millions of Customers Over ‘Deceptive’ Prime Sign-ups
Amazon has agreed to a $2.5 billion settlement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which had taken the company to court over allegedly “deceptive” Prime membership sign-ups. The regulatory agency…
Trump Would Eviscerate Fed Independence with Lisa Cook Firing, Her Lawyers Tell Supreme Court
Lawyers for Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook argued on Thursday that the Supreme Court should reject President Donald Trump’s request to fire her while her lawsuit challenging her removal is…
Trump Approves TikTok Deal Through Executive Order, Vance Says Business Valued at $14 Billion
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday, which officially approves a proposal that would keep TikTok alive in the U.S. According to Vice President JD Vance, the deal…
Tesla Asks EPA Not to Roll Back Emissions Rules as Trump Calls Climate Change a ‘Con Job’
Tesla has asked the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) not to roll back current vehicle emissions standards, a position that sets it apart from other major automakers who want to see…
OpenAI Says GPT-5 Stacks Up to Humans in a Wide Range of Jobs
OpenAI has released a new benchmark that tests how its AI models perform compared to human professionals across a wide range of industries and jobs. The test, called GDPval, is…
Elon Musk’s xAI Offers Grok to Federal Government for 42 Cents
Elon Musk’s xAI has reached an agreement with the U.S. government’s purchasing arm, the General Services Administration (GSA), to sell its AI chatbot Grok to federal agencies. Under the deal,…
Spotify to Label AI Music, Filter Spam, and More in AI Policy Change
Spotify announced on Thursday a series of updates to its AI policy, designed to better indicate when AI is being used to make music, to cut down on spam, and…
Smartphone Maker Nothing to Spin Off Its Affordable CMF Brand
Hardware startup Nothing announced on Thursday that it plans to make its affordable device brand, CMF, an independent subsidiary. India will serve as the headquarters for both manufacturing and R&D…
ChatGPT Pulse is a New Feature that Turns Your Data into a Daily Digest
ChatGPT Pro users have a new way to feed their data to the machine with the launch of a feature called ChatGPT Pulse. The new feature is available now as…
Trump to Put Import Taxes on Pharmaceutical Drugs, Kitchen Cabinets, Furniture, and Heavy Trucks
President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that he will impose a series of new import taxes, which are scheduled to take effect on October 1. The tariffs include a 100%…
Instagram Teen Accounts Still Show Suicide Content, Study Claims
A new study has claimed that Instagram’s tools, which are designed to protect teenagers from harmful content, are failing to prevent them from seeing posts about suicide and self-harm. The…
iPhones Could Soon Offer More Support for Non-Apple Smartwatches
A rumor suggests that iPhones might soon offer more robust support for smartwatches from other brands. Apple released the iOS 26.1 beta 1 code on Monday, and some developers and…