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Offshore Sportsbooks Offer Betting on Little League World Series Games

Offshore sportsbooks are offering betting markets on the Little League Baseball World Series, an international tournament featuring players who are generally 10 to 12 years old. U.S.-regulated sportsbooks and federally…

OpenAI Says Technical Error Revoked Some Researchers’ Cybersecurity Access

OpenAI says a technical error caused some cybersecurity researchers to lose access to Daybreak Blue, a vetted program that gives approved users fewer restrictions when using advanced AI models for…

T-Mobile Physically Cut a Cable to Expel Salt Typhoon Hackers From Its Network

T-Mobile cybersecurity staff physically cut a network cable in 2024 after tracing suspicious activity to a compromised system linked to China-backed hacking group Salt Typhoon, according to new reporting from…

Retro-Inspired Gadgets Bring Typewriters, Cassette Players, Instant Cameras, and Landlines Back

Older technology is finding new life as hardware companies combine familiar designs with features such as Bluetooth, cloud syncing, USB-C, Wi-Fi, and app connectivity. Current products range from distraction-free digital…

TerraPower Plans First Data Center Nuclear Project as AI Power Demand Grows

TerraPower plans to announce its first nuclear power project designed for a data center this year, according to Bloomberg. The Bill Gates-founded nuclear startup expects construction on the project to…

Also Raises $150 Million to Expand Autonomous Small Electric Vehicles

Also has raised $150 million in a Series D round as the Rivian spinout expands beyond electric bikes and commercial cargo quads into autonomous vehicles. The latest financing brings the…

Navi Raises $100 Million From Prosus at About $1.3 Billion Valuation

Indian fintech Navi has raised $100 million from Prosus, marking its first institutional funding since Flipkart co-founder Sachin Bansal started the company in 2018. The investment values the Bengaluru-based startup…

Amazon Makes Alexa+ Free on Compatible Fire TV Devices in the U.S.

Amazon is making Alexa+ available for free on all compatible Fire TV devices in the U.S., including for customers who do not subscribe to Prime. The automatic update brings conversational…

TikTok Is Developing Peer-to-Peer Payments Through Direct Messages

TikTok is developing a feature that could let users send money to each other through direct messages, according to Bloomberg. The system would reportedly use TikTok Pay, the company’s existing…

OpenAI Tightens Model Development Security After Hugging Face Incident

OpenAI has introduced stricter security measures for testing and training advanced AI models, including stronger monitoring, network isolation, and additional alignment checks during post-training. The company says the controls will…

Leaked Camera-Equipped AirPods May Use Low-Resolution Visual Data Instead of Recording Video

Apple’s rumored camera-equipped AirPods may use low-resolution cameras to give Siri visual information without allowing users to record photos or video, according to previous reporting from Bloomberg. The distinction could…

Peacock Raises Subscription Prices as Premium Plus Reaches $19.99 a Month

Peacock has raised prices across all three of its subscription tiers, with its ad-supported Select plan increasing from $7.99 to $8.99 per month. Premium now costs $12.99 per month, up…

Anthro Energy Breaks Ground on Kentucky Battery Materials Factory Set for 2028

Anthro Energy has broken ground on a battery materials factory in Louisville, Kentucky, that is designed to produce 25 gigawatt-hours of electrolytes annually, enough for more than 300,000 electric vehicles.…

Warp Launches Factories to Help Companies Build AI Software Development Workflows

Warp has introduced Warp Factories, an infrastructure system designed to help companies build and operate AI-driven software development workflows without creating the underlying agent infrastructure themselves. The product organizes AI…

Perplexity’s Airtel Giveaway Drove a Huge India User Surge, but Paid Conversion Is Still Unclear

Perplexity saw a sharp increase in downloads, active users, and mobile revenue in India after offering its Pro subscription free for a year to Airtel customers. As the earliest free…

Bluesky Says DDoS Attack Caused Day-Long Service Disruption

Bluesky says a distributed denial-of-service attack caused a disruption that affected the social network for about a day. The company confirmed on Monday that its systems had been flooded with…

Neko Health to Open First U.S. Body-Scanning Clinic in Manhattan on September 24

Neko Health will open its first U.S. location on September 24 at 300 Lafayette Street in SoHo, Manhattan. The health-scanning startup says more than 25,000 New Yorkers have already joined…

Sonic Fire Tech Raises $15 Million to Test Sound-Based Fire Suppression System

Sonic Fire Tech has raised $15 million to continue developing a fire suppression system that uses low-frequency sound instead of water or chemicals. The Ohio-based startup says its technology can…

YouTube Changes View Counting as Soon as Videos Start Playing

YouTube is changing how it counts video views, with a view recorded as soon as a video begins playing or a user enters a live broadcast. The new system takes…

Feedly Users Report Week-Long Slowdowns as Company Works on RSS Fixes

Feedly has been dealing with technical problems for more than a week, with users reporting severe slowdowns in its web app and issues affecting its iOS app. Some paying customers…