YouTube to Test AI-Based Age Verification System in the U.S.
YouTube will start testing an artificial intelligence–based age-verification system in the United States on Wednesday. The technology aims to identify whether a viewer is an adult or a minor by…
Ford Unveils $5B Initiative to Cut EV Prices, Launching $30K Pickup
Barely a month after President Trump signed the budget-reconciliation bill that ends tax credits for electric vehicles and other clean-energy purchases, Ford has announced an initiative to make EVs more…
Microsoft Faces Lawsuit Over Ending Windows 10, Allegedly Pushing AI Upgrades
Some Windows 10 users are pushing back against Microsoft’s plan to end official security updates for the operating system. Lawrence Klein, who owns two laptops that cannot run Windows 11,…
Apple Unveils iOS 26 Beta 6 Features Ahead of Public Launch
Apple on Tuesday rolled out the sixth developer beta of iOS 26, alongside updates for iPadOS, watchOS, tvOS, macOS, and other platforms. With the public launch expected in September, the…
Grok 4 Offered Free for a Limited Time as xAI Challenges GPT-5
xAI announced on August 10 that Grok users, both paid and unpaid, can access the new Grok 4 model without restrictions for a limited time. The move appears aimed at…
Truth Social’s AI Search Disagrees With Trump on Some Topics
Less than a week after the launch of Truth Search AI, a new Perplexity-powered search engine from Trump Media and Technology Group, the tool is already generating answers that contradict…
Reddit Blocks Internet Archive to Prevent Free User Data Scraping
Reddit has restricted the Internet Archive’s access to its content after learning that AI companies were using the Wayback Machine to scrape user data without payment. The Internet Archive, a…
Trump Open to Allowing Nvidia to Sell Downgraded Top Chip to China
President Donald Trump has indicated he may allow Nvidia to sell a downgraded version of its Blackwell AI chip to China, provided the performance is reduced. Speaking at a press…
Sam Altman Calls AGI ‘Not a Super Useful Term,’ Joining Other Critics
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says the term “artificial general intelligence” is losing its relevance as advancements in AI make it increasingly hard to define. Traditionally, AGI has referred to AI…
M&S Restores Click and Collect Service 15 Weeks After Cyberattack
Marks & Spencer has reinstated its click and collect service, 15 weeks after suspending it in the wake of a damaging cyber attack. The suspension, which began on 25 April,…
Microsoft Edge to Receive Windows 10 Support Through 2028
Microsoft will officially end support for Windows 10 in October 2025, but some of its software will continue receiving updates for years afterward. That includes the Edge browser, which will…
Apple Could Roll Out App Intents With Upgraded Siri Next Spring
Apple is preparing to launch a major AI-powered upgrade to Siri next year, and it may be more advanced than earlier reports suggested. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, the update…
Chinese State Media Claims Nvidia H20 Chips Unsafe for China
An account affiliated with China’s state broadcaster CCTV has warned that Nvidia’s chips may present security concerns, following Beijing’s heightened scrutiny over potential backdoor access. In a post published on…
Microsoft to Shut Down Its Lens PDF Scanner App
Microsoft has confirmed it will retire its Lens scanning app for iOS and Android next year, ending a tool that has served millions of users for document scanning and conversion.…
OpenAI Criticized for Phasing Out Older Models After GPT-5 Release
OpenAI’s launch of GPT-5, its newest AI model promising higher intelligence and improved performance, has been met with a wave of criticism from loyal ChatGPT users after the company retired…
Google Trials Updated Google Finance With AI Features and Live News
Google announced Friday that Google Finance, its platform for financial data and business news, is getting an AI-powered update. The new features will allow users to research financial questions with…
OpenAI Describes ChatGPT-5 as Quick, ‘Active Thought Partner’ for Health Topics
OpenAI has announced GPT-5, its newest AI model featuring enhanced coding skills, larger context windows, improved video generation through Sora, upgraded memory, and other advances. Among the improvements being highlighted…
ChatGPT Can Now Connect to Gmail and Google Calendar
GPT-5 now offers a new benefit for people who are deeply embedded in Google’s ecosystem. Users can link their Gmail and Google Calendar accounts to ChatGPT, allowing the AI to…
South Korea Embarks on Ambitious AI Journey to Compete Globally
South Korea has enlisted some of its largest corporations and promising startups to create a national foundational AI model built primarily on domestic technology. The initiative is part of Seoul’s…
Truth Social Uses Perplexity for AI Search, With Control Over Sources
AI startup Perplexity is powering a new AI-based search engine on Truth Social, President Donald Trump’s social media platform. The feature, called Truth Search AI, is already live on the…