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Uber to Allow Women Drivers and Riders to Avoid Male Pairings Starting Next Month

Uber announced Wednesday a new feature designed to enhance safety on its platform by allowing women riders to be matched with women drivers. This option, set to launch as a…

Apple Launches New Warranty Plan Covering Three Products for $20 Monthly

Apple has expanded its warranty and support offerings by launching AppleCare One, a subscription plan designed to cover multiple Apple devices under a single umbrella. Starting at $19.99 per month,…

Proton Launches Privacy-First AI Assistant That Encrypts All Chats and Keeps No Logs

Proton, known for its privacy-centered productivity tools, unveiled its new AI assistant called Lumo on Wednesday. The company highlights that Lumo is designed with user privacy at its core, ensuring…

Trump’s Longstanding Grudge Against Obama Resurfaces Amid Epstein Controversy

President Donald Trump and his predecessor Barack Obama have met face-to-face just once—on November 10, 2016, two days after Trump’s initial election victory. That meeting in the Oval Office was…

Volvo Regionalizes Global Production to Sidestep Tariffs

Volvo Cars is restructuring its global operations to grant its three main markets—U.S., China, and Europe—greater decision-making authority, CEO and President Håkan Samuelsson said during a July 17 call with…

Apple Relaunches AI-Powered Notification Summaries for News Apps

Apple has reintroduced its AI-powered notification summaries for news apps in the fourth developer beta of iOS 26. This feature had been paused earlier this year after incidents where it…

Spotify Faces Backlash for Uploading AI-Generated Songs Under Deceased Artists’ Names

Spotify has come under fire after investigations revealed the platform was hosting AI-generated songs released under the names of deceased musicians, without the consent of their estates or record labels.…

Trump Announces Trade Deal with Japan Reducing Threatened Tariff to 15%

President Donald Trump unveiled a trade framework with Japan on Tuesday, introducing a 15% tax on goods imported from the country. “This Deal will create Hundreds of Thousands of Jobs…

PayPal Introduces ‘PayPal World’ to Simplify Global Payments

PayPal has introduced PayPal World, a new platform designed to make international payments smoother by integrating some of the world’s largest digital wallets and payment systems. Strategic Partnerships Powering the…

Microsoft Reports Servers Hacked by Chinese Groups

Microsoft has revealed that Chinese “threat actors” have compromised several on-premises SharePoint servers used by businesses, exploiting security flaws in the software to steal sensitive data. Details of the Attack…

Trump Files $10 Billion Lawsuit Against Murdoch and Wall Street Journal Over Epstein Article

Donald Trump has filed a $10 billion (£7.5 billion) lawsuit against Dow Jones, the parent company of the Wall Street Journal, and its owner Rupert Murdoch. The suit centers on…

Putin Pauses, Trump Reverses, Ukraine Strikes Moscow

Russian President Vladimir Putin is hesitating on a ceasefire as tensions escalate. The White House has reversed its position on sending weapons to Ukraine, while a major Ukrainian drone attack…

OpenAI and UK Partner to Integrate AI into Public Services

OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, has signed an agreement with the UK government to deploy artificial intelligence (AI) tools aimed at increasing productivity across public services. The collaboration could grant…

Tesla Tests Vulnerability of Its Robotaxis to Remote Hacking by ‘Malicious Actors’

Tesla has received permission from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to conduct testing aimed at evaluating the resilience of its robotaxis against potential cellular hacking threats. This marks a significant…

ChatGPT Users Submit 2.5 Billion Prompts Daily

OpenAI revealed to Axios that ChatGPT receives approximately 2.5 billion prompts every day from users across the globe. Of these, about 330 million originate from the United States alone, underscoring…

OpenAI Claims Gold Medal in Prestigious Math Competition Amid Controversy

OpenAI has revealed that its unreleased reasoning model earned a gold medal at the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO), igniting debate in the competitive math community. AI Competes Alongside Top High…

YouTube Removes Thousands of Propaganda Channels Linked to China, Russia, and Others

Google announced on Monday that it had taken down nearly 11,000 YouTube channels and other accounts connected to state-sponsored propaganda campaigns in the second quarter of 2025. The majority of…

Meta Investors Settle $8 Billion Lawsuit With Zuckerberg Over Facebook Privacy

Mark Zuckerberg and several top executives at Meta have agreed to settle a multibillion-dollar lawsuit brought by shareholders over repeated privacy violations involving Facebook. The lawsuit, filed in 2018, centered…

CBO Projects 10 Million More Uninsured Due to Trump’s Mega-Package

A sweeping tax and spending cuts package signed into law by President Donald Trump on July 4 is projected to result in 10 million additional uninsured Americans by 2034, according…

Chrome for iOS Simplifies Switching Between Work and Personal Google Accounts

Google announced Monday a new feature that allows iOS users to easily switch between work and personal Google accounts within the Chrome browser. Previously, switching accounts on iOS required users…