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SpaceX Delays Starship Flight 10 to Resolve Ground System Problems

SpaceX has once again postponed its Starship Flight 10 mission, citing problems with its ground systems. The two-stage rocket had been set to fly by August 24, but the company…

Hertz Begins Selling Used Cars Through Amazon Autos

Hertz Car Sales is bringing its pre-owned vehicles to Amazon Autos, giving customers the ability to browse, finance, and purchase directly through Amazon’s platform. Buyers will see available vehicles within…

TikTok Cuts Hundreds of Content Moderators Amid AI Shift

TikTok is preparing to lay off hundreds of content moderators as it continues to shift its trust and safety operations toward artificial intelligence. The cuts will primarily affect a UK-based…

Apple Considers Google Gemini to Power Siri Upgrade

Apple is reportedly in discussions with Google to bring Gemini’s large language model (LLM) into future versions of Siri, potentially reshaping the iOS assistant. According to people familiar with the…

Netflix Releases Generative AI Rules for Filmmakers

Netflix has introduced updated guidelines for its production partners on how generative AI can be used in shows, films, and other media on its platform. The rules, published last week…

Elon Musk Announces Grok 2.5 Open Sourcing by xAI

Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI, has released an earlier version of its Grok model on the open-source platform Hugging Face. The release specifically includes the model weights for Grok 2.5.…

X Removes Like and Follow Features From Free API Tier

Elon Musk’s X is rolling back free developer access by removing two of its most common features: liking posts and following accounts through the API. Going forward, these actions will…

Elon Musk Plans ‘Macrohard’ to Challenge Microsoft

Elon Musk has announced the creation of a new company called Macrohard, which he describes as a direct rival to Microsoft. “It’s a tongue-in-cheek name, but the project is very…

Powell Says Rate Cuts Possible as Fed Moves Cautiously

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Friday offered cautious signals about possible interest rate cuts, stressing that economic uncertainty is complicating the Fed’s work. Speaking at the central bank’s annual…

Japanese Carmakers Say U.S. Prices Won’t Rise Despite Tariffs

Major Japanese automakers have denied that they raised car prices in the U.S. because of tariffs imposed by the Trump administration. The denials follow a Nikkei Asia report that claimed…

Nvidia Discussing With U.S. Officials Plan to Sell Advanced Chip to China, Huang Says

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang confirmed on Friday that the company is in discussions with the U.S. government about potentially shipping a new, more advanced AI chip to China. The chip,…

DeepSeek Suggests New Model Will Work With China’s Next-Gen AI Chips

Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek has unveiled its updated large language model, V3.1, and hinted that China will soon see domestically produced “next generation” chips to power advanced AI systems.…

Air Canada Restores Operations Close to Full Schedule

Air Canada says it is close to resuming normal service after a strike by flight attendants grounded operations earlier this week. In a Friday morning update, the airline said it…

OpenAI Opens New Delhi Office to Grow Presence in India

OpenAI has announced plans to establish its first office in India, just days after launching a low-cost ChatGPT plan designed for Indian users. The company said on Friday it will…

Beijing Condemns U.S. ‘Bullying’ Over 50% Tariffs on India

Chinese ambassador to India Xu Feihong has sharply criticized Washington’s tariff measures, saying Beijing “firmly opposes” the steep duties imposed on India. Xu accused the U.S. of acting like a…

OpenAI Lawyers Probe Meta’s Involvement in Musk’s $97B Takeover Attempt

OpenAI is asking Meta to hand over documents related to possible discussions with Elon Musk and xAI about investing in or acquiring the ChatGPT-maker. The request was revealed in a…

Google Lands $10B+ Cloud Deal With Meta for Six Years

Meta has agreed to spend more than $10 billion on Google Cloud services over the next six years, according to people familiar with the matter. The deal, kept confidential but…

4chan to Defy Daily Online Safety Fines, Lawyer Tells BBC

A lawyer for online message board 4chan says the platform will not pay a proposed fine from the UK’s media regulator, Ofcom, under the Online Safety Act. Preston Byrne, managing…

Delta, United Face Lawsuit Over Selling Window Seats Without Windows

Delta Air Lines and United Airlines are facing lawsuits from passengers who say they were charged extra for window seats, only to end up next to blank walls. The complaints…

Microsoft CEO Concerned Over Growing Reports of ‘AI Psychosis’

Microsoft’s head of AI, Mustafa Suleyman, has raised alarms about growing cases of what he calls “AI psychosis.” Writing in a series of posts on X, Suleyman said tools that…