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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…

Microsoft’s Windows 10 Extension Is Now Absolutely Free in Europe

Microsoft has made its extended security updates (ESU) for Windows 10 entirely free for users in the European Economic Area (EEA). This move follows criticism from consumer advocacy groups that…

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,…

SpaceX Spotted Offering Free Starlink Mini Dish to Select Users

SpaceX has been offering a free Starlink Mini dish to some of its customers as part of a new promotion. The deal has been appearing through a pop-up on the…

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…

TikTok Child Data Protection Inadequate, Canadian Privacy Officials Say

A Canadian investigation has found that TikTok’s efforts to prevent children from using the app and to protect their personal data have been inadequate. The joint probe, conducted by Canada’s…

Labubu Dolls Make Up 90% of Fake Toys Seized at UK Border

Fake Labubu dolls accounted for 90% of the £3.5 million worth of counterfeit toys seized at the UK border so far this year, according to data from the Intellectual Property…

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…

Government Could Buy Car Parts to Protect Jaguar Land Rover Suppliers

Ministers are considering stepping in to support Jaguar Land Rover’s suppliers after the carmaker was forced to suspend production due to a cyber-attack. The attack at the end of August…

Amazon Agrees to Pay $2.5 Billion Over Claims It Tricked Prime Customers

Amazon has agreed to pay $2.5 billion to resolve claims brought by the U.S. government that it tricked millions of people into signing up for Prime memberships and then made…

Starbucks to Close Some US and UK Stores

Starbucks has announced that it will cut approximately 900 U.S. jobs and close its worst-performing stores in the U.S. and some in the U.K. as part of a cost-saving initiative.…

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…

Trump Claims ‘Sabotage’ at UN from Escalator, Teleprompter, and Mic

President Donald Trump stated on Wednesday that he was the victim of a “triple sabotage” at the United Nations a day earlier, where an escalator, teleprompter, and microphone all failed…

India Court Rejects X’s ‘Free Speech’ Argument, Backs Government Takedown Powers

An Indian court has dismissed an attempt by Elon Musk’s X to challenge the Indian government’s content takedown orders, ruling that the social media platform, as a foreign company, does…

Logitech’s New Keyboard Charges with Light and is Built to be Repaired

Logitech has announced the launch of a new repairable, solar-powered keyboard, the Logitech Signature Slim Solar+ K980. This wireless keyboard features a solar cell that the company claims can last…

Does Your New iPhone 17 Have Scratches? Apple Says Do This to Fix It

Apple is pushing back on complaints that the new iPhone 17 models scratch too easily, blaming the marks on the MagSafe display stands in retail stores. The company told a…