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U.S. Calls China ‘Unreliable’ Amid Rising Trade Tensions

Top U.S. officials have publicly accused China of betraying a trade truce reached earlier this year, escalating tensions between the two economic giants. In an unusual joint appearance on Wednesday,…

Anthropic Debuts Claude Haiku 4.5, a More Affordable Compact AI Model

Anthropic announced on Wednesday the release of Claude Haiku 4.5, a small artificial intelligence model that will serve as a lower-cost offering for all the company’s users. Anthropic stated that…

OpenAI Hints at Adult Erotica Feature Coming to ChatGPT

ChatGPT is preparing to generate “erotica for adults” starting in December, a significant policy shift that comes more than a year after OpenAI first began exploring how to allow users…

Fox News Rebuke Signals Trump’s First Amendment Attacks Facing Resistance

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Attorney General Pam Bondi are leading the charge to restrict the First Amendment under the current administration, but they faced a major rebuke this…

Meta Pulls Facebook Page Allegedly Targeting ICE Agents After DOJ Pressure

Meta removed a Facebook group page on Tuesday that was allegedly used to “dox and target” U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Chicago. The takedown came after the…

Trump Administration Searches for Funds to Pay Federal Officers During Shutdown

As the U.S. government shutdown enters its third week, the Trump administration is searching for alternative financial mechanisms to ensure federal law enforcement officers continue to be paid. With Republicans…

Powell Signals Fed Tightening May End Soon, Hints at Rate Cuts

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell suggested on Tuesday that the central bank is nearing the end of its effort to reduce its bond holdings, known as quantitative tightening (QT), while…

YouTube Tests AI Lip-Sync Tech to Improve Auto-Dubbing

Your next favorite YouTuber may not even speak the same language as you. Following the recent launch of its auto-dubbing feature, which uses AI to translate audio, YouTube is now…

Instagram Introduces PG-13 Content Rules for Teen Users

Meta announced on Tuesday that it will now automatically restrict the content visible to teenage users on Instagram to what they would typically encounter in a movie rated PG-13. This…

Personal Data May Have Been Stolen in Asahi Cyberattack

Asahi, Japan’s largest brewer, has confirmed that personal data may have been stolen in the ransomware attack that forced the company to temporarily halt beer production. A cyber-attack late last…

Oura Secures $900M Investment From Fidelity

Finnish health tech company Oura has secured over $900 million in fresh funding, led by Fidelity Management & Research Company, with new investor ICONIQ and contributions from Whale Rock and…

OpenAI’s New Deals Signal Push to Control Its Entire Ecosystem

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, has abandoned the company’s founding philosophy that better ideas would lead to artificial general intelligence (AGI), embracing a new conviction that massive compute and infrastructure…

Google Lets You Hide Search Ads — After You View Them

To address user frustration with search results cluttered by ads, Google is rolling out a significant design change that groups all its advertisements into a single section labeled “Sponsored results,”…

Apple Unveils New MacBook Pro, iPad Pro, and Vision Pro With Upgraded Chip

Apple announced new models of the MacBook Pro, iPad Pro, and Vision Pro on Wednesday, all powered by the updated M5 chip, which allows them to run significantly faster than…

Spotify Rolls Out New Kids Features to Support Flexible Parenting

Spotify is expanding its tools to give children under 13 more room to develop their own music tastes outside of its dedicated Spotify Kids service. The new feature, called “managed…

‘Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game’ Launches Summer 2026

Fans of the “Avatar” franchise have reason for excitement, as a new fighting game based on the beloved series is officially set for release next year. The game, currently operating…

Dutch Government Seizes Control of China-Owned Chip Company

The Dutch government has assumed control of Nexperia, a Chinese-owned chipmaker in the Netherlands, by invoking the Goods Availability Act. This “highly exceptional” decision aims to safeguard the European supply…

Strava Considers IPO as Gen Z Swaps Dating Apps for Running Clubs

Strava, the 16-year-old fitness-tracking application, is making preparations to go public, according to reporting by the Financial Times. CEO Michael Martin told the publication that the San Francisco-based company plans…

Government Shutdown Resolution Appears More Distant Than Ever

The political pain of the U.S. government shutdown is deepening as the impasse heads toward a third week, marked by escalating hostility between Republicans and Democrats. Hundreds of thousands of…

Vance Claims ACA Tax Credits Are Rife With Fraud Amid Shutdown

Vice President JD Vance accused Democrats of “hostage-taking” in the ongoing U.S. government shutdown, as the political stalemate continues over Democratic demands to extend expiring healthcare subsidies. The Healthcare Policy…