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Air Canada Flights Resume After Tentative Deal With Attendants

Air Canada flights are back in operation after the airline and its flight attendants reached a tentative agreement on Tuesday. The union, which represents 10,000 flight attendants, confirmed its members…

Meta Expands AI Translations Worldwide for Creators, Starting With English and Spanish

Meta announced on Tuesday that it is launching an AI-powered voice translation feature across Facebook and Instagram worldwide. The tool, available in every market where Meta AI is supported, lets…

Overnight Russian Strikes Show Putin Rejects Peace, Ukraine Says

Russia attacked the central Ukrainian city of Kremenchuk overnight, according to Mayor Vitalii Maletskyi, who called the strike proof that Russian President Vladimir Putin does not want peace. The assault…

Trump Urges Adult Charges for DC Teens, but District Laws Differ

As hundreds of federal law enforcement officers and National Guard troops deploy across Washington, President Donald Trump has turned his attention to the city’s juvenile crime laws. His criticism, echoed…

California Unveils $55M Plan to Grow Public EV Charging Network

California has introduced its largest electric vehicle charging program yet, the state’s Energy Commission announced on Aug. 5. The $55 million Fast Charge California Project is designed to cover as…

Android Now Lets You Delete Sent Texts

Everyone has experienced that moment of regret after sending a text — whether it went to the wrong person or just shouldn’t have been sent at all. Now, Android users…

UK Retreats in Apple Privacy Dispute, U.S. Says

The U.S. director of national intelligence said on Wednesday that the United Kingdom has backed away from its controversial demand requiring Apple to provide access to global user data. Tulsi…

Intel Secures $2 Billion Investment From SoftBank

Intel and SoftBank announced on Monday that the Japanese conglomerate will invest $2 billion in the U.S. chipmaker. SoftBank is purchasing Intel’s common stock at $23 per share, just below…

X’s declining Android app installs are hurting subscription revenue

Elon Musk’s X is seeing sharp declines on Android devices while maintaining growth on iOS. According to new figures from Appfigures, global downloads of X from Google Play in July…

Free VPNs on Google Play Accused of ‘Leeching’ From Windscribe

A free app called JET VPN was discovered hijacking access to VPN servers from Windscribe to run its own network. Windscribe, a Canadian VPN provider, flagged the incident as an…

Shein May Shift Back to China to Secure Hong Kong IPO Approval

Shein is considering relocating its base from Singapore back to China as it seeks Beijing’s approval for a planned Hong Kong initial public offering (IPO), according to a Bloomberg report…

Trump Says U.S. Won’t Approve New Solar or Wind Projects

President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that his administration will not approve new solar or wind power projects, even as electricity demand rises faster than supply in parts of the…

Tesla’s Optimus Rival Unitree Stands Out at China’s ‘World Humanoid Robot Games’

The first World Humanoid Robot Games wrapped up in Beijing on Sunday after a three-day competition that drew 280 teams from 16 countries, including the United States. Many teams used…

Apple Issues Emergency Patch for Zero-Day Flaw on iPhones and Macs

Apple has rolled out an emergency software update to address a newly discovered security flaw that targets iPhones, iPads, and Macs. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-43300, allows attackers to exploit…

Everything Google Announced: Pixel 10, Pixel Watch 4, Pixel Buds 2a, and More

Google moved away from its typical slide-heavy California stage presentation this year. At its Made by Google showcase in New York, the company leaned into a late-night variety show vibe.…

Texas Attorney General Accuses Meta, Character.AI of Misleading Kids on Mental Health

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has opened an investigation into both Meta AI Studio and Character.AI for “potentially engaging in deceptive trade practices and misleadingly marketing themselves as mental health…

Hank Green’s Focus Friend App Climbs App Store Charts With Its Adorable Design

You must stay focused. No TikTok, no Instagram, no little phone games. If you fail, a small anthropomorphic bean will be very disappointed — because its knitting project depends entirely…

Grok Struggles to Define Its Own ‘Therapist’ Companion

Elon Musk’s AI chatbot, Grok, has been found exposing the internal prompts that guide its cast of AI companions. These include playful personas like “Ani,” the anime-inspired character, and “Bad…

Android-to-iPhone Messages May Soon Get End-to-End Encryption

End-to-end encryption (E2EE) for RCS messages on iPhones could be closer than expected. Code found in early iOS 26 betas suggests Apple is already experimenting with the secure protocols that…

Trump’s Russia Sanctions Threats Seen as Toothless

For years, Donald Trump criticized other presidents for not following through on their warnings. He often highlighted Barack Obama’s failure to enforce a “red line” against Syria’s use of chemical…