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TikTok introduces voice comments and simplified pollsOpenAI says GPT-6 Astra is 'the most intelligent and aligned model in the world', the Apple Vision Pro was used for a successful surgery, and Google's new AI weather model uses live satellite data for higher-resolution forecastsUber is cutting around 3,000 jobsDon't rely on AI to plan anything that could put your life at risk, NYC banned the use of gen AI tools in public schools for students through 8th grade, and millions of driver's licenses leaked to the dark webYou can use your phone as a Roku remote (and it's free)GoPro says it's moving into AI data centers, BT's old copper network could be worth over $2 billion, and Meta's new AI transcription model can distinguish between multiple speakers and languages in real-timeApple prototyped a stylus for the foldable iPhone that we may never seeUnited will now let you join standby lists for earlier flights through its mobile app, Kalshi banned George Santos for life, and Amazon is being sued for 'secretly' overcharging advertisers for yearsBluesky has a new setting to help you avoid accidentally going viralGoogle Maps has changed Lake Ontario to Lake America for US users, a decade's worth of Steam files totaling more than 12TB has leaked, and a new Space Telescope is on its way to study the 'dark universe'How to turn off Find My iPhone (and when you definitely should)Speedo launches its own smart swim wearableX claimed it found a Chinese bot farm posting anti-AI data center sentiments, a Stripe-led group abandoned its PayPal acquisition, and Bluesky’s new setting helps you avoid accidentally going viralSoundCloud will now let you buy music directly from artistsOpenAI detailed the failures that led to its Hugging Face breach, Meta apparently abandoned an AI-focused restructuring plan, and Google’s latest Gemini transcription model can turn your ramblings into structured textZillow settles antitrust lawsuit with the FTCSpaceX building a $100 billion 'Starbase' launch site in Louisiana, Apple walked back a bad idea, and Adam Mosseri says it's 'news to him' that employees limited his exposure to teen safety dataTaiwan reportedly indicted NVIDIA employees for exporting prohibited AI servers to ChinaThreads is testing a podcast transcription feature, ESPN is raising prices on most of its streaming subscriptions, and Zillow settled its antitrust lawsuit with the FTCNevada allows Uber, Tesla and Waymo to start paid robotaxi serviceHumanoid robots beat Usain Bolt's 100-meter dash record, OpenAI said California should strengthen its AI safety laws, and LinkedIn says its AI slop button is workingMeta AI now has a dedicated desktop app for MacSenators pressed TikTok on its 'sinister' experiment, GitHub said commits have doubled in the last four months, and Chinese video platform Bilibili is going globalMeta faces a $1.4 trillion reckoning in latest trial over social media addictionA robot may soon conduct your blood draw, traffic deaths increase after major music streaming releases, and NASA called off its mission to rescue the Swift observatoryReddit is experimenting with video and audio versions of postsAI-generated bills are reportedly causing problems in the Capitol, ICE Agents have been restricted from using Meta glasses while working, and X’s algorithm apparently prioritizes ragebait disproportionately impacting DemocratsAnother woman joins the lawsuit accusing Grok of generating CSAMMeta faces a $1.4 trillion reckoning in its latest trial, ByteDance agrees to reel in its AI models, and Reddit is experimenting with video and audio versions of postsDeepSeek's AI models are about to cost four times moreOpenAI reportedly disbanded its preparedness team as part of a 'streamlining' process, another woman joined a lawsuit accusing Grok of generating CSAM, and Anthropic is watermarking text generated by Claude to comply with EU lawMeta is giving away 15,000 AI glasses to blind and visually impaired people in IrelandDeepSeek's AI models pricing to rise 4x, Apple sent warnings to targets of mercenary spyware attacks, and the US gov't to allow private companies to carry out cyberattacks on its behalfGovernment workers can officially waste time scrolling TikTok againVirgin Galactic postponed its new spaceship's first commercial flight, FlightAware dropped its lawsuit against Kalshi, and Meta will give away 15,000 AI glasses to blind and visually impaired people in IrelandOpenAI gives Daybreak partners access to a more powerful cybersecurity modelKalshi is being sued for using data without authorization, Spotify will alert listeners if an artist isn't real, and government workers can officially waste time scrolling TikTok againThe FCC wants to ban drones with LiDAR that it previously approvedOpenAI is giving Daybreak partners access to a more powerful cybersecurity model, Meta's 'open source' Muse Glimmer model can run on a single computer, and an OpenClaw agent reportedly hacked a gym's booking system and kicked someone off a waiting listGoogle open-sources an AI model it says can help with earlier hurricane warningsOpenAI is slowing down Astra’s development due to cybersecurity concerns, the Trump admin is spending another $1.2 billion to kill offshore wind farm projects, and the FCC wants to ban drones with LiDAR that it previously approvedMeta introduces Muse Code, its take on a coding agent
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