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Ramaggedon affecting MacBook Air supply, a Judge refused xAI's request to stop a MN law banning 'nudify' apps, and cyberattacks targeted water facilities in seven statesSurprise! The global oil crisis is pushing people toward buying electrified carsAnthropic says its AI models hacked 3 organizations on their own, Reddit's CEO frustrated with Google's AI overviews, and the AI wearable you don't like just got worseGoogle shuts down its Nobel-prize winning AlphaFold projectNo surprise that the global oil crisis is leading to more EV sales, the FCC's robot ban also includes vacuums, and OpenAI will provide free AI models to select researchersChatGPT is now refusing requests to write in famous authors' stylesOpenAI says the rogue agent that hacked Hugging Face also breached other services, Google shut down its Nobel-prize winning AlphaFold project, and xAI is challenging a new Minnesota law banning 'nudify' appsA new look for the Apple Watch may still be at least a year awayHugging Face is seemingly plagued with AI models generating adult deepfakes, ChatGPT is now refusing requests to write in famous authors' styles, and Amazon wants to deploy 5,105 satellites for its direct-to-mobile serviceMeta's pro-AI ad campaign is conspicuously light on AINVIDIA launched the 'Open Secure AI Alliance' initiative, the EU said TikTok hasn’t done enough to ensure minors' safety, and Meta walked back limits for its smart glasses' Conversation Focus featureGoogle adds selfie video as a log-in optionGoogle expanding access to its Gemini Spark agentic AI assistant, Meta's pro-AI ad campaign is light on AI, and Universal secured the rights for film adaptations of 10 Atari gamesApple may unveil a new device subscription serviceOpenAI sued over ChatGPT health advice that almost killed a pastor, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is expected to crash into the moon this August, and the US outlined its $5 billion Genesis Mission to boost science with AIJudge approves Anthropic's record-breaking $1.5 billion settlement for AI copyrightOpenAI admits its models hacked Hugging Face on their own, France will ban social media for children under 15, and Substack is adding an AI detection featureHow does the Apple Watch water lock feature actually work?A UL 3700 compliant plug-in solar microinverter is now available in the US, a Judge approved Anthropic's record-breaking $1.5 billion settlement, and NVIDIA data center hardware is being cooled with water 'hotter than a hot tub'Apple quietly hid a big change coming for CarPlay with iOS 27France doubled down on restricting access to Polymarket, a Chinese solar company said its new cell has an efficiency of 35.5%, and OpenAI will notify parents if their teen has been kicked off of ChatGPTSamsung introduces new foldable display technologyNetflix says it's already used AI in 'roughly 300' titles this year, a White House teleprompter operator won big betting on presidential speeches, and MLB banned the use of dugout iPads for AI-powered in-game strategy callsGoogle bought all of a major solar farm's output to offset its dirty data center emissionsApple is reportedly shopping for AI chip companies, you can now grant Claude access to your 1Password credentials, and the Oversight Board said leading AI models may be restricting free expressionNew York enacts first US ban on data center constructionOpenAI's first device will reportedly be a 'humanlike' rechargeable speaker, Former Meta employees sued the company over its alleged use of biased AI systems during layoffs, and three publishers challenged Google over AI copyright infringementWaze rolls out new AI featuresNY state became the first to enact a ban on data center construction, Google bought all of a major solar farm's output, and the LAPD will stop using Flock camerasIs Microsoft Teams really going to start tracking employee locations?Did AI shopping app Phia claim unearned affiliate sales through fake clicks? Europe took another step toward a social media ban for kids, and what are your plans for AI Appreciation Day?New York is the first US state to ban smart glasses in all its courthousesMicrosoft's carbon emissions grow by 25 percent last year, a new ChatGPT tool for all things work related, and Playdate is helping Big Ben ring on timeThe next Samsung Galaxy Unpacked launch is happening in JulySpaceXAI launched Grok 4.5, the NHTSA called out autonomous cars, and Volkswagen is employing 100 sheep at a solar farm in PolandNow you can direct Anthropic's Claude Cowork AI from your phoneApple is reportedly testing DRAM chips from a US-blocked Chinese company, the US wants to restrict corporate use of Chinese AI, and DuckDuckGo’s Browser can now block video adsApple's foldable iPhone may be in short supply after it launchesGoogle now uses your uploaded search media to train AI, DeepSeek may be developing its own AI chips, and Meta is facing $1.4 trillion in state lawsuitsMeta has released an app for making generative AI gamesAlibaba got a reprieve from a US ban, Sony says it will still make physical discs after 2028, as long as the game came out before then, and a NASA mission to rescue the falling Swift observatory has launchedApple is reportedly planning a visual refresh of the entry-level MacBook Pro next year
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