Open AI, Microsoft face lawsuit over ChatGPT's alleged role in Connecticut murder-suicide
Read full article: Open AI, Microsoft face lawsuit over ChatGPT's alleged role in Connecticut murder-suicideThe heirs of an 83-year-old Connecticut woman are suing ChatGPT maker OpenAI and its business partner Microsoft for wrongful death.
Crypto mogul Do Kwon to be sentenced for misleading investors who lost billions in stablecoin crash
Read full article: Crypto mogul Do Kwon to be sentenced for misleading investors who lost billions in stablecoin crashCryptocurrency mogul Do Kwon is scheduled to be sentenced for misleading investors who lost billions when his company’s crypto ecosystem collapsed in 2022.
Social media ban for children under 16 starts in Australia
Read full article: Social media ban for children under 16 starts in AustraliaAustralian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has welcomed a groundbreaking social media ban for children under 16 as families taking back power from tech giants.
UK sanctions Russian and Chinese firms suspected of being 'malign actors' in information warfare
Read full article: UK sanctions Russian and Chinese firms suspected of being 'malign actors' in information warfareBritain has announced sanctions against several Russian media and ideas organizations.
Microsoft investing $17.5 billion in India for AI and cloud infrastructure
Read full article: Microsoft investing $17.5 billion in India for AI and cloud infrastructureMicrosoft has announced its largest-ever Asia investment of $17.5 billion in India to enhance cloud and artificial intelligence infrastructure over the next four years.
Should you trust an AI advisor with your finances? Here’s what an expert says
Read full article: Should you trust an AI advisor with your finances? Here’s what an expert saysArtificial intelligence isn’t just changing how we work or create. It’s now changing how we manage our money. A new survey by Empower finds that nearly half of Americans — 47 percent — feel more comfortable using A.I. for financial decisions than they did just a year ago. But can you really trust a chatbot with your savings, your retirement, or your future?
Australia's social media ban leaves a 15-year-old worried about losing touch with friends
Read full article: Australia's social media ban leaves a 15-year-old worried about losing touch with friendsAustralia has introduced a world-first social media ban for children under 16, starting Wednesday.
Trump approves sale of more advanced Nvidia computer chips used in AI to China
Read full article: Trump approves sale of more advanced Nvidia computer chips used in AI to ChinaPresident Donald Trump says he will allow Nvidia to sell its H200 computer chip used in the development of artificial intelligence to “approved customers” in China.
ICEBlock app maker sues Trump administration over its pressure on Apple to remove app
Read full article: ICEBlock app maker sues Trump administration over its pressure on Apple to remove appThe maker of an iPhone app that flagged sightings of U.S. immigration agents has sued the Trump administration for free speech violations.
AI-powered police body cameras, once taboo, get tested on Canadian city's 'watch list' of faces
Read full article: AI-powered police body cameras, once taboo, get tested on Canadian city's 'watch list' of facesPolice in Edmonton, Canada, have started a pilot project using AI-equipped body cameras to detect faces on a "high risk" watch list.
Georgia Power says it needs a huge increase in power capacity to meet data center demand
Read full article: Georgia Power says it needs a huge increase in power capacity to meet data center demandGeorgia's largest utility wants to spend more than $15 billion to increase its electricity capacity by 50% over the next six years to serve data centers.
Massachusetts court hears arguments in lawsuit alleging Meta designed apps to be addictive to kids
Read full article: Massachusetts court hears arguments in lawsuit alleging Meta designed apps to be addictive to kidsMassachusetts’ highest court heard oral arguments Friday in the state’s lawsuit arguing that Meta designed features on Facebook and Instagram to make them addictive to young users.
What to Stream: Brad Pitt, 'Spinal Tap II,' Percy Jackson and lots and lots of Taylor Swift
Read full article: What to Stream: Brad Pitt, 'Spinal Tap II,' Percy Jackson and lots and lots of Taylor SwiftA six-episode, behind-the-scenes Disney+ docuseries about Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour and Rian Johnson’s third “Knives Out” movie, “Wake Up Dead Man,” are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.
Future-proof careers: Jobs that survive in the AI world
Read full article: Future-proof careers: Jobs that survive in the AI worldA new Microsoft survey shows three out of four employees now use ai at their jobs, from writing and graphics to data analysis and diagnostics. But how is this powerful technology really affecting the workforce and what does it mean for your career?
Cloudflare says service restored after outage that brought down sites including Zoom and LinkedIn
Read full article: Cloudflare says service restored after outage that brought down sites including Zoom and LinkedInCloudflare reports that it has resolved an outage that disrupted several global websites, including LinkedIn and Zoom.
EU hits Elon Musk's X with 120 million euro fine for breaching bloc's social media law
Read full article: EU hits Elon Musk's X with 120 million euro fine for breaching bloc's social media lawEuropean Union regulators have fined Elon Musk’s social media platform X 120 million euros for failing to comply with digital regulations.
Russia restricts FaceTime, its latest step in controlling online communications
Read full article: Russia restricts FaceTime, its latest step in controlling online communicationsRussian authorities say they have imposed restrictions on Apple's video calling service FaceTime, alleging it was being used for organizing what it called “terrorist activities.”.
Gov. DeSantis announces proposal to establish AI bill of rights to protect Floridians from ‘darkness and deceit’
Read full article: Gov. DeSantis announces proposal to establish AI bill of rights to protect Floridians from ‘darkness and deceit’Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Thursday he will be proposing to the Florida Legislature a bill of rights to protect Floridians from the dangers of artificial intelligence.
Venmo announces it is 'back up and running' following widespread service outage
Read full article: Venmo announces it is 'back up and running' following widespread service outageVenmo says that an issue impacting the payment service has been fixed and it is “back up and running,” after users reported trouble sending and receiving money.
The PlayStation turns 30: Looking back at the console that gave us Lara Croft and 'The Last of Us'
Read full article: The PlayStation turns 30: Looking back at the console that gave us Lara Croft and 'The Last of Us'Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl halftime show earlier this year featured a stage design resembling a giant PlayStation controller.
India rolls back order to preinstall cybersecurity app on smartphones
Read full article: India rolls back order to preinstall cybersecurity app on smartphonesIndia’s telecoms ministry has rolled back its order for smartphone manufacturers to preinstall a government-run cybersecurity app on new devices.
Australia to enforce social media age limit of 16 next week with fines up to $33 million
Read full article: Australia to enforce social media age limit of 16 next week with fines up to $33 millionAustralia is set to enforce its age limit for social media accounts starting next week, and the platforms must provide monthly reports on how many children's accounts they have closed or face fines.
Arizona attorney general sues Chinese online retailer Temu over data theft claims
Read full article: Arizona attorney general sues Chinese online retailer Temu over data theft claimsArizona Attorney General Kris Mayes is suing online retailer Temu and its parent company PDD Holdings Inc., claiming the Chinese company is stealing customers' data and violating state consumer protection laws.
AI's impact could worsen gaps between world's rich and poor, a UN report says
Read full article: AI's impact could worsen gaps between world's rich and poor, a UN report saysA new report by the United Nations Development Program is urging governments to focus more on how artificial intelligence technologies might affect people already disadvantaged in a data-driven world.
India mandates pre-installation of government cyber safety app on all smartphones
Read full article: India mandates pre-installation of government cyber safety app on all smartphonesIndia’s telecoms ministry has ordered smartphone manufacturers to install a government-run cybersecurity app on all new devices.
Airlines work to fix software glitch on A320 aircraft and some flights are disrupted
Read full article: Airlines work to fix software glitch on A320 aircraft and some flights are disruptedAirlines around the world canceled and delayed flights heading into the weekend to fix software on a widely used commercial plane after an analysis found computer code may have contributed to a sudden drop in the altitude of a JetBlue aircraft last month.
Airlines adopt software fix for Airbus A320 after plane has sudden altitude drop
Read full article: Airlines adopt software fix for Airbus A320 after plane has sudden altitude dropAirlines around the world canceled and delayed flights heading into the weekend to fix software on a widely used commercial plane after an analysis found computer code may have contributed to a sudden drop in the altitude of a JetBlue aircraft last month.
What to Stream: George Clooney, Tom Cruise, Zac Brown Band, Michelle Pfeiffer and Metroid Prime 4
Read full article: What to Stream: George Clooney, Tom Cruise, Zac Brown Band, Michelle Pfeiffer and Metroid Prime 4George Clooney playing a dashing movie star with nagging midlife regrets in “Jay Kelly” and Zac Brown Band returning with fresh tunes are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.
South Korea's largest satellite launched on Nuri rocket in ambitious space mission
Read full article: South Korea's largest satellite launched on Nuri rocket in ambitious space missionSouth Korea launched its largest satellite yet on its nationally developed space rocket in the fourth of six launches planned through 2027.
Mexico unveils plans to build a supercomputer it claims will be Latin America's most powerful
Read full article: Mexico unveils plans to build a supercomputer it claims will be Latin America's most powerfulMexico has announced plans to build what it says will be Latin America's most powerful supercomputer.
Australia will enforce a social media ban for children under 16 despite a court challenge
Read full article: Australia will enforce a social media ban for children under 16 despite a court challengeThe Australian government says children under 16 will be banned from social media next month as scheduled despite a legal challenge.
Judge's footnote on immigration agents using AI raises accuracy and privacy concerns
Read full article: Judge's footnote on immigration agents using AI raises accuracy and privacy concernsA federal judge has called out an immigration enforcement agent for using artificial intelligence to write the narrative of a use-of-force report as just a small part of a scathing opinion that rebutted federal officials' narratives about appropriate force used against protesters and others during an ongoing immigration crackdown in Chicago.
X's new feature raises questions about the foreign origins of some popular US political accounts
Read full article: X's new feature raises questions about the foreign origins of some popular US political accountsOver the weekend, Elon Musk’s X unveiled a feature that lets users see where an account is based.
Russian hackers target US engineering firm because of work done for Ukrainian sister city
Read full article: Russian hackers target US engineering firm because of work done for Ukrainian sister cityHackers working for Russian intelligence attacked an American engineering company this fall, seemingly because that firm had worked for a U.S. municipality with a sister city in Ukraine.
Trump signs executive order for AI project called Genesis Mission to boost scientific discoveries
Read full article: Trump signs executive order for AI project called Genesis Mission to boost scientific discoveriesPresident Donald Trump is directing the federal government to share scientific data and use artificial intelligence to accelerate discovery, including streamlining the nation’s electric grid.
Frustrations grow in Russia over cellphone internet outages that disrupt daily life
Read full article: Frustrations grow in Russia over cellphone internet outages that disrupt daily lifeWhen Russians look back at 2025, they might remember it as the year when the government took even tighter control of the internet.
Mercedes F1 team principal Toto Wolff sells 15% stake to CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz
Read full article: Mercedes F1 team principal Toto Wolff sells 15% stake to CrowdStrike CEO George KurtzMercedes team principal Toto Wolff has sold 15% of his Formula 1 team share to George Kurtz, CEO of CrowdStrike.
What to Stream: 'Stranger Things,' 'Mickey 17,' Kevin Hart and 'A Grand Ole Opry Christmas'
Read full article: What to Stream: 'Stranger Things,' 'Mickey 17,' Kevin Hart and 'A Grand Ole Opry Christmas'Director Bong Joon Ho’s “Mickey 17” starring several versions of Robert Pattinson and Kevin Hart debuting a new comedy special on Netflix are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.
France moves against Musk’s Grok chatbot after Holocaust denial claims
Read full article: France moves against Musk’s Grok chatbot after Holocaust denial claimsOfficials say France’s government is taking action against billionaire Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok after it generated French-language posts that questioned the use of gas chambers at Auschwitz and listed Jewish public figures.
OpenAI and Taiwan's Foxconn to partner in AI hardware design and manufacturing in the US
Read full article: OpenAI and Taiwan's Foxconn to partner in AI hardware design and manufacturing in the USOpenAI has announced a partnership with Taiwan's Foxconn to design and make equipment for AI data centers in the U.S. Foxconn, known for making assembling iPhones and other Apple products and making servers for Nvidia, said it will co-design artificial intelligence data center racks with OpenAI under the agreement.
Spanish court orders Meta to pay nearly half a billion euros in damages to media outlets
Read full article: Spanish court orders Meta to pay nearly half a billion euros in damages to media outletsSpanish legacy media companies in Spain have scored a victory against social media giant Meta after a Madrid-based court ordered that it must pay news outlets nearly half a billion euros in damages.
Meta alerts young Australians to download their data before a social media ban
Read full article: Meta alerts young Australians to download their data before a social media banMeta has started notifying young Australians to download their digital histories and delete their accounts from Facebook, Instagram, and Threads.
Meta's chief AI scientist Yann LeCun to leave Meta and start new AI research company
Read full article: Meta's chief AI scientist Yann LeCun to leave Meta and start new AI research companyYann LeCun, a pioneer in artificial intelligence, has announced he will leave his role as Meta's chief AI scientist at the end of the year.
Nvidia's earnings attest to its leadership in the AI race. By the numbers
Read full article: Nvidia's earnings attest to its leadership in the AI race. By the numbersNvidia reported more eye-catching numbers for its fiscal third quarter Wednesday, with net income jumping 65% and revenue increasing 62% from a year earlier.
Trump's economy depends on AI for growth, a reality made clear in Saudi crown prince's US visit
Read full article: Trump's economy depends on AI for growth, a reality made clear in Saudi crown prince's US visitPresident Donald Trump is counting on the tech sector and artificial intelligence to drive his economic agenda.
Nvidia earnings clear lofty hurdle set by analysts amid fears about an AI bubble
Read full article: Nvidia earnings clear lofty hurdle set by analysts amid fears about an AI bubbleNvidia’s sales of the computing chips powering the artificial intelligence craze surged beyond the lofty bar set by stock market analysts in a performance that may ease recent jitters about a Big Tech boom turning into a bust that topples the world’s most valuable company.
New sanctions target Russian web hosting service over suspected ransomware operations
Read full article: New sanctions target Russian web hosting service over suspected ransomware operationsThe United States, Britain and Australia have announced sanctions against a Russia-based web hosting service for allegedly running ransomware operations.
Europe could get Cypriot natural gas by 2027, president says
Read full article: Europe could get Cypriot natural gas by 2027, president saysThe president of Cyprus says some of the estimated 20 trillion cubic feet of natural gas discovered in waters off the island nation could reach European markets as soon as 2027.
Larry Summers takes leave from teaching at Harvard after release of Epstein emails
Read full article: Larry Summers takes leave from teaching at Harvard after release of Epstein emailsFormer U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers has abruptly gone on leave from teaching at Harvard University over recently released emails showing he maintained a friendly relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.
Meta prevails in historic FTC antitrust case, won't have to break off WhatsApp, Instagram
Read full article: Meta prevails in historic FTC antitrust case, won't have to break off WhatsApp, InstagramMeta has prevailed over an existential challenge to its business that could have forced the tech giant to spin off Instagram and WhatsApp after a judge ruled that the company does not hold a monopoly in social networking.
Billionaire Cari Tuna on why the organization she started will offer free advice to other donors
Read full article: Billionaire Cari Tuna on why the organization she started will offer free advice to other donorsFor more than 15 years, San Francisco-based billionaire Cari Tuna has strived to do the most good with the money she gives away.
Cloudflare outage impacts thousands, disrupts transit systems, ChatGPT, X and more
Read full article: Cloudflare outage impacts thousands, disrupts transit systems, ChatGPT, X and moreA widely used Internet infrastructure company said that it has resolved an issue that led to outages impacting users of everything from ChatGPT and the online game, “League of Legends,” to the New Jersey Transit system early Tuesday.
Roblox steps up age checks and groups younger users into age-based chats
Read full article: Roblox steps up age checks and groups younger users into age-based chatsRoblox is stepping up its age verification system for users who want to privately message other players and implementing age-based chats so kids, teens and adults will only be able to message people around their own age.
US has warned others to avoid loans from Chinese state banks. But it's the biggest recipient of all
Read full article: US has warned others to avoid loans from Chinese state banks. But it's the biggest recipient of allA new report says China funneled billions in hidden loans to U.S. companies over the past quarter century, some targeting industries key to national security.
Future data centers are driving up forecasts for energy demand. States want proof they'll get built
Read full article: Future data centers are driving up forecasts for energy demand. States want proof they'll get builtUtilities are producing eye-popping forecasts about the amount of electricity they'll need to power massive new data centers that are feeding the fast-growing AI economy.
Disney reaches new deal with YouTube TV, ending a blackout that lasted over two weeks
Read full article: Disney reaches new deal with YouTube TV, ending a blackout that lasted over two weeksDisney and YouTube TV have reached a new deal to bring channels like ABC and ESPN back to the Google-owned livestreaming platform.
What to Stream: 'Wicked: For Good' soundtrack, Ted Danson, 'The Bad Guys 2' and Black cowboys
Read full article: What to Stream: 'Wicked: For Good' soundtrack, Ted Danson, 'The Bad Guys 2' and Black cowboysTed Danson’s “A Man on the Inside” returning to Netflix for its second season and Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo belting out the “Wicked: For Good” soundtrack are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.
A judge said Luigi Mangione could have a laptop to view evidence in jail. He still hasn't gotten it
Read full article: A judge said Luigi Mangione could have a laptop to view evidence in jail. He still hasn't gotten itMonths after a judge said Luigi Mangione could have a laptop in jail to review evidence, lawyers for the man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson say the device has yet to be delivered.
Streaming and parks shine for Disney in Q4, but weakening in cable and at the box office
Read full article: Streaming and parks shine for Disney in Q4, but weakening in cable and at the box officeDisney’s fiscal fourth-quarter performance was mixed, as a weak performance from its television networks and some films was buffered by strength in its streaming business and theme parks.
These are the 37 donors helping pay for Trump's $300 million White House ballroom
Read full article: These are the 37 donors helping pay for Trump's $300 million White House ballroomThe White House's list of 37 donors to President Donald Trump's $300 million ballroom project includes crypto billionaires, powerful financiers, tobacco companies, tech giants, media companies, longtime Republican donors and several of the president’s neighbors in Florida.
Anthropic, Microsoft announce new AI data center projects as industry's construction push continues
Read full article: Anthropic, Microsoft announce new AI data center projects as industry's construction push continuesAnthropic has announced a $50 billion investment in computing infrastructure, including new data centers in Texas and New York.
Apple pulls two gay dating apps in China under government order
Read full article: Apple pulls two gay dating apps in China under government orderApple says it has pulled two popular gay dating apps in China following an order from Chinese authorities in the latest evidence of their tightening grip on the LGBTQ+ community.
