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Meta removes language that raised scraping and AI training concerns
A Meta spokesperson insisted that the updated terms did not reflect a change in the way Meta crawls the web.
The Tesla Roadster is far from the first car to use fans for downforce
Here are some of the other, older vehicles that use fans for downforce like the Tesla Roadster does.
TikTok permanently bans ‘Musk’ documentary advertising account
A four-hour documentary about Elon Musk continues to meet resistance from social media platforms.
No further action against government adviser's wife over Palestine Action post, police say
Sarah Helm, who is married to Jonathan Powell, was responding to a discussion about the author Sally Rooney.
Anthropic says its workforce has become less junior and is spending more time in meetings
The composition of Anthropic’s workforce and the type of work getting done have changed significantly in the past year.
Ericsson’s organic sales rise 7% as it merges its two Asian units
Ericsson’s adjusted earnings before interest, taxes and amortisation (EBITA) came in at SEK 10.1bn ($1bn) in the third quarter. Analysts had expected SEK 7.93bn on average, accord…
Apple and Meta team up to run Meta’s Muse Spark Open model on Macs
Apple and Meta worked together so that Meta’s new open-weight model, Muse Spark Open, runs on Apple’s Mac Studio desktops. The companies revealed the work on Thursday. The two riv…
Apple CEO John Ternus calls the memory chip shortage a crisis, TIME reports
Apple chief executive John Ternus told TIME that “all options should be on the table” on memory chips, after reports that Apple tested Chinese-made memory. Ternus took over as CEO…
Meta challenges Ofcom’s fine maths in court, Courthouse News reports
Meta asked the High Court in London this week to limit how Ofcom calculates online safety fees and maximum fines, Courthouse News reported. The hearing ended late on Wednesday aft…
Microsoft disrupts Chinese-language phishing kits behind 1bn scam messages
Microsoft and Health-ISAC have seized and redirected domains behind three Chinese-language cybercrime services, YAM Store, CoGUI and Iron Man, Microsoft said on Wednesday. Since J…
TikTok bans Musk documentary account
Just ahead of the wider release of Alex Gibney's Musk documentary, TikTok has banned the film's social media account from its platform. TikTok did not immediately respond to a req…
Leaked gameplay purports to show a canceled Assassin's Creed game set in ancient China
At least there's still Assassin's Creed Jade to look forward to.
Google’s AI news pilot grows to 400 publications as CNN and the FT join
More than 400 publications worldwide now take part in Google’s News AI pilot, the company said on Thursday. The programme pays publishers to license content for experimental AI fe…
Bill Gates leans on CEOs as he plans a bigger AI safety push, Axios reports
Bill Gates plans to widen his push on AI safety, Axios reported, citing unnamed sources. He is personally leaning on business leaders and considering a major deployment of his res…
Sergey Brin says Gemini now helps build the next Gemini
Google is “starting to get onto that RSI treadmill”, cofounder Sergey Brin said in a roundtable on Gemini 4 Argon, Business Insider reported. Google shared the video on Wednesday.…
Daniela Amodei warns against AI girlfriends, Business Insider reports
Anthropic president Daniela Amodei has warned that AI romantic partners risk driving people further apart, Business Insider reported. She spoke in a prerecorded interview with Ari…
Replit is no longer working with Anthropic, CEO says
Over the weekend, Masad clarified that OpenAI would replace Anthropic as its default model provider. Claude will still be available to customers on the platform.
Android Auto can be used outside of your car: Here's how
It might sound weird to use Android Auto outside of a vehicle, but doing so has unexpected productivity benefits.
Meta drops ‘train’ from its website-crawling terms after backlash
Meta has rewritten new terms that would have let it crawl and train its AI on the websites of businesses that use its ads and tools. Critics say the change does not go far enough.…
What's actually eating all the storage space on your Android Phone?
Android phone running out of space? Here's why and what you can do to get rid of old files.
Flock’s CEO says it has never dropped a police customer over abuse
Flock has not dropped any customer over abuse of its licence plate cameras, chief executive Garrett Langley said on Wednesday. He spoke on stage at TechCrunch Disrupt in San Franc…
Robots and AI could reach 80% of work but rarely cheaply, Anthropic says
Robots and AI models together could take on about 80% of the work Americans do, Anthropic says. But robots are cheaper than people for just 0.3% of tasks today. The findings come …
iPhone Duo shipping estimates have already been pushed back to 2027
Apple called the early demand "nothing short of extraordinary."
Musk tells Isaacson only AI and robots can fix US debt, Axios reports
Elon Musk says his time running DOGE showed the US government cannot fix its deficit from the inside. Only AI and robots can, he told biographer Walter Isaacson. Musk made the com…