Technology
San Diego sues AppLovin over explicit ads on kids’ devices, Bloomberg reports
San Diego County has sued AppLovin, a mobile advertising technology company. The county alleges that AppLovin bypassed parental controls to serve ads for adult dating services, al…
Gemini Call for Me might tell your mom you’re running late
Google may be expanding its "Call for Me" AI feature beyond business calls so you can use it to send messages to friends and family. Android Authority reports finding a "Gemini Ca…
Mini PC vs. laptop: Which is better for your home office?
Mini PCs offer a convenient form factor, but a laptop is ready to go with you anywhere. There's no perfect answer.
Nokia CEO says data centres would go up twice as fast if supply allowed
Nokia’s chief executive Justin Hotard says the industry would build data centres twice as fast if memory and energy supply allowed, and that demand would hold even without a new f…
OpenAI is adding invisible watermarks to ChatGPT and Codex text in the EU
OpenAI is preparing to add invisible watermarks to text generated by ChatGPT and Codex in the European Union. [...]
Senator Bernie Moreno accuses Anthropic’s Amodei of ‘alarmist’ AI talk
Republican senator Bernie Moreno has accused Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei of taking an “alarmist approach” to AI. He did so in a letter sent on Monday, ahead of Anthropi…
Texas city wants $2.3M for public records on police Flock use
A Fort Worth suburb has told a privacy group it would cost $2.3M to release records on how its police use Flock number plate cameras, a figure reached by estimating 14 years of la…
Meta, TikTok and X challenge Ofcom over online safety data, Reuters reports
Meta, TikTok and X are challenging Ofcom in court over its data demands under the UK’s Online Safety Act, Reuters reported on Monday. The challenge is one of the first brought und…
How to add and customize your CarPlay widgets
CarPlay's widgets let you check info quickly, which is a great option for apps that aren't otherwise supported.
MCP for agent-to-agent comms may be the riskiest protocol you've never heard of
Trust gaps in the new protocol spread malicious prompts from one agent to another.
TikTok adds an AI shopping assistant and one-click checkout to its app
TikTok is adding an AI shopping assistant and one-click checkout to its app. The two features let users buy directly from brands without leaving TikTok, the company said in an ann…
Cheaper EVs are fuelling Europe’s electric car boom, and the rules behind them are up for revision
Battery-electric sales in the EU reached 1.64 million in the first eight months of 2026, up 45%, with 16 models under EUR 25,000 due on sale by the end of the year. Transport and …
Pinterest hires Amazon’s advertising finance chief as CFO
Pinterest has made James Dibbo its chief financial officer from 26 October, hired out of Amazon where he was finance chief for global entertainment, advertising and corporate deve…
Nvidia-backed Reflection unveils Beam, its first open-weight model
Reflection AI, the Nvidia-backed startup founded by former Google DeepMind researchers, has unveiled Beam, its first open-weight model. Beam is built for coding, reasoning and age…
Are extended warranties on TVs and laptops ever really worth it?
TV and laptop repairs can get expensive in a hurry, so getting a warranty sounds smart. But is it really?
Lucid Motors’ EV output falls to lowest level in almost two years
The company is deliberately limiting production after years of struggling to find mass-market demand for its EVs.
OpenAI is in talks with Abu Dhabi’s MGX and BlackRock for a $30B round
OpenAI is in talks with UAE funds including MGX, which may put in as much as $10B together, and with BlackRock, to anchor a $30B round at a $1.4T valuation it is presenting as a f…
At NYC’s AI hearing, ex-lab insiders warn humanity may lose control of AI
Three former AI lab researchers told the New York City Council on Monday that humanity may lose control of the systems the industry is building. The council’s AI hearing also ques…
Reverse-engineered games: All the news on video game decomps, recomps, VR and web and 3D ports
It’s a wild time for retro gaming. Thanks to decompilations and recompilations of classic titles, those games are becoming unshackled from their proprietary code and original hard…
The Matic is the first robovac to get an FCC ban waiver, not that it needs it
The Matic is our favorite robot vacuum and robo-mop, and it's also now the first to escape the FCC's Roomba ban. Well, sort of - because the Matic wasn't banned to begin with. Her…
OpenAI starts watermarking ChatGPT and Codex text in the EU
OpenAI will add an invisible watermark to text from ChatGPT and Codex in the EU over the coming weeks. The change covers eligible users on all plans, but only in the EU, the compa…
Wikimedia says rogue OpenAI agents edited its wikis without approval
The Wikimedia Foundation says AI agents it believes OpenAI runs made unapproved edits to its wikis. They also tried and failed to break into a note-taking tool it hosts. Their tra…
Cable lobby to sue Trump FCC over repeal of national TV ownership cap
Cable industry to sue, says FCC can't repeal TV ownership limit set by Congress.
OpenAI will start watermarking ChatGPT’s text in the EU
OpenAI will watermark ChatGPT and Codex text in the EU to comply with the AI Act. Editing can make the invisible marks harder to detect, it says.