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Consumer Watchdog Halts Biden-Era Google Payment Supervision

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau discontinued its order designating the supervision of Alphabet Inc.’s Google Payment Corp., reversing a Biden-era decision to monitor the nonbank financial platform.

Podcast Deals Heat Up Again in Wake of Trump’s Victory

As the linear TV business falters, broadcasters are eyeing podcasters while investors pump cash into independent networks

Apple Is Developing Specialized Chips for Glasses, New Macs and AI Servers

Apple Inc.’s silicon design group is working on new chips that will serve as the brains for future devices, including its first smart glasses, more powerful Macs and artificial intelligence…

Bitcoin Retakes $100,000 Amid an Easing of Global Trade Tensions

Bitcoin crossed the $100,000 threshold for the first time since February, fueled by expectations for an easing of global trade tensions.

Meta Taps New Head of AI Lab After Staffer’s Return From Google

Meta Platforms Inc. told staff that it’s chosen Robert Fergus to helm its artificial intelligence research lab, elevating an employee who helped start the lab before a stint at competitor…

College Students Are Sprinkling Typos Into Their AI Papers on Purpose

To bypass artificial intelligence writing detection, college students are reportedly adding typos into their chatbot-generated papers. In a wide-ranging exploration into the ways AI has rapidly changed academia, students told…

Family Uses AI To Revive Dead Brother For Impact Statement in Killer’s Trial

In Arizona, the family of a man killed during a road rage incident has used artificial intelligence to revive their dead loved one in court — and the video is…

Slop Farmer Boasts About How He Uses AI to Flood Social Media With Garbage to Trick Older Women

Last year, Jesse Cunningham — a self-described "SEO specialist who leverages the power of AI to drive real results" — appeared in a livestream for a closed members group for…

Nonverbal Neuralink Patient Is Using Brain Implant and Grok to Generate Replies

The third patient of Elon Musk's brain computer interface company Neuralink is using the billionaire's foul-mouthed AI chatbot Grok to speed up communication. The patient, Bradford Smith, who has amyotrophic…

OpenAI Forced to Abandon Plans to Become For-Profit

Money Matters OpenAI may be raking in the investor dough, but thanks in part to erstwhile cofounder Elon Musk, the company won't be going entirely for-profit anytime soon. In a…

Consumer Watchdog Halts Biden-Era Google Payment Supervision

Podcast Deals Heat Up Again in Wake of Trump’s Victory

Apple Is Developing Specialized Chips for Glasses, New Macs and AI Servers

Bitcoin Retakes $100,000 Amid an Easing of Global Trade Tensions

Meta Taps New Head of AI Lab After Staffer’s Return From Google

College Students Are Sprinkling Typos Into Their AI Papers on Purpose

Family Uses AI To Revive Dead Brother For Impact Statement in Killer’s Trial

Slop Farmer Boasts About How He Uses AI to Flood Social Media With Garbage to Trick Older Women

Nonverbal Neuralink Patient Is Using Brain Implant and Grok to Generate Replies

OpenAI Forced to Abandon Plans to Become For-Profit

Warner Bros. Discovery Sale Pits Billionaires Against Each Other

Fans Choose LE SSERAFIM & J-Hope’s ‘Spaghetti’ as This Week’s Favorite New Music

Pinkpantheress Delivers Intimacy & Camp at ‘An Evening With’ Tour Opener in NYC: 5 Best Moments

Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter Surprises Fans With DJ Set Alongside Fred again.. in Paris

Snoop Dogg Surprises at Verzuz Relaunch for No Limit-Cash Money Battle at ComplexCon in Las Vegas