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The $100 Fitbit Air is available for preorder today.

Musk was “prepared to do the for-profit, provided he would get control.”

Deal follows others with Microsoft, Amazon, and more.

TSMC backs renewables during record demand for energy-hungry chip manufacturing.

Trump forced to admit Biden was right on AI safety testing.

Move comes as CCP Games spends $120M to go independent, rebrands as Fenris Creations.

Also, rate limits will double for Pro and Max users of tools like Claude Code.

Up to 3x the speed with no loss of quality—is it too good to be true?

Elon Musk argued the journals show the moment when OpenAI abandoned its mission.

Panthalassa aims to test floating AI computing nodes in the Pacific in 2026.

Google's smart home ecosystem is getting its biggest update since the AI-fueled 2025 revamp.

"To be clear: Notepad++ has never released a macOS version."

Intentional errors can be useful.

The retracted study on ChatGPT in education was already cited hundreds of times.

OpenAI accuses Musk of trying to "coerce" a settlement days before trial started.

Over-tuning can cause models to "prioritize user satisfaction over truthfulness.”

More evidence of Grok CSAM seen as Minnesota passes nudifying app ban.

New results suggest Mythos' cyber threat isn't "a breakthrough specific to one model."

Elon Musk spent three days testifying as the first witness in his trial against OpenAI.

Meta said the Kenyan workers didn't "meet our standards."

Using AI tools, the team reworked part of the ribosome to need one less amino acid.

Google says it respects user privacy in AI, but the reality is not so black and white.

Directions also include system instructions to act like "you have a vivid inner life."

Uninsurable war damage is forcing tech companies to rethink Middle East plans.

Lawsuits: OpenAI didn't report ChatGPT user to cops to protect Altman, IPO.

Humanoid robots could load cargo and clean aircraft cabins at Haneda Airport.

GitHub says it can no longer absorb "escalating inference cost" from it heaviest AI users.

Many rural communities are viscerally opposed to AI infrastructure.

Musk’s shifting stance on AI dangers may complicate trial over OpenAI’s mission.

Amended agreement clears the way for OpenAI models to run on Amazon Bedrock.

Gemini gets preferential treatment on Android, but maybe not for long (in Europe).

The unwinding of Meta’s deal shows how tech founders struggle to cut China ties.

This follows a similar, but smaller, investment by Amazon just days ago.

The AI-driven memory shortage is hitting Samsung's bottom line.

Beloved wolf gripped the nation after burrowing out of the zoo.

Trump-Xi summit may be rocked by US mulling huge sanctions.

Plants from OpenAI, Meta, xAI, and Microsoft could emit more than 129M tons annually.

Untenable demand has Anthropic exploring new approaches to rationing its service.

Google's new generation of Tensor AI chips is actually two chips, one for inference and one for training.

"Emily Hart" is a young, AI-created conservative woman who likes to take off her clothes.

The proposed Pentagon drone investment rivals Ukraine’s entire military budget.

CTO says new AI model is "every bit as capable" as world's best security researchers.

Can ChatGPT be blamed for a mass shooting? Florida is investigating.

Move highlights the difficulty of finding high-quality interactive training data.

Anthropic secures 5 gigawatts of Amazon’s custom silicon as Claude demand soars.

A humanoid robot's record half-marathon run shows China's speed in robotics.

AI tracks account for a small fraction of Deezer streams, and most are demonetized for fraud.

Cyberdefenses could be exposed faster than fixes could be deployed.

Data centers face construction delays and energy bottleneck as resistance grows.

Prices for "critical components" are surging because of massive data center investments.