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WIRED

Doxers Posing as Cops Are Tricking Big Tech Firms Into Sharing People's Private Data

A spoofed email address and an easily faked document is all it takes for major tech companies to hand over your most personal information.

1 hour ago

WIRED

Doxers Posing as Cops Are Tricking Big Tech Firms Into Sharing People's Private Data

WIRED

How Taiwan Made Cashless Payments Cute

Taiwan’s digital payment infrastructure is tactile, decentralized, and completely distinct from China’s QR code-dominated model.

1 hour ago

WIRED

How Taiwan Made Cashless Payments Cute

WIRED

OpenAI Launches GPT-5.2 as It Navigates ‘Code Red’

The ChatGPT-maker is releasing its “best model yet” as it faces new pressures from Google and other AI competitors.

2 hours ago

WIRED

OpenAI Launches GPT-5.2 as It Navigates ‘Code Red’

WIRED

The Disney-OpenAI Deal Redefines the AI Copyright War

Disney is hedging against the future. OpenAI is clearing a path for Sora. And together they’ve made a blueprint for how AI and Hollywood can move forward.

3 hours ago

WIRED

The Disney-OpenAI Deal Redefines the AI Copyright War

WIRED

Cursor Launches an AI Coding Tool For Designers

The 300-person startup hopes bringing designers aboard will give it an edge in an increasingly competitive AI software market.

4 hours ago

WIRED

Cursor Launches an AI Coding Tool For Designers

WIRED

AT&T’s Connected Life Platform Is a Second Try in the Smart-Home Space

The carrier’s Connected Life platform, now available nationwide, lets AT&T customers easily set up a smart-home security system.

5 hours ago

WIRED

AT&T’s Connected Life Platform Is a Second Try in the Smart-Home Space

TechCrunch

Epic Games's Fortnite is back in US Google Play Store, as court partially reverses restrictions it won on iOS

The game is back on the Google Play Store, but another court decision is rolling back some of the developer-friendly changes on iOS.

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TechCrunch

Epic Games's Fortnite is back in US Google Play Store, as court partially reverses restrictions it won on iOS

TechCrunch

Disney hits Google with cease-and-desist claiming 'massive' copyright infringement

Disney is accusing the tech giant of unauthorized distribution of its copyrighted characters without permission via Gemini AI.

1 hour ago

TechCrunch

Disney hits Google with cease-and-desist claiming 'massive' copyright infringement

TechCrunch

Google's AI try-on feature for clothes now works with just a selfie

In the past, users had to upload a full-body picture of themselves to virtually try on a piece of clothing. Now, they can use a selfie and Nano Banana will generate a full body digital version of them.

1 hour ago

TechCrunch

Google's AI try-on feature for clothes now works with just a selfie

TechCrunch

OpenAI fires back at Google with GPT-5.2 after ‘code red’ memo

OpenAI just launched GPT-5.2, a frontier model aimed at developers and professionals, pushing reasoning and coding benchmarks as it races Google’s Gemini 3 while grappling with compute costs and no generator.

2 hours ago

TechCrunch

OpenAI fires back at Google with GPT-5.2 after ‘code red’ memo

TechCrunch

Google debuts 'Disco,' a Gemini-powered tool for making web apps from browser tabs

Google Labs is testing a product that will work with your browser tabs to make web apps for you.

2 hours ago

TechCrunch

Google debuts 'Disco,' a Gemini-powered tool for making web apps from browser tabs

TechCrunch

Rivian’s AI assistant is coming to its EVs in early 2026

And when it does, the AI assistant will roll out to every existing EV in its lineup, not just the next-generation versions of its R1T truck and R1S SUV.

2 hours ago

TechCrunch

Rivian’s AI assistant is coming to its EVs in early 2026

The Verge

Engadget

Fortnite is back on the Google Play Store

9 minutes ago

Engadget

Fortnite is back on the Google Play Store

Engadget

OpenAI releases GPT-5.2 to take on Google and Anthropic

1 hour ago

Engadget

OpenAI releases GPT-5.2 to take on Google and Anthropic

Engadget

Lawsuit accuses ChatGPT of reinforcing delusions that led to a woman's death

1 hour ago

Engadget

Lawsuit accuses ChatGPT of reinforcing delusions that led to a woman's death

Engadget

Google Disco is an experimental web browser that builds AI widgets based on your tabs

2 hours ago

Engadget

Google Disco is an experimental web browser that builds AI widgets based on your tabs

Engadget

Rivian goes all in on 'universal hands-free' driving at its first Autonomy and AI day

2 hours ago

Engadget

Rivian goes all in on 'universal hands-free' driving at its first Autonomy and AI day

Engadget

Disney has accused Google of copyright infringement on a 'massive scale'

3 hours ago

Engadget

Disney has accused Google of copyright infringement on a 'massive scale'

FastCompany

Ars Technica

Disney says Google AI infringes copyright “on a massive scale”

Disney demands that Google immediately block its copyrighted content from appearing in AI outputs.

35 minutes ago

Ars Technica

Disney says Google AI infringes copyright “on a massive scale”

Ars Technica

Fewer EVs need fewer batteries: Ford and SK On end their joint venture

Ford will keep the plant in Kentucky, SK gets the one in Tennessee.

2 hours ago

Ars Technica

Fewer EVs need fewer batteries: Ford and SK On end their joint venture

Ars Technica

No sterile neutrinos after all, say MicroBooNE physicists

There's a less than 5 percent chance that earlier anomalies can be explained by fourth neutrino "flavor."

3 hours ago

Ars Technica

No sterile neutrinos after all, say MicroBooNE physicists

Ars Technica

Disney invests $1 billion in OpenAI, licenses 200 characters for AI video app Sora

Three-year deal lets users create AI videos of Mickey Mouse, Darth Vader, and more.

3 hours ago

Ars Technica

Disney invests $1 billion in OpenAI, licenses 200 characters for AI video app Sora

Ars Technica

Oracle shares slide on $15B increase in data center spending

Company raises its capital expenditure forecast as it doubles down on AI infrastructure bet.

5 hours ago

Ars Technica

Oracle shares slide on $15B increase in data center spending

Ars Technica

NASA just lost contact with a Mars orbiter, and will soon lose another one

If NASA is serious about exploring Mars, it's past time to send new missions.

19 hours ago

Ars Technica

NASA just lost contact with a Mars orbiter, and will soon lose another one