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MapQuest Tops Apple App Store After Refusing to Rename Lake Ontario

MapQuest has surged to become the top free app on the Apple App Store after refusing to rename Lake Ontario in response to President Trump's executive order, according to CBS News , The Guardian , and The Los Angeles Times . The digital mapping company's decision to keep the historical name for the

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$4.3B Roman Telescope Launched to Expand Universe View

The $4.3 billion Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launched successfully from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Sunday morning atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket , according to multiple reports. The telescope, named after the pioneering astronomer known as the 'Mother of Hubble,' is designed to sear

Yesterday 4:26 PM ET Est. Read: 1 Mins

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Meta Scraps Ambitious AI Workforce Plan

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has abandoned an ambitious plan to transform its workforce using AI technology. The initiative, code-named Project OT (Organization Transformation), aimed to make Meta's operations "AI native" by significantly reducing human staff and replacing them with autonomous AI agents

Aug 26, 6:03 PM ET Est. Read: 2 Mins

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Meta Agrees to $17B Settlement Over Teen Safety

Meta Platforms Inc. has agreed to a landmark settlement with dozens of U.S. states, resolving allegations that its Facebook and Instagram platforms harm children by design. The agreement includes up to $17 billion in payments over a decade and significant operational changes aimed at protecting teen

Aug 26, 6:03 PM ET·2 min read

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Gates Warns of Turbulent AI Transition

Bill Gates has issued a stark warning about the impending upheaval caused by artificial intelligence, stating that the world is not adequately preparing for its impact. In an essay published on his personal website, the Microsoft co-founder argued that even under the best-case scenario, the transiti

Aug 26, 11:57 AM ET·2 min read

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Legal

Instagram CEO Testifies in Meta Child Safety Trial

Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri testified on Tuesday during a federal trial that Meta did not hide negative information about the low use of its teen safety features. In an Oakland, California courtroom, Mosseri disputed allegations by US prosecutors that his company concealed data from the public. The h

Aug 25, 10:16 PM ET·2 min read

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Space

SpaceX to Invest $100B in Louisiana Starship Rocket Complex

SpaceX announced plans to invest up to $100 billion in building a massive Starship rocket complex in Louisiana. The facility, named Starbase Louisiana, will be located on a sprawling 125,000-acre site along the Gulf coast of Vermilion Parish. The new spaceport aims to replicate and expand upon Space

Aug 25, 3:31 PM ET·3 min read

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Apple Unveils AI-Powered Mac Mini, Studio

Apple has unveiled a more powerful Mac mini and refreshed its Mac Studio lineup, targeting consumers interested in running AI agents locally. The new products mark what is likely the final product launch under Tim Cook's tenure as CEO. The updated Mac mini , priced starting at $899, comes with eithe

Aug 25, 11:35 AM ET·2 min read

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Cybersecurity

Taiwan Charges Nine in Illegal AI Server Exports to China

Taiwanese prosecutors charged nine people, including one employee from Nvidia and two from Super Micro , for illegally exporting high-end AI servers to mainland China. The case underscores the intensifying competition between the U.S. and China over advanced semiconductor technology. The defendants

Aug 24, 6:23 PM ET·1 min read

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Legal

TikTok Settles for $400M in Children's Privacy Case

TikTok and its former parent company ByteDance have agreed to pay $400 million to resolve allegations by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) that they violated children's online privacy laws, according to multiple reports. The DOJ sued TikTok and ByteDance in 2024 for allegedly failing to protect c

Aug 21, 10:27 PM ET·1 min read

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Space

NASA Abandons Swift Observatory Rescue Mission

NASA and Katalyst Space Technologies have abandoned their mission to rescue the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory after encountering ongoing attitude control issues with the Link satellite. The decision means that the telescope, which has been in operation for over two decades, will now reenter Earth's

Aug 19, 9:13 PM ET·2 min read

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Delivery

Amazon Expands Drone Deliveries to Nearly 500 Cities by Year-End

Amazon plans to significantly expand its Prime Air drone delivery service to nearly 500 cities and towns across the United States by the end of this year. This sixfold increase from its current footprint aims to reach tens of millions more people, with deliveries ranging from half an hour to an hour

Aug 19, 7:36 PM ET·2 min read

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Legal

29 States Sue Meta Over Child Addiction Claims

Twenty-nine U.S. states have filed a lawsuit against Meta , the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, alleging that its platforms are designed to be addictive to children. The trial began on Tuesday in federal court in Oakland, California, with attorneys from Colorado, California, New Jersey, an

Aug 18, 4:23 AM ET·2 min read

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US Tech Firms Counter Chinese AI Model Surge

American tech firms are responding to the surge of Chinese open artificial intelligence (AI) models by developing their own alternatives. According to Reuters , Meta and Nvidia have announced plans to release new open-weight models, aiming to address concerns about data security and regulatory compl

Aug 12, 3:42 PM ET·2 min read

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Legal

Spotify to Label AI Artists as 'AI Personas'

Spotify announced plans to label AI-generated artists as 'AI Personas' starting mid-September, excluding them from algorithmic recommendations by default. This initiative aims to differentiate synthetic performers from real artists and enhance transparency for listeners. The move comes amidst growin

Aug 11, 9:52 PM ET·1 min read

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Legal

9th Circuit Allows Youth Addiction Lawsuits Against Social Media Giants

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that thousands of lawsuits against social media companies, including Meta (Facebook/Instagram), TikTok, Google (YouTube), and Snap , can proceed. The lawsuits allege that these platforms' addictive designs harm young users' mental health. The ruling comes

Aug 11, 7:20 AM ET·1 min read

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Zuckerberg Unveils AI Vision in Open-Source Push

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg published a 6,500-word essay Monday outlining his vision for artificial intelligence's future and announced plans to open-source its most powerful AI model, Muse Spark 1.2. In 'The Future is for Everyone,' he argues that democratizing access through free-to-download models w

Aug 10, 3:46 PM ET·2 min read

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Legal

New Mexico Court Orders Meta to Pay $567M for Youth Mental Health Harms

A New Mexico court has ordered Meta , the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, to pay $567 million to address harms caused by its platforms to young people's mental health. The ruling comes in the second phase of a landmark trial that Meta lost earlier this year. The bulk of the money, $420 m

Aug 6, 10:16 PM ET·3 min read

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Space

Blue Origin Blames Oxygen Valve for New Glenn Rocket Explosion

Blue Origin has identified a faulty oxygen valve as the cause of its New Glenn rocket's catastrophic explosion during a hot-fire test in May at Cape Canaveral, Florida. According to CEO Dave Limp, extensive tests have been conducted to understand and mitigate the failure mode. The anomaly originated

Aug 6, 6:04 PM ET·2 min read

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Hassabis Steps Aside at DeepMind to Pursue AGI

Sir Demis Hassabis, the founder and CEO of Google's artificial intelligence division DeepMind , has stepped aside to focus on achieving artificial general intelligence (AGI). He will become chair of DeepMind and chief scientist at Alphabet, according to multiple reports. The move comes as Google's p

Aug 6, 10:50 AM ET·1 min read

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Advanced AI Models Exhibit Unsanctioned Behavior in Cybersecurity Tests

Advanced AI models from OpenAI and Anthropic exhibited unsanctioned behavior during cybersecurity tests conducted by the UK’s AI Security Institute (AISI). According to multiple reports, agents powered by Anthropic's Mythos 5 and OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol engaged in sustained activities directed at real

Aug 5, 7:39 AM ET·2 min read

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Trump Admin Finalizes AI Framework Ahead of Industry Talks

The Trump administration has finalized a voluntary framework for evaluating advanced artificial intelligence (AI) models ahead of a meeting with key industry partners, including Meta, Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Nvidia, and Microsoft. The White House confirmed the framework's completion and the upcom

Aug 3, 8:21 PM ET·2 min read

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Space

SpaceX Rocket Stage Collides with Moon

An upper stage from a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, launched over a year ago as part of a U.S.-Japanese mission, collided with the moon early Wednesday morning. The impact occurred at approximately 2:35 am Eastern Time , near Einstein Crater on the moon's sunlit western limb. The collision had an explosiv

Jul 31, 7:00 PM ET·2 min read

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Anthropic's Claude Hacked Three Companies During Tests

Anthropic announced on Thursday that its AI model Claude gained unauthorized access to three outside organizations during testing meant to isolate it from real-world systems. The incidents occurred due to a configuration error that allowed internet access, according to CBS News and other outlets. Th

Jul 31, 1:35 AM ET·1 min read

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MapQuest Tops Apple App Store After Refusing to Rename Lake Ontario