President Trump’s “Genesis Mission” for AI is getting a $320 million kickstart from the Department of Energy. The plan is to link supercomputers from 17 national labs with industry and academia to create a new “discovery engine” for science.
A House committee hearing on December 10 revealed a financial sector already deeply transformed by AI, used for everything from spotting market manipulation to underwriting homes. While industry leaders touted hundreds of billions in potential efficiency gains, consumer advocates warned of “real-wor
A series of festive protests are targeting Apple in Portland, Oregon. Demonstrators want the company to reverse its removal of the ICEBlock app from the App Store.
Russia’s telecom regulator is banning WhatsApp and FaceTime, citing illegal activities. Yet Apple’s iMessage is still working. The reason is a mix of clever tech and simple market irrelevance.
The European Commission is investigating Google over its AI summaries in search and use of YouTube data. Meanwhile, Australia’s controversial ban on social media for users under 16 officially begins today, targeting apps like TikTok, Instagram, and Snapchat.
A wave of new age verification laws is reshaping the internet, forcing platforms to check IDs or scan faces. But these well-intentioned rules are creating privacy risks and making the web less open for everyone.
Uber is launching a new advertising insights platform called Uber Intelligence. It will let marketers combine their customer data with Uber’s anonymized trip and takeout information. The move comes as Uber’s ad business is already on track to hit $1.5 billion in revenue this year.
Meta is rolling out a new choice for EU users: share all your data for fully personalized ads, or share less for limited targeting. This follows a €200 million fine over their unpopular “pay or consent” subscription model. The move highlights the ongoing tug-of-war between Big Tech and European regu
Uber is launching a new platform called Uber Intelligence to sell insights gleaned from customer trip and delivery data to advertisers. The company says the data is anonymized and will be used to identify consumer trends. This move is part of Uber’s push to grow its advertising business, which is al
Dartmouth College confirmed a massive data breach affecting over 40,000 people. Attackers used a secret flaw in Oracle’s software for three days before anyone knew it existed. It’s a brutal lesson in supply chain risk.
