Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince is calling on UK regulators to unbundle Google’s search and AI crawlers.
Web infrastructure provider Cloudflare has been pushing for increased regulation in the AI space since earlier this year when it launched a marketplace that allows websites to charge AI bots for scraping their content. The company’s chief executive, Matthew Prince, said he was in London to speak to Britain’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), which […]
Lived with Cassio Mofflin, a $430 AI pet, for a month
I’ve often joked that I’d love to have a pet if I didn’t have to deal with animals pooping and eating stinky, wet mush from canned goods. I want a fluffy friend to keep me company all day long, but that illusion is shattered when I hear about a friend of mine who spent $500 […]
OpenAI announces AI-powered browser “ChatGPT Atlas”
OpenAI on Tuesday announced the launch of its AI-powered browser ChatGPT Atlas. This is a major step in the company’s efforts to dethrone Google as the primary way people find information online. Atlas will initially be rolled out on macOS, with support for Windows, iOS, and Android coming soon, according to the company. OpenAI says […]
‘Illegal’ metal detector uncovers vast Roman treasure trove in Germany, kept hidden for eight years
A German man discovered a Roman treasure containing hundreds of silver coins, a gold ring, a gold coin and several silver bars, but he didn’t do it legally. A man first discovered the 2,000-year-old treasure in 2017 using a metal detector near the village of Borsum in the Hildesheim district of Lower Saxony in northwestern […]
New research reveals why time seems to pass faster as we get older
Scientists may be getting closer to understanding why time seems to pass faster as we get older. And brain scans of people watching old Alfred Hitchcock shows have helped address this persistent question. In a study published September 30 in the journal Communications Biology, scientists extracted data from the Cambridge Center for Aging Neuroscience (Cam-CAN), […]
Super bright Comet Lemon’s tail is temporarily torn off by solar wind
Striking new photos of the super-bright Comet Lemon (C/2025 A6) show the partial remains of its giant tail, shortly after its ghostly limbs were briefly torn off by the sun. The shredding of space occurred just days before the comet was scheduled to make its closest approach to Earth on Tuesday (October 21). According to […]
Super bright ‘Comet Lemon’ flies in aurora borealis over Scotland during surprise solar storm
Days before its closest approach to Earth in more than 1,000 years, the super-bright comet C/2025 A6 (Lemon) was photographed over the Scottish Highlands, appearing to fly through a swirl of Technicolor auroras that suddenly exploded into the night sky. Photographer Alan Tough captured this stunning shot early Saturday morning (October 18) from his backyard […]
Scientists discover first direct evidence that fragments of ‘proto-Earth’ may survive today
Fragments of a hellish, lava-covered protoplanet that existed before Earth 4.5 billion years ago remain intact in ancient rock, a groundbreaking new study has revealed. The findings, published Oct. 14 in the journal Nature Geoscience, show that these fragments contain distinct traces of potassium, which scientists have not seen in any other rocks or meteorites […]
Anthropic CEO hits back with applause after Trump official accuses company of stoking fear from AI
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei issued a statement Tuesday to “set the record straight” about the company’s alignment with the Trump administration’s AI policies, following “a recent increase in inaccurate claims regarding Anthropic’s policy stance.” “Anthropology is built on a simple principle: AI should be a force for human progress, not a threat,” Amodei wrote. “That […]
Meta launches new tools to protect WhatsApp and Messenger users from fraud
October 21, 2025Ravi LakshmananCryptocurrency/Encryption Meta announced Tuesday that it is introducing new tools to protect Messenger and WhatsApp users from potential scams. To that end, the company said it is introducing new warnings on WhatsApp to prevent sensitive information such as bank account details or verification codes from being leaked if users try to share […]