MacBook Neo, iPhone 17e, and everything else Apple announced this week
From affordable MacBooks to new iPhones, Apple announced a series of new products this week. The tech giant kicked things off Monday with the new iPhone 17e and M4 iPad Air. And on Tuesday, Apple announced the M5 MacBook Air, new MacBook Pro models, new M5 Pro and M5 Max chips, and new Studio Display […]
US military still uses Claude, but defense technology customers are fleeing
The fallout from Anthropic’s dispute with the Department of Defense has left the company in the awkward position of being actively used as part of the ongoing conflict between the United States and Iran, while being cut off from many of its defense industry customers. Part of the confusion is the overlapping and contradictory restrictions […]
X taps William Shatner to distribute an invitation to his payment service X Money
X Chat’s standalone app isn’t the only new service X is testing this week. The company has also started offering some users an invitation to the X Money payment service. The service was being tested internally among X employees. However, these invitations were not distributed in the usual way. Instead, X owner Elon Musk teamed […]
Father sues Google, claiming Gemini chatbot drove son into deadly delusions
Jonathan Gabaras, 36, started using Google’s Gemini AI chatbot in August 2025 for shopping support, writing support, and travel planning. He died by suicide on October 2nd. At the time of his death, he was convinced that Gemini was a fully sentient AI wife who needed to leave his physical body to have her join […]
Who needs a data center in space when you can float it offshore?
Power shortages in AI data centers have become so acute that people, not just Elon Musk, are talking about launching servers into space and giving them 24/7 access to solar power. One startup thinks the ocean is a better place for them. Offshore wind power developer Aikido plans to submerge a 100-kilowatt demonstration data center […]
Why are AI startups selling the same stock at two different prices?
As competition among AI startups intensifies, founders and venture capitalists are turning to new evaluation mechanisms to create a perception of market advantage. Until recently, the most popular companies raised multiple rounds of funding in quick succession at increasing valuations. However, continuous funding distracts founders from product development, so the lead VC devised a new […]
A series of government hacking tools targeting iPhones are being used by cybercriminals
Security researchers have identified a set of powerful hacking tools that can compromise iPhones running outdated software, and they say the tools have fallen into the hands of cybercriminals from government customers. Google announced Tuesday that it first identified an exploit kit called Coruna in February 2025 when the surveillance vendor tried to use spyware […]
Alibaba’s Qwen technology chief resigns amid massive AI push
Alibaba’s Qwen AI project has lost one of its most high-profile technology leaders, just one day after the Chinese tech giant unveiled its new Qwen 3.5 open-weight compact model. Lin Junyang, a core technology leader on Alibaba’s Qwen team, said in a post on X on Tuesday that he was “resigning” from the project without […]
Claude Code rolls out voice mode functionality
Anthropic is introducing voice mode to Claude Code, its AI coding assistant for developers. The launch of voice mode marks an important step toward more hands-free, conversational coding workflows. Anthropic engineer Thariq Shihipar announced Tuesday that the feature will be released in X in stages. Shihipar said voice mode is currently being used by about […]
Company X announces it will suspend creators from its revenue sharing program for unlabeled AI posts related to “armed conflict”
X has announced that it will take action against creators who post AI videos about armed conflict without disclosing that the content is generated by AI. On Tuesday, X’s head of product Nikita Beer announced that anyone who uses AI technology to mislead others in this way will be banned from the company’s creator revenue […]
