Two high-stakes trials running in tandem in different states could reshape the future of social media, but with one jury in a possible deadlock and another deliberating, the decision hangs in the balance. Jurors in California and New Mexico are currently weighing up whether social media companies should be liable for harms caused to children … Read more
OpenAI is deliberately throttling the speed and availability of its AI-powered web search tools, a design choice that forces users to wait longer for answers and limits how often they can query. The approach, visible across the company’s API documentation and its newest research agent, reflects a calculated bet. Slowing down AI web tools may … Read more
The Looker selects products independently. If you purchase something from our posts, we may earn a small commission. I’m all about high-tech beauty devices that save me money on in-office cosmetic treatments. Facial gadgets can be an upfront investment, but being able to use them as often as I like from the comfort of my … Read more
Anthropic and the administration of United States President Donald Trump are headed to court over the US Defense Department’s decision last month to cut ties with the artificial intelligence giant after it refused to allow unrestricted military use of its Claude AI model. The legal showdown begins Tuesday in San Francisco, where Anthropic will petition … Read more
Google has announced a trio of new AI-powered features for its Google TV platform, after showing off smarter Gemini integration at CES back in January. Google TV can now provide “richer visual help” when you ask it a question. Request the current sports scores, for example, and Gemini will bring up not only a live … Read more
At home, Pooja Garg’s children don’t have phones or tablets. She monitors what they watch on Netflix. But when her sixth grader goes to school in the Lower Merion School District, “he’s gaming all the time,” Garg said — on a school-issued Chromebook. When Garg has volunteered during indoor recess, kids are playing on computers. … Read more
Last month, Ayaneo unveiled the Next 2 — a new premium handheld console featuring AMD’s Strix Halo chips and all the specs you could ever ask for. Windows-based handhelds are already niche enough, but launching a high-end one during a global component crisis was going to pose even more of a challenge. Sure enough, the … Read more
What Happened? A number of stocks fell in the afternoon session after Anthropic announced that its Claude AI assistant can now control computers to complete tasks by imitating human keystrokes and mouse movements. Investors reacted to the possibility that enterprise value would migrate from the application layer to the intelligence layer, leaving legacy software providers … Read more
What Happened? Shares of digital advertising platform The Trade Desk (NASDAQ:TTD) fell 7.5% in the afternoon session after Anthropic announced that its Claude AI assistant can now control computers to complete tasks by imitating human keystrokes and mouse movements. Investors reacted to the possibility that enterprise value would migrate from the application layer to the … Read more
Researchers working on advanced cooling systems have identified a class of rare-earth metallic alloys that could reduce the need for helium-3, a scarce isotope critical to both national security and cutting-edge physics. The alloys, known as metallic local-moment magnetocalorics, show potential to replace decades-old salt-based materials used in some ultra-cold refrigeration stages, helping reach sub-Kelvin … Read more
