Meta’s profit hit by $16 billion tax charge

Excluding the charge, Meta’s third-quarter net income would have increased by $15.93 billion to $18.64 billion, compared to the reported $2.71 billion. [...]

I let AI control my entire PC. Here’s what happened.

Vercept’s Vy AI aims to automate tedious or repetitive computer work, with trade-offs. [...]

Social fandom beats big movie budgets

As Iron Lung’s grassroots social buzz outperformed Supergirl’s $115 million marketing spend, entertainment companies are racing to turn footage archives and fan engagement into their next competit [...]

AI has an unexpected side effect: It could make high-paying jobs less hostile to women

The mechanism involves a concept economists call ‘greedy jobs.’ [...]

Meet the small group of engineers helping the public sift through the Epstein files 

Armed with AI coding and data processing tools, the Jmail team has built a suite of web apps for searching through the complex data repository. [...]

Snowflake thinks AI coding agents are solving the wrong problem

As coding agents stumble in production, the battle for enterprise AI is shifting to the governed data layer. [...]

AI is changing how people use AT&T home internet—and helping stabilize the network

Customers are sending far more data back into the network as they interact with AI tools. AT&T says it’s using AI of its own to predict outages, model traffic, and keep its service running smoot [...]

What the ‘AI inflection point’ means for journalism

All the mainstream attention on AI is creating pressure for journalists to increase their output. Here’s what they should do instead. [...]

Elon Musk has only one chance of forcing Apple to promote Grok

For Musk to win his lawsuit against the iPhone and App Store gatekeeper, it’s time to play his Trump card. [...]