2025-05-05
Anthropic hires a top Biden official to lead its new ‘AI for social good’ team (exclusive)
As director of the U.S. AI Institute, Elizabeth Kelly formed agreements with OpenAI and Anthropic to allow government safety testing of new AI models prior to their release. [...]
2025-05-04
Nintendo is suing the accessory brand that flaunted Switch 2 mockups ahead of its reveal
Nintendo is going after the company that showed off unauthorized mockups of the not-yet-announced Switch 2 at CES 2025. In a lawsuit filed on Friday, Nintendo accuses accessory maker Genki of trademar [...]
2025-05-03
Kids under 13 will soon get supervised access to Google Gemini
Google Gemini is adding nannying to its chatbot skillset. According to a New York Times report, Google will make Gemini available to users under 13, so long as they’re under a parent-managed Google [...]
2025-05-03
Iberian blackout points to grid growing pains — not green energy failure
Spain and Portugal have largely restored power after Monday’s unprecedented blackout — the worst in recent European history. The fallout has put the region’s reliance on renewables under fire. S [...]
2025-05-02
TikTok fined $602 million for illegally sending European user data to China
The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has fined TikTok owner ByteDance €530 million ($602 million) for breaching the European Union's privacy laws. The regulator said TikTok sent European [...]
2025-05-02
Hackers have gained access to the membership data of UK retailer Co-op
A hacking group called "DragonForce" has gained access to Co-op's membership data, the UK retailer and insurance provider shared in a press release. DragonForce actually contacted the B [...]