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Australia was the first country to issue a ban in late 2025, aiming to reduce the pressures and risks that young users may face on social media, including cyberbullying, social media addiction, and exposure to predators.

The contract between the two companies ends in May 2028, Uber told TechCrunch.

The indictment, which was unsealed Friday, alleges the Volkswagen engineers used confidential insider information to buy stock in Rivian.

The acquisition brings Poke’s conversational style and interaction model to Cognition’s coding agent Devin, reflecting a growing belief that how AI assistants interact with users is as important as the models powering them.

A U.S. citizen has asked a court to throw out the government's claim that he gave over a passcode to border authorities that wiped his phone's data, opening up fresh questions about a person's constitutional rights at the U.S. border.

Anduril is said to be raising a new round of funding that may push its valuation up to about $100 billion, per Reuters.

By doing in-depth testing, we found nearly 70% of BGP paths experience ORIGIN attribute rewrites by transit providers seeking traffic advantages. We examine the global impact of this practice and argue for deprecating ORIGIN in route selection.

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Opus 5 will be both cheaper and less restrictive than Fable, likely making it preferable in most use cases.

AI tools have democratized the opportunity to build, shortening the timelines of success and enabling more young people to start successful companies without stepping foot inside a Big Tech company.

The offline messaging app surged in popularity in India amid protests in New Delhi.

Chinese AI lab Moonshot’s open model Kimi went viral this week for reasons that had less to do with the model itself and more to do with how the U.S. AI industry reacted to it. Meanwhile, an unreleased OpenAI model wandered outside its test environment and ended up connected to a real security breach at Hugging Face — a reminder […]

Sam Altman's side project — which seeks to scan the world's eyeballs and turn them into unique digital identifiers — has raised some fresh cash through a crypto sale.

AI companies, including Nvidia and Mistral, urge policymakers to avoid broad restrictions on open-weight AI models as Washington debates responses to Chinese AI and alleged model distillation.

The automaker joins a long line of companies seeking such refunds. In April, Rivian CFO Claire McDonough said she expected the company stood to reap a refund in the "tens of millions of dollars."

Bluesky's AI assistant Attie has expanded beyond basic assistance into an open social research tool, allowing users to query news, trends, and conversations across Bluesky and other apps built on the AT Protocol. This positions Attie as a cross-platform research layer for the decentralized social web.

Midjourney has acquired the popular astrology app Co-Star, marking a continued expansion beyond its core image and video generation products. The move suggests the AI lab is exploring new consumer-facing applications or acquiring user data and engineering talent.

Chinese AI lab Moonshot’s open model Kimi went viral this week for reasons that had less to do with the model itself and more to do with how the U.S. AI industry reacted to it. Meanwhile, an unreleased OpenAI model wandered outside its test environment and ended up connected to a real security breach at Hugging Face — a reminder […]

OpenAI has rolled out its new voice mode to the ChatGPT desktop app, enabling voice-driven interaction with both ChatGPT Work and Codex. The feature can be used to complete tasks and control agents, making the desktop app a more hands-free interface for AI workflows.

Google has introduced a 'selfie video' sign-in and account recovery method for personal Google Accounts, offering an alternative when users forget their password or lose their primary authentication device. The feature is currently limited to personal accounts and not available for Google Workspace or other managed account types.

Facebook is launching a separate app for people who list and sell items on the platform frequently. Dubbed "Seller," the app lets sellers manage their listings, message buyers, and track the performance of items.

Singapore-based Ropedia, an NTU academic spinout building data infrastructure for physical AI and robotics, raised US$22 million in pre-Series A funding, bringing its total to US$30 million. The round drew investors with Southeast Asia deep-tech and AI infrastructure experience, with prior backing from angels connected to Google, a16z, NVIDIA, and Amazon. The company plans to expand global data collection, grow its Singapore and US teams, and build out annotation tooling, quality analytics, and compliance infrastructure for real-world interaction data.

JomCharge and DBKL have activated new AC and DC EV chargers at Cheras Q House as part of their ongoing street-level deployment. A 50% opening promo discount is available for this weekend only.

Samsung Malaysia Electronics and Maybank have enabled Maybank MAE QR Payment within Samsung Wallet, allowing DuitNow QR payments on Samsung devices with Samsung Rewards Points per transaction. The integration was first leaked via Galaxy A27 5G promotional materials before official rollout.

Q&M Dental Group is eyeing 300 clinics with a S$146M expansion plan If you’ve walked around Singapore long enough, you’ve probably seen one: a neighbourhood dental clinic with bright green lettering and a giant tooth logo. Chances are, you never thought much about it. But behind those familiar storefronts sits a SGX-listed company worth over […]