Stories By Ronil Thakkar
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News
/ 4 weeks agoFlorida cracks down on porn sites over child protection law
Florida wants to tighten online safety for minors, especially when it comes to sexually explicit content and social media use.
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Social
/ 4 weeks agoMeta found guilty of snooping on period app users’ data
Meta called the claims “false” and said it is exploring legal options to challenge the verdict.
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AI
/ 4 weeks agoOpenAI launches two new open-source AI models
This marks OpenAI's first major open release since GPT-2 in 2019.
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AI
/ 4 weeks agoCloudflare calls out Perplexity for sneaky AI scraping tactics
Perplexity claims the bot Cloudflare mentioned wasn’t theirs and didn’t actually access any content.
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ChatGPT
/ 4 weeks agoChatGPT gets mental health safety tools ahead of GPT-5 debut
To promote healthier usage, ChatGPT will now remind users to take a break during longer conversations.
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AI
/ 4 weeks agoNSFW AI! Grok Imagine lets you create spicy, semi-nude videos
Grok Imagine transforms text into vivid images and videos with its bold "spicy mode."
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Social
/ 4 weeks agoElon Musk is reviving Vine’s archive
While the Vine archive may come back online, it’s unclear whether Musk plans a full reboot of the app.
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Security
/ 4 weeks agoFBI warns not to scan QR code on mystery packages
The FBI says scammers are now using QR codes on these packages to take the fraud even further by trying to...
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Social
/ 4 weeks agoYou will now need 1,000 Instagram followers to go live
Meta didn’t explain why smaller accounts supposedly hurt the experience or how limiting access actually helps.
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Business
/ 4 weeks agoMastercard denies pressure on game bans, Valve says otherwise
Mastercard emphasized that it requires businesses using its payment services to prevent illegal purchases, including those involving unlawful adult content.
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AI
/ 4 weeks agoAnthropic revoke OpenAI’s access to its Claude AI models
OpenAI responded by saying that its use of Claude was completely standard in the industry.
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AI
/ 1 month agoAnthropic overtakes OpenAI as best AI provider for businesses
Anthropic dominants the coding space with 42% of the enterprise coding market, twice as much as OpenAI.
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Epic Games
/ 1 month agoEpic scores another win as court slams Google’s app store monopoly
It forces Google to allow competing app stores, like Epic’s, within the Google Play Store for at least three years.
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Social
/ 1 month agoReddit’s AI-driven ads are boosting revenue
Reddit's AI tools made $35 million this quarter, which is a 24% increase from the same time last year.
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Apple
/ 1 month agoApple says it’s open to acquisitions to boost its AI growth
Apple is shifting more of its workforce toward AI-related projects and is investing more money in this area.
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Spotify
/ 1 month agoSpotify says it will delete accounts that fail the new age check
If you don’t complete the ID check within 90 days, Spotify will go ahead and delete your account.
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Social
/ 1 month agoTikTok launches Footnotes to let users add context to videos
Footnotes allow everyday users to add helpful, factual context to videos that may be unclear, misleading, or missing important information.
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AI
/ 1 month agoZuck says AI glasses will soon be a must-have accessory
Zuckerberg also sees AI glasses as a key part of building the Metaverse, a future digital world where physical and virtual...
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Security
/ 1 month agoHackers stole Social Security numbers from Allianz Life
Allianz Life stated they are fully aware of what information was taken but have chosen not to disclose those details publicly.
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YouTube
/ 1 month agoYouTube to use AI to detect (and protect) underage users
If YouTube incorrectly labels someone as under 18, users can prove their age by uploading a government ID, taking a selfie,...