Stories By Ronil Thakkar
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Google
/ 7 days agoGmail finally lets you fix that cringey old email address
The old address doesn’t disappear into the void, it becomes an alternate email tied to your account.
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Gaming
/ 2 weeks agoJames Bond will return in the new game, just not in March
The extra time is going toward polish and refinement.
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News
/ 2 weeks agoWhatsApp channels are getting pop quizzes
Quizzes live alongside polls, but they come with one important twist: admins have to pick the correct answer before hitting publish.
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AI
/ 2 weeks agoAI gets the blame for 55,000 layoffs, but CFOs are the real culprits
Entry-level roles are quietly disappearing as companies convince themselves that a chatbot can do a junior employee’s job, even when it...
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News
/ 2 weeks agoTexas judge blocks app store age verification law
CCIA says the law would create a sweeping censorship system and force teens and parents to hand over personal data just...
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Apple
/ 2 weeks agoItaly slaps Apple with $115 million fine over App Store privacy rules
Regulators argue that rules harms Apple’s business partners and goes beyond what’s necessary to protect user privacy.
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AI
/ 2 weeks agoOpenAI says AI browsers are smart, helpful, and extremely gullible
AI browsers may always be vulnerable to prompt injection attacks.
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ChatGPT
/ 2 weeks agoExperts say ChatGPT Wrapped is a privacy nightmare
To turn off the memory feature: Settings → Personalization → Manage Memories
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News
/ 2 weeks agoPirate library leaks more than 86 million of Spotify’s popular songs
The 86 million tracks represent only about 37 percent of Spotify’s total catalog, but a staggering 99.6 percent of all listen.
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Google
/ 2 weeks agoGoogle sues web scraper for pretending to be fake people
Google claims SerpApi masked millions of automated queries per day, and made them appear as if they were coming from real...
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ChatGPT
/ 2 weeks agoChatGPT learns some manners (you can turn them off)
Users can now tweak how warm, enthusiastic, emoji-happy, or list-obsessed their chatbot is.
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Google
/ 2 weeks agoGoogle says Gemini will replace Assistant on phones in 2026
Assistant will still keep handling alarms, calls, and quick questions.
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News
/ 2 weeks agoYouTube finally pulls the plug on AI movie trailers that never existed
YouTube has shut down Screen Culture and KH Studio, two of the most notorious offenders in the fake-trailer business.
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AI
/ 2 weeks agoResearchers warn of ‘AI psychosis’ as chatbots become too human
Popular AI models can consistently mimic real human personality traits, which comes with huge risks.
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News
/ 2 weeks agoTikTok is finally going to be America-ready
ByteDance will keep just under 20 percent of TikTok's US business ownership.
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AI
/ 2 weeks agoOpenAI, Anthropic aim to protect teens from AI chatbots—here’s how
The new guidelines tell ChatGPT to gently steer teens toward safer options when conversations drift into risky territory.
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News
/ 2 weeks agoInstacart will refund $60 million to settle US FTC allegations
The “Free Delivery" wasn't free (at all).
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Alexa
/ 3 weeks agoAlexa finally escapes Echo speakers with a web version
The web version lets users type instead of talk, upload files for Alexa+ to analyze, and manage everyday things.
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News
/ 3 weeks agoMeta tests a “Pay to Link” option on Facebook
The $14.99/month blue-check-adjacent subscription now also buys you the right to post URLs like it’s 2016.
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AI
/ 3 weeks agoAdobe’s AI faces a copyright reality check
Adobe’s AI education may have involved a little too much “borrowed” reading material.
