Stories By Ronil Thakkar
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Amazon
/ 4 months agoAmazon is blocking illegal streaming on its Fire TV Stick
This new device-level ban means even the classic “VPN + sideload = victory” hack won’t save you anymore.
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AI
/ 4 months agoAI chatbots are giving eating disorder tips (and it’s as bad as it sounds)
They’re doling out dieting “tips,” tricks to hide disordered eating, and even generating disturbingly realistic “thinspiration” content.
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Microsoft
/ 4 months agoMicrosoft’s new AI employees might be joining your team soon, IRL
They’ll even get their own marketplace, the “M365 Agent Store,” where businesses can buy and deploy digital workers as easily as...
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Disney
/ 4 months agoDisney is losing $4.3 million a day in revenue because of YouTube TV drama
Google’s been handing out $20 credits to subscribers stuck in the middle, though many aren’t buying it.
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Google
/ 4 months agoGoogle’s Private AI Compute brings cloud power without the creepy snooping
No human eyes, not even Googlers, will be peeking at your messages, recordings, or calendar
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AI
/ 4 months agoAI country star Breaking Rust tops Billboard chart
Breaking Rust’s debut single, Livin’ on Borrowed Time, quietly climbed to number five before Walk My Walk galloped all the way...
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Apple
/ 4 months agoApple’s iPhone Air might already be out of breath
Paper-thin might not be the killer feature Apple hoped it would be.
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Google
/ 4 months agoGoogle’s new Gemini assistant is here, but it still confuses 5 AM with 5 PM
You can’t just update your speaker. You have to join an “Early Access” program that’s different from Google’s “Public Preview” program.
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AI
/ 4 months agoWikipedia wants AI to stop mooching (and maybe pay up a little)
The idea is that companies like OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic to tap into Wikipedia’s data firehose without clogging its servers with...
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Gaming
/ 4 months agoTexas sues Roblox calling it a predator playground
The lawsuit says Roblox ignored safety laws while misleading parents about what’s really happening behind the scenes.
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AI
/ 4 months agoOpenAI wants Trump administration help fund $1.4 trillion AI dream
Sam Altman says "We don’t want or have government guarantees for OpenAI data centers."
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News
/ 4 months agoYouTube TV seeks fair deal with Disney, offers subscribers $20 refund
Disney says Google just doesn’t want to pay fair rates and wants to use its market dominance to undercut the industry.
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AI
/ 4 months agoElon Musk celebrates $1 trillion Tesla win with AI love video
One user says the “always love you” clip “the most divorced post of all time.”
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AI
/ 4 months agoMeta has a $16 billion scam problem (or revenue)
Meta’s apps were reportedly involved in one-third of all successful scams in the US.
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Microsoft
/ 4 months agoMicrosoft promises its future AI superintelligence won’t eat us
Microsoft plans to keep humans “at the top of the food chain.” (for now)
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News
/ 4 months agoNintendo now has a Store App on Android and iOS
You can buy Switch hardware, accessories, and games for both the Switch and the Switch 2 from the app.
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News
/ 4 months agoSnapchat strikes $400M deal to add Perplexity AI Search
Snap is already deep in the AI trend: its own chatbot, MyAI, is powered by models from OpenAI and Google, and...
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Google
/ 4 months agoGoogle pulls out of Movies Anywhere, leaving users’ libraries split
The same day this change kicked in, Disney channels mysteriously vanished from YouTube TV due to a contract dispute.
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Apple
/ 4 months agoApple taps Google Gemini to supercharge Siri for a $1B-a-year
The upgraded Siri will lean on a special Gemini model running on Apple’s own Private Cloud Compute servers.
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Google
/ 4 months agoGemini Deep Research can now access emails, drive, search history, chats
Instead of just tossing back a quick answer like a normal chatbot, Deep Research actually builds a multi-step plan.
