Mother of Elon Musk's child sues his AI company over sexual deepfake images created by Grok
Read full article: Mother of Elon Musk's child sues his AI company over sexual deepfake images created by GrokThe mother of one of Elon Musk's children is suing his AI company over deepfake images of her on the internet.
Supreme Court will decide on use of warrants that collect the location history of cellphone users
Read full article: Supreme Court will decide on use of warrants that collect the location history of cellphone usersThe Supreme Court has agreed to decide the constitutionality of broad search warrants that collect the location history of cellphone users to find people near crime scenes.
YouTube relaxes monetization policy on videos with controversial content
Read full article: YouTube relaxes monetization policy on videos with controversial contentYouTube is updating its guidelines for videos containing what advertisers define as controversial content, like abortion and self-harm, allowing more creators to earn full ad revenue when they tackle sensitive issues in a nongraphic way.
Sharks are famous for fearsome teeth, but ocean acidification could make them weaker
Read full article: Sharks are famous for fearsome teeth, but ocean acidification could make them weakerA group of German scientists tested the effects of a more acidic ocean on sharks’ teeth and found that future generations of sharks could have weaker teeth because of changing ocean chemistry.
White House and governors pressure grid operator to boost power supply, slow electricity price hikes
Read full article: White House and governors pressure grid operator to boost power supply, slow electricity price hikesThe White House and a bipartisan group of governors are taking aim at power shortages and price spikes from data centers for artificial intelligence.
Social media platforms removed 4.7 million accounts after Australia banned them for children
Read full article: Social media platforms removed 4.7 million accounts after Australia banned them for childrenSocial media companies have revoked access to about 4.7 million accounts identified as belonging to children in Australia.
CDC studies show value of nationwide wastewater disease surveillance, as potential funding cut looms
Read full article: CDC studies show value of nationwide wastewater disease surveillance, as potential funding cut loomsTwo new studies from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show wastewater monitoring of measles can flag measles spread days to weeks in advance.
Beware of online ads with elaborate backstories. They may not be from a real small business
Read full article: Beware of online ads with elaborate backstories. They may not be from a real small businessOnline ads that appeared before the holidays linked to a website featuring a photo of a woman hand-knitting a Christmas sweater.
Lawmakers propose $2.5B agency to boost production of rare earths and other critical minerals
Read full article: Lawmakers propose $2.5B agency to boost production of rare earths and other critical mineralsA bipartisan group of lawmakers has proposed creating a new agency with $2.5 billion to boost production of rare earths and the other critical minerals.
US and Taiwan sign $250B trade deal, cutting tariffs on Taiwanese goods
Read full article: US and Taiwan sign $250B trade deal, cutting tariffs on Taiwanese goodsThe U.S. and Taiwan have signed a trade deal involving $250 billion in new investments by Taiwan's semiconductor and tech companies in the U.S. In exchange, the Trump administration will cut tariffs on Taiwanese goods.
Grok blocked from undressing images in places where it's illegal, X says
Read full article: Grok blocked from undressing images in places where it's illegal, X saysElon Musk’s X says its AI chatbot Grok won't be able to edit photos of real people in revealing clothing in places where that is illegal.
Verizon says hourslong outage that disrupted calling and data services has been resolved
Read full article: Verizon says hourslong outage that disrupted calling and data services has been resolvedVerizon says it resolved an outage that disrupted many U.S. customers’ calling and other cellular services for more than 10 hours on Wednesday.
Wikipedia inks AI deals with Microsoft, Meta and Perplexity as it marks 25th birthday
Read full article: Wikipedia inks AI deals with Microsoft, Meta and Perplexity as it marks 25th birthdayWikipedia, the online encyclopedia written by volunteers, is embracing artificial intelligence to mark its 25th anniversary.
Sales of a powerful Nvidia AI chip to China gets the greenlight, with conditions
Read full article: Sales of a powerful Nvidia AI chip to China gets the greenlight, with conditionsThe Trump administration placed new security requirements on Nividia’s semiconductor sales to China, but essentially greenlighted the export of its powerful H200 artificial intelligence chips to Chinese buyers.
A novel sanctuary in Antarctica is preserving ice samples from rapidly melting glaciers
Read full article: A novel sanctuary in Antarctica is preserving ice samples from rapidly melting glaciersScientists have inaugurated the first global repository of mountain ice cores in an Antarctic vault.
Free Starlink access for Iran seen as game changer for demonstrators getting their message out
Read full article: Free Starlink access for Iran seen as game changer for demonstrators getting their message outSpaceX's Starlink has dropped fees to help Iranian demonstrators share protest details globally, activists say.
The UK is watering down plans for mandatory digital ID cards after a backlash
Read full article: The UK is watering down plans for mandatory digital ID cards after a backlashThe British government has scaled back plans for mandatory digital ID cards, initially proposed as a way of helping control immigration.
Proposed billionaires' tax in California rattles Silicon Valley, entangles Gov. Newsom
Read full article: Proposed billionaires' tax in California rattles Silicon Valley, entangles Gov. NewsomA proposal to tax the accumulated wealth of California billionaires has ignited a political uproar in Silicon Valley and across the state.
Malaysia will take legal action against Musk's X and xAI over misuse of Grok chatbot
Read full article: Malaysia will take legal action against Musk's X and xAI over misuse of Grok chatbotMalaysian authorities have announced legal action against Elon Musk's social media platform X and its AI unit xAI.
Pentagon is embracing Musk's Grok AI chatbot as it draws global outcry
Read full article: Pentagon is embracing Musk's Grok AI chatbot as it draws global outcryDefense Secretary Pete Hegseth says Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence chatbot Grok will join Google’s AI engine inside the Pentagon network.
Google's corporate parent joins $4 trillion club as investors continue to bet on AI breakthroughs
Read full article: Google's corporate parent joins $4 trillion club as investors continue to bet on AI breakthroughsGoogle parent Alphabet Inc. on Monday became the fourth Big Tech powerhouse to be valued at $4 trillion, a once seemingly unfathomable milestone that’s become more like a rite of passage amid an artificial intelligence arms race.
Cyprus president's top aide quits after online video alleging government corruption
Read full article: Cyprus president's top aide quits after online video alleging government corruptionA top aide to Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides has resigned after an online video was posted recently in which it was suggested that he and others were using their close ties to the leader to earn favors for would-be investors in exchange for cash.
Apple calls on Google to help smarten up Siri and bring other AI features to the iPhone
Read full article: Apple calls on Google to help smarten up Siri and bring other AI features to the iPhoneApple will lean on Google to help finish its bungled attempts to smarten up its virtual assistant Siri and bring other artificial intelligence features to the iPhone as the trendsetting company plays catch up in technology’s latest craze.
Meta names former Trump adviser Dina Powell McCormick as president and vice chairman
Read full article: Meta names former Trump adviser Dina Powell McCormick as president and vice chairmanFacebook owner Meta has named Dina Powell McCormick, a former Trump administration adviser and longtime finance executive, as president and vice chairman of the tech giant.
Malaysia and Indonesia become the first countries to block Musk’s Grok over sexualized AI images
Read full article: Malaysia and Indonesia become the first countries to block Musk’s Grok over sexualized AI imagesMalaysia and Indonesia have blocked access to Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok as concerns grow over its misuse in generating explicit images.
George Floyd and Renee Good: 5 years between Minneapolis videos, and confusion has increased
Read full article: George Floyd and Renee Good: 5 years between Minneapolis videos, and confusion has increasedFive years after video of George Floyd's killing on a Minneapolis street, video of another law enforcement action in the northern city is central to another American debate.
Google teams up with Walmart and other retailers to enable shopping within Gemini AI chatbot
Read full article: Google teams up with Walmart and other retailers to enable shopping within Gemini AI chatbotGoogle is expanding the shopping features in its AI chatbot by teaming up with Walmart, Shopify, Wayfair and other big retailers to turn the Gemini app into a virtual merchant as well as an assistant.
Doctors say changes to US vaccine recommendations are confusing parents and could harm kids
Read full article: Doctors say changes to US vaccine recommendations are confusing parents and could harm kidsDoctors fear this week’s unprecedented changes to federal vaccine recommendations will stoke vaccine hesitancy even more, pose challenges for pediatricians and parents and ultimately lead to more illness and death among children.
Supreme Court will take up Cisco's bid to shut down lawsuit by Falun Gong
Read full article: Supreme Court will take up Cisco's bid to shut down lawsuit by Falun GongThe Supreme Court has agreed to take up an appeal from tech giant Cisco seeking to shut down a lawsuit claiming that the company’s technology was used to persecute members of the Falun Gong spiritual movement in China.
Some flu measures decline, but it's not clear this severe season has peaked
Read full article: Some flu measures decline, but it's not clear this severe season has peakedU.S. flu infections are showing signs of a slight decline, but health officials say it is not clear that this severe flu season has peaked.
'Worst in Show' CES products include AI refrigerators, AI companions and AI doorbells
Read full article: 'Worst in Show' CES products include AI refrigerators, AI companions and AI doorbellsArtificial intelligence took center stage at this year's CES gadget show, but not always for the right reasons.
NASA, in a rare move, cuts space station mission short after an astronaut's medical issue
Read full article: NASA, in a rare move, cuts space station mission short after an astronaut's medical issueIn a rare move, NASA is cutting a mission aboard the International Space Station short after an astronaut had a medical issue.
Gmail adds new AI features, turning it into a personal assistant
Read full article: Gmail adds new AI features, turning it into a personal assistantMore artificial intelligence is being implanted into Gmail as Google tries to turn the world’s most used email service into a personal assistant that can improve writing, summarize far-flung information buried in inboxes and deliver daily to-do lists.
As a shooting unfolded at Brown, students turned to anonymous app for answers before official alerts
Read full article: As a shooting unfolded at Brown, students turned to anonymous app for answers before official alertsAs a shooting unfolded at Brown University on Dec. 13, students turned to the anonymous app Sidechat to document fear, confusion and grief in real time — often before receiving official alerts.
Europe’s most active volcano is erupting, and tour guides are told to stay away
Read full article: Europe’s most active volcano is erupting, and tour guides are told to stay awayGuides who take tourists to enjoy the striking views of Sicily’s Mount Etna are up in arms over tougher restrictions imposed by local authorities after a round of eruptions at the giant volcano in recent weeks.
Judge indicates Elon Musk's fraud lawsuit against OpenAI will head to trial
Read full article: Judge indicates Elon Musk's fraud lawsuit against OpenAI will head to trialA federal judge on Wednesday indicated a jury will be allowed to decide whether artificial intelligence trailblazer OpenAI hoodwinked its billionaire co-founder Elon Musk during its evolution from a nonprofit research lab into a capitalistic enterprise now valued at $500 billion.
Entertainment leaders amp up discussions about AI, creators and innovative tech at CES 2026
Read full article: Entertainment leaders amp up discussions about AI, creators and innovative tech at CES 2026CES 2026 is featuring extensive programming related to Hollywood, influencers and how the industry will continue to work with AI.
At CES, auto and tech companies transform cars into proactive companions
Read full article: At CES, auto and tech companies transform cars into proactive companionsAs CES opened Tuesday to the public, auto and tech companies like Nvidia and Gentex showed how AI technology can transform cars into proactive companions that adapt and react to drivers and passengers in real time.
Trump Mobile's golden phone remains nowhere to be found
Read full article: Trump Mobile's golden phone remains nowhere to be foundA golden phone that President Donald Trump’s family business promised to release last year remains mysteriously under wraps as the technology industry serves up a gluttony of new gadgets in Las Vegas this week.
The coolest technology from Day 1 of CES 2026
Read full article: The coolest technology from Day 1 of CES 2026Nvidia, AMD and Intel all had important chip and AI platform announcements on the first day of CES 2026, but all audiences wanted to see more of was Star Wars and Jensen Huang’s little robot buddies.