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Local newspapers take OpenAI and Microsoft to court over AI training data
The Seattle Times and Newsday have sued OpenAI and Microsoft, alleging their paywalled articles were used to train AI systems without permission.
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Anthropic will reportedly list days before the US midterm elections
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Phil Schiller’s App Store exit reportedly driven by wariness over future plans
Schiller reportedly had reservations about new CEO John Ternus' goal of bringing in more recurring revenue from the App Store.
Three hikers trusted Gemini to plan a hike and had to be rescued the next day
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The Breville Barista Express Impress drops to its lowest price since Prime Day — save $150 on one of the best espresso machines we've ever used
The Breville Barista Express Impress is one of the best coffee makers we've reviewed at TechRadar, and this 4.5-star espresso machine is now $150 off for Labor Day — making it the cheapest it's been since Prime Day. Another sales event is here, and so there's another chance for me to mull over the idea of buying a fancy coffee machine for my home. This time I'm considering the Breville Barista Express Impress on Amazon for $649.95 (was $799.95), …
An Amazon cargo plane crashed at Miami International Airport
A plane bearing an Amazon logo overran the runway at Miami International Airport on Sunday during landing, crashing into vehicles and resulting in mul…
Musk’s blow torch post is why X just lost the Twitter bird logo
On 22 July 2023, Elon Musk posted that X would “bid adieu to the twitter brand and, gradually, all the birds.” The next day he said the company was ta…
Authors push back as publishers and agents make claims on Anthropic settlement
Authors say publishers seem to be claiming more than their fair share of settlement payments.
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Authors say publishers want a cut of Anthropic’s payout, the NYT reports
Anthropic agreed to pay $1.5bn to the authors whose books it pirated. The money is now being counted out. Some of those authors are discovering that a…
Apple may have found another way to make the App Store pay up
Apple could be preparing changes to the App Store as the company looks for ways to increase revenue and improve margins from its services business, ac…
How To Send High-Quality Images And Videos From Android To iPhone
It can be tough to preserve the quality of your images when sending them from Android to iPhone, but these tried-and-true methods keep them crystal cl…
Nscale is selling Figure $3.5bn of compute and buying a stake in it
Nscale has agreed to sell Figure at least $3.5bn of computing power. It has also bought a stake in Figure, which is the part worth looking at. The Lon…
I tried Alienware’s 560Hz OLED monitor, and this feels like an esports cheat code
Alienware is betting that OLED is ready for competitive gaming. I went hands-on with the 560Hz AW2527HX at IFA 2026 to see if this esports-focused OLE…
Nvidia now holds $99bn in shares of the companies that buy its chips
Nvidia sells the chips that the AI industry runs on. It now also owns $99bn of the industry. The figure sits in the company’s own quarterly filing. CN…
OpenAI says it reached its goal of creating an automated research intern
The company hopes to have an even better "automated AI researcher" by March 2028.
Thinking Machines is in talks to raise $6bn, The Information reports
Mira Murati’s Thinking Machines Lab is raising money again. The figure that travelled around the internet last week was the wrong one. The Information…
Europe has its first commercial orbital rocket
German company Isar Aerospace has successfully launched Europe's first entirely commercial orbital rocket. It attempted to achieve the feat last March…
‘Eternals’ Director Chloé Zhao Still Loves Superhero Movies
Just because people didn't like hers back then doesn't mean Zhao ready to write the whole genre off.