AAA Launches ‘Legal Layer’ for AI Agent Transactions
When AI agents start buying things on our behalf, who’s responsible if something goes wrong? That’s the question the American…
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FCC Wants to Collect ID From Every Phone User — And Privacy Advocates Are Furious
The FCC is proposing a rule that would force phone companies to collect government-issued ID, physical address, and an alternate…
Your Wine Cork Is Actually a Carefully Engineered Oxygen Valve
Most people think a cork is just a plug. A new study out of France says it’s more like a…
Global Operation Shutters Amadey and StealC Cybercrime Platforms
International law enforcement and a coalition of tech companies have disrupted what they’re calling a cybercrime “assembly line” — taking…
Hands-On With the $24,950 Slate Electric Pickup
Slate Auto has pulled a Disneyland move: set expectations low, then blow past them. The startup originally promised 180 miles…
Disney Pays $50M to Settle Live-TV Streaming Price Lawsuit
The Walt Disney Company has agreed to pay $50 million to settle a class action lawsuit alleging it forced live…
US ends hantavirus cruise ship response with no answers on forced quarantines
The US government has formally ended its response to the hantavirus outbreak linked to the cruise ship MV Hondius, with…
NASA cancelled programs after 13 years and $500 million. A report shows it was the right call
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman’s decision to cancel several exploration programs earlier this year drew criticism from contractors and space enthusiasts….
OpenAI and Broadcom built a custom chip for LLM inference called Jalapeño
OpenAI and Broadcom have announced Jalapeño, a custom ASIC designed specifically for large language model inference in data centers. The…
GTA VI costs $80 — and the physical version is just a box with a download code
Get ready for sticker shock. As preorders for Grand Theft Auto VI kicked off this week, Rockstar confirmed the game…