Google’s “privacy-preserving” age verification system is coming to the Play Store
Governments around the world are suddenly very keen on online age verification requirements. In some places, this takes the form of ID requirements to access
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When A.I. Invaded ‘Heated Rivalry’ Fan Fiction, the Meltdown Was Epic
An anonymous X account posted a detailed breakdown of chatbot text in 38 popular stories inspired by the hockey romance. The fandom spiraled.
A Bay Area Pastor Made an A.I. Twin to Talk About God at Any Time
To meet the growing needs of his church, Justin Lester created an A.I. duplicate of himself. Every day he sees more people using it.
Highland Europe closes a €1.1bn fund to keep backing European scale-ups
Highland Europe has closed a €1.1 billion fund, its sixth, giving the growth-stage investor fresh capital to keep backing European technology companies as they scale.
IBM just bought a quantum bet it doesn’t build. Days later, the payoff hit Nature.
Six days ago, IBM agreed to buy a quantum-computing lab that builds a kind of qubit IBM does not. This week, the lab showed the
Why Google Voice is your secret business weapon
All right, quiz time: In a single sentence, can you tell me exactly what Google Voice does? It’s a question even the most giddy Google-appreciating
Live-shopping app Whatnot is in talks to nearly double its valuation to $20bn
The startup, which sells everything from sneakers to sports cards over livestream, is raising again barely a year after an $11.5bn round, as live commerce
G2A.COM’s Autonomous AI Agent Dave Helps Sellers Resolve 14,400 Support Tickets in 63 Days
Dave, a New AI-Powered Tool for Sellers, Helps Resolve 54% of Their Cases and Efficiently Manages Demand Spikes During AAA Game Launches. Now available in
Mythos attack on 3rd-round PQC algorithm candidate puts it out of commission
A quantum-resistant cryptography algorithm that was under consideration as an official US standard has been taken out of the running after an Anthropic security model
Musk went to “war,” sought jail time for X ad boycotts—but case ends with a whimper
Elon Musk has settled his lawsuit with advertisers that he once claimed should be criminally prosecuted for refusing to advertise on his social media platform
OpenAI is giving 100,000 scientists free AI. Here’s how it can afford to.
OpenAI made two announcements this week that look unrelated. One is generous. The other explains how it can afford to be. The generous one: OpenAI
She left the AI race over her health. Two days later, OpenAI had her back.
On Tuesday, Lilian Weng said she was stepping down from Thinking Machines Lab because the job was making her ill. On Wednesday, she was back
Lava Tokenization Sandbox Gives Electric Blue the Infrastructure for a €500M Rollout in Germany
The energy firm is the first live test case for Lava Network’s tokenization sandbox, which says it has fielded 40-plus institutional applications since June. Germany
The Growing Challenge of Digital Identity Is Shaping IntegraTRACE’s Vision for Enterprise Visibility
Enterprise technology has become significantly more interconnected over the past decade. Cloud platforms, automation, artificial intelligence, and software integrations have allowed organizations to operate with