The phishing campaign targeted users on WhatsApp, including an Iranian-British activist, and stole the credentials of a Lebanese cabinet minister and at least one journalist.
Elon Musk's X, formerly Twitter, is down for the second time this week. Nearly 80,000 reports have spiked on Down Detector since around 10 a.m. ET Friday morning.
The country is dropping its import tax from 100% to just 6.1%, with an initial annual cap of 49,000 cars.
These controversial topics include self-harm, abortion, suicide, and domestic and sexual abuse.
Bluesky adds new features to its app amid a boost in installs due to the deepfake drama on X.
Italy has launched two investigations into Microsoft's Activision Blizzard, alleging the company has engaged in "misleading and aggressive" sales practices for two of its most popular smartphone games.
A new era of app creation is here. It's fun, it's fast, and it's fleeting.
Irina Ghose joins Anthropic as India managing director after 24 years at Microsoft.
OpenAI and Microsoft tried to dodge a courtroom showdown with Elon Musk, but a federal judge on Thursday rejected their requests to dismiss the case.
The startup claims its AI platform can help optimize editorial processes and research.
AI labs just can't get their employees to stay put. Yesterday’s big AI news was the abrupt and seemingly acrimonious departure of three top executives at Mira Murati’s Thinking Machines lab.
The U.S. struck a trade deal with Taiwan as the country looks to help boost domestic semiconductor manufacturing.
Higgsfield says it's on a $200 million annual revenue run rate. So it opened its previous Series A round back up and sold another $80 million in shares.
Iran’s government-imposed internet shutdown enters its second week as authorities continue their violent crackdown on protesters.
The Trump administration formalized its 25% cut of H200 chip sales in China with a tariff that applies to certain semiconductors.
Merge Labs is a “research lab” dedicated to “bridging biological and artificial intelligence to maximize human ability.” OpenAI wrote the largest check in Merge Labs' $250 million seed round at an $850 million valuation.
The AI partnerships allow companies to access the org's content, like Wikipedia, at scale.
In a letter to the leaders of X, Meta, Alphabet, Snap, Reddit, and TikTok, several U.S. senators are demanding the companies provide proof that they have "robust protections and policies" in place, and how they plan to curb the rise of sexualized deepfakes on their platforms.
Transition Metal Solutions is applying a special cocktail to coax microbes into unlocking more copper from ore.
Spotify raised prices for its subscription plan in the U.S. for the third time in three years, as it hiked the monthly plan from $11.99 per month to $12.99 per month.
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