The 7 coolest gadgets I’ve seen at IFA 2025 (including ones you can actually buy)
Maria Diaz/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. IFA is Europe’s largest consumer electronics show, and…
Meta Hires Contractors to Build AI Chatbot Characters in Key Markets
Meta is hiring US-based contractors to work with locals in key growth markets like India, Indonesia, and Mexico…
The crazy, true story behind the first AI-powered ransomware • The Register
interview It all started as an idea for a research paper. Within a week, however, it nearly set…
Meta’s Backstop Is Linchpin for $26 Billion AI Data-Center Deal
A Meta Platforms data center. (Bloomberg) — When Meta Platforms Inc. turned to lenders to secure $26 billion…
AI startup Anthropic agrees to pay $1.5bn to settle book piracy lawsuit | Artificial intelligence (AI)
The artificial intelligence company Anthropic has agreed to pay $1.5bn to settle a class-action lawsuit by book authors…
Google Gemini dubbed ‘high risk’ for kids and teens in new safety assessment
Common Sense Media, a kids-safety-focused nonprofit offering ratings and reviews of media and technology, released its risk assessment…
AI company Anthropic agrees to pay $1.5B to settle lawsuit with authors
Anthropic, a major artificial intelligence company, has agreed to pay at least $1.5 billion to settle a copyright…
Personalized AI companion app Dot is shutting down
Dot, an AI companion app that aimed to be a friend and confidante, is shutting down, the company…
Warner Bros. sues Midjourney for AI images of Superman, Batman, and other characters
Warner Bros. is suing AI startup Midjourney for copyright infringement, alleging that the company allows users to generate…
OpenAI hires the team behind Xcode coding assistant Alex
Acqui-hires feel like they’re here to stay: The team behind Alex, a popular tool that lets developers use…
Nvidia signs $1.5 billion deal with cloud startup Lambda to rent back its own AI chips — 18,000 GPUs will be leased over 4 years, as Lambda gears up for its IPO
Nvidia, the company powering essentially the entire AI boom, is now looking to rent back its own chips.…
Scale AI’s former CTO launches AI agent that could solve big data’s biggest problem
Isotopes AI came out of stealth on Thursday with a healthy $20 million seed round. It offers an…