Apple agrees to pay iPhone owners $250 million for not delivering AI Siri
Since the launch of Apple Intelligence, we have introduced dozens of features across many languages that are integrated…
Microsoft gives up on Xbox Copilot AI
Xbox needs to move faster, deepen our connection with the community, and address friction for both players and…
UAE warns: 700,000 daily cyberattacks from Iran-linked hackers
The Abu Dhabi Emergency, Crisis and Disaster Management Center released the warning last week in its “Cybersecurity Awareness…
Inside Israel’s AI targeting system: How data from a phone become a death sentence
BEIRUT — The buzz of the Israeli drone was constant that day, and every time Ahmad Turmus looked up, it…
The Clearest Sign yet Google Employees Are Losing Power
On April 27, more than 600 Google employees signed a letter urging CEO Sundar Pichai to prevent the…
How the internet’s favorite squirrel dad made a hit camera app
It’s not hyperbole to call DualShot Recorder an overnight sensation. It took only 12 hours from the time…
AI music is flooding streaming services — but who wants it?
This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more…
The craziest part of Musk v. Altman happened while the jury was out of the room
Okay, I am not a lawyer so I only understood about half of what just happened. But I…
Elon Musk confirms xAI used OpenAI’s models to train Grok
In a federal courtroom in California on Thursday, Elon Musk testified that his own AI startup, xAI, has…
Meta lost 20 million users last quarter
Meta is planning to pump billions more into AI investments this year, despite noting that millions of users…
Elon Musk’s worst enemy in court is Elon Musk
About five hours into Elon Musk’s testimony, I typed the following sentence into my notes: “I have never…
Meta is still burning money on AR/VR
When Meta released its quarterly earnings report on Wednesday evening, a colleague pointed out how Meta lost $4…