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Viewers have the opportunity to hype up to three videos per week for a favorite creator. This gives the video points, which helps it gain traction on a new, ranked leaderboard.

Mitti Labs is working with The Nature Conservancy to expand the use of climate friendly rice farming practices in India. The startup uses its AI to verify reductions in methane emissions.

From a new slim iPhone Air model to redesigned AirPods, here's what to expect from this year's Apple event.

Before sixteen-year-old Adam Raine died by suicide, he had spent months telling ChatGPT about his plans to end his life.

A security researcher mapped TeslaMate servers that are publicly exposed to the internet, including sensitive Tesla vehicle data, such as their locations.

Skylight's TikTok alternative adds community curators, custom feeds, and live content.

The launch comes a week after TikTok rolled out a nearly-identical feature.

Google says that it's behind the anonymous AI image editor "nano-banana" that's been making waves on social media.

This vision care startup secures $20M Series A for 90-second prescription kiosk.

The deal will require Planetary to remove 115,000 metric tons of carbon by increasing the alkalinity of water flowing into the sea.

Spotify will now allow users to send messages to each other through a new chat feature to share content.

Instead, a jury awarded plaintiffs $242.5 million in compensatory and punitive damages.

Venture giant Andreessen Horowitz is burning cash to shape policy on the Hill.

The startup ecosystem in Central Eurasia is having its moment. What started as 485 applications from across 27 countries including Armenia, Azerbaijan, Estonia, Georgia, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Pakistan, Qatar, Romania, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, UAE, UK, Ukraine, USA, Uzbekistan, Vietnam has culminated in the largest startup pitch competition […]

Experts say that many of the AI industry’s design decisions are likely to fuel episodes of AI psychosis. Many raised concerns about several tendencies that are unrelated to underlying capability.

Bounce publicly debuts a tool that will let you move your account between open social networks like Bluesky and Mastodon.

Google will ask all Android developers to verify their identity starting next year.

NotebookLM’s Video Overviews now supports 80 languages, including French and Spanish.

According to Musk, Apple and OpenAI are colluding to stifle competition from other AI companies.

Exclusive: Hackers can take over the accounts of TheTruthSpy spyware customers, putting their victims' private phone data at risk thanks to a new security flaw.

A Bay Area tech founder, Ethan Agarwal, says he's running for California governor.

Experts say that many of the AI industry’s design decisions are likely to fuel episodes of AI psychosis. Many raised concerns about several tendencies that are unrelated to underlying capability, including models’ habit of praising and affirming the user’s question (often called sycophancy), issue constant follow-up questions, and use of “I,” “me” and “you” pronouns.