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The surprisingly undisciplined trick to escaping social media
If you’re looking to wean yourself off social media and replace it with a more productive habit — and who among us isn’t — a lot of the common advice can sound like it’s coming from a drill...
America needs to stop getting shocked by Chinese AI
People visit the booth of Kimi, an LLM developed by the Chinese startup Moonshot, during the World AI Conference in Shanghai, China, Monday, July 20, 2026. | Image: LONG WEI/ Feature China/Future...
Sony files another lawsuit against AI music generator Udio
Sony, the only major music label that has yet to sign a deal with Udio, has sued the AI music generator again.
Iran may be stronger than we thought
Iran-made ballistic missiles and two satellite carriers are displayed at a war museum in Tehran, Iran, on April 2, 2026, amid US-Israeli military operations in Iran. | Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via...
Who’s afraid of the big, bad GPU?
How does AI make you feel? Are you excited to “vibe-code” your smart home? Or anxious about all the added pollution and billions of gallons of water used by data centers? Dig a little deeper and...
How the Michigan Senate primary activated every bitter Democratic grudge
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Michigan Democratic candidate for Senate Abdul El-Sayed and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) greet the crowd after El-Sayed spoke at a rally on July 18, in Detroit,...
How the Michigan Senate primary activated every bitter Democratic grudge
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Michigan Democratic candidate for Senate Abdul El-Sayed and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) greet the crowd after El-Sayed spoke at a rally on July 18, in Detroit,...
Judge approves Anthropic’s record-breaking $1.5 billion settlement for AI copyright lawsuit
A federal judge has approved the $1.5 billion settlement between Anthropic and a group of authors who sued the company for using their work to train Claude.
FCC plans to ban companies selling DJI products under other brands
Several companies suspected of selling DJI products under their own brands might soon be banned in the US.
Here are the 30,000 songs Sony is suing Udio’s AI music generator over
Sony Music Entertainment has filed another lawsuit against Udio, accusing the AI music generator of infringing the copyright of more than 30,000 of its songs, ranging from Elvis Presley's Hound Dog...