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Elon Musk bought a gas turbine company
It's likely to become a direct power source for SpaceXAI's data centers.
xAI sues a man for using Grok to generate CSAM ‘deepfakes’
The Elon Musk-owned xAI is suing a South Carolina man who allegedly used the company's Grok AI chatbot to generate child sexual abuse material (CSAM). In a lawsuit reported earlier by Reuters, xAI...
Brendan Carr plans to let broadcast giants dominate the airwaves
Federal Communications Commission | Image: Kristen Radtke / The Verge The Federal Communications Commission will vote next month on whether a single company can own broadcast stations that reach...
The next Strait of Hormuz
Boats anchored off Oman's northern Musandam Peninsula near the Strait of Hormuz on June 27, 2026. | AFP via Getty Images This story appeared in Today, Explained, a daily newsletter that...
Roblox is shutting down its video chat service
Roblox will be shutting down Roblox Connect, its video calling service introduced in 2023. Roblox Connect let you video chat with other people using your Roblox avatar, which would be able to mimic...
AI slop movies are the new direct-to-video cash grabs
This weekend, cinephiles across the world will march to their local theaters to feast their eyes on Christopher Nolan's new adaptation of The Odyssey. It's on track to rake in anywhere between...
Our ‘explosive diarrhea parasite’ future
Bryan, a food broker from Michigan, wasn't sure if he'd be able to make it to urgent care in time. He started feeling off on Thursday, and by Saturday, he was having to use the bathroom every 15 to...
OpenAI launches a physical keypad for controlling agents
OpenAI's collaboration with keyboard maker Work Louder is available to order today.
Apple quietly hid a big change coming for CarPlay with iOS 27
Apple announced the new CarPlay feature not long after Google announced a similar update for Android Auto.
Something’s glowing on the Pixel 11’s camera bar
A new teaser for Google's upcoming Pixel 11 lineup reveals that the phones will feature some kind of glowing orb on the camera bar, as reported by 9to5Google. Google's store page for the Pixel 11...