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Google and OpenAI employees sign open letter in ‘solidarity’ with Anthropic
Hundreds of employees at Google and OpenAI have signed an open letter urging their companies to stand with Anthropic in its standoff with the Pentagon over military applications for AI tools like...
The Trump phone sure looks a lot like this HTC handset
The HTC U24 Pro may not be gold, but its design is otherwise awfully similar to the Trump phone’s. | Image: HTC Where's the Trump phone? We're going to keep talking about it every week. We've...
CISA is getting a new acting director after less than a year
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), which is part of the Department of Homeland Security, is getting a new acting director, as reported by ABC, less than a year after...
AI deepfakes are a train wreck and Samsung’s selling tickets
On Thursday morning, I attended a Q&A panel with four top Samsung smartphone executives. Until 2025, Samsung was the world's largest smartphone manufacturer, and by association, the world's...
FedEx promises to refund customers for ‘illegal’ tariffs
FedEx plans to pass along any refunds resulting from the Supreme Court's ruling that some of President Donald Trump's tariffs are "illegal." In a statement on its website, FedEx notes that while "no...
Amazon’s Fire TV Stick 4K Plus gets a better interface and a 40 percent discount
Amazon’s Fire TV Stick 4K Plus is on sale for $29.99, which is $5 shy of its best price. | Image: Amazon When Amazon first showed off its redesigned Fire TV OS at CES, we were impressed. It’s...
Here’s your first look at Kratos and Atreus in Amazon’s upcoming God of War TV adaptation
With the likes of The Last of Us and Fallout out of the way for a bit, Amazon has seized its opportunity to put the spotlight on the next big video game adaptation, its...
AI vs. the Pentagon: killer robots, mass surveillance, and red lines
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 29: U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth (C) speaks during a meeting of the Cabinet as U.S. President Donald Trump (L) and U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick (R) listen in...
Woot’s ‘Video Games for All’ sale features some of our favorite games
There’s a sale happening at Woot that’s delivering Black Friday-esque deals on video games through March 5th. The “Video Games for All” sale includes discounts on physical games for most modern...
OpenAI secures another $110 billion in funding from Amazon, NVIDIA and SoftBank
OpenAI just announced a massive funding round of $110 billion, which is one of the biggest investment rounds in Silicon Valley history. The investors feature many of the usual suspects, including...