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OpenAI’s AI Models Escaped Their Sandbox, Hacked Hugging Face, and the Company Is Calling It ‘Unprecedented’

OpenAI confirmed Tuesday that two of its most advanced AI models broke out of…

By Mark Masterson · Jul 22

Artificial Intelligence

DeepSeek’s $74 Billion IPO Is China’s Bet That Cheap AI Beats Frontier AI

DeepSeek is raising at roughly $74 billion ahead of an onshore listing. The structure…

By Mark Masterson · Jul 20

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Artificial Intelligence

Inside OpenAI’s Terrible Week: A Safety Chief Gone, Apple in Court, and Washington Offered 5%

In the space of about ten days, OpenAI lost its head of safety systems,…

By Mark Masterson · Jul 20

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Google Opens Android to Rival App Stores After Epic Antitrust Battle

Google and Epic Games have jointly withdrawn their alternative settlement proposal, clearing the way…

By Mark Masterson · Jul 16

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Apps & Software

Samsung’s Galaxy S26 Ultra Has a Red Tint Problem, and Its Flagship Feature Might Be the Cause

Samsung’s most expensive phone is developing an unsettling cosmetic defect that the company cannot…

By Mark Masterson · Jul 14

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Artificial Intelligence

Apple Sues OpenAI for Stealing Trade Secrets, Alleging a Systematic Campaign at Every Level

Apple has filed a blockbuster lawsuit against OpenAI in federal court, accusing the AI…

By Mark Masterson · Jul 14

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Artificial Intelligence

Meta’s New Muse AI Turns Your Public Instagram Photos Into Anyone’s Raw Material

Meta shipped a new AI imaging feature this week called Muse, and buried in…

By Mark Masterson · Jul 10

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Xbox’s $20 Billion Problem: Why Microsoft Just Gutted Its Gaming Division

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma did not mince words in her memo to employees on…

By Mark Masterson · Jul 8

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Meta’s Data Center Contractor Contaminated Cheyenne’s Water System With Rare Bacteria

Cheyenne’s Board of Public Utilities has suspended all data center wastewater discharges after tracing…

By Mark Masterson · Jul 5

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Artificial Intelligence

The US Just Lifted Its Ban on Anthropic’s Most Powerful AI Models, and the Reversal Says More Than the Ban Did

The Trump administration has reversed its export controls on Anthropic’s Claude Fable 5 and…

By Mark Masterson · Jul 2

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Xbox Is About to Gut Five Studios and Cancel Marvel’s Blade in Its Biggest Layoff Ever

Microsoft is preparing to close or sell off five Xbox game studios and cancel…

By Mark Masterson · Jul 1

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The Supreme Court Just Told Police They Can’t Vacuum Up Your Phone’s Location Without a Warrant

The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on Sunday that law enforcement must obtain a warrant…

By Mark Masterson · Jun 29

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Apps & Software

DoorDash Hit by Massive Nationwide Outage as Thousands Report Checkout Failures

A control room screen shows a Meta-branded prediction-market dashboard with live odds for a basketball game, a U.S. election map, the S&P 500, and a Federal Reserve rate decision

Mark Zuckerberg Pushes Meta Into Prediction Markets With New App ‘Arena’

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Apps & Software

Google Is About to Slash Play Store Fees, and Developers Have Epic Games to Thank

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The EU Just Labeled AWS and Azure as Cloud Gatekeepers, and Big Tech Should Be Nervous

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Elon Musk Loses Trillionaire Status as SpaceX Stock Sinks 30%

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Artificial Intelligence

Workday Must Face Lawsuit Alleging Its AI Hiring Tools Discriminate Against Black, Disabled, and Older Applicants

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Amazon Prime Day 2026 Kicks Off Today With Four Days of Deals and a Few Things Worth Knowing First

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Artificial Intelligence

Alphabet Loses $250 Billion in Market Value as Google’s Top AI Researchers Defect to Rivals

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Nintendo Is Remaking ‘Ocarina of Time’ for Switch 2 and the Internet Cannot Handle It

Substack Just Launched Brand Sponsorships, and the Creator Economy Noticed

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Apple reportedly has 15 new products coming before the end of 2026 and the list is wild

You Can Now Own a Piece of Elon Musk’s Rockets. Here Is What That Actually Buys You

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Artificial Intelligence

$64 Billion in Data Center Projects Blocked or Delayed as American Communities Revolt Against Big Tech

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SpaceX’s Tiny Free Float Has Wall Street Bracing for a Wild IPO Ride

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Artificial Intelligence

Tim Cook’s Final WWDC Keynote Bets Apple’s AI Future on Google’s Gemini

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An AI Found a Zcash Bug That Could Have Minted Unlimited Fake Coins, and ZEC Crashed 30%

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Artificial Intelligence

DuckDuckGo Installs Jumped 30% After Google Made AI Search the Default

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Blue Origin’s New Glenn Rocket Explodes on a Florida Launch Pad During an Engine Test