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4 ways states are placing guardrails around AI

U.S. state legislatures are where the action is for placing guardrails around artificial intelligence technologies, given the lack of meaningful federal regulation. The resounding defeat in Congress of a proposed moratorium on state-level

Intel stocks drop after Trump calls on CEO’s resignation

Shares of Intel slumped Thursday after President Donald Trump said in a social media post that the chipmaker’s CEO needs to resign.

“The CEO of Intel is highly CONFLICTED and must resign, immediately,

OpenAI unveils GPT-5 model, featuring improved coding and problem-solving chops

OpenAI on Thursday unveiled its highly anticipated GPT-5, a powerful multi-modal AI model featuring major advancements in problem-solving and coding.

The new flagship model was announced during a Thursday morning livestream. Unlike previous releases that were limited to paid subscribers, GPT-5 will be available to free

SoftBank’s profit rebounds on AI stocks

Japanese technology conglomerate SoftBank Group Corp. posted a 421.8 billion yen ($2.9 billion) profit in the April-June quarter, rebounding from a loss a year earlier as its investments benefited from the craze for artificial intelligence.

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iOS 26 has political groups panicking over fundraising. The truth might surprise them

Last week, Punchbowl News published an internal memo the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) sent to its members, warning that Apple’s upcoming iOS 26 operating system for the iPhone could cost the or

How crypto billionaires took over Trump’s political machine

Last week, President Donald Trump’s super PAC revealed that it has an unsettling amount of cash on hand for a president who is, his occasional musings to the contrary notwithstanding, constitutionally ineligible to run for a third term in office. According to a midyear report filed with the Federal Election Commiss

RushTok is back. TikTok still can’t get enough of sorority recruitment

The internet’s favorite programming is back on: #RushTok season is officially upon us. 

If this is your first time tuning in, “rush” is the informal name for the recruitment process in which college students in the U.S. vie for a spot in a Greek organization at their campus. On #RushTok, potential new members (PNMs) document their experience rushing different sororities, typically those affiliated with the National Panhellenic C

Instagram launches map feature. It looks a lot like Snap Map

Location sharing among friends, family, and significant others has quietly become the norm in recent years.

Now Instagram is looking for a piece of the action with the launch of a new opt-in map tool that lets users share their whereabouts, similar to Snapchat’s Snap Map or Apple’s Find My.

The feature is already available to users in the U.S. Tapping the “Map” circle on the Messages

WhatsApp removes 6.8 million accounts linked to scam centers

WhatsApp has taken down 6.8 million accounts that were “linked to criminal scam centers” targeting people online around the world, its parent company Meta said this week.

The account deletions, which Meta said took place over the first six months of the year, arrive as p


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