At the heart of the ensuing social media liability case is a key question: Did Meta lie or mislead the public about the security of its platform, when it knew otherwise? The state of New Mexico opened its case Monday, arguing that public statements by Meta’s top executives regularly contradict its own internal discussions and … Read more
Beast Industries, owned by YouTuber Jimmy “MrBeast” Donaldson, announced Monday that it has acquired Step, a banking app aimed at teens and young adults. The move comes a few months after Donaldson announced plans to launch a new YouTube channel focused on personal finance and investing. His main channel has 466 million subscribers and has … Read more
ChatGPT users may soon start seeing ads in their chats, as OpenAI announced on Monday that it is officially starting to test ads on its AI platform. They will appear as labeled “sponsored” links at the bottom of ChatGPT’s answers, but OpenAI says the ads “do not affect the answers ChatGPT gives you.” Currently, ads … Read more
A year and nearly 2,000 pages of documents later, a group suing to reveal what the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) was doing at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) says the agency withheld relevant documents “in bad faith” and is asking a court to allow discovery and depositions to obtain the information. “To date, Defendant … Read more
If you haven’t yet updated to the new Apple Home, your smart home devices may not work in the Home app on your iPhone, iPad, Mac or Apple Watch as of Tuesday. On February 10, 2026, Apple will end support for the original HomeKit architecture. The biggest impact of the change will be felt by … Read more
Ferrari has released the first images of the interior of the company’s first all-electric supercar, dubbed the Ferrari Luce (“light” in Italian). This is the second time the Italian automaker has teased the Luce (formerly the Elettrica) without showing us the actual car or even a silhouette. But interior pictures should suffice given the designer’s … Read more
Warner Bros. Discovery has announced that streaming service HBO Max will make its long-awaited debut in the UK and Ireland on March 26, having previously promised an early 2026 launch. Until now, most of HBO’s content has been available exclusively in the UK via Sky or streaming service Now TV. In the UK, the cheapest … Read more
OpenAI president Greg Brockman commented on X with a tweet calling the story “fake news” and OpenAI spokesperson Lindsay McCallum Rémy wrote “this is completely false”. It was remarkably convenient to see that the account that “found” the ad was brand new. The “wineheda” Reddit account behind the original post has now been deleted, but … Read more
Free YouTube Music accounts now have limited access to lyrics, according to several reports. Google began testing Texts as an exclusive feature for Premium users in September, but it appears it’s now getting a wider rollout. It appears that free users will be limited to viewing lyrics for five songs per month, though we’ve asked … Read more
Almost exactly a year after the launch of the iPhone 16e, Apple is preparing to launch the iPhone 17e, according to Mark Gurman. The iPhone 17e will feature the improved A19 chip from the iPhone 17 series, plus MagSafe charging and move Apple’s own mobile chips. Equally important, the company apparently plans to keep the … Read more