Insurers Say AI Already Cost Them $942 Million, and Nobody Got Any Healthier
Blue Cross Blue Shield says AI coding tools drove $942 million in additional healthcare spending over two years by inflating…
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Google Just Put a Buy Button Inside Its Chatbot, and Only Flipkart Gets It
Google is testing direct Flipkart purchases inside Gemini and AI Mode for select Indian shoppers, with a wider rollout planned…
A New Mexico Jury Just Reopened the Cambridge Analytica Wound Meta Thought Was Closed
A New Mexico jury found Meta violated the state's Unfair Practices Act by misleading residents about how Facebook data was…
Apple Owes $5.7 Billion Over the Buzz in Your Apple Watch
A federal jury ordered Apple to pay Taction Technology $5.72 billion after finding the Taptic Engine in Apple Watch and…
TikTok Just Avoided an Alabama Trial by Writing a $100 Million Check
TikTok agreed to pay Alabama at least $100 million, and possibly up to $300 million, to settle a lawsuit accusing…
Anthropic’s $11.6 Billion Akamai Deal Could Grow to $20 Billion, and Akamai Walked Away With Stock Too
Anthropic signed a seven-year, $11.6 billion cloud computing agreement with Akamai that could expand to roughly $20 billion, with Akamai…
Google’s AI Overviews Now Show Up in 4 of Every 10 Desktop Searches, and ChatGPT’s Lead Is Shrinking Fast
Comscore's Q2 2026 AI Intelligence Report shows Google AI Overviews now appear in 39.4% of U.S. desktop searches, while ChatGPT's…
Google Search Traffic to News Publishers Just Fell Off a Cliff, Chartbeat’s Data Shows
Chartbeat's latest network data shows Google Search referrals to publishers down 40.2% year over year, nearly double the prior year's…
Tesla’s Semi Finally Has a Real Factory, Eight Years Late
Tesla opened a dedicated Semi factory next to its Reno Gigafactory, targeting 50,000 electric trucks a year after production delays…
Crusoe Walked Away From a $1.25 Billion Turbine Deal, and Boom Supersonic Is Left Holding the Bag
Crusoe Energy has abandoned a $1.25 billion agreement to buy 29 jet turbines from Boom Supersonic for its AI data…