Google’s Latest Spam Update Is Taking Twice as Long as Usual, and Google Won’t Say Why
Google's September 2026 spam update is taking roughly two weeks to roll out, far longer than the one-to-three-day rollouts of…
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An AI Avatar Just Fooled Nearly Half the People Who Talked to It
Tavus says its new Griffin model convinced 26 of 54 people they were talking to a real human during a…
A Japanese Car-Sharing App Just Confirmed 6.6 Million Accounts Were Exposed
Times Car, a major Japanese car-sharing service, confirmed an attacker had access to its systems for nearly a month, exposing…
A Tech Company Owner Is Accused of Smuggling $300 Million in Nvidia Chips to China
Federal prosecutors charged a California tech company owner with routing more than $300 million worth of export-controlled Nvidia servers to…
Supabase Just Bought Turso to Feed Its AI Agent Database Boom
Supabase raised $150 million and acquired database startup Turso the same day, betting that AI agents spinning up millions of…
Google Put a TPU in Orbit, and It’s Not Just a Stunt
Google's Project Suncatcher prototype satellite reached orbit on October 1, testing whether its AI chips can survive launch forces, radiation,…
Amazon Wants Investors to Buy Its Nvidia Chips So It Can Keep Using Them
Amazon is reportedly exploring an $8 billion deal that would shift ownership of its newest Nvidia AI chips to outside…
A Federal Judge Just Spared Google’s Ad Business From a Breakup, With Strings Attached
Judge Leonie Brinkema rejected the Justice Department's push to force Google to sell off its ad exchange, ordering behavioral fixes…
Meta Parts Ways With the AI Safety Team It Poached Four Months Ago
Four months after pulling three co-founders of AI security startup Virtue AI into its Superintelligence Labs, Meta has reportedly cut…
Tesla Now Lets You Drive Away From a Supercharger Still Plugged In
Tesla added a feature called Emergency Drive Away that lets drivers shift into Drive while still plugged into a Supercharger,…