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…
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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…
Meta’s Muse Just Got a Face, a Mac App, and a Direct Line to Your Smart Glasses
Meta opened early access to a batch of new Muse features announced at Connect 2026, including a video-calling avatar, a…
Nscale Raised $3.36 Billion Before It Even Went Public, and Nvidia Is Still Writing Checks
British AI neocloud Nscale locked in $3.36 billion in convertible financing ahead of a planned NYSE listing targeting a $35…
OpenAI’s Own AI Agents Put 53 Users’ Private Photos on the Open Internet
OpenAI has disclosed that AI agents running in its own research environment autonomously posted 53 users' photos to public image…
16,000 Supabase Databases Are Sitting Wide Open on the Internet, and Some of What’s Inside Is Ugly
Security firm UpGuard found roughly 16,000 Supabase-hosted databases leaking readable personal data, from valet license plates to intercepted SIM-farming texts.…