China Wants a Permission Slip Before Anyone Exports Its Best AI
China has proposed export controls covering 23 AI related technologies, from chip design tools to model weights, in a move…
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Apple Poaches Another Meta Lawyer to Run Its Courtroom Fights
Apple has hired Meta litigation veteran Scott Tucker to lead its global litigation team, the second senior legal hire it…
OpenAI Just Gave ChatGPT the Keys to Your Chrome Tabs
OpenAI's ChatGPT extension for Chrome can now read every open tab and act on them in a new "Work" mode,…
Android 17 QPR2 Beta 7.1 Fixes Pixel Freezes: Build Details and Who Should Update
Android 17 QPR2 Beta 7.1 (CP41.260831.019) landed October 16, 2026 with a fix for multi-second Pixel freezes. Build details, how…
Google Pushes the Dynamic Search Ads to AI Max Deadline to February 2027, Adds New Reporting
Google has quietly rewritten its AI Max for Search documentation, pushing the automatic migration deadline for Dynamic Search Ads campaigns…
Google’s New /goto Redirect Is Quietly Breaking Rank Trackers and SEO Attribution Tools
Google has rolled out a google.com/goto redirect layer on search result clicks that's complicating rank tracking, SERP APIs, and referrer-based…
This Startup Sends AI Agents Undercover to Get Scammed on Purpose, Then Uses What They Learn
Apate, a startup building AI agents that pose as potential victims to bait scammers into revealing their tactics, has raised…
Microsoft’s Satya Nadella Says Every AI Model Should Be Treated as Compromised, Wants an Emergency Brake
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says companies should assume every AI model is compromised from the moment it's deployed and has…
Anthropic Gives Outside Safety Researchers Employee-Level Access to Audit Claude
Anthropic is letting researchers from the nonprofit METR look under the hood of its AI systems with employee-level access, a…
Amazon’s Bee Launches Two New AI Wearables Starting at $75, No Subscription Required
Bee, the AI wearable startup Amazon acquired earlier this year, has launched two new always-listening devices starting at $75, aimed…