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When attorneys general from across the US announced a $17 billion settlement with Meta this summer, the sum was unprecedented. But a ruling last week by a New Mexico judge blew that number out of the water. The judge ordered Meta to pay $25 billion to resolve claims that Meta misled users around the 2018 Cambridge Analytica scandal and related incidents. Similar claims were resolved by the settlement with most other states. The outcome raised an obvious question: Should these states have asked f

Google DeepMind released Genie 4, a world model with real-time audio, more realistic simulations, and mid-simulation text prompts, in research preview for trusted testers.

Despite the agency's human resources department saying he hadn’t even been onboarded, Jeremy Lewin oversaw the destruction of USAID. It’s not clear he had the legal authority to do so.

The Fathom pickup won’t need a wall-mounted inverter to output 10 kW to your house.

Mozilla is updating Smart Window - Firefox's AI-powered browsing experience - with a new feature that can help you fill out online forms based on your open tabs. As an example, Mozilla says Smart Window can pull information from your online portfolio or LinkedIn page to paste your work history into a job application. You can try out this feature by clicking into a form with at least four text fields. From there, you'll see an option to "Fill from sources," which will show all of the tabs Firefox

Fans cheer during game two of the 2026 World Series between the Milwaukee Brewers and the Tampa Bay Rays | Getty Images On October 2nd, just as Major League Baseball's Division Series was kicking off, the main MLB Instagram and TikTok accounts posted a video hyping up the teams still in the running for the World Series. It featured clips of players from the Milwaukee Brewers, Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago White Sox, and more sliding into home plate, hitting homers, and celebrating hits - stand

Genie 4 will roll out to developers and Google AI Ultra subscribers soon.

The Matic Serene looks identical to the current Matic but the company claims its hardware improvements make it much quieter. | Image: Matic Matic, the company behind my favorite robot vacuum, is launching its first new model since its 2023 debut: the Matic Serene. The new robotic floor cleaner has one key upgrade: noise reduction. With a promised output of just 52 decibels at its highest suction level, the Serene claims to be about as quiet as a running refrigerator. It costs $1,695, $200 more

Google announced today its Genie 4 world model for generating interactive experiences using AI. The company says the model has four main updates: It allows for more realistic worlds, lets users update an experience in real time with a natural language prompt, can generate audio, and uses Gemini 3.8 Flash under the hood to help with its simulations. It also can create experiences that are about two minutes long, up from one minute for the previous Genie 3 model. Google is pitching Genie 4 as a to

Huge price hikes force loyal users to reconsider their favorite apps.

Thanksgiving is less than a month away, so now’s a good time to start preparing before the rush. Fortunately, Apple’s latest AirTag can help you keep tabs on your luggage and other belongings amid the holiday chaos, and it’s currently down to an all-time low of $23 ($6 off) at Amazon and Walmart. Apple AirTag (second-gen) Where to Buy: $29 $23 at Amazon $29 $23 at Walmart If you own an iPhone, the second-gen AirTag is the best Bluetooth tracker you can buy. That’s largely due to Apple’s ult

A government watchdog is considering a probe into the Home Office’s use of ChatGPT technology to process asylum claims amid concerns over the tools’ accuracy and secrecy surrounding their use.

Rohit Patel is departing Meta after eight years working on AI evaluations and reinforcement learning, TechCrunch has exclusively learned. His startup, Ndoc, aims to take on Microsoft Office Suite.

Ford is rolling out two new chargers capable of powering a home or the grid — so-called V2x capability.

The U.S. government cyber agency warns that hackers have figured out a way to exploit the popular PHP software, used in 70% of the web's software.

The new MacBook Pro comes with 24 hours of battery life, and now features support for Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6 connectivity.

I respect Apple's first crack at a foldable phone, but I'm not sure I like it.

Seeing the light on touchscreen laptops. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge A fridge is about to be merged with a toaster. Dogs and cats are soon to be living together. But it's not mass hysteria; Apple is expected to finally announce a touchscreen MacBook tomorrow at its "Pro and Tell" event. A laptop with a touchscreen should be no big deal - we've had them for ages. But Apple took a hardline stance against them. In addition to Tim Cook's infamous 2012 quote equating it to combini

The latest Apple software update for iPhones and iPads includes new features and important security updates.

Apple is bringing an AI assistant to its suite of productivity apps, including Keynote, Pages, and Numbers. The assistant, which is built on AI models from Apple and OpenAI, can understand a document's context to perform tasks like designing, animating, and refining slides in Keynote. In Pages, Apple says the AI assistant can draft, restructure, and tweak written content. It can also calculate, visualize, and organize data in Numbers, while suggesting chart types and building custom tables. Key