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OpenAI's ChatGPT For Teens Admits Its Emotional Danger

OpenAI launched a restricted ChatGPT for teens with new guardrails against romantic talk and emotional overreliance, reacting to lawsuits over AI safety as most

Aug 18, 20265 min
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Peacock Jump Starts Price Sticker Shock for Subscribers

Peacock has hiked its subscription prices again, boosting its ad-free tier to $19.99 as the streamer transitions from a loss-leader to a profit engine, banking

Aug 18, 20265 min
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Apple Leaks AirPods With a Camera in Official macOS Build

Apple has leaked its own product, intentionally placing a demo for camera-equipped AirPods in a final macOS update to build hype for its upcoming Visual Intelli

Aug 18, 20265 min
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Anthro Energy Breaks Ground on Solid State Battery Breakthrough

Anthro Energy is building a U.S. factory dedicated solely to producing a polymer electrolyte for solid-state batteries, aiming to solve the battery industry's b

Aug 18, 20267 min
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Comcast Is Turning Your Wi-Fi Into A Motion Sensor

Comcast has activated Wi-Fi motion detection on millions of its routers, creating a free home monitoring system that also raises significant privacy concerns.

Aug 18, 20266 min
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Disney Sues FCC Over Trump-License Retaliation Scandal

ABC and Disney have sued the Federal Communications Commission, accusing it of using early license renewals to retaliate against the network for its political s

Aug 18, 20268 min
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Reach VC Ditches Classroom for AI, Banks $265M Bet

Reach Capital raises a $265M AI fund, marking a sharp pivot away from its decade-long identity as an edtech specialist amid the sector's downturn.

Aug 18, 20267 min
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Daniel Ek Launches $7 Billion Health Scan Startup in Manhattan

Spotify's Daniel Ek is launching his $7 billion health-scanning startup, Neko Health, in Manhattan, challenging the traditional American healthcare model.

Aug 18, 20264 min
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Elon Musk's FAA Chaos Hands Palantir Lucrative Contract

Elon Musk's chaotic moves at the FAA have degraded air traffic safety and created the crisis Palantir is now being paid to solve, linking political patronage to

Aug 18, 20266 min
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Senegal Parrot Pilfers Spacebar and Halts Work

A Senegal parrot's theft of a laptop spacebar highlights the real threat pets pose to tech, requiring a quick repair guide and a strategic behavioral reset.

Aug 18, 20268 min
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OpenAI Launches Teen-Mode ChatGPT to Shape Adolescent Minds

OpenAI is launching a dedicated ChatGPT mode for teens, a high-stakes attempt to control the cognitive habits of the first AI-native generation amidst intense r

Aug 18, 20269 min
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Indonesia Quake Paralyzes Island As Death Toll Climbs

A powerful shallow earthquake on Flores Island has killed at least 53 people and overwhelmed local response capabilities, highlighting Indonesia's persistent vu

Aug 18, 20269 min