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Disney has demanded that Character.AI stop using its copyrighted characters. Axios reports that the entertainment juggernaut sent a cease and desist letter to Character.AI, claiming that it has chatbots based on its franchises, including Pixar films, Star Wars and the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In addition to claiming copyright infringement, the letter questioned whether these protected characters were being used in problematic ways in conversations with underage users.
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Huawei may add a new phone to last yearâs Mate 70 lineup soon. A phone called the Mate 70 Air has been listed on the China Telecom website, which reveals its design and key specifications. The Huawei Mate 70 Air is expected to be a slim and lightweight phone set to compete with the recent influx of âAirâ models from other brands. It is listed on the China Telecom website... Read more âș
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Jennifer Aniston said her father, John Aniston, warned her that she would suffer nothing but rejection when she told him she wanted to act. Read more âș
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Global profits are becoming China's newest growth engine, potentially reshaping its economy and markets. Read more âș
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A huge AWS (Amazon Web Services) outage has taken out multiple internet services including Alexa, Ring, Snapchat and more âhere's what we know so far. Read more âș
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A Domain Name System error that originated from Amazon's largest and oldest data center took down major sites Monday. The outage has been resolved. Read more âș
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Last week, it was announced that the Department of Homeland Security is buying new planes â and they're not your usual private jets. Read more âș
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The event was sponsored by top AI firms like OpenAI and Anthropic and offered winners cash prizes and company swag. Read more âș
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After experiencing trouble for hours on Monday, services such as Snapchat, Canva, Fortnite and more are now operating normally. This problem was caused by an outage of Amazonâs computing services unit, Amazon Web Services. Hereâs what exactly happened and why it affected millions of people worldwide Read more âș
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Kohler is expanding its line of bathroom products with Dekoda, an iPhone-connected device that's designed to be attached to a toilet rim (via The Verge). The device's included "sensors" point into the toilet bowl, allowing it to analyze what goes on in the bathroom. According to Kohler, Dekoda is a health tracker that can monitor gut health and hydration, as well as detect the presence of blood in the toilet.... Read more âș
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Investigators recovered the OceanGate Titan sub's underwater camera nearly intact, discovering a SanDisk SD card that survived the 2023 implosion and still contained 12 images and 9 videos. TechSpot reports: Scott Manley, the science communication YouTuber, gamer, astrophysicist, and programmer, posted about the latest find: a hardened SubC-branded Rayfin Mk2 Benthic Camera containing the undamaged SD card. The titanium and synthetic sapphire crystal camera is rated to withstand depths of... Read more âș
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A massive internet outage occurred Monday morning, impacting Amazon, Snapchat, Roblox, and more. Read more âș
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Just how serious of an antisemitism problem does the American right have â and what, if anything, should they do about it? For well over a year, some conservative elites have quietly worried about the trends they were seeing among influencers and young rightists who seem increasingly enamored of conspiracy theories involving Jews â the [âŠ] Read more âș
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Appleâs latest iOS 26.1 beta has a new option that lets you tint Liquid Glass elements of iOS 26 so that they are more opaque. Since announcing Liquid Glass at WWDC this year, Apple has tweaked exactly how glassy Liquid Glass is â early on, there were some legibility issues â but this new setting [âŠ] Read more âș
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With the fourth betas of iOS 26.1, iPadOS 26.1, and macOS 26.1, Apple has introduced a new setting that's designed to allow users to customize the look of Liquid Glass. The toggle lets users select from a clear look for Liquid Glass, or a tinted look. Clear is the current Liquid Glass design, which is more transparent and shows the background underneath buttons, bars, and menus, while tinted increases the... Read more âș
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The fourth beta of iOS 26.1 includes an option to turn off the Lock Screen swipe that activates the camera, a feature that iPhone users have been wanting for years. In the Camera section of the Settings app, there's a Lock Screen Swipe to Open Camera setting, and turning it off disables the feature where you can swipe left to open the camera. The âiPhoneâ has long allowed users to... Read more âș
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WindBorne says its balloons are compliant with all applicable airspace regulations. Read more âș
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Lew Frankfort said best value bags need to be produced overseas, even as companies have been shifting manufacturing to the US amid tariff turmoil. Read more âș
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ASML has introduced the Twinscan XT:260, the industry's first lithography scanner designed specifically for advanced 3D packaging, wedding front-end precision with back-end productivity to quadruple throughput, marking a new era of tools purpose-built for heterogeneous integration. Read more âș
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Attorney General Pam Bondi posted on X that the Department of Justice contacted Facebook in order to have a group removed that she claimed "was being used to dox and target" US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents operating in Chicago. We reached out to Meta for confirmation and a representative said, "This Group was removed for violating our policies against coordinated harm," however they did not confirm the name of... Read more âș
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Ever since since 2018, the United States Mint has issued special $1 coins every year to honor American innovation and the "pioneering efforts of individuals or groups." The Mint has just revealed the designs for 2026 $1 Innovation coins, and one of them features Apple co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs. It features a young Jobs sitting cross-legged in front of a quintessential California landscape with rolling hills and oak... Read more âș
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Meta is shutting down its Messenger app for macOS and Windows and pushing users to the web. Meta confirmed over email to Engadget that the app will be fully shutdown on December 15, after which the easiest ways to access Messenger chats when you're not on your phone will be the Facebook app on Windows, or the Facebook and Messenger websites.The company hasn't provided an explanation for why it's abandoning... Read more âș
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TiVo has confirmed that it has stopped selling its DVR set-top boxes, marking the end of an era that changed how we watch television forever. As first reported earlier this month by Cord Cutters News, TiVo Corporation quietly pulled its once-groundbreaking digital video recorder from its website. Holding company Xperi later confirmed that the listing was removed on October 1. âI can confirm that as of October 1, 2025, TiVo... Read more âș
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You'll get access to Windows 10 a little longer by doing this. (Getty Images) If you're still running Windows 10 on your PC, we've got some news for you. As of today, Microsoft is moving the software to "end of life" status. The good news: Windows 10 PCs will still continue to work after today. The bad news: they'll stop getting important security updates by default. That leaves you with... Read more âș
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Violent video games have found themselves in the crosshairs of politicians yet again, but this time with Mexico's government. Earlier this week, Mexico's Chamber of Deputies approved a comprehensive financial package that includes an eight percent tax on video games with mature content. As first reported by Insider Gaming, the proposed tax covers games that have a C or D rating under Mexico's video game age classification system, which is... Read more âș
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We've seen artificial intelligence give some pretty bizarre responses to queries as chatbots become more common. Today, Reddit Answers is in the spotlight after a moderator flagged the AI tool for providing dangerous medical advice that they were unable to disable or hide from view. The mod saw Reddit Answers suggest that people experiencing chronic pain stop taking their current prescriptions and take high-dose kratom, which is an unregulated substance... Read more âș
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X has long been a hotbed for fake accounts, bots and other scammy behavior. Many of those dynamics have been exacerbated by the rise of paid verification, which boosts the visibility of anyone who pays for a subscription. Now, the company is running a small experiment that could help users better identify potentially suspicious accounts.The service is starting to test a new "about this account" feature that will provide details... Read more âș
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OpenAI has paused video generations of Martin Luther King Jr. on Sora at the request of King Inc., the estate that manages his legacy. The company said in an announcement on X that it worked with the estate to address how his "likeness is represented in Sora generations" after people used the app to create disrespectful depictions of the American civil rights leader. It's not quite clear if OpenAI intends... Read more âș
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After more than a decade of service, Microsoft is declaring the end of Windows 10âs usable life. If your machine still uses it, rest assured itâll continue to work, but you wonât see any more software and security updates. If your machine is compatible, youâll be able to upgrade to Windows 11 for free, or this can provide the justification you need to buy a new machine. But thereâs also... Read more âș
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