TikTok joins Snap to settle social media addiction lawsuit
A landmark lawsuit alleging social media addiction and harm concluded with settlements from TikTok and Snap on Monday and last week, respectively. The case, brought by a group of parents,…
Amazon agrees to pay consumers $309M in returns policy settlement
Amazon has agreed to a settlement exceeding $1 billion to resolve allegations of improper refunds for customer returns. The agreement, finalized in recent court filings, addresses claims that the e-commerce…
Anthropic reportedly upped its latest raise to $20B
Anthropic, the artificial intelligence firm behind the Claude chatbot, is reportedly seeking to significantly increase its venture capital funding. The company now aims to raise $20 billion, doubling its initial…
Bluesky teases 2026 roadmap: A better Discover feed, real-time features, and more
Social network Bluesky is outlining its plans for the coming year, with a renewed emphasis on core functionality alongside anticipated features like improved algorithmic feeds and recommendations. The company acknowledges…
Anduril has invented a wild new drone-flying contest where jobs are the prize
Anduril Defense is launching the AI Grand Prix, a novel competition designed to recruit top engineering talent by challenging them to program autonomous drones. The event, announced this week, offers…
Everything you need to know about viral personal AI assistant Clawdbot (now Moltbot)
The recent surge in artificial intelligence enthusiasm has an unlikely symbol: a lobster. Moltbot, a personal AI assistant initially known as Clawdbot, has rapidly gained popularity despite a name change…
What you should know about the owners of US TikTok
TikTok’s future in the United States has undergone a significant restructuring as its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, established TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC, a new American entity intended to address…
TikTok-like microdramas are going to make billions this year, even though they kind of suck
A new form of mobile entertainment, known as microdrama, is rapidly gaining traction in the United States, generating billions in revenue despite its often-cringeworthy production quality. These short-form, episodic videos…
Microsoft gave FBI a set of BitLocker encryption keys to unlock suspects’ laptops: Reports
Microsoft has reportedly provided the FBI with BitLocker recovery keys, enabling access to encrypted data on three laptops involved in a federal fraud investigation in Guam. The case, first reported…
This startup will send 1,000 people’s ashes to space — affordably — in 2027
A new company, Space Beyond, is aiming to dramatically lower the cost of sending ashes to space, announcing a launch services agreement with Arrow Science and Technology for a SpaceX…