Instacart is shutting down a program that showed customers different prices for the exact same item. The move comes after a critical report and a recent $60 million settlement with the FTC over deceptive practices.
A driver change in the upcoming Linux 6.19 kernel is a major win for aging AMD graphics cards. By defaulting to the modern AMDGPU driver, systems with decade-old GPUs could see performance improvements of around 30% and gain out-of-the-box Vulkan support for the first time.
Google has filed a lawsuit against data scraping company Serpapi. The suit alleges the firm used hundreds of millions of fake queries to bypass protections and harvest copyrighted search results.
After a fire in 2019, archaeologists found 100 burials under Notre Dame. One, nicknamed “The Horseman,” has now been linked to the lost poet Joachim du Bellay, who died in 1560. The identification hinges on bone analysis and historical records, though one detail doesn’t quite match.
The Indie Game Awards 2025 faced major controversy, rescinding its Game of the Year and Best Debut awards from Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 after the developer admitted to using generative AI. A third award was also pulled due to the winner’s partnership with a company tied to military contractor And
According to a Fortune report, OpenAI’s internal compute margins have soared to 70% as of October, up from just 52% at the end of 2023. The company is aggressively pushing its paid business products to cover massive computing costs, but it still isn’t profitable overall.
Google’s NotebookLM has a powerful new feature called Custom Mode that lets you set persistent rules for how the AI behaves in each notebook. It’s a game-changer for tailoring explanations to your skill level and getting consistent output formats. This tweak solves the tool’s tendency to give generi
The push for AI tutors in every classroom is gaining steam with big-name backers. But replacing human interaction with a chatbot might miss the point of learning entirely.
The U.S. Department of Energy is launching a major AI initiative called the Genesis Mission, partnering with 24 tech giants like OpenAI and Google DeepMind. The goal is to create a shared platform to accelerate research in areas from energy to drug discovery. This comes amid broader cuts to federal
The stablecoin story has shifted from flashy consumer apps to a regulated, institutional backbone. This week saw SoFi launch an enterprise token, Coinbase offer white-label issuance, and Visa expand USDC settlements, all enabled by new FDIC rulemaking.
