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Woman interacts with a robotic arm holding flower

New AI Girlfriend Platform Lets Men Build Their Ideal ‘Perfect Woman’ for $99 a Month

AI companion platforms offer customised personalities, text, voice, images and video through subscriptions, as UK regulators scrutinise age checks, advertising standards and sensitive user data.

By Gino R. Diño

Tiktok

One Fake TikTok Shop Domain Accounted for 19% of Surfshark’s Phishing Blocks

By Gino R. Diño

Concerns have emerged over ChatGPT’s advice regarding seizure medication.

ChatGPT Allegedly Helped a Woman Stop Her Seizure Medication, Then Told Her Not To Tell Her Doctor

By Noli Cajes

Swiss lawyer standing in front of the Federal Supreme Court

AI-Written Complaints Are Flooding Legal Teams, Leaving Lawyers To Work Out What Actually Matters

By Gino R. Diño

iPad Mini Ad

Apple Removes Hand From South Korean iPad Mini Ad Over Gesture Some See as Mocking Men’s Genital Size

By Thea Felicity

Fire safety innovation explores sound instead of sprays.

Mexican Student Wins Gold for Sound-Based Fire-Suppression Prototype

By Harold Hisona

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Gaming & Streaming

Twitch Star With 1.7 Million Followers Found Dead Days After Haunting Final Post Was Viewed 10 Million Times

By Bagus Dimas

woman frustrated

Women Are Reaching the Top of Tech, but 52% of Those Aged 35-44 Have Considered Leaving

By Tanmay Puri

Girl using phone

Gen Z Is Paying Up to $350 to Escape Social Media and Go Back to Less-Smart Phones

By Tanmay Puri

Apple & Iphone View more

Fortnite player

Apple’s App Store Control Faces Its Biggest Court-Ordered Break Yet In Australia

Cybersecurity & Scams

hackers

FEC Shuts Down Filing System After Hack Attempt, Leaving Voters in the Dark on Campaign Money

Bank of America

Bank of America Warns Customers Not to Give Passwords to AI Agents, Citing Responsibility for Account Activity

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Money & Work
Elon Musk Is Spending $442 Million To Keep Republicans In Congress: Bernie Sanders Says, ‘Gee, I Wonder Why?’
By Tanmay Puri
Cybersecurity
Ukrainian Hacker Jailed for Ransomware Attacks Linked to Hospital Disruption and $100M in Losses
By Tanmay Puri
Future Tech
Trump Suggests ‘American Ocean’ After Saying Google’s Pichai Discouraged Atlantic Renaming
By Harold Hisona
Cybersecurity
Sony Exposes Thousands of Email Passwords in Breach Affecting 2.58M Records
By Mark Dominic
Social Media
Discord Is Making Public Messages Searchable on Google, and Your Old Posts Could Reach Strangers
By Mark Dominic

AI & ChatGPT

Etsy Tightens Rules on AI-Generated Craft Instructions and Listings

Etsy Draws a Line on AI: No AI-Generated Craft Instructions or Fully Automated Listings

Donald Trump

Trump Says the Term ‘AI’ Will Be Banned as He Demands a New Name for the Technology

Roblox

Roblox Accused of Taking 145 GB of Creators’ 3D Models Without Permission, Including ‘Adult’ Models

Netherlands government job cuts could affect thousands of civil servants

Netherlands Plans to Axe 25,000 Government Jobs With AI, but Some Departments Could Lose 60%

Pokimane

Twitch Star Pokimane Says AI Deepfake Scandal Involving Atrioc Still Triggers ‘Fight-or-Flight’

Jess Asato

MP Who Campaigned Against AI Porn Says Grok Generated Sexualised Images of Her: Now She’s Suing xAI

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Social Media

Woman Journalist

Big Tech Accused of Amplifying Online Misogyny That Puts Women Journalists at Greater Risk

X app

Your Next Like on X Could Cost $1 as Elon Musk Reveals a Major Change Coming to the Platform

Reddit AI ban raises questions over Linux exception

Reddit’s Open-Source Community r/opensource Bans AI and Non-English Speakers, but Linux Gets a Pass

Mark Zuckerberg

Protesters Wear Devil Masks Depicting Mark Zuckerberg Outside Meta’s Brazil Office: Here’s Why

Future Tech

Niu Lai

China’s $1.5M AI Movie Is Being Outperformed by a Bizarre Animated Film Made for Just $200

China's $1.5 million AI film earns just $181,000, while a bizarre $200 animated rival becomes a box-office hit.

AI companies could operate without human executives

AI Could Soon Run Entire Companies Without Human Bosses, And Their Owners May Escape Liability

AI fashion models threaten traditional modelling jobs

AI Models Are Taking Over Fashion Shoots: Now Real Models Are Being Asked to Sign Away Their Faces

RTX 5090

China Is Tearing Apart Brand-New RTX 5090 Graphics Cards as Gamers Face Shortages

Google Cleared Forest for Two Finnish Data Centre Sites Before Environmental Assessments Were Complete

Money & Work

Proton AI interviews raise concerns over employee job security

Proton Staff Must Prove They Can Use AI or Risk Losing Their Jobs, Leaked Email Reveals

China’s AI Boom Faces a Technology Market Reckoning

China’s AI Boom Faces a Reality Check as $480 Billion Is Wiped From Technology Stocks

Anthropic’s IPO Filing Puts AI Valuations in Focus

Anthropic Wants Wall Street To Bet on AI, but Its IPO Filing Comes With an $80.7 Billion Loss

Legal Complaint Details AI Model Training Allegations Against Grok

Grok Sued for $100 Million Over 9-Step Subscription Cancelation That Keeps Charging User $30 a Month