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YouTube says it isn’t testing hiding the dislike button
On Tuesday, I published a story about how YouTube appeared to be testing hiding the dislike button on videos, with at least two users on X sharing screenshots o...
Tesla says customers can add their own vehicles to the robotaxi fleet next year — will it happen?
For years, Elon Musk has been making big promises to Tesla owners about unsupervised autonomous driving and the ability to add their own vehicles to the company...
Data centers could erase decades of air quality gains
A rush of new data centers could bring air pollution roaring back to levels not seen since the 2000s in Texas, which has become ground zero for the physical inf...
Meta to create a new class of shares to fund AI push
Meta says it's issuing a new class of shares to fund its AI initiatives. As part of its third-quarter earnings report released on Wednesday, the company says th...
New York’s first microdrama film festival searches for its audience
It remains to be seen if people really want to watch vertical content on horizontal TV screens, but many filmmakers and creators were confident that their lates...
Meta says it would’ve made over $22 billion if it didn’t have to pay a child safety settlement
Meta had to shell out $9.89 billion to pay for a chunk of the child safety settlement it reached with US attorneys general. That's according to the company's th...
PHP: The three letters that shut down sites all over the internet today
Two bugs found with AI are behind major issues today for 4chan, DeviantArt, Wikipedia, and the blog where the bar around the corner posts pictures of people's d...
Flying Roadsters can’t lift Tesla’s flat Q3 revenues
As the smoke clears from its outrageous Roadster demo, Tesla reported Q3 earnings on Wednesday - and the cold reality is that revenue has flatlined. Tesla said...
Bose acquires Skullcandy to help it reach a wider audience
Bose announced today it has acquired Skullcandy. Although the two companies are competitors in the consumer audio space, Skullcandy recently partnered with its...
Airbnb bans making guests do dishes and take out the trash
Checking out of your next Airbnb might be less of a hassle now that the company is banning hosts from including time-consuming chores in their house rules. Airb...
Anthropic takes on Muse with Claude Duet, its new AI agent
Anthropic just announced an AI agent competitor to Meta's Muse and OpenAI's Dots: Claude Duet. The new agent, designed for professionals and small business owne...
Walmart is inviting AI agents to shop for you
Walmart will soon let AI agents shop on its website for you. Next month, the retail giant will allow you to connect your own AI agent to the site, with systems...