Americas
Latest news and updates from Americas.
Google built a great smart speaker, but Gemini isn’t ready for it
Smart speakers have spent the past few years searching for a compelling second act. Beyond music, timers, and controlling your lights, they've struggled to just...
Rhythm Heaven never misses a beat
Rhythm Heaven isn't Nintendo's best-known series, nor its most prolific. Prior to the launch of Rhythm Heaven Groove on the Switch this week - it's out on July...
Range anxiety
The storm developed quickly over west central Illinois on April 17th, first as a single high-intensity system called a supercell, and then later that evening tr...
The cube was a lie: up close with our Dbrand Companion Cube before it gets destroyed
Dbrand is the company that shipped a product that told Nintendo's legal team to "go fuck yourself," and the company that had a second set of lawyer-dodging PS5...
Fujifilm launches two new QuickSnap cameras because Gen Z can’t get enough
Fujifilm is expanding its QuickSnap lineup with a new disposable camera focused on taking monochrome photos, and another built to survive harsh outdoor environm...
Claude Helped a Hacker Find a Way to Issue Tickets to Almost Every US Music Festival
A researcher found that using Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.7, he could break into the website of Front Gate—used by every festival from Lollapalooza to Bonnaroo—an...
Cleared by the US, derailed by the UK: Getty’s Shutterstock merger falls apart
Getty is planning to axe its $3.7 billion merger agreement with Shutterstock after a UK regulator imposed restrictions that would prevent part of Shutterstock's...
Meta is adding ridiculous ‘rate limits’ and a soft paywall to its smart glasses
Would you pay $20 a month for access to AI hardware you already own? That appears to be one of Meta's next bets. This week, it quietly announced that your glass...
Anthropic’s long-sidelined Fable 5 is greenlit to return
After weeks of negotiating with the Trump administration, Anthropic is finally going to be able to bring Claude Fable 5 back online. In a post on X, Anthropic s...
Dish files for bankruptcy, but not shutting down
Dish, the company that operates Dish TV and Sling TV, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy," as reported earlier by Reuters. The plan will allow the EchoStar-own...
Amazon fined $2.25 million for failing to help identity theft victims
The Federal Trade Commission fined Amazon $2.25 million to settle claims that the company failed to help customers who fell victim to identity theft, as reporte...
Meta considered buying Kalshi before developing its own prediction market app
Mark Zuckerberg met with Kalshi's CEO last year about a potential deal, but talks did not move forward. Now Meta is making its own prediction market app.