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Waymo’s robotaxis have racked up at least 24 safety violations involving school buses in Austin since the start of the 2025 school year, and a voluntary software recall the company issued in December after a federal investigation has not fixed the problem. Austin Independent School District initially reported at least 19 incidents of Waymo vehicles failing to stop for buses during loading and...
It’s official: the New England Patriots will face the Seattle Seahawks at Santa Clara’s Levi’s Stadium in this year’s Super Bowl. Usually home to the San Francisco 49ers, this year’s game will mark 10 years since Levi’s Stadium first hosted in 2016, where the Denver Broncos defeated the Carolina Panthers 24-10. Such a big event […]
Traditional banking no longer sets the standard for digital payment experiences. Especially in 2026, traditional banks are almost extinct. Even if traditional banks exist, they are just there for physical presence, for name’s sake. On the other side, digital-first platforms now shape how customers judge speed, cost, and convenience. In 2025, more than 75% of […]
Audiobooks are now available to listen to on Spotify in South Africa, giving users more ways to get lost in great stories. With an extensive catalogue of audiobooks, Spotify’s selection spans bestsellers, new releases and genre favourites, including Shining Girls by South African author Lauren Beukes, as well as Heated Rivalry, Fourth Wing and You […]
As regulatory expectations rise across global financial centres, firms targeting the UAE and wider Middle East are increasingly reassessing how and where they establish licensed brokerage operations. What was once a straightforward choice between onshore prestige and offshore flexibility has evolved into a more nuanced strategy — one that balances speed, cost efficiency, and regulatory […]
Toronto, Canada Aleen Inc. (CSE: ALEN-U), a digital wellness company, today announced the rollout of new analytics and system-level enhancements designed to help users better interpret personal wellness data and identify meaningful patterns over time. The update introduces expanded Metrics Analysis and Statistics Dynamics tools that track changes in wellness indicators and daily activity trends...
Hollywood’s recent attempts to build entertainment around AI have consistently underperformed or outright flopped, whether the AI in question is a plot device or a production tool. The horror sequel M3GAN 2.0, Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning, and Disney’s Tron: Ares all disappointed at the box office in 2025 despite centering their narratives on AI. The latest casualty is Mercy, a...
An anonymous reader shares a report: Republicans’ tax cuts shaved billions off Amazon’s tax bill, new government filings show. The company says it ran a $1.2 billion tax bill last year, down from $9 billion the previous year, and even as its profits jumped by 45% to nearly $90 billion. That’s largely because of the generous new depreciation breaks GOP lawmakers included in their One Big...
The government has withheld details of the investigation of Renee Good’s killing—but an unrelated case involving the ICE agent who shot her could force new revelations.
Memory prices across DRAM, NAND and HBM have surged 80 to 90% quarter-over-quarter in Q1 2026, according to Counterpoint Research’s latest Memory Price Tracker. The price of a 64GB RDIMM has jumped from a Q4 2025 contract price of $450 to over $900, and Counterpoint expects it to cross $1,000 in Q2. NAND, relatively stable last quarter, is tracking a parallel increase. Device makers are cutting...
Among those Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently named to a federal autism committee are people who tout dangerous treatments and say vaccine manufacturers are “poisoning children.”
Salesforce is essentially shutting down Heroku as an evolving product, moving the cloud platform that helped define modern app deployment to a “sustaining engineering model” focused entirely on stability, security and support. Existing customers on credit card billing see no changes to pricing or service, but enterprise contracts are no longer available to new buyers. Salesforce said it is...
Forget the Super Bowl, Samsung’s Fantastic S90F QD-OLED TV is on a sweet sale just in time for the Winter Olympics.
An investigation has uncovered a sprawling network of hidden cameras in Chinese hotel rooms that livestream guests — including couples having sex — to paying subscribers on Telegram. Over 18 months, the BBC identified six websites and apps on the messaging platform that claimed to operate more than 180 spy cams across Chinese hotels, not just recording but broadcasting live. One site, monitored...
Saatva is providing a bedding bundle to Team USA hockey and figure skating at the 2026 Olympic Winter Games—here are my thoughts on it as a sleep coach.
Red and blue states alike have introduced legislation in recent weeks that would halt data center development, citing concerns from climate to high energy prices.
Kris Marszalek, the co-founder and CEO of cryptocurrency exchange Crypto.com, has paid $70 million for the domain AI.com — the highest price ever publicly disclosed for a website name, according to the deal’s broker Larry Fischer of GetYourDomain.com. The entire sum was paid in cryptocurrency to an undisclosed seller. Marszalek plans to debut the site during a Super Bowl ad this weekend,...
An anonymous reader shares a report: Amazon, Google, and Microsoft each reported hundreds of billions in RPO (remaining performance obligations) — signed contracts for cloud computing services that can’t yet be filled and haven’t yet hit the books. Collectively, the big three cloud providers reported a $1.1 trillion backlog of revenue.
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From tinned fish to baked goodies, you can deliver the best-tasting treats to their door—even if you don’t live close by.
As AI systems grow more powerful, Anthropic’s resident philosopher says the startup is betting Claude itself can learn the wisdom needed to avoid disaster.
An anonymous reader shares a report: KPMG, one of the world’s largest auditors of public and private companies, negotiated lower fees from its own accountant by arguing that AI will make it cheaper to do the work, according to people familiar with the matter. The Big Four firm told its auditor, Grant Thornton UK, it should pass on cost savings from the rollout of AI and threatened to find a new...