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Universal Music Group settles with AI music startup Udio
October 30, 2025
Universal Music Group said Wednesday it has reached licensing agreements with artificial intelligence music startup Udio, settling a lawsuit that had accused Udio of using copyrighted music to train...
Leading AI company to ban kids from long chats with its bots amid growing concern about the technology
October 29, 2025
Character.AI, a platform for creating and chatting with artificial intelligence chatbots, plans to start blocking minors from having “open-ended” conversations with its virtual characters.The major change comes as the...
News Analysis: Trade deal or trade truce? Questions remain as Trump meets with China’s Xi
October 28, 2025
WASHINGTON — President Trump faces the most important international meeting of his second term so far on Thursday: face-to-face negotiations with Xi Jinping, who has made China a formidable economic and...
Grindr receives buyout offer to take dating app private
October 27, 2025
Grindr, the publicly-traded company behind the popular dating and social networking app for LGBTQ people, is closer to becoming private.On Friday, two of Grindr’s board members who are also...
EV truck maker Rivian is laying off hundreds amid a slowdown in demand
October 23, 2025
The electric truck and SUV company Rivian will lay off hundreds of employees in an attempt to save cash as federal support for electric vehicle adoption wanes under the...
Meta is cutting 600 jobs in its AI division
October 22, 2025
Meta is slashing roughly 600 jobs in its artificial intelligence unit as the tech giant aims to move faster to compete with its rivals.The company declined to comment on...
Driverless Waymo taxis under investigation after failing to stop for a school bus
October 21, 2025
Around 2,000 Waymo vehicles are under investigation after reports of one of the self-driving taxis navigating around a school bus while children disembarked. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration...
Why did Amazon’s AWS outage disrupt Snapchat, Ring and many other services?
October 20, 2025
People struggled to access social media app Snapchat, online game Fortnite, payments app Venmo and other popular online services on Monday after an Amazon Web Services outage caused widespread...
Comedians cancel Dreamforce performance after Benioff draws backlash for Trump support
October 17, 2025
Comedians Kumail Nanjiani and Ilana Glazer dropped out of performing at Salesforce’s annual tech conference this week after the company’s chief executive Marc Benioff made controversial remarks that showed...
Attention Walmart shoppers: ChatGPT will do your shopping for you
October 15, 2025
Walmart has partnered with OpenAI to allow its customers to shop for products and pay directly from within ChatGPT.The world’s largest retailer’s embrace of “AI-first” shopping ushers in the...
The key health bills California Gov. Newsom signed this week focused on how technology is impacting kids
October 15, 2025
New laws signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom aim to make the artificial intelligence and social media landscape in California safer, especially for minors. Senate Bill 243, sponsored by state...
Salesforce to invest $15 billion in San Francisco to advance AI
October 14, 2025
Software giant Salesforce is planning to invest $15 billion in San Francisco over the next five years to strengthen the city’s dominance in artificial intelligence. “This $15 billion investment...