Meta reached an $18 billion settlement on Wednesday over a lawsuit brought by 29 U.S. states concerning children’s safety. The settlement is historic in scale…
Author: Amanda Silberling
Is it legal to train AI models on copyrighted books? It’s complicated |
You probably know by now that the AI models powering ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and other chatbots are trained on seemingly infinite databases of published works,…
Gambling on the Little League World Series? Sports bettors have gone too far |
1:01 PM PDT · August 19, 2026 Have we tried turning off society and turning it back on again? We need a complete cultural reset,…
Amazon will train on Twitch streamers' content by default, unless they opt out |
The streaming platform Twitch will now use creators’ content to help train generative AI models for its parent company, Amazon. This move has inspired swift…
What's the best handheld mini fan? |
It’s summer. You are sweaty. There’s some unprecedented heat wave that’s even worse than the last unprecedented heat wave. You are uncomfortable. You’re getting sweatier…
Siri AI could come with a paywall for power users |
9:08 AM PDT · July 31, 2026 In his final earnings call as CEO of Apple, Tim Cook said that the company’s long-awaited Siri AI…
‘If this isn’t addiction, I don’t know what is’: Light’s founders get real about screen time
With theLight Phone,Kaiwei TangandJoe Hollierhave spent over a decade exploring the value of simplicity in our relationship to technology, partnering along the way with players…
Prime Video follows Netflix and Disney by adding a TikTok-like 'Clips' feed in its app |
1:50 PM PDT · May 8, 2026 Amazon is adding a short-form video feed to the Prime Video app called “Clips,” the company announced on…
Wait, could they still actually break up Live Nation? |
2:38 PM PDT · April 15, 2026 A federal jury found Wednesday that Live Nation has been operating as an illegal monopoly — a verdict…