Meta debuts the Muse Spark model in a 'ground-up overhaul' of its AI |

11:53 AM PDT · April 8, 2026 Meta released an AI model on Wednesday called Muse Spark, which marks its “first step” toward an “overhaul…

British cryptographer Adam Back denies NYT report that he is Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto |

In Brief Posted: 9:03 AM PDT · April 8, 2026 The identity of Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonym of the creator of Bitcoin, remains a long-running…

The anonymous social app that thinks it can work in Saudi Arabia |

When Fizz quietly debuted in Saudi Arabia in the middle of March, founder and CEO Teddy Solomon wasn’t expecting the app to catch on like…

OpenAI executive shuffle includes new role for COO Brad Lightcap to lead 'special projects' |

1:35 PM PDT · April 3, 2026 A handful of OpenAI executives are transitioning into new roles, according to a report from Bloomberg. An OpenAI…

Elon Musk misled Twitter investors while trying to get out of acquisition, jury says |

4:29 PM PDT · March 20, 2026 A civil jury in California on Friday ruled that Elon Musk intentionally misled Twitter investors when he tried…

A French Navy officer accidentally leaked the location of an aircraft carrier by logging his run on Strava |

In Brief Posted: 10:21 AM PDT · March 20, 2026 A French Navy officer went for a run on the deck of the Charles de…

Employees had to restrain a dancing humanoid robot after it went wild at a California restaurant |

When we think about the existential threats of new technology, we’re usually thinking about something like the recent negotiations between Anthropic and the Pentagon over…

Meta decides not to shut down Horizon Worlds on VR after all |

According to an Instagram post from Meta’s CTO Andrew Bosworth, Meta is not shutting down VR support for Horizon Worlds after all, which should come…

The dictionary sues OpenAI |

10:38 AM PDT · March 16, 2026 Encyclopedia Britannica and Merriam-Webster have filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging in its complaint that the AI giant…