India orders social media platforms to take down deepfakes faster |

India has ordered social media platforms to step up policing of deepfakes and other AI-generated impersonations, while sharply shortening the time they have to comply…

Trump EPA reportedly seeks to revoke landmark air pollution rule |

7:47 AM PST · February 10, 2026 The Trump administration’s EPA administrator, Lee Zeldin, is looking to repeal the 2009 “endangerment finding” that found greenhouse…

Google expands tools to let users remove sensitive data about themselves from Search |

7:54 AM PST · February 10, 2026 As part of Safer Internet Day, Google unveiled updates to its “Results about you” and non-consensual explicit image…

Singapore says China-backed hackers targeted its four largest phone companies |

8:19 AM PST · February 10, 2026 Singapore’s government has blamed a known Chinese cyber-espionage group for targeting four of its top telecommunication companies as…

From Svedka to Anthropic, brands make bold plays with AI in Super Bowl ads |

Following last year’s trend of showcasing AI in multimillion-dollar ad spots, the 2026 Super Bowl advertisements took it a step further by leveraging AI both…

The kids 'picked last in gym class' gear up for Super Bowl |

5:26 PM PST · February 7, 2026 The Super Bowl is happening in Silicon Valley this Sunday, and the Patriots-Seahawks game at Levi’s Stadium is…

NBA star Giannis Antetokounmpo joins Kalshi as an investor |

In Brief Posted: 1:30 PM PST · February 7, 2026 Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks announced Friday that he has joined prediction market Kalshi…

An AI startup founder says he's planning a 'March for Billionaires' in protest of California's wealth tax |

The war on California’s proposed ‘Billionaire’s Tax’ is getting weird. This week, amid ongoing rancor from tech elites over the much maligned bill, it became…

New York lawmakers propose a three-year pause on new data centers |

10:23 AM PST · February 7, 2026 New Yorker state lawmakers have introduced a bill that would impose a moratorium of at least three years…

Here's how Roblox's age checks work |

A month after introducing mandatory facial verification for access to chats on its platform, Roblox says 45% of its daily active users have undergone age…