Disney content has gone dark on YouTube TV. Here’s what customers should know

Disney content was pulled from YouTube TV after expiration of a deal that the two sides have not yet agreed to continue.

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Billie Eilish to billionaires: ‘No hate, but give your money away, shorties”

Grammy and Oscar winner Billie Eilish called on billionaires to give away more of their wealth.

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Fast chargers are expanding quickly, but American EV drivers still fear running out of juice

A new poll finds that many Americans remain hesitant to buy electric vehicles.

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Nvidia partners with South Korean government, companies to boost AI development

Silicon Valley chipmaker Nvidia plans to supply its graphics processing units for projects with the South Korean businesses and government to advance the country’s artificial intelligence infrastructure and technologies.

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GOP lawmakers urge Trump administration back Falun Gong lawsuit against Cisco

Two prominent Republicans are urging the Supreme Court to allow a lawsuit against Cisco.

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Mistake-filled legal briefs show the limits of relying on AI tools at work

Judges around the world are seeing error-riddled legal briefs that were generated with the help of artificial intelligence.

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How tiny drones inspired by bats could save lives in dark and stormy conditions

Researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute are developing tiny drones inspired by bats for search and rescue missions.

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China says it will work with US to resolve issues related to TikTok

China's Commerce Ministry says Beijing will work with the Trump administration to resolve issues related to TokTok's ownership.

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Phony AI-generated videos of Hurricane Melissa flood social media sites

AI-generated videos claiming to show Hurricane Melissa have been circulating on social media, causing confusion.

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White House says deal to put TikTok under US ownership could be finalized in South Korea

The Trump administration has been signaling that it may have finally reached a deal with China to keep TikTok running in the U.S., with the two countries finalizing the details as soon as Thursday.

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Chipmaker Nvidia on track to become first $5 trillion company

Nvidia is on track to become the first $5 trillion company, just three months after the Silicon Valley chipmaker was first to break through the $4 trillion barrier.

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Stragglers from Myanmar scam center raided by army cross into Thailand as buildings are blown up

A Thai regional army commander say that the number of people fleeing from Myanmar to Thailand after Myanmar’s military shut down a major online scam center has slowed to a trickle.

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‘This is not my first bubble’: Nvidia’s bear stands his ground

Many on Wall Street like to style themselves as contrarians, but few are swimming against the current as hard as Jay Goldberg, the lone bear on high-flying Nvidia.

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Elon Musk challenges Wikipedia with his own AI encyclopedia

Grokipedia, which briefly crashed after its launch, tallied more than 800,000 AI-generated encyclopedia entries, compared with Wikipedia’s nearly 8 million human-written ones.

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Amazon to lay off 14,000 corporate employees

Amazon's layoffs add to the thousands of tech jobs lost this year from industry giants like Microsoft and Meta, which have conducted layoffs as they pump more money into AI infrastructure.

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Amazon may lay off 30,000 corporate employees this week, Reuters reports

Amazon is planning what could be its largest wave of layoffs ever, according to a report from the news service.

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How to use tech in the garden and still keep your serenity

Gardening tech is evolving to make plant care easier and more efficient. For example, are you unsure if your plants need watering or are getting sufficient sunlight? There are apps for that.

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We finally have free anti-robocall tools that work

A call-screening tool for iPhones is included in the iOS 26 update. Since activating the feature, I’ve hardly noticed when calls from unknown digits come in.

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Bellevue has its advantages. Proximity to Seattle is one

The biggest city on the Eastside is ascendant again, backed by appealing schools and attention to quality of life. But, Jon Talton writes, the suburb needs the big city.

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Ex-Microsoft exec Nathan Myhrvold named in Epstein flight logs

Flight logs purportedly from Jeffrey Epstein's private jet show multiple trips with a former Microsoft executive as a passenger.

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In a California farming region, researchers are mapping rural heat to protect farmworkers

In some of the most agriculturally rich regions in the U.S., researchers from San Diego State University are working to understand how climate change is impacting heat in rural areas and the farmworkers who toil in them.

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EU accuses Meta and TikTok of breaching transparency rules

The European Union says Meta and TikTok have breached transparency obligations under the Digital Services Act.

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Musk’s rollercoaster year: From boycotts and plunging earnings to a potential trillion-dollar payday

Elon Musk literally left a government job with a black eye, has seen profits at his car company sink and must worry about federal regulators disrupting his plans to unleash a fleet of driverless taxis on America's roads in the next few years.

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Trump pardons Binance founder Changpeng Zhao

President Donald Trump has pardoned Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, who created the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange and was convicted in a Seattle trial.

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Amazon Launches New AI Shopping Tool in US for the Indecisive

Amazon.com Inc. is rolling out a new AI-powered tool that will recommend a specific product when shoppers are feeling overwhelmed with options.

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What Americans think about the environmental impact of AI, according to a new poll

A new poll finds that as the United States rapidly builds massive data centers for the development of artificial intelligence, many Americans are concerned about the environmental impact.

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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s pay soars to almost $100 million for 2025

The gulf between Satya Nadella's pay and the employees is widening, and has grown to 480-to-1.

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AI can help the environment, even though it uses tremendous energy. Here are 5 ways how

Artificial intelligence has caused concern for its tremendous consumption of water and power.

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Money-losing companies with colorful histories have pivoted to crypto

So far this year, billions of dollars have flowed into companies that have reinvented themselves by making the buying and holding of cryptocurrency their main focus.

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Ukraine unveils upgraded sea drone it says can strike anywhere in the Black Sea

Ukraine's state security service has unveiled an upgraded sea drone that can operate anywhere in the Black Sea.

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OpenAI launches web browser to compete with Google Chrome

OpenAI says it is introducing its own web browser, called Atlas, entering direct competition with Google as more users rely on AI for answers.

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Loggins demands removal of Trump’s AI-generated video using ‘Danger Zone’

Kenny Loggins is objecting to the use of his music in a social media post featuring an artificial intelligence-generated video of President Donald Trump.

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Cards Against Humanity and Elon Musk’s SpaceX reach settlement over alleged trespassing in Texas

Elon Musk's SpaceX has settled a lawsuit filed by the maker of the popular party game Cards Against Humanity over a piece of land in Texas.

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Citi Foundation is putting $25M toward tackling young adults’ unemployment and AI labor disruptions

Citi Foundation is donating a half million dollars to each of 50 groups that provide digital literacy skills, technical training and career guidance for low-income youth around the world.

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Amazon cloud computing outage disrupts Snapchat, Ring and many other online services

Amazon's cloud computing service experienced a major outage on Monday, disrupting many online services like Snapchat, Roblox, and Signal.

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‘Massive legal siege’ against social media companies looms

The first bellwether trial is scheduled to begin in Los Angeles Superior Court in late January.

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AWS says cloud service has recovered after widespread outage

AWS has fixed an underlying problem with a regional gateway on the US East Coast that caused the disruption, the company said.

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How to give your older phone new software powers

If you haven’t updated your phone’s operating system — or just haven’t found your way around the new software yet — here’s a quick overview.

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China accuses US of cyberattack on national time center

China has accused the U.S. National Security Agency of cyberattacks on its national time center.

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Salesforce’s Benioff apologizes for pro-Trump National Guard comments

"My earlier comment came from an abundance of caution" around the company's annual Dreamforce conference in San Francisco this week, "and I sincerely apologize for the concern it caused," Benioff wrote in a post.

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OpenAI Halts Depictions of MLK After ‘Disrespectful’ Videos

Other high-profile figures and their representatives will be able to opt out of appearing in Sora videos, OpenAI added.

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Throwback styles meet modern tech for a retro revival in our living rooms

It might start with a cassette deck that streams Spotify and charges your phone.

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Sex is a big market for the AI industry. ChatGPT won’t be the first to try to profit from it

OpenAI has announced that ChatGPT will soon engage in "erotica for verified adults.".

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Meta adds parental controls for AI-teen interactions

Meta is adding parental controls to kids’ interactions with artificial intelligence chatbots — including the ability to turn off one-on-one chats with AI characters altogether.

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Microsoft: Russia, China increasingly using AI to escalate cyberattacks on the US

Russia, China, Iran and North Korea are using artificial intelligence to improve their cyberattacks on U.S. companies, governments and individuals, according to new research from Microsoft.

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Microsoft pushes AI updates in Windows 11 as it ends support for Windows 10

Microsoft is encouraging people to talk to their laptops with new AI updates to Windows 11.

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Google Capitalizes on Microsoft Outages With Tools to Switch Over

Google Workspace, Google's suite of cloud-based tools, is rolling out two new services to help businesses that currently use Microsoft products.

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Death of kidnapped South Korean student spurs talks with Cambodia to tackle online scams

South Korean and Cambodian officials have met to address online scams after a South Korean student died in Cambodia.

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Vietnam’s hot streak builds on Apple home hub bet, trade boom

Apple Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook said in May that Vietnam will ultimately produce "almost all" of its iPads, MacBooks, watches and AirPods for the American market.

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Group including Nvidia, BlackRock buying Aligned Data Centers in deal worth about $40 billion

A group including BlackRock, Nvidia and Microsoft is buying Aligned Data Centers in an approximately $40 billion deal in an effort to expand next-generation cloud and artificial intelligence infrastructure.

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