How to Use Apple’s iOS 26 and Google’s Android 16
Don’t have the latest A.I.-powered model? There are still plenty of new features in Apple’s iOS 26 and Google’s Android 16 to make your own.
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OpenAI to Join Tech Giants in Building 5 New Data Centers in U.S.
Working with the Japanese conglomerate SoftBank and the cloud company Oracle, the A.I. start-up will spend $400 billion over the next five years.
WhatsApp just made talking across languages way easier
Meta Platforms on Tuesday said it is introducing a translation feature for its WhatsApp messaging service, aiming to ease cross‑language chats among its more than 3 billion users. The translations will initially be available in six languages on Android devices and 19 languages on iPhones, with more languages to follow. “Message translations were designed to … Read more
YouTube to Reinstate Accounts Banned Over Content Related to the Pandemic and 2020 Election
The streaming platform unveiled its plan in a letter to the House Judiciary Committee.
Nvidia to invest $100b in OpenAI, provide data center chips in major AI partnership
Nvidia will invest up to $100 billion in OpenAI and supply it with data center chips, the companies said on Monday, marking a tie-up between two of the highest-profile players in the global artificial intelligence race. The move underscores the increasingly overlapping interests of the various tech giants developing advanced AI systems. The deal gives … Read more
American Investors Will License and Oversee TikTok’s U.S. Version, White House Says
The change is part of a deal to bring TikTok under U.S. ownership to avert a looming ban.
When Steam robs you, Konami bores you, and Doom smokes you out
BlockBlasters wasn’t a game. It was a $150K crypto heist hiding on Steam Source: X (@rastalandTV) Steam’s latest disaster shows how fast “fun little indie” can turn into “crypto-draining nightmare.” The game was called BlockBlasters. It dropped on Steam in July looking like harmless retro fluff. But on August 30, a sneaky update laced with … Read more
TikTok Deal Could Make Oracle Founder Larry Ellison a New Kind of Media Mogul
The database billionaire and his son, David, are Trump favorites. The family could soon control an empire that includes CBS, Paramount, Warner, CNN and a piece of TikTok.
U.S. Asks Judge to Break Up Google’s Advertising Technology Monopoly
The Justice Department argued that the best way to address the company’s unfair advantage was to force it to sell off portions of its business.
Nvidia to Invest $100 Billion in OpenAI
The chipmaker’s investment in the San Francisco start-up is an indication of the wild financial figures being tossed around in the world of artificial intelligence.