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-Casely has reannounced a recall of its Power Pods 5,000mAh MagSafe E33A charger after dozens of people were injured and one even killed by the defective devices. -In order to allow third-party online search engines to be competitive with Google, the EC has recommended that Google permit those services to access its treasure trove of search engine data. -Perplexity's 'Personal Computer' is a suite of computer use agents that can work with your files, apps, connectors and the web to complete complex and "even continuous workflows." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A new partnership with Bookshop.org lets you purchase physical books from indie booksellers from within the Spotify app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

-A group of researchers from across the US and the UK have conducted a study on what AI does to our brains and the results are, in a word, grim. -Earlier this year it was revealed that Apple and Google were offering "nudify" apps on their stores despite having clear policies barring such content. Nearly three months later, such apps are not only still available, but being actively promoted on the iOS App Store and Google Play. -Anthropic has started rolling out identity verification on Claude “for a few use cases.” The company didn't list out those use cases. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This could make it easy for these people to identify strangers in public. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

-The NAACP is suing xAI and a subsidiary called MZX Tech for allegedly operating unpermitted methane gas turbines to power its Colossus 2 data center in South Memphis. -The FCC has announced that Netgear has been given conditional approval that effectively exempts it from a previous ban on foreign-made networking routers -Amazon announced it is merging with satellite internet provider Globalstar Inc. to bolster Leo, its Starlink rival. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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-Dozens of civil rights organizations have written a letter to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to warn of the dangers in bringing facial recognition technology to the company's smart glasses. -A charity organization that focuses on preventing online harm, recently published a study that showed 61 percent of those between 12 and 15 who previously had access to affected social media platforms still have one or more active accounts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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-The feud between Elon Musk and OpenAI is getting even more contentious as the two sides get ready for trial later this month. -The Federal Aviation Administration is targeting gamers in its most recent job advertisement for air traffic controllers. The administration's annual hiring window opens at 12AM ET on April 17, and considering the ongoing shortage of air traffic controllers. -Immigration and Customs Enforcement has a certain Redditor in its crosshairs and it's now strong-arming the social media platform to reveal who they are with a grand jury subpoena, according to a report from The Intercept. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The company says it's because of high energy costs and regulatory issues. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

-OpenAI has closed a yawning gap in its ChatGPT subscription pricing with a new $100 per month Pro plan that slots between the $20 per month Plus plan and $200 per month Pro plan. -The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, which leads the union the Towson workers had joined, released a statement about the closure. "Apple's claim that the collective bargaining agreement prevents relocation is simply false and raises serious concerns that this closure is a cynical attempt to bust the union," -Because they said it couldn't be done, a developer was able to get Mac OS X 10.0 to run on a 2006 Nintendo Wii. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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-OpenAI is putting the brakes on Stargate UK, according to Bloomberg. That's the company's AI infrastructure project with NVIDIA that's meant to help the UK build out its sovereign computing capabilities. -Following the icy reception to Llama 4, Meta is releasing the first in a new family of AI systems built by its recently formed Superintelligence team. The company is kicking off its new Muse era with Spark, a lightweight model geared toward consumer use. -Greece will ban children under the age 15 from using social media starting next year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The long-awaited device is supposed to arrive later this year or early 2027. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

-Anthropic has announced a new initiative called Project Glasswing to help address those concerns by working "to secure the world's most critical software" against AI-powered attacks. -Binge leverages Apple's Live Activities feature to warn viewers about jump scares in horror movies. This seems to work rather simply. Users open the app when starting a movie and Apple devices will display warnings on the lock screen ahead of frightening scenes. -Sony just announced a truly strange initiative called The Playerbase. This is a program to scan people's likenesses and pop them in PlayStation games. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Italian Netflix customers could receive a lump sum refund and an immediate reduction in monthly subscription costs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

-A 3rd US Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled on Monday that New Jersey has no authority to regulate Kalshi's prediction market allowing people to bet on the outcome of sports events. That power rests with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the panel ruled 2-1. -The engineering problems reportedly cropped up during the device's early test production phase and may delay first shipments by months, according to multiple sources briefed on the matter. -According to the lawsuit, the creators behind h3h3 Productions, MrShortGameGolf and Golfholics have accused Apple of violating the Digital Millennium Copyright Act by scraping copyrighted videos on YouTube to train its AI models. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

-Elon Musk reportedly set a condition for banks, law firms, auditors and advisors who want to work on the SpaceX IPO., requiring them to subscribe to Grok. -The Irish government is trialing its Government Digital Wallet, which includes a way to verify a user's age to access social media platforms. -A court in Rome recently ruled that Netflix owed its Italian users a refund for price hikes between 2017 and January 2024 and a reduction to previous subscription costs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The new systems are all available under the Apache 2.0 license. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

-Sony Interactive Entertainment, owner of the PlayStation brand, has acquired Cinemersive Labs, a UK startup developing tools to convert 2D photos and videos into 3D volumes. -The famous fan fiction website Archive of Our Own or AO3 has finally exited open beta, 17 years after it launched way back in 2009. -Flipboard is rolling out its latest experiment, "social websites." The project offers publishers and creators an easier path into what's often called the "open social web," which includes the fediverse, as well as other protocol-based platforms like Bluesky. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apple might finally have a version of Siri that can compete with ChatGPT and Gemini. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

-After the company released Claude Code's 2.1.88 update on Tuesday, users found it contained a file that exposed the app's source code. Before Anthropic took action to plug the leak, the codebase was uploaded to a public GitHub repository, where it was subsequently copied more than 50,000 times. -Director Daniel Roher said the goal of his project to be a sort of "first date" with AI, a way to hear about its potential benefits from AI boosters, while also taking in the many negatives brought up by critics. -Even to a non-expert, there's clearly a gap between what Donut promised and what its tests are showing. There is a whole lot more to this article written by Engadget Senior Editor Daniel Cooper with intensive investigation. You can check it out here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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-Salesforce has unveiled the latest version of Slack, which comes with a whole host of new AI features to add to its ever-growing catalog. -Stephen Curry has long collaborated with Google and it appears the first product of this union is “coming soon,” based on a video posted to Curry's Instagram account. -Banijay is launching the Black Mirror Experience, starting with Montreal in May with additional locations to be announced in the future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The upgraded Researcher tool will combine the intelligence of ChatGPT and Claude models for higher-quality responses. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

-SpaceX has lost contact with Starlink satellite 34343 after it suffered an unspecified anomaly on Sunday while it was in orbit, the company has announced on X. -Match Group and its subsidiary OkCupid has finally settled a lawsuit with the Federal Trade Commission that dates back to its alleged sharing of user data back in 2014. -A study published last week in The Astronomical Journal describes what's said to be the first observation of a comet reversing its spin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's a one-stop shop for the latest announcements from the Trump administration, cherry-picked statistics and even reporting people to ICE. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

-A vice chancellor and leader of the Social Democratic Party of Austria said the government's efforts would include the new age restriction, improved media literacy and clear rules for social media platforms. Austrian lawmakers didn't detail what the upcoming rules would be, but the country is likely to follow in the footsteps of many others who have or are pursuing similar bans. -Bluesky's chief innovation officer Jay Graber said the new AI assistant called Attie, is designed to help users create custom feeds. Attie is an "agentic social app" that's built on its open-source framework called the AT Protocol. -Project Hail Mary has taken in over $300 million globally, making it the best showing for Amazon MGM yet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The technology can still be used to translate and refine, as long as there's human oversight. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

-Senator Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez introduced the Artificial Intelligence Data Center Moratorium Act. -Google has begun rolling out Search Live globally, a tool allows you to point your phone's camera at an object or scene and ask questions about what you see in front of you. -Apple has confirmed to Engadget that the Mac Pro, the desktop tower-shaped computer that was last updated in 2023, has been discontinued. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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-OpenAI has "indefinitely" abandoned plans to release an a erotic chatbot for adults following concerns from employees and investors, the company confirmed to The Financial Times. -Spotify is testing a new tool to help real artists exercise more control over their profiles. The platform's Artist Profile Protection feature lets musicians review releases before they go live and become associated with their profiles. This should prevent AI slop from creeping in. -A jury in Los Angeles has found that Meta and YouTube were negligent in a closely-watched trial over social media addiction. The companies were ordered to pay $6 million in damages to the woman who said she was harmed by their addictive features as a child. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The company has been in a legal tussle with rivals Oura. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

-Baltimore began a municipal lawsuit against xAI, arguing that Elon Musk's businesses violated the city's Consumer Protection Ordinance. -Starting Thursday, X will update its revenue-sharing incentives to give more weight to engagement from a user's home region. -Sony Honda Mobility, the automotive venture from two of Japan's most storied companies, has axed its EV project. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The London-based company has plans to expand to five major cities in the US in the next three years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

-The Federal Communications Commission has released a notice today designating any consumer routers manufactured outside the US as a security risk. -This potential ad revenue from Apple's Map App could seriously bolster Apple's services business, which currently generates $100 billion a year for the company. This division accounts for around 25 percent of annual revenue but faces challenges in both the short-term and long-term -The drone delivery startup has been rapidly expanding to metro areas across the US, but is now targeting the tech-friendly Silicon Valley region. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Terafab project in Austin, Texas will be a joint venture between Tesla, SpaceX and xAI. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

-According to Reddit's CEO, Steve Huffman, the social media platform is exploring different ways to verify a user is human and not a bot. -In Cheyenne MacDonald's Science column over the weekend, she wrote about how researchers in Germany have identified a trio of bacteria that can digest a common plastic additive, but only when working together. -The developer behind the open-world RPG Crimson Desert has issued an official apology after players discovered several instances of AI-generated art in the game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Horizon Worlds for Quest will stick around for the "foreseeable future," according to the company's CTO. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

-Rivr is based in Zurich and was valued at $110 million in a funding round from August 2024, which both Amazon and its CEO's Bezos Expeditions participated in. -An OpenAI spokesperson told the publications that OpenAI Chief of Applications Fidji Simo will lead the application revamp with assistance from OpenAI President Greg Brockman. -DoorDash has launched a new option for its gig economy workers to earn some extra cash. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The company shared that it would go "all-in" on the mobile version of the platform in February. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

-A Meta employee used an in-house agentic AI to analyze a query from a second employee on an internal forum. The AI agent posted a response to the second employee with advice even though the first person did not direct it to do so. The second employee took the agent's recommended action, sparking a domino effect -Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) shared a discussion draft for codifying the executive order signed by President Donald Trump in December calling for an AI bill. Her stated goal is a policy that "protects children, creators, conservatives and communities from harm." -During a Senate hearing, FBI Director Kash Patel confirmed that his agency has bought information that could be used to track individuals' movement and location. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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-Arizona's Attorney General Kris Mayes said Kalshi may brand itself as a 'prediction ⁠market,' but what it's actually doing is running an illegal gambling operation ​and taking bets on Arizona elections, both of which violate Arizona law. -The Department of Defense said giving Anthropic continued access to its warfighting infrastructure would “introduce unacceptable risk” to its supply chains in a court filing submitted in response to the AI company's lawsuit. -Apple has started providing small security updates to iOS, iPadOS and macOS devices. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The encyclopedia company's lawsuit also said ChatGPT cannibalizes traffic to the Britannica and Merriam-Webster websites. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

-Three teenagers, who allege that photos of them were used by Grok to generate child exploitation material, have filed a class action lawsuit against xAI in California. -Senators Marsha Blackburn and Peter Welch wrote in a letter, "Seedance 2.0 poses a direct threat to the American intellectual property system and, more broadly, to the constitutional rights and economic livelihoods of our creative community." -Krafton must reinstate Ted Gill as CEO of Unknown Worlds Entertainment, according to a report by Bloomberg. The company fired Gill and two other co-founders last year as part of a shakeup involving the long-anticipated sequel Subnautica 2. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The agency anticipates about four launch opportunities between April 1st and 6th. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

-To capitalize on Claude's recent spike in popularity, Anthropic is offering a limited-time promotion that doubles usage limits for anyone using its AI chatbot during off-peak hours. The promotion started last Friday and runs until March 27, users on Free, Pro, Max, and Team plans will get double the usage limits in a five-hour window when using Claude outside weekday hours between 8 AM and 2 PM ET. -A month after Seedance 2.0's launch in China sparked cease-and-desist letters from Disney and Paramount Skydance over its use of copyrighted materials, its developer ByteDance has reportedly hit pause on the release of the AI video tool in other regions. -Humans have taken some jobs back from AI. Embark Studios' CEO Patrick Söderlund recently told GamesIndustry.biz that the studio "re-recorded" some of the AI-generated voice lines in Arc Raiders with human voices. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Google's Gemini chatbot is now also available through the app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

-The International Data Corporation further cut its forecasts for the PC market in 2026, anticipating that global shipments would fall 11.6 percent. -The Teamsters are primarily concerned with how merging the two companies will consolidate power, and eliminate jobs in the process. -The TTP said that X's blatant disregard for U.S. sanctions law is concerning due to the fact that Elon Musk's companies have a contract with the Pentagon while X is actively profiting from U.S. adversaries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices