US Immigration and Customs Enforcement is asking companies to provide information about “commercial Big Data and Ad Tech” products that would “directly support investigations activities,” according to a request for information posted on Friday in the Federal Register, the US government’s official journal for agency notices, rulemaking, and other public filings.The posting says that ICE is “working with increasing volumes of criminal, civil, and regulatory, administrative documentation from numerous internal and external sources.” The agency frames the request as a way to survey what tools are currently available to help manage and analyze the information ICE has, saying it is…
Well, it’s happened. A robotaxi hit a child near an elementary school in Santa Monica, California. It’s not the first case of an autonomous vehicle striking a pedestrian, and it won’t be the last. In this case, a car from Google’s sibling company Waymo was involved in the accident.Waymo is…
As Meta heads to trial in the state of New Mexico for allegedly failing to protect minors from sexual exploitation, the company is making an aggressive push to have certain information excluded from the court proceedings.The company has petitioned the judge to exclude certain research studies and articles around social…
Updated Jan. 28 with more details of what’s in the release, and what’s not. Plus a feature that has come to light since the release of iOS 26.2.1.Apple’s latest iPhone update is not, as had been predicted, iOS 26.3 — though you can read here why I thought it had…
The big AI companies promised us that 2025 would be “the year of the AI agents.” It turned out to be the year of talking about AI agents, and kicking the can for that transformational moment to 2026 or maybe later. But what if the answer to the question “When…
The big January Arc Raiders update is live today, and it comes with new quests, a new Trophy Display Player Project, new map conditions, quests and much more. One of the stealth additions to the game, however, is a pair of new MK.3 Augments. Augments are the core of a…
Engineers in Silicon Valley have been raving about Anthropic’s AI coding tool, Claude Code, for months. But recently, the buzz feels as if it’s reached a fever pitch.Earlier this week, I sat down with Boris Cherny, head of Claude Code, to try to understand how the company is meeting this…
A recent Strava app update has unlocked a feature people have wanted for years, offline route guidance for the Apple Watch app. And it’s not alone either. Reddit users have noticed the feature has begun rolling out. And while the post describes the feature having arrived as a beta, folks…
The rate at which artificial intelligence is developing is astounding. Unprecedented investments, infrastructural innovations, and new capabilities are driving the AI landscape of today, changing research, commercial models, national security, and society as a whole. Tech behemoths like Google, OpenAI, NVIDIA, and Microsoft are spearheading this shift with audacious technological…
THE symbolism was clear last June when Emmanuel Macron, surrounded by factory workers, held up a sleek lithium battery in his right hand and a mining lamp in his left. He was in Douai, a northern French city with a coal mining history dating back to the 1700s. The city…
Every week, millions of people check their horoscopes — not necessarily because they believe the stars control their destiny, but because they’re searching for direction, validation or a fresh perspective on their lives. The appeal is understandable: horoscopes offer a structured way to reflect on who we are and what…
Villages looked for niches they could fill in the global market. The town of Xuchang, for instance, capitalized on its legacy of making hairpieces for opera performers—and on the willingness of rural women to sell their black ponytails—and turned itself into a hub for wigs. Zhuangzhai became the largest supplier…
We have incredibly wonderful tools through generative AI that could potentially take creativity and innovation to new levels. Yet, despite all the technology, we’re not seeing significant changes. A group of researchers think they know why. The key to AI-boosted creativity is the mindfulness of people using the technology, according…
Elon Musk’s X has introduced new restrictions stopping people from editing and generating images of real people in bikinis or other “revealing clothing.” The change in policy on Wednesday night follows global outrage at Grok being used to generate thousands of harmful nonconsensual “undressing” photos of women and sexualized images…
Caterpillar has long been synonymous with the machines that build, mine and power the world. With $64.8 billion in revenue in 2024, the company operates in infrastructure, energy and resource development, helping customers tackle some of the most consequential challenges of our time. From mining critical minerals to rebuilding aging…
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