The founder of Crypto.com is tackling AI next, and he spared no expense. Crypto.com co-founder and CEO Kris Marszalek has launched a new AI agent platform under the…
Read more Crypto.com Founder Buys AI.com in ‘Largest Domain Purchase in History’LA PAZ, Bolivia — Bolivia began to implement a ban on cellphones in classrooms Monday, as the school year starts in the landlocked South American nation. Children in…
Read more Bolivia kicks off school year with ban on cellphonesLONDON — The year is 2016. Somehow it feels carefree, driven by internet culture. Everyone is wearing over-the-top makeup. At least, that’s how Maren Nævdal, 27, remembers it…
Read more As an uncertain 2026 begins, virtual journeys back to 2016 become a trendPinterest plans to cut its workforce by 15% this year, a move the company said will allow it to reallocate resources to the build-out of its artificial intelligence…
Read more Pinterest cites artificial intelligence in laying off 15% of workforceAs the world marked International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Tuesday, experts warned that a flood of “AI slop” is threatening efforts to preserve the memory of Nazi crimes…
Read more As world marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day, concern overWASHINGTON — The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on a fleet of nine ships and their owners accused of transporting hundreds of millions of dollars in forbidden…
Read more US hits 9 tankers with sanctions over Iranian oil during protest crackdownShare Online marketplaces and high-street health retailers are being flooded with weight-loss supplements making misleading claims. That’s according to a major investigation by the consumer association Which? which…
Read more Online marketplaces flooded with misleading ‘faux-zempic’ weight-loss supplements, Which? warns – Tech DigestVSCO filters, Kylie lip kits and the summer of Pokemon Go. The year 2016 is making a comeback in 2026 as people flood Instagram with throwback posts reminiscing…
Read more For better or for worse, it’s 2016 again on the internetLONDON — With one puff of a cigarette, a woman in Canada became a global symbol of defiance against Iran’s bloody crackdown on dissent — and the world…
Read more She set a photo afire, and became a symbol of resistance for Iran protestersLONDON — Wikipedia unveiled new business deals with a slew of artificial intelligence companies on Thursday as it marked its 25th anniversary. The online crowdsourced encyclopedia revealed that…
Read more Wikipedia unveils new AI licensing deals as it marks 25th birthdayBANGKOK — Iranian demonstrators’ ability to get details of bloody nationwide protests out to the world has been given a strong boost, with SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet service…
Read more Free Starlink access for Iran seen as game changer for demonstratorsDUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The death toll from nationwide protests in Iran surpassed 2,000 people on Tuesday, activists said, as Iranians made phone calls abroad for the…
Read more Activists: Death toll from Iranian protests surpasses 2KDUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iranians could call abroad on mobile phones Tuesday for the first time since communications were halted during a crackdown on nationwide protests in…
Read more People inside Iran describe heavy security in first calls to outside worldDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Mobile phones in Iran were able to call abroad Tuesday after a crackdown on nationwide protests in which the internet and international…
Read more Iranians Able to Make Some Calls Abroad While Internet Access Is Still Out After ProtestsDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Just after 8 p.m. Thursday, Iran’s theocracy pulled the plug and disconnected the Islamic Republic’s 85 million people from the rest of…
Read more As Protests Rage, Iran Pulls the Plug on Contact With the WorldDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Protests sweeping across Iran neared the two-week mark Saturday, with the country’s government acknowledging the ongoing demonstrations despite an intensifying crackdown and…
Read more Protests in Iran Near the 2-Week Mark as Authorities Intensify Crackdown on DemonstratorsIranian authorities cut off phone service and internet access Thursday in the capital and in several parts of the country as mass protests and chanting against the government continue,…
Read more Internet service in Iran cut off or restricted as deadly protests reach a possible tipping pointGENEVA — GENEVA (AP) — TikTok was picked by FIFA as the first “preferred platform” for video content on social media at a men’s World Cup, the soccer…
Read more TikTok picked by FIFA as video content partner at 2026 World CupSometimes you can tell a bill will be really bad just from its title. So it goes with The Republic Unifying Meritocratic Performance Advancing Machine Intelligence by Eliminating…
Read more The TRUMP AMERICA AI Act is every bit as bad as you would expect. Maybe worse.As technology distracts, polarizes and automates, people are still finding refuge on analog islands in the digital sea. The holdouts span the generation gaps, uniting elderly and middle-aged…
Read more ‘The Past Gives Comfort’: Finding Refuge on Analog Islands Amid Deepening Digital Seas