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A new AI-driven toy called Stickerbox is available for children, and before you roll your eyes, I’m here to say that it’s surprisingly enjoyable. Stickerbox, a creation of Brooklyn-based startup Hapiko, functions as a sticker printer activated by voice. The gadget takes any imaginative concept you have and turns it into a sticker that is…
Reportedly, several major U.S. banks and mortgage providers are urgently trying to determine the extent of their clients’ data compromised during a cyberattack earlier in the month targeting a New York-based financial technology firm. SitusAMC, a technology vendor to more than a thousand commercial and real estate finance entities, verified in a statement during the…
What will occur when the software being rapidly implemented becomes excessively risky for insurers? According to a Financial Times report, we are about to learn the answer. Prominent insurers like AIG, Great American, and WR Berkley are seeking approval from U.S. regulators to remove AI-related liabilities from business policies. One underwriter described the outputs of…
A new function recently launched by X seemed to expose that numerous right-leaning “America First” profiles are situated beyond U.S. borders. However, the accuracy of this data is uncertain. X’s new “About This Account” tool provides details such as when a user registered and how they obtained the app, but the geographic location data is…
Dave Baszuki, the CEO of Roblox, appeared on The New York Times’ Hard Fork podcast to chat about the gaming platform’s fresh age verification capability; however, he appeared to grow impatient with the quantity of questions centering on child safety. Baszuki started the interview by outlining the feature, which will mandate that all users who…
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Byju Raveendran, the under-fire founder of Indian ed-tech behemoth Byju’s, has hit out at a U.S. bankruptcy court’s directive ordering him to remit over $1.07 billion. He is refuting any misdoing, blaming lenders for misinforming the court, and promising to appeal a decision that represents a sharp reversal of fortune for a former leading light…
Waymo is still growing its service area; on Friday, the robotaxi firm announced that it is now “officially authorized to drive fully autonomously across more of California.” Waymo is already active in San Francisco, Silicon Valley, and Los Angeles (as well as Atlanta, Austin, and Phoenix, outside of California). However, according to maps released by…
The Trump administration has focused on state-level AI regulation, with the president announcing in a social media message this week that the sector requires “one Federal Standard instead of a collection of 50 State Regulatory Regimes.” This follows a 10-year prohibition on state AI regulation that was first present in Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” before…
To speed up the building of new power plants required to supply energy for its data centers, Meta is considering entering the electricity trading market. Bloomberg indicates that Meta and Microsoft are both seeking federal authorization to trade electricity (Apple has already obtained this). Meta states that this will enable it to make long-term pledges…
