Long Reads/

2mos ago

Torvalds says Linux will not adopt an anti-AI stance

In a linux-media mailing list debate, Linus Torvalds said AI tools can help kernel maintainers and should be judged on t...

By Theo Lindgren

2mos ago

9to5Mac finds disguised gambling apps ranking in Brazil’s App Store

More than 60 App Store apps allegedly showed harmless games abroad but betting platforms to users connecting from Brazil...

By Mara Chen-Doyle

2mos ago

Apple’s OpenAI fight revives old Cupertino hiring wars

Tony Fadell says Apple’s lawsuit fits a long pattern of hardball responses when rivals recruit its people.

By Theo Lindgren

2mos ago

OpenAI and Work Louder list a $230 Codex control pad

The Codex Micro is a small programmable keypad for ChatGPT Codex, with RGB agent-status keys, a joystick, a dial and a s...

By June Castellano

2mos ago

Techdirt’s July archive points to old fights over copyright and platforms

Leigh Beadon’s latest Techdirt history roundup revisits disputes over piracy law, DMCA claims, platform liability and IS...

By June Castellano

2mos ago

Wyden seeks Hatch Act inquiry into Kennedy calls in Iowa House races

Sen. Ron Wyden says Robert F. Kennedy Jr. may have crossed a legal line by urging Libertarian candidates in Iowa to quit...

By June Castellano

2mos ago

Google drops bid to change Android injunction before July 22 store shift

Google says it and Epic will stop fighting over proposed changes to Judge Donato’s order as US Play listings head to thi...

By Mara Chen-Doyle

2mos ago

Apple Books and Amazon face fresh AI book knockoff complaints

Joanna Stern and Kashmir Hill report AI-made titles exploiting their names and books across Apple Books and Amazon, from...

By Mara Chen-Doyle

2mos ago

Roblox plans AI game-building tools in its mobile app

Roblox says it will test AI-assisted creation tools starting July 28, raising fresh questions about Apple’s treatment of...

By Mara Chen-Doyle

2mos ago

EU court ends Google’s Android appeal over $4.7 billion fine

The European Court of Justice dismissed Google and Alphabet’s challenge to a 4.1 billion euro Android antitrust penalty.

By Mara Chen-Doyle

2mos ago

Paxton’s voting address draws scrutiny after his own fraud warnings

ProPublica and The Texas Tribune found Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton kept voting from a Collin County address after...

By Theo Lindgren

2mos ago

OpenAI gives Codex leadership wider control of ChatGPT and its API

OpenAI has merged ChatGPT, Codex and its API under one core product group, with Codex head Thibault Sottiaux taking a la...

By June Castellano