Regulators in the US and Europe have laid out the "shared principles" they plan to adhere to in order to "protect competition and consumers" when it comes to artificial intelligence. "Guided by our respective laws, we will work…
Continue reading "US and European antitrust regulators agree to do their jobs when it comes to AI"General Motors is putting the autonomous Cruise Origin shuttle van on ice. The company said that the embattled Cruise, of which GM is the majority owner, will now focus on making the next-gen Chevy Bolt. The automaker discontinued the previous Bolt las…
Continue reading "GM shelves the autonomous Cruise Origin shuttle van"The European Commission really isn't happy about a Meta business model that gives users in the EU, European Economic Area and Switzerland the generous choice of continuing to use Facebook and Instagram with targeted ads without paying anything, or …
Continue reading "EU officials say Meta may be violating consumer laws with paid ‘ad-free’ plan"Apple has been accused of underreporting the prevalence of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) on its platforms. The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC), a child protection charity in the UK, says that Apple reported just …
Continue reading "Apple accused of underreporting suspected CSAM on its platforms"Schim is one of the games I was most looking forward to this year, and I generally had a pleasant time with it. It’s a pretty platformer in which every object and living thing has a soul called a Schim. These frog-like critters live in the shadow of th…
Continue reading "Schim is an inventive, beautiful platformer that’s just a little too repetitive"NASA and the European Space Agency have released an image captured by the Hubble Space Telescope of a dwarf irregular galaxy that they admit looked "unexciting" at first glance. However, there's more going on than might initially meet the…
Continue reading "Why an ‘unexciting’ galaxy could provide clues about the universe’s evolution"Ubisoft has released its latest earnings report and while there wasn’t a ton of major news, there’s a disappointing update for those who have been waiting on mobile versions of the Rainbow Six and The Division franchises. The company says that the Rain…
Continue reading "Ubisoft delays its Rainbow Six and Division mobile games until at least April 2025"Overwatch 2 fans who are already jonesing for something new after the recent Transformers crossover won’t have to wait long. Blizzard has spilled the beans about the next hero that’s coming to the game, and you’ll be able to try her out as soon as this…
Continue reading "You can try new Overwatch 2 support hero Juno this weekend"Proton Mail has a new AI-powered feature that could help it keep pace with the artificial intelligence tools Google and Microsoft offer for their email services. Proton Scribe is an AI writing assistant that can help you compose and clean up your draft…
Continue reading "Proton Mail now has a privacy-focused AI writing assistant"It was a shame to see 1047 Games putting Splitgate on ice back in 2022. The studio did a great job of freshening up the competitive arena shooter genre by adding portals (think: Quake meets Portal), but it moved on to a new project. We now know that’s…
Continue reading "Splitgate 2 is coming to PC and consoles in 2025"