Anna Washenko

DoNotPay 'robot lawyer' fined $193K by the FTC for not being a lawyerThe Federal Trade Commission is taking action against DoNotPay, alleging that the AI-powered company billing itself as “the […]

Disney+ account sharing crackdown starts today in the USDisney announced a new rule intended to curb password sharing among its streaming subscribers, following through on plans […]

CTO Mira Murati is the latest leader to leave OpenAIMira Murati has departed OpenAI, where she had been the chief technology officer since 2018. In a note shared with the […]

Astro Bot is getting a free update that adds speedrunning levels Charming 3D platformer Astro Bot just released earlier this month and the game is already getting a content update. Later […]

SAG-AFTRA strikes against League of Legends over voiceover company actionsSAG-AFTRA has called a strike against the video game League of Legends. Under this action, any union voice actors must cease […]

Google is bringing Watch OS 5 to the Pixel Watch and Pixel Watch 2Google announced today that the Pixel Watch and Pixel Watch 2 will be getting the new Watch OS 5. The latest operating system […]

Apple Store employees in Oklahoma City ratify their first union contractEmployees at an Apple Store in Oklahoma City’s Penn Square Mall have voted to ratify their first collectively-bargained […]

Roku says its new Ultra streaming box is 30 percent fasterThe 2024 Roku Ultra is the latest update to the streaming player, announced today at the company’s developer conference. The […]

Cruise resumes operations in California, thankfully with human driversAutonomous vehicle outfit Cruise is slowly returning to operation in California following an incident in which a pedestrian […]

Report: Google offered to sell AdX to end EU antitrust suitIn an effort to quell monopoly concerns in the EU, Google reportedly offered to sell its AdX advertising marketplace. Sources […]

Substack, a newsletter service, is now also a live video companySubstack is adding a live video component to its newsletter service. In its announcement post, the company positioned this […]

Discord is rolling out end-to-end encryption for voice and video callsDiscord is rolling out new end-to-end encryption for both audio and video calls on its platform. The tech will be applied to […]

Zynga says it will fight $45 million fine for infringing decades-old IBM patentsThe internet is so core to how modern life operates that it’s easy to forget how much of the technology that went into […]

Elgato's latest Stream Deck is a $900 rackmount unit for prosElgato has introduced the Stream Deck Studio, a new version of its creative control tech that’s firmly targeting professional […]

White House gets voluntary commitments from AI companies to curb deepfake pornThe White House released a statement today outlining commitments that several AI companies are making to curb the creation […]

Steam Families is live, and you can all play at the same timeFollowing a beta test earlier this year, Steam Families is now live with a new way for relatives to be connected on the […]

Friend requests are returning to Xbox Xbox is changing its process for forming connections on the gaming platform. Its new method works like, well, just about […]

Google announces deal with direct-air capture startup to remove carbon emissionsGoogle announced that it has entered a partnership with Holocene to support its direct-air capture technology for collecting […]

Game Pass Standard is now available on XboxThe Xbox Game Pass Standard plan is available starting today. Microsoft announced a revamp to its Game Pass subscription […]

Majority of Attorneys General support a warning label for social media platformsUS Surgeon General Vivek Murthy issued an op-ed in June calling for social media to come with a warning label about its […]