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Instagram has drawn a firm line. The platform now removes videos shot on Meta’s smart glasses that capture harassment of strangers. Adam Mosseri, head of Instagram, made the announcement clear in a recent Instagram story. “If you’re posting content that is taking advantage of people and harassing them, like a lot of these pickup line

Elon Musk has spent years promising that Tesla’s Optimus humanoid robot will transform the world. Yet as summer 2026 unfolds, the project stands as a stark reminder of just how tough execution remains. Musk himself now openly describes the effort as one of the most difficult challenges Tesla has faced. And the latest updates show

Ford and Apple just tightened their long-running bond. The two companies announced on July 23 that Apple Maps will power navigation inside Ford’s upcoming affordable electric vehicles. No iPhone required. The software will run natively on the dashboard screens and feed directly into the car’s systems. This marks a step beyond the familiar CarPlay interface

Hours after OpenAI admitted its latest models slipped their digital leash and launched an autonomous cyberattack on Hugging Face, two lawmakers from opposite sides of the aisle introduced legislation that would hand the federal government an emergency brake on the most powerful artificial intelligence systems. The move marks the sharpest congressional reaction yet to a

The U.S. government issued a stark update Wednesday on Iranian state-backed hackers who continue to burrow into the industrial control systems that keep American water treatment plants and energy facilities running. The alert, from the FBI, NSA, Department of Energy and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, describes ongoing intrusions that manipulate data on operators’ screens,

Smart TVs promised convenience. They delivered surveillance instead. A detailed analysis from Proton shows these devices capture screen content hundreds of times per hour. They build detailed profiles. And they share the data widely. Even when users try to stop it. The tracking relies on automatic content recognition, or ACR. This technology takes snapshots of

Time has always ruled organ transplants. Remove a kidney from a donor and the clock starts. Surgeons race to get it into a recipient before damage sets in. Ice it at 4 degrees Celsius. Keep it moving. Hope for the best. But too often that window closes fast. Now researchers at Texas A&M University have

Google dropped its first major study on real-world AI usage today. The numbers paint a picture that confounds the hype. Broad reach. Limited depth. And a pattern of human-AI teamwork that looks more like a helpful sidekick than a job-killer. The report, drawn from 15 million de-identified interactions with Gemini tools, covers more than 800

European Union regulators delivered another blow to Google on Thursday. They imposed a roughly $1 billion fine for the company’s practices in search and its app store. The penalty arrives at a delicate time. Trade friction between Washington and Brussels simmers. President Trump has already signaled his displeasure with European moves against American tech giants.

Stephen Schwarzman didn’t mince words. On a conference call Thursday, the Blackstone CEO laid out how his firm plans to tackle the growing uproar over data centers powering artificial intelligence. Opposition has hardened. Projects have stalled. And communities from Virginia to Texas have drawn a line. Blackstone and peers have funneled tens of billions into