More people are turning to AI for help with their relationships, but is that a good idea?

The Trump administration canceled over 300 awards related to clean energy on October 1. The states most affected by the cuts voted for Democrat presidential candidate Kamala Harris.

As part of the change, Anthropic is updating the structure of its core technical group, bringing the company's product-engineering team into closer contact with the infrastructure and inference teams.

Sora becomes the No. 3 US app after 164K downloads in 2 days, making the AI video app an early hit.

YouTubers are no longer just creators, and in some cases, their side businesses are growing faster than their channels.

Jules is already being used by developers to complete code after experimenting on vibe-coding platforms.

The idea, explains Meta, is to give users dedicated spaces within the app where they can delve deeper into conversations on topics that matter to them.

Slow or stopped permitting and a frozen visa process are existential threats for some startups.

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A former OpenAI researcher looked into how ChatGPT can mislead delusional users about their reality and its own capabilities.

AI search startup Perplexity is making its new Comet browser available to everyone in the world for free as it works to position the product against big browsers and search engines. For certain paid subscribers, the startup has also launched a new ‘background assistant’ to handle multiple task...

Amazon's new "Add to today's delivery" button makes it easier for Prime members to buy more and tack on items to existing orders.

The company will likely sell fewer EVs this year than in both 2024 and 2023, making next year's launch of the R2 SUV even more important.

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a16z releases its first AI spending report that shows which AI-native application layer companies startups are actually spending money on .

Google says hackers associated with the Clop ransomware gang are emailing executives at multiple organizations claiming to have stolen their personal information from a suite of Oracle E-Business apps.

OpenAI employees sold $6.6B in shares, leading company's valuation to jump to $500B.

Bloomberg reports that the tech giant is developing at least two types of smart glasses.

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Spacecoin envisions a decentralized rival to SpaceX's Starlink.

Perplexity has acquired Visual Electric, an AI Design tool. Its team is going to lead a new agents experience group at Perplexity.

Is the subscription service once called "the best deal in gaming" still great value for players?

The rise has been driven by a sharp increase in the value of his electric car company Tesla.

The hackers tell the BBC they are sorry for their actions - but experts say it's a practical rather than moral move.

It is the latest development in a privacy row which has pitted the UK against the tech giant and the Trump administration.

It has not said how much the storage plans will cost UK users, only that they were part of a "gradual global rollout".

Regular mobile payments surged across different age groups last year, new banking data suggests.

Addressing the case publicly for the first time, Bill Ready says the tragedy "guides" the firm's work.

John Roberts, the founder of AO and so-called kitchen king, says tax rises are putting "grit" into businesses.

An exclusive interview with Bill Ready, boss of social media platform Pinterest.

UK police seized crypto worth over £5bn from Zhimin Qian, who was known as 'the goddess of wealth'.

The Taliban have yet to give an official reason for the shutdown, but said it would last indefinitely.

The image-hosting platform - which is widely used to make memes - was facing a fine over its use of children's data.

Trump says a deal is done but the details have not been confirmed by China or the app's owner ByteDance.

The streaming giant is the last company to settle with the president after suspending his account in the wake of the 6 January attack in 2021.

Facing increasing stress, cybersecurity professionals are dropping out of the workforce.

EA is known for making best-selling games such as EA FC, The Sims and Mass Effect.

Zach Aguilar, who voices main character Tanjiro, says Infinity Castle is a "cultural phenomenon".

Reporter Joe Tidy was offered money if he would help cyber criminals access BBC systems.

Marco Silva unpacks the science and technology of cloud seeding.

The criminals say they will share 30 more profiles along with 100 employees' data if a ransom is not paid.

Subscriptions for user opting not to see personalised ads on its platforms will start from £2.99 a month for UK users.

Donald Trump says a deal on the future of TikTok in the US has been made, but it’s not been confirmed by China or the app’s owner ByteDance.

How did E. coli become such an essential tool for scientists and will anything replace it?

Pessimistic social media posts may now be targets of a fresh crackdown by the Chinese government.

The tech giant said its products were not intended to be used for mass surveillance of civilians.

Experts have condemned the hack as an "absolute new low" for cyber-crime.

The video game icon has been taking shots at an old rival, but the real competition comes from newer games.

Research suggests that 30 out of 47 Instagram safety tools for teens were "substantially ineffective or no longer exist".

The National Crime Agency (NCA) said a man in his forties was arrested in West Sussex.