Category Archives: Tech News

Sam Altman proposes a "US-led international forum" to establish AI standards, provide analysis of capabilities and risks, and make AI available to allies (Sam Altman/Financial Times)

Sam Altman / Financial Times: Sam Altman proposes a “US-led international forum” to establish AI [...]

02
Jul
A researcher says a vulnerability in Apple’s Hide My Email tool lets anyone discover a real email address; first reported in June 2025, Apple is yet to fix it (Joseph Cox/404 Media)

Featured Podcasts Big Technology Podcast: OpenAI’s Plan To Merge Chat And Agents — With Greg [...]

01
Jul
An Indonesian court sentences Gojek co-founder and ex-education minister Nadiem Makarim to 10 years in prison for power abuses over a Chromebook contract (New York Times)

New York Times: An Indonesian court sentences Gojek co-founder and ex-education minister Nadiem Makarim to [...]

30
Jun
Japanese prediction market startups Miraima and Poyp are utilizing a "point-to-voucher" system to bypass strict anti-gambling laws, in a bid to rival Polymarket (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg: Japanese prediction market startups Miraima and Poyp are utilizing a “point-to-voucher” system to bypass [...]

29
Jun
Brazil, which has struggled to standardize soccer talent scouting, is embracing AI-powered scouting apps that assess players by analyzing video clips and more (New York Times)

Featured Podcasts Lenny’s Podcast: OpenAI Codex lead on the new shape of product work | [...]

28
Jun
Streaming services must comply with a California law that bans playing ads louder than the content being watched from July 1, but its implementation is unclear (Scharon Harding/Ars Technica)

Featured Podcasts Hard Fork: ‘The Daily’ and ‘The Opinions’: How A.I. Is Changing Loneliness and [...]

27
Jun
Italy is investigating Microsoft 365’s price hike, saying Microsoft failed to inform users that AI tools like Copilot were being integrated into the service (Giulia Segreti/Reuters)

Featured Podcasts Hard Fork: ‘The Daily’ and ‘The Opinions’: How A.I. Is Changing Loneliness and [...]

26
Jun
Australian payments startup Airwallex raised $320M led by Lee Fixel's Addition at an $11B valuation, and is incubating blockchain payments startup Metal (Jeff Kauflin/Forbes)

Jeff Kauflin / Forbes: Australian payments startup Airwallex raised $320M led by Lee Fixel’s Addition [...]

25
Jun
Rockstar says physical GTA 6 copies will contain a download code, not a disc; physical copies will be available from November 12, before the November 19 launch (Tom Phillips/IGN)

Tom Phillips / IGN: Rockstar says physical GTA 6 copies will contain a download code, [...]

24
Jun
New York-based crypto analytics startup Allium raised a $40M Series B led by Amplify Partners, with participation from Kleiner Perkins and others (Ben Weiss/Fortune)

Featured Podcasts Invest Like the Best: Vlad Barbalat – Investing $120 Billion in Permanent Capital [...]

23
Jun