AI slop and enshittification are making the public social commons unbearable. The alternative pathways are more accessible ...

Grok's image generation restricted to paid subscribers after backlash Standalone Grok app and tab on X still allow image generation without subscription European lawmakers have urged legal action over ...

Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok has limited image generation on the social media platform X amid growing backlash over its use to create sexualised deepfakes of women and children. Grok told X users on ...

If you’re a cook, you know that seasoning well and often is key to making food taste great. But if you immediately reach for salt and butter whenever you’re building flavor, you might find it ...

Billions of dollars are flowing into humanoid robot startups, as investors bet that the industry will soon put humanlike machines in warehouses, factories and our living rooms. Many leaders of those ...

A Longmont man was arrested and indicted for his role in “Greggy’s Cult,” a group of five men that solicited children on popular gaming platforms like Discord and Roblox, and lured them into making ...

GPT-5.1 sets the chatbot apart from the alternatives on the market. OpenAI / OpenAI GPT-5.1 is the latest update from OpenAI, set to upgrade ChatGPT in a pretty groundbreaking way. While ChatGPT has ...

The penny appears to have run out of luck. McDonald's told CBS News that in some locations, customers paying with cash may no longer receive exact change because pennies are increasingly unavailable.

Autonomous freight company Bot Auto announced it has obtained a comprehensive insurance program that could be a key step toward making driverless freight commercially viable. The announcement comes on ...

Google was accused in a lawsuit of using its Gemini AI assistant to unlawfully track the private communications of users of its Gmail, instant messaging and videoconference programs. In the past, ...

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is a news writer covering all things consumer tech. Stevie started out at Laptop Mag writing news and reviews on hardware, gaming, and AI. Discord is expanding the safety controls parents and ...