The semiconductor industry continues to navigate a turbulent year with another major development. President Donald Trump announced on CNBC’s Squawk Box on Tuesday that his administration plans to introduce tariffs on semiconductors and chips as early as next week. However,…
ElevenLabs, a leading AI audio-generation company, announced a new model on Tuesday that enables users to create music cleared for commercial use. This marks a significant expansion for the company, which has primarily focused on AI audio tools like text-to-speech…
Cognition, the AI coding startup that acquired rival company Windsurf three weeks ago, laid off 30 employees last week and is offering buyouts to the roughly 200 remaining employees on the team, according to reports. This marks the latest disruption…
WhatsApp is introducing new features to help users identify scams on the messaging service, the company announced on Tuesday. The platform has already taken down over 6.8 million accounts linked to criminal scam centers targeting people worldwide. The new tools…
Google’s AI note-taking app, NotebookLM, is now available to younger users after previously being limited to those 18 and older. The tech giant has expanded access to Google Workspace for Education users of any age and consumers aged 13 and…
The European Union’s Artificial Intelligence Act, known as the EU AI Act, has been described by the European Commission as the world’s first comprehensive AI law. After years in the making, it is progressively becoming a reality for the 450…
When Cloudflare accused AI search engine Perplexity of stealthily scraping websites and ignoring crawling restrictions this week, it seemed like a clear-cut case of AI misbehavior. Cloudflare, which provides security and performance services to millions of websites, has unique visibility…
The U.S. government has added Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic to a list of approved vendors that can offer artificial intelligence services to civilian federal agencies. The companies will see their AI tools offered through a new federal contracting platform called…
Enterprise security company SonicWall is advising customers to disable a core feature of its latest line of firewall devices following reports of increased ransomware attacks targeting its users. In a recent statement, SonicWall noted a significant rise in security incidents…
Spotify is expanding access to its audiobooks to more U.S. subscribers. The company announced the launch of its $11.99 per month Audiobooks+ plan, allowing subscribers or their household members on a Family or Duo plan to add 15 hours of…
