Boston Dynamics' Spot robot dogs could soon be working with ICE in a $2 million deal
The deal would bring Spot into one of its most controversial government roles yet
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Man uses robot vacuum to catch cheating wife, wins $16,000 affair case, then gets jailed for secretly filming her
The husband's unusual evidence won the case, but also led to a fine and five months behind bars
Activision posts video showing Call of Duty cheat seller getting served at his home
Activision says it has disrupted more than 375 cheat reseller operations and served over 80 legal demands
Your ChatGPT conversations could end up in court, and they're not protected
Chatbot conversations lack the legal privilege covering communications with lawyers, doctors, and therapists
Nvidia's $63 billion stock portfolio is a map of its own supply chain
The chipmaker's 13F filing shows it now owns big pieces of the companies it sells to, builds with, and depends on
The takeaway: Nvidia's latest 13F reveals a $63.4 billion portfolio of US stocks, and it is very lopsided. Intel and SpaceX account for roughly 80% of it. But the filing's most interesting detail is what didn't happen: seven of the eight positions were untouched last quarter, but the portfolio more than tripled in value anyway.
South Korea is giving its entire population free access to AI, no token limits
About a quarter of South Koreans already pay for AI services, compared to just 2% of Americans
Developer auctions off sticker space on a MacBook he hasn't even bought yet, and it worked
The auction has already attracted more than €7,000 in bids
X says China used hundreds of bot accounts to amplify fears about AI data centers that many Americans already share
Does China really need to bother?
An iPhone 17 Pro gets dropped from 100,000 feet and survives
The publicity stunt has earned RhinoShield a Guinness world record
AI is driving an "expertise recession" as people increasingly question professional advice
Nearly 50% of respondents say expert credentials matter less now that AI makes claims easier to investigate
This is GTA 6: an 80-hour story, 3x bigger map than Red Dead 2, and cops that remember your face
Rockstar spent over a decade building this
TL;DR: Rockstar premiered a 26-minute Grand Theft Auto VI gameplay showcase on Netflix, then opened the floodgates on preview coverage from outlets flown to Rockstar North last month. The game is enormous: a map that's three times the size of Red Dead Redemption 2's, an 80-hour playthrough, more than 600,000 NPC animations, and gameplay design that aims to shift away from consequence-free sandbox chaos.
Roblox is cracking down on games that reward kids for doomscrolling
Banning the "endless TikTok clips" loop is a small fix for a platform facing much bigger scrutiny
Meta agrees to pay up to $18 billion to end trial over Instagram, Facebook child addiction claims
Two-hour daily caps, forced "pauses," and a midnight lockout are coming to teen accounts. Skeptics say it doesn't go far enough
Winners & losers: Meta has agreed to pay as much as $18 billion and overhaul how minors use Instagram and Facebook, settling a lawsuit that accused the company of designing its platforms to addict children. Court filings and a Meta blog post confirmed the deal this morning. The agreement ends a trial that began August 18 in Oakland, and was expected to run through early October. It also means Mark Zuckerberg won't have to take the stand as planned. Instagram head Adam Mosseri had already testified before the settlement landed.
Raspberry Pi now has an official guide for building your own cyberdeck
Few can escape cyberdeck mania
A British gearhead built a road-legal sports car in his shed for $7,000
The Gasolini AR1 uses a Honda CBR500 engine, Ford Ka wheels, and a removable fiberglass body
Business schools are charging $28,000 to teach executives how to be "chief AI officer"
No one seems entirely sure what a chief AI officer actually does though
AI music can no longer chart in Australia, unless a human actually made it
Fully AI-generated tracks are out, but songs created with AI assistance can still qualify
"We've all been too ambitious": Sam Altman says our old habits are delaying the great AI transition
Altman says people prefer familiar tools as the AI industry struggles to win over skeptics
Trump says data center protesters are "making a mistake," but his allies disagree
61% of Americans now oppose new data centers in their area, up from 49% in March
Which of these companies once owned meaningful chunks of TSMC, ASML, and NXP – and today owns none of them?
Imagine owning stakes in three companies now worth a combined $2.6 trillion... and selling all of them before it mattered.
Happy 35th anniversary to the Super Nintendo, one of gaming's greatest consoles
Nintendo's answer to the Sega Genesis
Valve is 30 years old today, and it all began with two former Microsoft employees and a risky bet on games
Newell and Harrington left Microsoft, put their own money on the line, and helped reshape PC gaming
Someone got Doom running on a 2009 Canon DSLR camera, and it's surprisingly playable
Open-source port supports multiple mods and level packs
If one PC creates 20dB of noise and another makes 40dB, how louder is the second PC?
Also: what are humming, rattling and whining PC noises?
Drones could be banned over most public spaces in this Colorado city, but the FAA may stand in the way
The FAA says local no-drone zones apply to the ground, not the skies