A US federal judge grants a temporary injunction blocking a Texas law requiring mobile app stores to verify users' ages from taking effect on January 1
Document #65 Ryan Mac / New York Times : Judge Blocks Texas Age-Verification Law for App Stores Anthony Kimery / Biometric Update : Judge blocks Texas app store age verification law as unconstitutiona...
OpenAI's Fidji Simo says she expects ChatGPT's “adult mode” to launch in Q1 2026 and that OpenAI wants to get better at age prediction before adding the feature
here's what that means Kahekashan / The Hans India : OpenAI Rolls Out GPT-5.2, Prepares Adult Mode for 2026 Launch Tyler Lee / Android Headlines : ChatGPT Adult Mode to Launch in Q1 2026 as OpenAI Foc...
Bill Peebles, head of Sora at OpenAI, says the app hit 1M downloads less than five days after its launch on September 30, which is even faster than ChatGPT did
and ringing alarm bells Jason Aten / Inc : Mark Cuban Just Invited Everyone to Deepfake Him on Sora and It's Really Quite Brilliant Chris McKay / Maginative : OpenAI's New Video App Tops 1M Downloads—...
OpenAI rolls out Instant Checkout to let users make single-item purchases directly in ChatGPT, starting with US Etsy sellers, and plans to add Shopify merchants
the chatbot will start letting its 700,000,000 users shop directly from their chats Jibin Joseph / PCMag : ChatGPT Now Lets You Make Purchases Without Leaving the App Nishit Singh Raghuwanshi / Times ...
Spotify plans to roll out lossless audio at 24-bit/44.1 kHz FLAC to Premium users over the next two months in 50 markets, without needing a pricier subscription
What is it, how to activate and more Business Today : Spotify launches lossless audio for Premium users after years of delay Joey Sneddon / OMG! Ubuntu : Spotify Finally Adds Lossless Audio Streaming ...
Sources: US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick is looking into government equity stakes in Micron, TSMC, Samsung, and others that receive CHIPS Act funding
‘We should get an equity stake for our money’ Rich Smith / Motley Fool : Why Micron Stock Got Clobbered Today Tyler Lee / Android Headlines : Trump's Plan: Turn CHIPS Act Grants Into Stakes in Samsung...
Court filings from in-ear hardware device startup iyO's trademark dispute lawsuit against OpenAI detail OpenAI and io's efforts to build a mass-market AI device
From iyO's home page: … Like I wrote yesterday, I'd never heard of iyO before. Alex Hughes / Tom's Guide : OpenAI court filings just revealed new details on AI device with Jony Ive Mahnoor Faisal / La...
The US House opens a probe into whether Nvidia knowingly provided AI tech to DeepSeek in violation of US rules and asks Nvidia for details on its Asian clients
Demand Answers from Nvidia Over Chip Use Kif Leswing / CNBC : Nvidia says it follows export laws ‘to the letter’ a day after AI chip sales to China stopped Annika Masrani / TipRanks Financial : DeepSe...
The UK, the US, and other governments publish advisories on China-linked spyware families BadBazaar and Moonshine and highlight legitimate-looking Android apps
iPhone And Android At Risk From New Attack Tyler Lee / Android Headlines : Dozens of Android apps discovered with spyware bundled with them Alex Scroxton / ComputerWeekly.com : NCSC issues warning ove...
The GSMA announces the latest RCS standard supports interoperable E2EE between platforms; Apple says it will add support for the standard in future OS updates
iPhones will soon get encrypted RCS messaging to Androids Matt Milano / WebProNews : Encrypted RCS Coming to iOS and Android Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica : RCS texting updates will bring end-to-en...