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Meta offers EU users ad-light option in push to end investigation

BARBARA MOENS

Facebook agrees to change "pay or consent" model after talks with European Commission.

Lectric XPress 750: A full-sized bike for the budget-minded

JOHN TIMMER

A budget e-bike that offers more than you might expect.

‘ONE RULE’: Trump says he’ll sign an executive order blocking state AI laws despite bipartisan pushback

REBECCA BELLAN

“I will be doing a ONE RULE Executive Order this week,” Trump posted on social media. “You can’t expect a company to get 50 Approvals every time they want to do something.”

The 47 Best REI Cyber Week Outdoor Deals (2025)

SCOTT GILBERTSON

Today is the final day of REI's sale, and deals are disappearing fast. Grab what you need with these great deals on tents, packs, and merino wool.

Heat pump startup Quilt raises $20M Series B to expand sales

TIM DE CHANT

Quilt has sold nearly 1,000 units in the U.S. and Canada, and the new funding should help expand sales operations to more states and provinces.

Petco’s security lapse affected customers’ SSNs, drivers’ licenses and more

LORENZO FRANCESCHI-BICCHIERAI

Petco said the exposure was due to an error in an application, and that it is notifying victims’ whose data was affected.

F1 in Abu Dhabi: And that’s the championship

JONATHAN M. GITLIN

A three-way fight down to the wire as the ground effect era comes to a close.

TikTok adds a space for organizing content with others, teases ‘Shared Feeds’

AISHA MALIK

Shared Feeds will surface new content tailored to both users' tastes, such as sports, winter activities, and their favorite creators.

You can buy your Instacart groceries without leaving ChatGPT

AMANDA SILBERLING

Shoppers will be able to go from recipe planning to checkout within the ChatGPT window.

Google details security measures for Chrome’s agentic features

IVAN MEHTA

Google details how it is enacting security guardrails before rolling out agentic capabilities on Chrome.

For the First Time, Mutations in a Single Gene Have Been Linked to Mental Illness

JORGE GARAY

Research links variations in the gene GRIN2A to a higher risk of developing schizophrenia and other forms of mental illness.

Claude Code is coming to Slack, and that’s a bigger deal than it sounds

REBECCA BELLAN

Anthropic launches Claude Code in Slack, letting developers delegate coding tasks from chat threads. It's part of a shift toward AI-embedded collaboration that could reshape software workflows.

Environmental groups call for halt to new data center construction

TIM DE CHANT

More than 230 organizations signed a public letter urging members of Congress to take action.

Tiger Global plans cautious venture future with a new $2.2B fund

JULIE BORT

Tiger's last fund did well with investmetments in OpenAI, Waymo and Databricks. But it warns investors that AI valuations are already 'elevated.'

Paramount tries to swipe Warner Bros. from Netflix with a hostile takeover

SCHARON HARDING

Paramount has already proven it can get a controversial merger done.