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Google settles with Epic Games, drops its Play Store commissions to 20%

SARAH PEREZ

Google has dropped its commission, charging a 20% service fee and an optional 5% to use its billing services. It will also offer a new process for third-party app stores.

USB Hubs Can Save You Lots of Hassles—Here Are 5 We Like Best in 2026

LUKE LARSEN

Ditch the dongles. These multiport USB hubs will maximize your connectivity options.

Apple Music to add Transparency Tags to distinguish AI music, says report

AMANDA SILBERLING

The label or distributor has to opt into tagging their music as AI, however, so it's unclear how effective this intervention will be.

What AI Models for War Actually Look Like

WILL KNIGHT

While companies like Anthropic debate limits on military uses of AI, Smack Technologies is training models to plan battlefield operations.

Google and Epic announce settlement to end app store antitrust case

RYAN WHITWAM

The era of the 30 percent app store cut has ended.

Lawsuit: Google Gemini sent man on violent missions, set suicide "countdown"

JON BRODKIN

Gemini allegedly called man its "husband," said they could be together in death.

Big Tech Signs White House Data Center Pledge With Good Optics and Little Substance

MOLLY TAFT

“Data centers … they need some PR help,” said President Donald Trump at the event.

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei calls OpenAI’s messaging around military deal ‘straight up lies,’ report says

AMANDA SILBERLING

Anthropic gave up its contract with the Pentagon over AI safety disagreements -- then, OpenAI swooped in.

Grammarly Is Offering ‘Expert’ AI Reviews From Your Favorite Authors—Dead or Alive

MILES KLEE

The tool, offered by the recently-rebranded company Superhuman, gives feedback based on the work of famous dead and living writers—without their permission.

These $500 Windows Laptops Show the MacBook Neo's Competition

LUKE LARSEN

They aren't as high-end as the MacBook Neo, but these Windows laptops show that Apple has some strong competition.

TerraPower gets OK to start construction of its first nuclear plant

JOHN TIMMER

Plant won't be done until 2030 at the earliest, and it still needs an operating license.

Space Command chief throws cold water on the question of UAPs in space

STEPHEN CLARK

"I am not aware of anything that is extraterrestrial, other than comets and things like that."

Large genome model: Open source AI trained on trillions of bases

JOHN TIMMER

System can identify genes, regulatory sequences, splice sites, and more.

Jensen Huang says Nvidia is pulling back from OpenAI and Anthropic, but his explanation raises more questions than it answers

CONNIE LOIZOS

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said Wednesday that his company's investments in OpenAI and Anthropic will likely be its last — but his explanation may not tell the whole story.

How a Music Streaming CEO Built an Open-Source Global Threat Map in His Spare Time

LILIAN WAGDY

Frustrated by fragmented war news, Anghami’s Elie Habib built World Monitor, a platform that fuses global data, like aircraft signals and satellite detections, to track conflicts as they unfold.