UK Secretly Allows Facial Recognition Scans of Passport, Immigration Databases Summary Privacy groups say the UK government has quietly permitted police and other authorities to run facial-recognition searches against databases…
New Method Is the Fastest Way To Find the Best Routes Summary Researchers at Tsinghua University and Stanford, led by Ran Duan, have introduced a new algorithm for the single-source…
Google Tests AI-Powered Google Finance Summary Google has begun testing an AI-powered redesign of Google Finance in the United States, rolling out updates over the coming weeks. The refreshed product…
Google Ending Steam for Chromebook Support in 2026 Summary Google will discontinue the Steam for Chromebook Beta on 1 January 2026. After that date, Steam and any installed games will…
How Intel’s CEO Helped Create China’s Chip Industry Summary Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan has longstanding ties to China’s semiconductor sector through his venture firm Walden International and prior executive roles.…
China Tells Brokers To Stop Touting Stablecoins To Cool Frenzy Summary Chinese financial regulators have instructed local brokerages, think tanks and other market bodies to stop publishing research or holding…
The FCC Will Review Emergency Alert Systems in the US Summary The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced a re-examination of the United States’ emergency alert frameworks, including the Emergency…
South Korea Postpones Decision To Let Google Maps Work Properly — Again Summary South Korea has delayed, for the second time this year, a decision on Google’s request to export…
AI Industry Horrified To Face Largest Copyright Class Action Ever Certified Summary Anthropic is fighting an appeal after a federal judge certified a nationwide class action brought by three authors…
ChatGPT Is Bringing Back 4o Summary OpenAI reversed course after user backlash and reinstated GPT-4o as an option for ChatGPT Plus subscribers just a day after making GPT-5 the default.…
