A common theme in online age verification laws is the tension between user privacy and preventing children from accessing harmful or inappropriate content. Now the UK is sending a not-so-subtle message to Reddit on the subject, to the tune of £14.5m ($19.6 million). The nation's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) accused the company of using children’s data and potentially exposing them to
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- The season one finale of HBO's "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms" aired on Sunday.
- The "Game of Thrones" prequel series features references to the original show and to Westerosi lore.
- We compiled all the major book references, thematic parallels, and other Easter eggs in season one.
Spoilers ahead for
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- Dara Khosrowshahi said some Uber employees use an AI clone of the CEO.
- "Dara AI" helps employees fine-tune presentations before they make them to Khosrowshahi himself.
- Khosrowshahi added that AI has to make more progress before it can fully replace what
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- Shaun Chavis has 20 years of experience in journalism and communications.
- She has been ghosted by dozens of employers after applying for jobs.
- Rather than continue to be demoralized, she's set up her own Substack consultancy.
This as-told-to-essay is based on a conversation with Shaun Chavis, 58, who is based in
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- Home Depot continues to weather sluggish sales as part of a larger home improvement slump.
- Customers tell the company they're delaying moves and renovations over financial worries.
- "Hopefully we're bouncing along the bottom of turnover," CEO
Marvel's Wolverine, the next superhero game from Marvel's Spider-Man developer Insomniac Games, will be released on PS5 on September 15th.
Insomniac announced that it would be making a Wolverine game way back in 2021, so it's been a long wait in the leadup to an official release date. Sony gave a vague fall 2026 release window last year alongside a very bloody gameplay trailer.
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Look at the two air taxi designs above. Look similar? The company that designed the one on the left sure thinks so, which is why it's accusing the firm that designed the one on the right of patent infringement.
On Monday, Archer Aviation filed a complaint in the US District Court Eastern District of Texas accusing rival Vertical Aerospace of copying its "Midnight" aircraft design for its
Google is building another data center in Texas and says this one will use "advanced air-cooling technology" to limit water consumption. Google is claiming that water use will be limited to "critical campus operations" like kitchens.
These specifics follow the previously announced two-year $40 billion investment the company has pledged in the Lone Star State. The company is also touting some 7,800
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- Actors Eric Dane, Robert Duvall, and James Van Der Beek died in 2026.
- So did "Dilbert" creator Scott Adams, Grateful Dead's Bob Weir, and designer Valentino Garavani.
- Civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson also died.
Below, we look back at those we lost in 2026, listed in alphabetical order.
DJI wants a federal court to toss out the Federal Communications Commission's decision to ban imports of its China-made drones and components, as reported earlier by Reuters. In a petition filed in an appeals court this week, DJI claims the FCC "exceeded its statutory authority" last December when adding drones made in foreign countries to its Covered List, which blocks communications