X’s Grok AI tool has created pornographic images of women and children Now, US Senators have told Apple and Google they must ban the apps Malaysia and Indonesia have already blocked the apps from use In recent weeks it’s emerged that X’s built-in artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot Grok is being actively used to generate explicit […]
George R.R. Martin Still Hasn’t Finished ‘Winds of Winter,’ but New Dunk and Egg Stories Are on His Mind
Will 2026 be the year the A Song of Ice and Fire faithful finally receive The Winds of Winter, the sequel George R.R. Martin has been working on for well over a decade? You don’t need seven gods to tell you… probably not. However, Game of Thrones fans do have stuff to look forward to […]
Youngest UK Dementia Case Dies at 24
An incredibly rare, tragic death in the UK might still have a silver lining. Late last December, British resident Andre Yarham died at the age of 24 from an extremely early form of dementia. Yarham was diagnosed with the condition only two years ago, after an MRI scan revealed his brain resembled that of a […]
Claude can read your lab results before your doctor does
Anthropic’s new Claude for Health platform can summarize your health data It can also analyze and explain medical test results in plain language Healthcare professionals can use Claude to speed up tasks like prior authorizations and claims appeals Anthropic’s Claude AI chatbot is scrubbing into your medical care. The company has debuted a new initiative […]
Grok’s Sexual Deepfakes Will Become Illegal in the UK This Week
The UK government will begin enforcing a law that prohibits the non-consensual creation of sexual pictures and videos, according to technology secretary Liz Kendall. The announcement comes after UK regulators announced they were launching an investigation into xAI’s Grok AI chatbot, which has been used in recent weeks to create sexualized imagery of children as […]
An App Called ‘Are You Dead?’ Is Climbing the Apple Charts
A trending mobile app is making it hard to ignore just how lonely and bleak modern life can feel for some. The app called “Are You Dead?” is currently the top paid app on China’s Apple App Store. For 8 Chinese yuan ($1.15), users can add an emergency contact to the app and then check […]
Aussies are flocking to high-speed NBN plans – here’s how to join them and the plans to get
2025 was an exciting year for NBN Co – well, as exciting as it can possibly get for our government-run broadband supplier – as it brought with it a series of NBN speed upgrades that now allow millions of Australians to achieve home internet download speeds that would’ve been unimaginable just a couple of years […]
Jensen Huang Is Begging You to Stop Being So Negative About AI
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, who has seen his net worth skyrocket by nearly $100 billion since the AI boom started a couple of years ago, would really appreciate it if you would stop talking about the potential harms of the technology that’s supercharged his fortune. It’s really harshing his vibe. In an appearance on the […]
Trump Claims He and Microsoft Have a Solution for AI-Related Utility Price Spikes
President Donald Trump did what he does on Monday evening and posted to his social media app, this time about how Microsoft isn’t going to cause our bills to spike by creating massive amounts of new energy demand with its AI projects. First of all, the president claims to “never want Americans to pay higher […]
Amazon is giving Prime Members over $200 worth of free games this month
If you’re an Amazon Prime subscriber, then you might be sleeping on hundreds of dollars’ worth of free PC games every month. It’s all part of the Amazon Luna service, which offers a rotating selection of games that you can claim and keep. These aren’t like the games you get with PlayStation Plus or Xbox […]