Mark Zuckerberg has begun his quest to kill the smartphone

Why the iPhone Air’s real breakthrough is its battery

YouTube rolls out Studio updates

Spotify will now let free users pick and play tracks

A California bill that would regulate AI companion chatbots is close to becoming law

Justice Department sues Uber

OpenAI and Oracle reportedly ink historic cloud computing deal

Tesla is seeking permits to offer ride-hail services at Silicon Valley airports

Sam Altman says that bots are making social media feel ‘fake’

Tesla shareholders to vote on investing in Musk’s AI startup xAI

Facebook is trying to make ‘pokes’ happen again

Why the US government is taking a stake in Intel

MrBeast plans to launch a phone company

Space investing goes mainstream

Meta updates chatbot rules to avoid inappropriate topics with teen users

Mark Cuban’s war on America’s $5 trillion healthcare machine

Google and Grok are catching up to ChatGPT, says a16z’s latest AI report

YouTube’s ‘Hype’ feature launches globally

Elon Musk’s xAI sues Apple and OpenAI

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