Why is an Amazon-backed AI startup making Orson Welles fan fiction? Plus, Anthropic’s $1.5B copyright settlement sucks for writers

Tesla proposes new pay package for Elon Musk worth up to $1T, also, Snapchat's new Lens, and Rivian cut more workers

Facebook is trying to make ‘pokes’ happen again, also, Stripe will build a new blockchain

Captions rebrands as Mirage; also, JetBlue will use Amazon’s satellites for free in-flight internet

Roblox expands use of age-estimation tech and Scale AI is suing a former employee and rival Mercor

Netflix updates its Moments feature and PayPal and Venmo are giving out Comet invites

Google avoids break up, but has to give up exclusive search deals in antitrust trial , and more tech news

OpenAI to route sensitive conversations to GPT-5 and introduce parental controls

Space investing goes mainstream as VCs ditch the rocket science requirements

Taco Bell is having second thoughts about relying on AI at the drive-through plus cracks are forming in Meta’s partnership with Scale AI

Murder at Burning Man turns Silicon Valley’s desert playground into a crime scene plus Nvidia's two mystery customers

Mastodon says it doesn’t ‘have the means’ to comply with age verification laws; also Trump administration’s deal is structured to prevent Intel from selling foundry unit

Anthropic users face a new choice – opt out or share your chats for AI training

MathGPT.ai expands to over 50 institutions, also Mississippi’s age assurance law puts decentralized social networks to the test

Nvidia reports record sales as the AI boom continues, also 911 centers are so understaffed, they’re turning to AI to answer calls

A 1997 Radiohead song is topping the charts, thanks to TikTok, plus Anthropic settled its AI book-training lawsuit, and US sanctioned a fraud network used by North Koreans

DOGE uploaded live copy of Soc. Sec. database to ‘vulnerable’ cloud server, plus Libby is adding AI and folks are not happy

Tesla could have avoided that $242.5M Autopilot verdict, plus more tech news

Bounce launched a service for moving accounts between Bluesky and Mastodon, Elon Musk xAI is suing Apple and OpenAI, and Silicon Valley is pouring millions into pro-AI PACs to sway midterms

The Trump administration’s big Intel investment comes from already awarded grants ... and more Tech news