New York sues Counter-Strike game developer saying ‘loot boxes’ promote gambling
NEW YORK (AP) — New York's attorney general has sued video game developer Valve, claiming the “loot boxes” found in Counter-Strike and other popular...
Discord pushes back global age verification rollout amid criticism, promises transparency
Discord, the popular platform for gamers to communicate online, is postponing its controversial age verification policy after receiving swift backlash from users with concerns...
Nvidia delivers another quarter of stellar growth amid growing concern over AI economy
Artificial intelligence chipmaker Nvidia on Wednesday announced another quarter of astounding quarterly growth as investors try to decipher whether technology’s latest craze is overblown...
Russia opens criminal investigation against Telegram app founder Pavel Durov
MOSCOW (AP) — Pavel Durov, the founder of the Telegram messaging app, said Tuesday that the Russian government had opened a criminal investigation against...
You can give old batteries a new life by safely recycling them
NEW YORK (AP) — When household batteries die, it's hard to know what to do with them. So they get shoved into a junk...
Gabon suspends access to social media as critics accuse its leader of crackdown on...
LIBREVILLE, Gabon (AP) — Gabon has suspended access to social media and digital platforms throughout the central African nation until further notice, the authorities...
India boots a private university from an AI summit over a robot dog controversy
NEW DELHI (AP) — A private Indian university was booted from a top artificial intelligence summit in New Delhi on Wednesday after one of...
Shein faces EU investigation over illegal products and addictive design features
LONDON (AP) — European Union regulators are investigating Shein over concerns the online retailer hasn't done enough to limit the sale of illegal products...
Grok faces more scrutiny over deepfakes as Irish regulator opens EU privacy investigation
LONDON (AP) — Elon Musk's social media platform X faces a European Union privacy investigation after its Grok AI chatbot started spitting out nonconsensual...
People — and robots — are getting ready to celebrate the Lunar New Year...
BEIJING (AP) — It's not just people — in China, the robots are also getting ready to celebrate the Lunar New Year.Friday was dress...
