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New York just hit pause on expanding robotaxis beyond New York City. Gov. Kathy Hochul has withdrawn her proposal that would have allowed commercial robotaxi services in smaller cities across the state. That means places outside New York City will not see driverless ride services anytime soon.If you live in Buffalo, Rochester or Albany, that future just got pushed further down the road. Meanwhile, one major player still plans to move […]

When you open a chatbot, stream a show or back up photos to the cloud, you are tapping into a vast network of data centers. These facilities power artificial intelligence, search engines and online services we use every day. Now there is a growing debate over who should pay for the electricity those data centers consume.During President Trump's State of the Union address this week, he introduced a new initiative […]

Free apps are supposed to cost you nothing but storage space. But in this case, they may have cost millions of people control over their own internet connections.Google says it has disrupted what it believes was the world's largest residential proxy network, one that secretly hijacked around 9 million Android devices, along with computers and smart home gadgets. Most people had no idea their devices were being used since the […]

IN TODAY'S NEWSLETTER:- Trump brings Big Tech to White House to curb power costs amid AI boom- Melania Trump’s young State of the Union guest pushes AI to revolutionize American classrooms- China vs. SpaceX in race for space AI data centersPAY UP: Trump brings Big Tech to White House to curb power costs amid AI boom – EXCLUSIVE – President Trump is bringing major Big Tech leaders to the White […]

Amazon made a lot of noise last October when it unveiled Blue Jay, a multi-armed warehouse robot built to speed up same-day deliveries. Just months later, the company quietly ended the program.The robot's core technology will live on in other projects. Still, Blue Jay itself is done.That sudden shift raises an important question. If one of the world's most advanced logistics companies cannot make a high-profile robot work at scale, […]

Your web browser may feel like a safe place, especially when you install helpful tools that promise to make your life easier. But security researchers have uncovered a dangerous campaign in which more than 300,000 people installed Chrome extensions pretending to be artificial intelligence (AI) assistants. Instead of helping, these fake tools secretly collect sensitive information like your emails, passwords and browsing activity.They used familiar names like ChatGPT, Gemini and […]

At the start of the year, you did everything right. You searched your name, opted out of several data broker sites and deleted listings that exposed your address, phone number and relatives.At first, it felt like a clean slate. However, here's the uncomfortable truth: your data rarely stays gone. In many cases, February is when it quietly returns.Privacy does not work as a one-time cleanup. Instead, it requires ongoing maintenance, […]

You open your inbox and see a subject line from Apple. It says an app-specific password was generated for your account. Then your stomach drops.The email claims you authorized a $2,990.02 PayPal payment. It even includes a confirmation number. It urges you to call a support number right away. There is just one problem. You never did any of this.If that sounds familiar, you are likely looking at a classic […]

If your phone heats up while running AI, imagine what happens inside a massive data center. Now imagine moving that data center into orbit.That is exactly what China and Elon Musk are planning. It is a serious race to build space-based AI data centers powered by sunlight in space.At stake? The future of artificial intelligence, energy dominance and who controls the next layer of digital infrastructure.Sign up for my FREE […]