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A big rig left Houston, Texas, in the middle of the night with nobody inside. By morning, it had completed a 230-mile delivery near Dallas right on schedule. There was no driver, no backup operator and no one stepping in remotely.According to Bot Auto, this marks the first fully humanless, over-the-road commercial truckload in the U.S.More importantly, the run followed a real customer timeline and moved through the same freight […]

It happens to a lot of us when we travel abroad. You land, open your streaming app and realize the shows you watch are gone. The library has changed, and some of what you expect to see is suddenly unavailable. It is one of those inconveniences that may rarely cross your mind before a trip. Still, it happens to millions of travelers every year. But the streaming problem is just […]

Your phone buzzes. A text message pops up saying you have an outstanding traffic violation, and if you scan the attached QR code immediately, you can pay a $6.99 balance and avoid a court appearance.It looks official. It sounds urgent. And it is completely fake.Scammers are now targeting drivers across the U.S. with text messages that impersonate state courts, demanding payment for traffic violations that never happened. This campaign has […]

China has stepped in and stopped Meta Platforms, which owns Facebook and Instagram, from acquiring the AI startup Manus, a Singapore-based company that builds AI agents capable of performing complex tasks. The deal, reportedly worth about $2 billion, had already been moving forward.China's National Development and Reform Commission said it was prohibiting the foreign acquisition of Manus and required all parties to withdraw from the deal. The decision followed a […]

The United Arab Emirates just made one of the most aggressive moves yet in the global AI race. The country says it will integrate agentic artificial intelligence across half of its government operations within two years.For context: Most governments are still debating whether to use AI.  This plan puts speed and execution front and center and goes in the opposite direction of how governments typically handle major technology changes.If it […]

Three weeks after her husband's funeral, Carol's phone rings. The caller knows her husband's name, their address and their daughter's name, even mentioning that she lives across town.He says he's calling from a life insurance company and that there's a policy ready to be paid out. He just needs Carol's Social Security number and bank routing details to process it.This scenario draws from real scams reported by fraud investigators and […]

Earlier this year, more than 25 million Americans began receiving letters from a company most of them had never heard of. The sender was Conduent Business Services, a contractor that processes benefits records and human resources data for state Medicaid programs, employer health plans and government agencies. Between October 2024 and January 2025, ransomware operators pulled names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, home addresses, medical diagnosis codes and health […]

Booking a flight can feel like a guessing game. You search once, spot a decent price, come back later and suddenly it is higher. Most people shrug and assume demand changed. Now, a new lawsuit against JetBlue is challenging that idea.The proposed class action claims the airline tracked a customer's behavior during the booking process for the purpose of setting or adjusting ticket prices. According to the complaint, that data […]

ADT has confirmed a new data breach, and it comes with a familiar twist. A well-known cybercrime group is reportedly demanding money and threatening to leak data if it does not get paid.The group behind it, ShinyHunters, says it stole more than 10 million records. ADT has not confirmed that number, but it says attackers accessed customer data.According to the company, "ADT's cybersecurity systems detected unauthorized access to a limited […]