
Telegram CEO Pavel Durov was arrested in France last weekend, and a few days later was charged with a number of offenses connected to criminal activity on Telegram. There’s a lot about this story we don’t yet know, but this week’s events seem to signal a shift in how countries and governments plan to hold executives accountable for what happens on their

Apple Intelligence is upon us, but not every company that owns a major website is a fan of Apple scraping its data to train AI.
A new report by Wired found that several widely recognizable online brands have chosen to opt out of training Apple's AI bot. Among those who have deliberately turned it off are Facebook, Instagram, the New York Times, Craigslist, and Condé Nast. If the opt-out request is


A smarter version of Amazon's Alexa is coming — but it might not be powered by Amazon's tech.
According to a new report by Reuters, the new version of Alexa will "primarily" be powered by Anthropic's Claude AI models, instead of Amazon's own AI.
Anthropic is an AI company founded by ex-OpenAI employees, which claimed that Claude 3's Opus model, which launched in March this year, was in some ways m
It's only been four months since we reviewed the latest Intel version of the XPS 13, but now Dell has released a model built for Microsoft's Copilot+ AI PC initiative. It's running Qualcomm's new Snapdragon X Elite chip, making it an Arm-based laptop like the recent Surface Pro and Surface Laptop. But with that mobile-focused hardware comes new expectations: More battery efficiency than Intel's

The Labor Day discounts continue to roll in. You can scoop up a four-pack of Apple AirTags for just $75 via Amazon. That’s a drop of around 25 percent, as the typical cost is $99. It also breaks down to $18 per AirTag, which is a great deal and much cheaper than buying them piecemeal.
For the uninitiated, AirTags are tracking devices that use Bluetooth to send location data to the Find My app

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- Ukraine may have tried to attack Russia's Belgorod region this week, after its successes in Kursk.
- It could be part of efforts to show its allies it can regain the initiative, experts said.
- But the move could backfire due to
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- The NHL star Johnny Gaudreau and his brother were killed the night before their sister's wedding.
- They were biking in Carneys Point, New Jersey, when a man suspected of drunken driving hit them.
- Gaudreau, a Columbus Blue Jackets player, was one of the team's top veteran scorers.
The NHL star Johnny
