Meta removes AI deepfake video of Irish presidential candidate

Meta has removed a deepfake AI video of Irish presidential candidate Catherine Connolly, which featured a false depiction of the politician saying that she’s withdrawing from the election. According to The Irish Times, the AI-generated video was shared nearly 30,000 times on Facebook just days before Ireland’s election on October 24 prior to it being … Read more

Tesla’s profits plunge despite record revenue and deliveries

Tesla said it “achieved record vehicle deliveries globally” for the third quarter of 2025 with a total of 497,099 vehicles delivered. It also reported a record-breaking revenue of $28.1 billion, which is 12 percent higher than the same quarter in 2024. Tesla’s net income, however, slid by 37 percent year-over-year, due to several factors, namely … Read more

Amazon’s smart glasses with AI will help its drivers deliver packages faster

Amazon has revealed that it’s currently working on smart glasses designed for delivery drivers, confirming previous reports about the project. The company said that glasses use AI-powered sensing capabilities and computer vision to detect what their cameras are seeing. Drivers then get guidance through the glasses’ heads-up display (HUD) embedded right into the lens. Based … Read more

Reddit sues Perplexity and three other companies for allegedly using its content without paying

Reddit sues Perplexity and three other companies for allegedly using its content without paying

Reddit is suing companies SerApi, OxyLabs, AWMProxy and Perplexity for allegedly scraping its data from search results and using it without a license, The New York Times reports. The new lawsuit follows legal action against AI startup Anthropic, who allegedly used Reddit content to train its Claude chatbot.  As of 2023, Reddit charges companies looking … Read more

Apple dumps dating apps Tea and TeaOnHer from the App Store over privacy and moderation issues

Apple dumps dating apps Tea and TeaOnHer from the App Store over privacy and moderation issues

Apple has removed dating apps Tea and TeaOnHer from the App Store for violating rules related to content moderation and user privacy. The company told TechCrunch that it pulled the apps as they broke several of its rules, including one mandating that apps can’t share or otherwise use an individual’s personal info without getting their … Read more

Google says it made a breakthrough toward practical quantum computing

Google says it made a breakthrough toward practical quantum computing

Enabled by the introduction of its Willow quantum chip last year, Google today claims it’s conducted breakthrough research that confirms it can create real-world applications for quantum computers. The company’s Quantum Echoes algorithm, detailed in a paper published in Nature, is a demonstration of “the first-ever verifiable quantum advantage running the out-of-order time correlator (OTOC) … Read more

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