Google is expanding the shopping features in its AI chatbot by teaming up with Walmart, Shopify, Wayfair and other big retailers to turn the Gemini app into a virtual merchant as well as an assistant.

Iran has disconnected its internet and phone lines to cut off its 85 million people from the rest of the world.

The Supreme Court has agreed to take up an appeal from tech giant Cisco seeking to shut down a lawsuit claiming that the company’s technology was used to persecute members of the Falun Gong spiritual movement in China.

Lyft and Uber drivers protested Waymo’s self-driving taxis in San Francisco.

Facebook parent Meta has reached nuclear power deals with three companies as it continues to look for electricity sources for its artificial intelligence data centers.

Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok is now restricting image generation and editing to paying users.

CES 2026 showcased futuristic tech, from paper-thin screens to AI-driven gadgets.

Elon Musk's AI company, xAI, plans to spend $20 billion on a data center in Southaven, Mississippi.

Artificial intelligence took center stage at this year's CES gadget show, but not always for the right reasons.

DeepSeek, a Chinese tech startup, is gaining traction in developing nations, narrowing the AI adoption gap with advanced economies.

The Apple Card, known for its intuitive features and other perks for consumers, will now be issued by JPMorgan but Apple says nothing will change for users.

More artificial intelligence is being implanted into Gmail as Google tries to turn the world’s most used email service into a personal assistant that can improve writing, summarize far-flung information buried in inboxes and deliver daily to-do lists.

As a shooting unfolded at Brown University on Dec. 13, students turned to the anonymous app Sidechat to document fear, confusion and grief in real time — often before receiving official alerts.

Prosecutors in the United States say Chen Zhi boasted of pulling in $30 million a day.

China's commerce ministry says it plans to investigate Meta's acquisition of AI startup Manus.

Gadgets promoting a wide array of health benefits are on display at the annual CES trade show in Las Vegas.

A federal judge on Wednesday indicated a jury will be allowed to decide whether artificial intelligence trailblazer OpenAI hoodwinked its billionaire co-founder Elon Musk during its evolution from a nonprofit research lab into a capitalistic enterprise now valued at $500 billion.

CES 2026 is featuring extensive programming related to Hollywood, influencers and how the industry will continue to work with AI.

As CES opened Tuesday to the public, auto and tech companies like Nvidia and Gentex showed how AI technology can transform cars into proactive companions that adapt and react to drivers and passengers in real time.

Crowds flooded freshly opened showroom floors on Day 2 of CES, met by thousands of robots, AI companions, assistants, health longevity tech, wearables and more.

Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok is under fire for generating sexualized images of women and children without consent.

A golden phone that President Donald Trump’s family business promised to release last year remains mysteriously under wraps as the technology industry serves up a gluttony of new gadgets in Las Vegas this week.

Nvidia, AMD and Intel all had important chip and AI platform announcements on the first day of CES 2026, but all audiences wanted to see more of was Star Wars and Jensen Huang’s little robot buddies.

Last week, Governor Glenn Youngkin and GO Virginia granted $6.2 million in grant money for ten projects across Virginia. $648,000 are going towards Project Rise, an initiative that gives a boost to startup tech companies in the Roanoke and New River Valley areas.

Hyundai-owned Boston Dynamics has publicly demonstrated its humanoid robot Atlas for the first time at the CES tech showcase.

The federal government has picked two companies to replace 612 radar systems nationwide that date back to the 1980s as part of a multibillion-dollar overhaul of the nation’s air traffic control system.

Greece’s government says a major radio communications failure that shut the country’s airspace is unlikely to have been a cyberattack.

A Paris court has found 10 people guilty of cyberbullying France’s first lady Brigitte Macron by spreading false online claims about her gender and sexuality.

With the start of the New Year squarely behind us, it’s once again time for the annual CES trade show to shine a spotlight on the latest tech companies plan on offering in 2026.

Tech companies looking to plunge billions of dollars into ever-bigger data centers to power artificial intelligence and cloud computing are increasingly being voted down.

Returns to “The Pitt,” the Grid and music of Kid Laroi are some of the new television, films and music headed to a device near you.

Tesla lost its crown as the world’s bestselling electric vehicle maker on Friday as a customer revolt over Elon Musk’s right-wing politics, expiring U.S. tax breaks to buyers and stiff overseas competition pushed sales down for a second year in a row.

Meta is buying artificial intelligence startup Manus, as the owner of Facebook and Instagram continues a push to amp-up AI offerings across its platforms.

The New York City transit system is retiring the MetroCard after more than 30 years.

Many retirement developments serve as a tranquil refuge for older people who can no longer travel to faraway places or engage in bold adventures.

The end of the year brings fewer new streaming options, but it's a great time to catch up on 2025's best movies, TV, music, and games.

France, Germany, the European Union and the United Kingdom are hitting out at a U.S. decision to impose travel bans on five Europeans the Trump administration accuses of pressuring tech firms to censor or suppress American views.

French prosecutors say a pro-Russian hacking group has claimed responsibility for a major cyberattack on France’s national postal service.

Bolivia’s new government has issued a decree that will allow global satellite internet companies such as Starlink or Kuiper to provide internet access across the Andean nation as it tries to upgrade its technology and speed up its notoriously slow connectivity rates.

The Department of Homeland Security is replacing its lottery system for H-1B visas with a new approach prioritizing skilled, higher-paid foreign workers.

The year 2025 was scary good for investors.

Video game pioneer Vincent Zampella has died at 55.

Waymos stopped in the middle of intersections during a mass power outage in San Francisco over the weekend, causing the robotaxi company to suspend service for a day.

Google’s corporate parent on Monday announced an agreement to buy data center energy specialist Intersect for $4.75 billion as part of its effort to secure the vast amounts of electricity needed to power artificial intelligence technology.

Apple says it will appeal a $116 million fine from Italy's antitrust authority.

Instacart is ending a program where customers saw different prices for the same product ordered at the same time from the same store.

NATO-nation intelligence services believe Russia is developing a weapon to target Starlink satellites.

Christian influencers are reaching hundreds of thousands of young people online.

More than a decade ago, a frenzied 5-day search for the Boston Marathon bombers left some lessons in its aftermath.

Jennifer Lawrence playing a new mother whose behavior becomes increasingly erratic in “Die My Love” and three more “Stranger Things” episodes are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.

A YouTube content creator whose livestream talking about investments mysteriously appeared to take over a White House website says he has no idea how it happened.

TikTok has signed a deal to form a new U.S. unit with three American investors — Oracle, Silver Lake and MGX — holding a majority stake.

Federal regulators will allow tech companies to effectively plug massive data centers directly into power plants.

Thailand has helped launch a global effort to fight the spread of online scams that include criminal enterprises based largely in Southeast Asia.

India’s Parliament has approved new legislation to open the civil nuclear power sector to private companies.

The parent company of President Donald Trump’s Truth Social media platform announced Thursday it is merging with a fusion power company, an unusual pairing of the Trump name with a futuristic clean energy venture that aims to power the next wave of artificial intelligence.

The Senate has confirmed billionaire entrepreneur Jared Isaacman to serve as NASA administrator.

California regulators are threatening to suspend Tesla’s license to sell its electric cars in the state early next year unless the automaker tones down its marketing tactics for its self-driving features after a judge concluded the Elon Musk-led company has been misleading consumers about the technology’s capabilities.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced a major change for the Oscars.

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French authorities are investigating a suspected cyberattack plot targeting an international passenger ferry.

A congressional report says China exploits partnerships with U.S. researchers to give its military access to nuclear technology and other innovations with economic and national security applications.

Fernando Moreno has been waiting for a kidney transplant for about two years.

Tom Freston could tell endless stories about the formative days of MTV and late nights with rock stars.

The Islamic State group and other militant organizations are experimenting with artificial intelligence as a tool to boost recruitment and refine their operations.

The commercial boom in artificial intelligence has sparked interest in humanoid robots.

Marlon Wayans starring in the Jordan Peele-produced football thriller “Him” and the iHeartRadio Z100’s Jingle Ball 2025 featuring Conan Gray, Ed Sheeran, Jelly Roll and Olivia Dean are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.

Eastern Orthodoxy in the U.S. is experiencing a surge in converts, partly due to online content.

An official says Germany has summoned the Russian ambassador following accusations of sabotage, cyberattacks and election interference.

Ford Motor Co. has stepped up technology in its popular F-150 pickup to combat ever-evolving techniques car thieves have at their disposal.

Global online forum Reddit has filed a court challenge to Australia’s world-first law that bans Australian children younger than 16 from holding accounts on the world’s most popular social media platforms.

A federal appeals court on Thursday backed a ruling that held Apple in civil contempt for brazenly defying an order designed to open its iPhone app store to other payment systems besides its own, but the decision also reopened a door for the company to collect commission from the rival options.

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to block states from regulating artificial intelligence.

Disney is investing $1 billion in OpenAI to bring characters like Mickey Mouse and Luke Skywalker to the AI company's Sora video tool.

Pakistan has urged major social media platforms to crack down on accounts linked to militant groups.

The heirs of an 83-year-old Connecticut woman are suing ChatGPT maker OpenAI and its business partner Microsoft for wrongful death.

Onetime cryptocurrency mogul Do Kwon has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after a $40 billion crash revealed his crypto ecosystem to be a fraud.

Waymo's self-driving taxis have been in the spotlight for both negative and positive reasons.

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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has welcomed a groundbreaking social media ban for children under 16 as families taking back power from tech giants.

OpenAI has appointed Slack CEO Denise Dresser as its first chief of revenue.

Britain has announced sanctions against several Russian media and ideas organizations.

Microsoft has announced its largest-ever Asia investment of $17.5 billion in India to enhance cloud and artificial intelligence infrastructure over the next four years.

The European Union is investigating Google for potential antitrust violations related to its AI models.

Australia has introduced a world-first social media ban for children under 16, starting Wednesday.

President Donald Trump says he will allow Nvidia to sell its H200 computer chip used in the development of artificial intelligence to “approved customers” in China.

The maker of an iPhone app that flagged sightings of U.S. immigration agents has sued the Trump administration for free speech violations.

The Golden Globes have introduced a best podcast category that's likely to spark conversations.

Paramount has launched a hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros.

IBM has announced it's acquiring data streaming platform Confluent in an $11 billion deal.

Police in Edmonton, Canada, have started a pilot project using AI-equipped body cameras to detect faces on a "high risk" watch list.

Netflix's $72 billion deal to acquire Warner Bros.

Georgia's largest utility wants to spend more than $15 billion to increase its electricity capacity by 50% over the next six years to serve data centers.

In a story published Dec. 5, 2025, about oral arguments in Massachusetts’ case against social media giant Meta Platforms, The Associated Press erroneously reported the spelling of a Massachusetts Supreme Court justice’s last name.

A six-episode, behind-the-scenes Disney+ docuseries about Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour and Rian Johnson’s third “Knives Out” movie, “Wake Up Dead Man,” are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.

French officials are investigating an illegal drone overflight of the Atlantic coast base for France's nuclear-armed submarines.

Netflix has struck a deal to buy Warner Bros.

Cloudflare reports that it has resolved an outage that disrupted several global websites, including LinkedIn and Zoom.

European Union regulators have fined Elon Musk’s social media platform X 120 million euros for failing to comply with digital regulations.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has outlined a new strategy to expand its use of artificial intelligence.