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Jalapeño-Linked Salmonella Outbreak Affects 27 States
A multi-state Salmonella outbreak, traced to jalapeño peppers from Mexico, has resulted in hundreds of illnesses and dozens of hospitalizations across the United States.
OpenAI Counters Apple's Trade Secret Lawsuit, Citing Competitive Shortcomings
OpenAI has rejected Apple's allegations of trade secret theft, asserting the lawsuit is a retaliatory measure stemming from Apple's struggles in artificial intelligence development and talent retention.
AI 'Poisoning' Movement Aims to Corrupt Models, Raises Collateral Damage Concerns
A nascent movement is encouraging the deliberate corruption of AI training data to undermine large language models, but experts warn of unintended consequences for critical systems.
Online Discourse Surrounding Celebrity Weight Loss Often Harms, Experts Say
Public conversations about celebrity body image on social media platforms frequently misinform and can negatively impact individuals, particularly those with eating disorders, according to mental health professionals.
Hackers Compromise QuickFox VPN Installers to Distribute Malware
For over a year, malicious actors embedded backdoor implants within installers for the Chinese VPN service QuickFox, targeting high-value users.
Google's Forthcoming Pixel 11 Fails to Entice Current Pixel 9 Pro Owners
Despite the impending release of the Pixel 11, some users of the two-year-old Pixel 9 Pro do not plan to upgrade, citing several key reasons.
Altman's School-Drive Podcast Idea Draws Questions About AI and Parenting
A proposed family briefing generated more criticism than enthusiasm, exposing the limits of automating moments built around human attention.
India's App Economy Reaches a Record $345 Million Quarter
Consumer spending is rising faster than downloads as AI, streaming and productivity subscriptions gain acceptance.
Snapchat Removes Fully AI-Generated Videos From Spotlight Rewards
Creators can still use AI editing tools, but recommendation and payment systems will prioritize content made by real people.
Samsung Warns the Memory Shortage Could Tighten Through 2027
AI data-center customers are securing long-term supply, leaving consumer-device makers with higher component costs into 2028.
Reddit Beats Expectations as Search Traffic Becomes Less Predictable
Revenue and profit surged, but investors focused on volatile referrals and the possibility that AI search will reduce logged-out visits.
LinkedIn Adds an AI Slop Report as It Removes Its Own Post-Writing Tool
The platform is shifting from generating users' language to proofreading it while using feedback to reduce low-quality recommendations.
Spotify Lets Listeners Attach Personal Notes to Songs
User Notes turns playlists into shared memory journals by adding captions about when and why a track matters.
Polar Raises $5.7 Million for an AI Browser Focused on Knowledge Work
The startup lets users schedule workflows and assign agents to tasks based on open tabs rather than targeting occasional consumer bookings.
Apple Launches Klarna-Backed Leasing for iPhone, Mac, iPad and Apple Watch
Apple Upgrade replaces two existing U.S. payment programs and lets eligible customers return, buy or exchange a device at the end of the lease.
eBay and Former Executives Agree to $56 Million Cyberstalking Settlement
The payment resolves a civil case brought by EcommerceBytes writers Ina and David Steiner over a 2019 harassment campaign.
HBO Max Tests a Vertical Shorts Feed and Conversational Search
AI selects candidate scenes for human editors as the streaming service looks for better ways to surface a large catalog.
OpenAI Launches the GPT-5.6 Model Family
The Sol, Terra and Luna variants divide frontier capability, balanced professional work and high-volume tasks across ChatGPT, Codex and the API.
Meta Launches Muse Spark 1.1 and a Model API
The multimodal model targets coding, computer use and long-running agent tasks.
Salesforce Launches a Prepackaged Help Agent
Agentforce Help Agent is designed to deploy across service channels in minutes and charge customers only for completed resolutions.
Clair Health Raises $11.6 Million for a Hormone-Tracking Wearable
The Stanford-founded startup plans to ship a wellness wristband that infers hormone patterns without blood draws while it pursues clinical validation.
Status AI Raises $17 Million for an Interactive Social Network
The consumer startup wants to replace passive scrolling with role-playing, fictional characters and user-created story worlds.
Google Brings Agentic Tasks Into Search
New Search agents can continue monitoring information and assemble interactive results instead of returning only a list of pages.
Android Intrusion Logging Gives Spyware Investigators Better Evidence
The opt-in Pixel feature stores encrypted security records so targeted users can share evidence of a suspected compromise.
OpenAI Adds Advanced Account Security for High-Risk Users
The opt-in setting combines stronger sign-in and recovery protections with phishing-resistant hardware authentication from Yubico.
Google Expands AI Max to Shopping and Travel Ads
The update adds campaign automation, an AI Brief for advertiser guidance and new controls for regulated messaging.
HYFIX Raises $15 Million for a U.S.-Made Control Chip for Autonomous Machines
The Santa Clara startup is combining navigation, communications and computing functions in silicon intended for drones and robots.
Slash Raises $100 Million and Reaches a $1.4 Billion Valuation
The business-banking startup is expanding beyond its early base of online merchants as competition among fintech platforms accelerates.
Cloudflare Dynamic Workers Run AI-Generated Code Without Containers
The open beta creates isolated V8 workers at runtime for agent-driven applications.
OpenAI Releases GPT-5.4 for Professional and Agentic Work
Thinking and Pro versions arrive across ChatGPT, Codex and the API with an emphasis on complex knowledge tasks and tool use.
Apple Updates MacBook Air With M5 Chip and More Base Storage
The new laptop doubles entry-level storage while increasing AI and graphics performance.
Lunar Energy Adds $232 Million to Scale Home Batteries and Virtual Power Plants
The Mountain View company plans to expand domestic manufacturing and coordinate more residential batteries as electricity demand strains the grid.