British Columbia Sues OpenAI Over a School Shooting’s Cost
Months before an 18-year-old walked into a school in the northeast British Columbia town of Tumbler Ridge and killed eight people, OpenAI’s safety team had already flagged the gun-violence content…
Microsoft Hands Halo to Activision in Xbox Overhaul
The notice reached staff at Halo Studios on Tuesday morning. Of the 268 roles Microsoft eliminated across its Xbox game studios, the majority were at the team responsible for Halo,…
Neuralink Says an Implant Let a Man Who Lost His Speech Tell His Family He Loves Them
The demonstration was short, and Neuralink chose to announce it the way so much of the company’s news now travels: in a post on X. A volunteer named Terry, who…
A Security Team Used Claude to Reach OpenAI’s Code Repos in 72 Hours
The intrusion began with a flaw in a place no one was watching. On July 25, a team from the security firm Hacktron chained two vulnerabilities together, using Anthropic’s Claude…
Nvidia’s RTX 5090 Has Vanished From Shelves, and Scalpers Want $9,500
The card’s official price is $1,999. On Newegg and Amazon, that number has become a memory. Nvidia’s RTX 5090, the company’s fastest gaming graphics card, has disappeared from official channels…
Meta Expands Its Utah Data Center, and Sweetens the Deal for Neighbors
The town of Eagle Mountain sits on the western edge of the Wasatch Front, a place where houses have been climbing into the foothills for years. On September 14, Meta…
Sony’s $7.85 Million Settlement Ends a Fight Over Game Downloads
Sony Interactive Entertainment agreed to set aside $7.85 million to settle a class action that accused the company of monopolizing digital game sales on the PlayStation Store, according to a…
Texas Judge Rules TikTok Misled Users on Content Filtering
The ruling came from a state court in Texas, and it turned on a narrow question of what TikTok told its users. A judge found on Thursday that TikTok violated…
Saudi Fund Weighs Folding EA Into Its Games Unit
The Saudi sovereign fund bought Electronic Arts outright last month. Now it is weighing whether to fold the publisher into the games company it already owns. Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment…
Microsoft Plans to Triple Data Center Capacity to 38 Gigawatts
Bloomberg reported on September 10, citing people familiar with the plans, that Microsoft intends to expand its global data-center capacity from roughly 12 gigawatts today to more than 38 gigawatts…
