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Google’s doomed social network Buzz led US regulators to force Google and Meta to monitor their own data use. Insiders say the results were mixed, as pressure mounts for a federal privacy law. Powered by WPeMatico

Hotel prices and tourism numbers are up as New York City goes through its first holiday season with new rules that ban nearly all Airbnbs and other short-term rentals. Powered by WPeMatico

As part of a settlement with a horse welfare nonprofit, Amazon will no longer sell products containing “ejiao,” which is made with donkey skin. Powered by WPeMatico

The 217-mph, 1,001-hp electrified Lamborghini Revuelto is so much fun it will make you lose the ability to speak properly. Powered by WPeMatico

Raising a range of concerns into the way X has been run under Elon Musk, EU officials will also probe whether graphic content from Hamas’ attack on Israel was allowed to spread across the site. Powered by WPeMatico

Millennials may have popularized Pinterest, but Gen Z is pushing the platform to new heights. Powered by WPeMatico

Some Elon Musk fans are concerned that Grok, xAI’s answer to ChatGPT, is too politically liberal. The nature of the underlying AI technology will make “fixing” its outlook difficult. Powered by WPeMatico

The Superalignment team led by OpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sutskever has devised a way to guide the behavior of AI models as they get ever smarter. Powered by WPeMatico

Cruise, the self-driving subsidiary of General Motors, will lay off a quarter of its staff. After a grisly October accident in San Francisco, GM said it would slash the unit’s funding. Powered by WPeMatico

Kytch, the company that tried to fix McDonald’s broken ice cream machines, has unearthed a 3-year-old email it says proves claims of an alleged plot to undermine their business. Powered by WPeMatico