Senators urged Apple and Google to remove Musk’s X and Grok from app stores over sexual deepfakes

Turning a blind eye to X’s egregious behavior would make a mockery of your moderation practices,” three Democratic senators ...

Democrats ask Apple and Google to remove X’s undressing bot from their app stores

Apple and Google are being dragged into the uproar around X’s AI chatbot that has continued to virtually undress women in ...

Democratic US senators demand Apple, Google take X and Grok off app stores over sexual images

Three Democratic U.S. senators are calling on Apple and Alphabet's Google to remove X and its built-in artificial ...

Democratic senators demand Apple, Google take X and Grok off app stores over sexual images

Three Democratic U.S. senators are calling on Apple and Alphabet's Google to remove X and its built-in chabot Grok from their ...
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The Google Search homepage adds a ‘plus’ menu

Historically, google.com does not change very often. After adding an AI Mode shortcut earlier this year, there’s now a ‘plus’ menu on the Google Search homepage. On google.com, the Search bar now has ...
Engadget

Fortnite is back on the Google Play Store

Epic Games has spent a lot of time in court over the past several years, but it seems the company's litigious era may be winding down. The company announced today that its game Fortnite is back on the ...
Reuters

Fortnite returns to Google Play in US after court order

Dec 11 (Reuters) - Epic Games' popular battle royale title Fortnite is back on the Google Play Store in the United States after Google (GOOGL.O), opens new tab complied with a U.S. District Court ...
Polygon

Fortnite's back on Android and Google Play after court order

After five years, it looks like Epic Games and Google are finally working out their issues. Epic announced Thursday that Fortnite has returned to the Google Play Store in the United States. "Fortnite ...
TechCrunch

Epic Games’ Fortnite is back in US Google Play Store, as court partially reverses restrictions it won on iOS

Epic Games’ popular battle royale, Fortnite, has returned to the U.S. Google Play Store following a court order. The game maker had recently settled its five-year legal battle with the tech giant, ...
TechCrunch

OpenAI fires back at Google with GPT-5.2 after ‘code red’ memo

OpenAI launched its latest frontier model, GPT-5.2, on Thursday amid increasing competition from Google, pitching it as its most advanced model yet and one designed for developers and everyday ...
Wired

Google Data Centers Are Returning Nuclear Power to Tornado Country

This story originally appeared on Inside Climate News and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. When a derecho slammed into the Duane Arnold nuclear plant in 2020, Diana Lokenvitz had time for ...
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Google Phone adding ‘Keep portrait mode’ setting [U: Rolled back]

To address how Phone by Google recently gained a landscape calling screen, the dialer app is now offering a setting to “Keep portrait mode on calls.” Update 12/26: As of this week, this new setting ...