Taylor Swift is stepping up the legal war on AI copycats
Taylor Swift has been at the center of AI imitation controversies for years, and now, she's become the latest celebrity who's escalating attempts to p…
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You can get dragged into a police investigation by proximity alone — for now
A years-old bank heist may soon have major privacy implications for every American who owns a cellphone. On Monday, the Supreme Court heard arguments …
Apple TV’s new horror series is scarier because it’s also hilarious
Kate O'Flynn views comedy and horror as "kind of the same thing." Both are at their best when they surprise - a laugh or a scare that comes out of now…
The AI-designed car is taking shape
The auto design world is full of advanced 3D visualization tools and VR sculpting platforms, but your average new car still enters the world as a sket…
The plan to quietly kill Coyote v. Acme blew up in David Zaslav’s face
This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on Hollywood trends and streaming culture, f…
Xbox’s weirdest studio is on a roll
For a while there, it seemed like Double Fine might be struggling under the Microsoft corporate umbrella. The game studio led by Tim Schafer is belove…
Sho Miyake answers life’s greatest questions
Acclaimed Japanese director Sho Miyake has arrived in the States. He's brought with him two feature films: Small, Slow But Steady and Two Seasons, Two…
360-degree cameras have a new superpower
Imagine Google Street View, except you can walk around like it's a video game. Now imagine you don't need to wait for Google to come film because it's…
A new Republican privacy bill could be ‘worse than no standard at all’
Congress is once again attempting to pass a national data privacy law. But while it would introduce new protections in some states, it would weaken pr…
Elon Musk and Sam Altman’s court showdown will dish the dirt
Elon Musk cofounded OpenAI, and then flounced off in a huff when he wasn't anointed CEO, leaving Sam Altman as the last power-hungry man standing. Now…
Microsoft’s new Xbox chief is ‘reevaluating’ exclusive games
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma held an all-hands meeting this morning and laid out her strategy for a "return of Xbox" with employees. While rebranding Microsof…
Democrats want to ban ICE from turning warehouses into detention centers
A bill introduced by Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) would prohibit the Department of Homeland Security from converting warehouses and similar buildings int…
Spirit is broken
The bright yellow livery of Spirit Airlines may soon disappear from the skies. The country's seventh-largest airline has been in financial trouble for…
Anthropic’s Mythos breach was humiliating
Anthropic's tightly controlled rollout of Claude Mythos has taken an awkward turn. After spending weeks insisting the AI model is so capable at cybers…
Netflix can’t seem to follow up its biggest shows
It hasn't been that long since Stranger Things ended, but even still fans are clearly clamoring for more. The finale was overshadowed by a conspiracy …
You’re about to feel the AI money squeeze
Earlier this month, millions of OpenClaw users woke up to a sweeping mandate: The viral AI agent tool, which this year took the worldwide tech industr…
Call of Duty never made much sense for Xbox Game Pass
Yesterday Microsoft announced some surprising news: at a time when everything in gaming is getting more expensive, Xbox Game Pass Ultimate was actuall…
AI backlash is coming for elections
Ask Americans how they feel about AI and most say they have concerns. Communities have mounted resistance to data center projects, stalling them acros…
John Ternus’s first big problem is AI
Less than a year ago, Apple made headlines for a lack of AI announcements at its annual WWDC event. Ten months later, the company has announced that h…
The SpaceX IPO is a trillion-dollar gamble on the future of space
The great SpaceX IPO is looming, allowing outside investors - including regular Joe Schmoes, or retail investors - to buy a stake in one of the buzzie…
Tim Cook will still be Apple’s Trump whisperer
Though Tim Cook is shedding his CEO title for the role of Apple's executive chairman, it appears he'll keep one of his most important duties: that of …
Silicon Valley has forgotten what normal people want
One of the most mortifying things about knowing a lot of techies is listening to them tell me excitedly about some very important discovery that they …
Betting on the news raises ethical questions for journalists
Prediction market exchanges have created an environment where just about any piece of information is potentially monetizable: How well will BTS's new …
The creative software industry has declared war on Adobe
All empires eventually fall, and it seems the creative software industry has collectively decided that Adobe's time has come. The Creative Cloud provi…
The only way to fight deepfakes is by making deepfakes
I was unsure if my parents would notice that the voice on the other end wasn't mine - or that it was mine, sort of, but it wasn't me. The voice said h…
The perfect successor to Lost has been hiding from me for years
Ever since Jack decided to stay behind in 2010, I've been searching for something to give me the same feeling that Lost did. I crave a big mystery wit…
Microsoft faces fresh Windows Recall security concerns
When Microsoft tried to launch Recall, an AI-powered Windows feature that screenshots most of what you do on your PC, it was labeled a "disaster" for …
The attacks on Sam Altman are a warning for the AI world
Before allegedly throwing a Molotov cocktail at OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's home, the 20-year-old accused attacker wrote about his fear that the AI race w…
AI influencers are ‘everywhere’ at Coachella
Coachella kicked off on Friday, and as usual, it's the place to be for online influencers looking to show off their memorable experiences at the festi…
Xbox Game Pass ‘has become too expensive,’ says Microsoft’s new gaming chief in leaked memo
Microsoft's new Xbox chief, Asha Sharma, has signaled that Xbox Game Pass pricing is about to change. In an internal memo to Xbox employees, obtained …