The FTC is reportedly investigating Instacart over its AI pricing tool

The Federal Trade Commission has sent Instacart a civil investigative demand, seeking information about its AI-powered pricing tool, according to Reuters. This comes after a recently published pricing [...]

Grok 4.1 Fast's compelling dev access and Agent Tools API overshadowed by Musk glazing

Elon Musk's frontier generative AI startup xAI formally opened developer access to its Grok 4.1 Fast models last night and introduced a new Agent Tools API—but the technical milestones were imm [...]

FromSoft's Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice is becoming an anime

Adaptations of video games continue to be big business. During Opening Night Live at Gamescom 2025, we learned that the punishing Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice by FromSoftware will be turning into an anim [...]

Experts say this affordable gadget will keep annoying fruit flies away from your dinner table this summer — no chemicals, sprays or smelly candles required

Food hygiene experts recommend using a simple table fan to keep fruit flies away until you've tackled the problem at its source. [...]

Reddit should be a 'go-to search engine,' Steve Huffman says

Reddit is going to be leaning even harder into search in the coming months. The company has already been working on a plan to integrate its LLM-powered search into its main search feature, but CEO Ste [...]

Google's NotebookLM is now available for younger users

Google's NotebookLM (NLM) is designed to be the ultimate study guide. So, with the new school year already beginning, it's fitting that the AI tool is now available for younger users. Just b [...]

Apple Will Commit $100 Billion More to US Manufacturing, White House Source Says

Amid tariffs, Apple is expected to announce shifting more of its supply chain to domestic assembly, at a White House event. [...]

HelloFresh Meal Kits Recalled Amid Listeria Concerns

USDA has announced the recall of two meal kits after HelloFresh's source of spinach was compromised by dangerous bacteria. [...]

Notepad++ says it was hijacked by Chinese state-sponsored hackers

Last year, the creator of Notepad++ rolled out an update for the text and source code editor after security experts reported that bad actors were hijacking its update mechanism to redirect traffic to [...]