YouTube Premium’s US pricing is going up

Another day, another subscription price hike, this time for YouTube Premium. Every plan for YouTube’s ad-free tier is going up, and depending on which one you have, you could be paying as much as $4 [...]

Meta bans lawyers' plaintiff-recruitment ads amid social media addiction suits

The move comes days after two juries ordered Meta to pay a combined $381 million in separate youth-harm cases [...]

Is Anthropic 'nerfing' Claude? Users increasingly report performance degradation as leaders push back

A growing number of developers and AI power users are taking to social media to accuse Anthropic of degrading the performance of Claude Opus 4.6 and Claude Code — intentionally or as an outcome of c [...]

Big Tech accused of stonewalling European social media researchers

Researchers say TikTok, X, and Meta aren't providing data they're legally required to. [...]

SpaceX and Cursor strike partnership that might end in a $60 billion acquisition

SpaceX and AI company Cursor have struck a new partnership that could see the owner of X buy the AI company for $60 billion later this year. "SpaceXAI and  @cursor_ai  are now working closely t [...]

DJI Lito 1 and Lito X1 drone review: High-quality aerial video at its most affordable

After seeing the runaway success of its Neo lineup, DJI is taking another stab at the budget drone market with the new Lito series. The Lito 1 and Lito X1 are both under $400 and weigh less than 249 g [...]

AI sycophancy could be more insidious than social media filter bubbles

Chatbots often care more about making human users feel good than they do about giving the unvarnished truth. [...]

The lawsuits that could give AI its Big Tobacco moment are already here

In the 1990s, almost every US state sued the tobacco industry. The resulting settlements cost hundreds of billions of dollars and transformed how cigarettes were marketed, sold, and regulated. Senator [...]

Bond Is a New Social Media App That Encourages You to Get Offline

The app will recommend things for you to do with your friends IRL, like concerts, based on the activities you share. [...]