Wikipedia says hasn’t received notice over alleged bias concerns from India

Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit organization that operates Wikipedia, said on Thursday that the firm hasn’t received an official notice from the Indian government over alleged concentrated editorial control and persistent complaints about bias and inaccuracies on the platform. A number o

Alan unveils AI health assistant for its 680K health insurance members

While Alan is better known as a health insurance company, the French startup has always tried to offer more than insurance coverage. It now wants to build a super app for all things related to healthcare and announced three new product updates on Tuesday morning, including an AI chatbot that’

Meta’s former hardware lead for Orion is joining OpenAI

The former head of Meta’s augmented reality glasses efforts announced on Monday she is joining OpenAI to lead robotics and consumer hardware, according to a post on LinkedIn. OpenAI confirmed to technewss that Caitlin Kalinowski will be joining the startup. Kalinowski is a hardware executiv

Datadog challenger Dash0 aims to dash observability bill shock

The end of zero-interest rates has driven companies to look for savings wherever they can, but one area continues to be a major budget drain. Observability — collecting and understanding data and systems — typically remains an organization’s second-highest cloud expenditure, right

Apple users can soon upgrade to ChatGPT Plus within the Settings app

Apple products are getting an integration with OpenAI’s ChatGPT in December when iOS 18.2 rolls out, which should supercharge Siri and a few other features with smarter AI. On Monday, iOS 18.2 beta testers got a taste of how OpenAI could profit off of its Apple partnership. Apple is includin

Perplexity CEO offers AI company’s services to replace striking NYT staff

The CEO of AI search company Perplexity, Aravind Srinivas, has offered to cross picket lines and provide services to mitigate the effect of a strike by New York Times tech workers. The NYT Tech Guild announced its strike Monday, after setting November 4 as its deadline months earlier. The workers

Bluesky gears up for Election Day as X goes pro-Trump

As Election Day in the U.S. nears, social networking startup Bluesky, now flush with new capital, hopes to demonstrate that its platform can serve as a more trusted, fact-checked alternative to Elon Musk’s X. While the latter is dominated by Musk’s support for the Trump campaign, Bluesk

Amazon brings generative AI-powered recaps to Prime Video

Instead of scouring the internet for a summary of a TV show, which often risks unintentionally revealing major plot points, Prime Video's latest feature aims to save viewers from encountering any spoilers. Amazon announced on Monday the launch of “X-Ray Recaps,” a generative AI-powered fea

Regulators deliver successive blows to Amazon and Meta's nuclear power ambitions

Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft have placed big bets on nuclear power to secure electricity for their data centers as AI and cloud computing have sent power use surging.  But as Amazon and Meta discovered last week, those bets are far from a sure thing. A series of recent rulings from regulators

From Lime to Uber to Hertz: Free and discounted Election Day rides

Election Day is nearly here, and if you haven't already mailed in your ballot or gone in for early voting, you might need a ride come November 5.  Here's a roundup of all the freebies, discounts, and information on getting to the polls that transportation companies are offering. Micr

Anthropic hikes the price of its Haiku model

Anthropic’s newest AI model has arrived. But it’s pricier than the last generation, and unlike Anthropic’s other models, it can’t analyze images just yet. Claude 3.5 Haiku, which Anthropic announced last month, matches or bests the performance of Anthropic’s flagship

Anduril is considering Arizona, Ohio, or Texas for its massive manufacturing facility, source says

Anduril, the defense tech company co-founded by Palmer Luckey, is considering building its first major manufacturing plant, a 5-million-square-foot facility known as “Arsenal-1,” in Arizona, Ohio, or Texas, according to someone familiar with the matter.  The company, which is developi

Meta says it’s making its Llama models available for US national security applications

To combat the perception that its “open” AI is aiding foreign adversaries, Meta today said that it’s making its Llama series of AI models available to U.S. government agencies and contractors in national security. “We are pleased to confirm that we’re making Llama ava

Columbus says ransomware gang stole personal data of 500,000 Ohio residents

The City of Columbus, Ohio's state capital, has confirmed that hackers stole the personal data of 500,000 residents during a July ransomware attack.  In a filing with Maine's attorney general, Columbus confirmed that a “foreign cyber threat actor” compromised its network to access