Google and chatbot maker Character to settle lawsuit alleging chatbot pushed teen to suicide

Google and Character Technologies have agreed to settle a lawsuit from a Florida mother who claimed a chatbot pushed her son to kill himself.

Stop Using Your Keyboard and Start Using This Simple, Free Speech-to-Text App

You can pick a custom keyboard shortcut, and you can decide to simply press that shortcut instead of pressing and holding it.

A beginner’s guide to Mastodon, the open source Twitter alternative

Mastodon has almost doubled its userbase since Elon Musk took control of Twitter last month. Here's what you need to know ...
InfoWorld

Intro to Hotwire: HTML over the wire

This concept isn’t new—in fact, it is the essence of representational state transfer (REST). Instead of converting to a ...
CNET

Vibe Coding as a Non-Coder: 6 Ways I Found to Have More Fun and Better Luck Creating With AI

My coding skills leave something to be desired. I never stuck with the instructional books and guides long enough to truly create the kinds of apps and programs I wanted to see. AI chatbots powered by ...
Los Angeles Times

‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ heats up the box office, grossing $89 million domestically

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. “Avatar: Fire and Ash” dominated the box office during its opening weekend with strong domestic and global numbers ...
Variety

Box Office: ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ Kicks Off With $88 Million Domestic Debut

“Avatar: Fire and Ash” ignited with $88 million in its domestic box office debut. It’s a decent start, albeit a significant decline from the opening weekend of 2022’s sequel “Avatar: The Way of Water” ...
CNN

‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ lights up the box office with $88 million opening

Moviegoers escaped into director James Cameron’s sci-fi universe this weekend, driving the third installment of the “Avatar” franchise to an estimated $88 million domestically. The opening was shy of ...
The New York Times

The Race to Build the World’s Best Friend

Mr. Witt is the author of “The Thinking Machine,” a history of the A.I. company Nvidia. He lives in Los Angeles. Dec. 20, 2025 When OpenAI released the pioneering artificial intelligence chatbot ...
BioSpace

Makary Denies FDA Plans To Levy Black Box Warning on COVID-19 Vaccines

Speaking on Bloomberg TV on Monday, FDA Commissioner Marty Makary contradicted recent reporting that suggested the agency was planning to add a black box label—its most serious warning—to COVID-19 ...
Financial Planning

How to unbox tax savings with a four-sided options strategy

An options strategy called a "box spread" is gaining steam by the billions as an alternative to Treasury bills and traditional loans. Processing Content The tactic gets its name from the four-sided ...
Variety

‘Zootopia 2’ Crosses $1 Billion Globally, Fastest PG Film to Ever Reach Box Office Milestone

“Zootopia 2” is racing past $1 billion globally after 17 days of release, becoming the fastest PG film to ever cross the coveted box office milestone. With $232.7 million domestically and a staggering ...