EU Hits Google With $1 Billion Fine Over Search and Google Play Store

EU Hits Google With  Billion Fine Over Search and Google Play Store

The European Commission is fining Google 890 million euros, or just over $1 billion, citing unfair practices that it says put small and third-party companies at a disadvantage. This decision affected two areas: Google Search and the Google Play Store. The commission, the EU’s law enforcement arm, said Google’s search results give special treatment – … Read more

Shakira in 2024: “It’s Good Not to Have a Husband Because I Don’t Know Why It Was Dragging Me Down. I May Not Grow Old With a Partner, But I Will Grow Old Surrounded by Good Friends.”

Shakira in 2024: “It’s Good Not to Have a Husband Because I Don’t Know Why It Was Dragging Me Down. I May Not Grow Old With a Partner, But I Will Grow Old Surrounded by Good Friends.”

BRYAN R. SMITH / AFP via Getty Images By Nadia Santiago Updated 1 hour ago, July 23, 2026 Shakira split from Gerard Piqué in 2022 after 11 years and two children together. After two years, he said that freedom felt better than marriage. Shakira was with Piqué for more than a decade and shares two … Read more

Instagram bans abusive videos and prank videos filmed with Meta glasses

Instagram bans abusive videos and prank videos filmed with Meta glasses

Meta’s smart glasses allow creators to record strangers without holding an obvious camera. Unsurprisingly, it has enabled a lot of bad behavior. Now, Instagram is putting new limits on what happens to that video when it hits the platform. In the Instagram story (first reported by Business Insider), Instagram head Adam Mosseri said the platform … Read more

Andrew Ng Just Released OpenWorker: An Open-Source, Local-First AI Desktop Partner That Returns End-to-End Delivery Instead of Conversation

Andrew Ng Just Released OpenWorker: An Open-Source, Local-First AI Desktop Partner That Returns End-to-End Delivery Instead of Conversation

Andrew Ng announced OpenWorker, an open source desktop agent that generates a finished task rather than a conversation. OpenWorker prompts the user i the resultnot informed: polished document, Slack response containing real numbers, updated calendar, tripled inbox. It then breaks that output down into steps, runs through all local files … Read more

Claude Voice Mode Gets an Upgrade, Now Enables New Models

Claude Voice Mode Gets an Upgrade, Now Enables New Models

Claude’s voice mode is getting a major upgrade, Anthropic announced Thursday in a blog post. Your voice prompts are now powered by new models, and can speak in different languages. The ability to speak to AI chatbots with your voice is nothing new, but Anthropic’s latest updates add more than just better understanding. Voice mode … Read more

Johnny Depp teases new ‘Ebenezer’ movie on Instagram, out Nov 13

Johnny Depp teases new ‘Ebenezer’ movie on Instagram, out Nov 13

Johnny Depp deleted his Instagram grid and replaced it with three posts with a message for his nearly 30 million followers: Get ready to be kidnapped. As of July 23, the actress has deleted her previous posts, edited her profile picture, and turned her account into an advertisement. Ebenezer: A Christmas Carolhis upcoming film based … Read more