Monthly Archives: August 2025

Texas AG accuses Meta, Character.AI of misleading kids with mental health claims

Texas AG Ken Paxton is investigating Meta and Character.AI over claims they deceptively market chatbots as mental health tools, raising concerns about child safety, data privacy, and targeted advertising.

Posted in Tech | Tagged | Comments Off on Texas AG accuses Meta, Character.AI of misleading kids with mental health claims

Hank Green’s Focus Friend app is climbing the App Store charts — and it’s extremely cute

What makes Focus Friend different is that it assigns you a new friend: a little bean.

Posted in Tech | Tagged | Comments Off on Hank Green’s Focus Friend app is climbing the App Store charts — and it’s extremely cute

TeraWulf stock jumps more than 10% as Google boosts stake in datacenter operator

Fluidstack exercised an option for another 160 MW with TeraWulf after signing two 10-year computing deals last week.

Posted in Tech | Tagged | Comments Off on TeraWulf stock jumps more than 10% as Google boosts stake in datacenter operator

Why Paradigm built a spreadsheet with an AI agent in every cell

Paradigm raised a $5 million seed round and is releasing it’s AI-powered spreadsheet to the general public.

Posted in Tech | Tagged | Comments Off on Why Paradigm built a spreadsheet with an AI agent in every cell

Linktree goes dark in India — and the company isn’t sure why

Linktree is “investigating” an issue that has made its link-in-bio platform inaccessible in India for several days.

Posted in Tech | Tagged | Comments Off on Linktree goes dark in India — and the company isn’t sure why

HR giant Workday says hackers stole personal data in recent breach

The HR tech giant said it had no indication of any unauthorized access to customer systems, but has not ruled out a breach affecting customers’ personal information.

Posted in Tech | Tagged | Comments Off on HR giant Workday says hackers stole personal data in recent breach

Perplexity now supports live earnings call transcripts for Indian stocks

AI startup Perplexity is augmenting its Finance dashboard with the ability to transcribe Indian public companies’ quarterly earnings calls live, as well as show schedules for post-results conference calls.

Posted in Tech | Tagged | Comments Off on Perplexity now supports live earnings call transcripts for Indian stocks

Meta investigated over AI having ‘sensual’ chats with children

The leak has led to backlash amid reports the tech giant’s legal staff approved the conversations.

Posted in Tech | Tagged | Comments Off on Meta investigated over AI having ‘sensual’ chats with children

Bitcoin sinks to $115,000 after hitting its newest record, as macro concerns spark liquidation wave

The crypto market tumbled to begin the week as heightened macro concerns triggered more than $500 million in long liquidations.

Posted in Tech | Tagged | Comments Off on Bitcoin sinks to $115,000 after hitting its newest record, as macro concerns spark liquidation wave

Arizona Department of Gaming issues cease-and-desist letters to four operators

The Arizona Department of Gaming (ADG) has issued cease-and-desist orders to four unlicensed and unregulated gambling operators who, they say, are targeting local residents. According to a recent news release, the ADG believes the operators are offering access to illegal … Continue reading

Posted in Tech | Tagged | Comments Off on Arizona Department of Gaming issues cease-and-desist letters to four operators