How the Next Big Thing in Carbon Removal Sunk Without a Trace

With support from Microsoft, Stripe, and Shopify, Running Tide billed itself as on the cutting edge of carbon removal. In the end, it resorted to dumping thousands of tons of wood chips in the sea.

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Spotify tests more personalized, AI-powered ‘Prompted Playlists’

The playlists can factor in world knowledge, go back to your listening history from day one, and can be refreshed daily or weekly.

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Many States Say They’ll Defy RFK Jr.’s Changes to Hepatitis B Vaccination

Most Democratic-led states will continue to recommend the hepatitis B vaccine at birth, despite a CDC advisory panel’s vote against it.

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Google DeepMind partners with UK government to deliver AI

The partnership promises to provide scientists with access to advanced AI models, as well as help the government become more streamlined

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YouTube TV to launch genre-based subscription plans in 2026

The new packages will give consumers more flexibility over the content that they want to pay for. YouTube notes that users will still get access to popular features like unlimited DVR, multiview, key plays, and fantasy view.

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Google is testing AI-powered article overviews on select publications’ Google News pages

By adding AI-powered article overviews, Google says users will get more context before they click through to read an article.

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2 Men Linked to China’s Salt Typhoon Hacker Group Likely Trained in a Cisco ‘Academy’

The names of two partial owners of firms linked to the Salt Typhoon hacker group also appeared in records for a Cisco training program—years before the group targeted Cisco’s devices in a spy campaign.

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A Complete Guide to the Jeffrey Epstein Document Dumps

New records about the infamous sex offender are released seemingly every week. Here’s a quick rundown of who’s releasing the Epstein documents, what they contain—and what they’re releasing next.

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ChatGPT is Apple’s most downloaded app of 2025 in the US

This is ChatGPT's first year as the No. 1 app on the U.S. App Store by downloads.

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Amazon now offers same-day delivery of perishable groceries in 2,300 US cities

The e-commerce giant says it will expand the service to additional cities in 2026.

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