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A cyberattack on AI music generator Suno last year allowed a hacker to steal the personal information of more than 55.3 million people, according to breach-notification service Have I Been Pwned.
Music streamer Deezer says AI-generated tracks now account for more than 50% of daily uploads, up from just 10% in January 2025.
X released a from-scratch rebuild of its Android app on Monday, nearly a year after starting the project, promising faster loading, smoother scrolling, and more reliable notifications.
Adobe is adding AI features to its experimental iOS camera app Project Indigo that critique photos, suggest edits, and remove objects using large language models.
Cybersecurity firms Patchstack, Hexastrike, and WatchTowr say hackers are actively exploiting two critical WordPress vulnerabilities patched last week, with one estimate putting the number of still-vulnerable sites at tens of millions.
YouTube has clarified its "inauthentic content" monetization policy, defining three categories — from templated AI content to AI personas discussing sensitive topics — that creators can't monetize through its Partner Program.
Hugging Face confirmed that a hack last week compromised its internal datasets and service credentials, and said it is still investigating whether customer or partner data was stolen.
Waymo paused its robotaxi service in San Francisco for about an hour amid a power outage that appears to have affected around 7,000 customers of utility PG&E, then confirmed service had resumed.
A Wall Street Journal report on the rise of AI transcription apps shows venture capitalists, including Jeremy Levine, renaming themselves on Zoom to signal they don't consent to recording.
As parents worry about unrestricted smartphone access, several companies now sell kid-specific phones that strip out browsers and social apps while giving parents monitoring tools.
Google is updating Vids to let users build a personalized AI avatar from a selfie and voice sample, and to generate AI videos with its Gemini Omni model.
Roblox unveiled a new AI-powered feature called "Build" that lets users create games from their mobile devices using text prompts, entering public alpha testing on July 28 in New Zealand.
Newsletter platform Beehiiv launched Community, a subscriber chat feature, alongside an AI Copilot assistant and programmatic ads as it expands beyond newsletters into a full creator platform.
X said its updated Grok AI model detects duplicated content at three times the previous rate, and will route over $1 million in payouts back to original creators.
Google is renaming its AI research tool NotebookLM to Gemini Notebook and adding the ability to run code directly inside notebooks for data analysis.
Google is rolling out a Thursday update that lets AI Mode, its conversational search experience, connect to outside apps — starting with Instacart, Canva, and YouTube — for users in the U.S.
DoorDash has launched a limited beta of a command-line tool, dd-cli, that lets AI agents search stores, find deals, and check out orders.
Mozilla research revealed that period-tracking app Stardust shares sensitive user health data with third-party analytics firm RudderStack, contradicting its privacy claims.
Microsoft has patched a record number of security bugs, including a flaw in Age of Empires II that could let hackers hijack computers via game invites.
Apple published rules for its upcoming Maps ads in the U.S. and Canada, banning home services and limiting displays to a single ad.