April 21, 2025

Emily Rampling

Tech & AI

‘No AI Agents are Allowed.’ EU Bans Use of AI Assistants in Virtual Meetings

Image: Guillaume Périgois/Unsplash The EU is banning the use of AI-powered virtual assistants during online meetings. Such assistants are often used to transcribe,

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Does ‘Mario Kart World’ justify the $80 price?

On Thursday morning, Nintendo kicked off the post-hump day portion of the week with a juicy little Nintendo Direct livestream focused on Mario

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The CFPB Has Been Gutted

More than 1,400 Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) workers were terminated from their positions on Thursday amid a broader Trump administration shakeup at

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Ramp is trying to get the US government as a customer after seeing a tweet from DOGE

Expense management startup Ramp is being considered for a charge card pilot program by the U.S. government’s General Services Administration, the company confirmed

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In Major Ruling, Judge Finds Google ‘Willfully Acquired and Maintained Monopoly Power’ Over Digital Ad Market

Image: Andrii/Adobe Stock A new court ruling could change the dominant role Google has held in the digital advertising market since the release

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Google rolls out Gemini 2.5 Flash preview on April 17

Google Gemini 2.5 Flash, its hybrid reasoning model, is now available in preview for the standalone Gemini app. On Thursday, the company rolled

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Google Is Once Again Deemed a Monopoly, This Time in Ad Tech

A federal judge ruled today that Google is a monopolist in some parts of the online advertising market, marking the second case in

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Florida draft law mandating encryption backdoors for social media accounts billed ‘dangerous and dumb’

A Florida draft bill that would require social media companies to provide encryption backdoors for law enforcement officials to access user accounts has

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Apple Patches Two Zero-Days Used in ‘Extremely Sophisticated’ Attacks

Image: ink drop/Adobe Stock Apple has rolled out emergency updates to patch two serious security flaws that were actively being exploited in highly

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Best streaming deal: Get the Google TV Streamer 4K at Amazon for $79

SAVE $20.99: As of April 17, get the Google TV Streamer 4K for $79, down from its usual price of $99.99, at Amazon.

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