White House adds AI-produced tears to image of arrested protestor
Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Thursday that several organizers of a recent anti-ICE protest at a Minnesota church had been arrested. Soon after, The White House X account shared an image of one of the protesters, attorney and activist Nekima Levy Armstrong, being led away by law enforcement officers with tears streaming down her face. […]
Microsoft 365 outage cause revealed
Microsoft 365 suffered a major outage on Thursday, leaving some users unable to send or receive emails. That’s obviously not ideal in the middle of a workday. As the afternoon bled into the evening on the East Coast, the company said it was working toward a full resolution — though folks may still see issues […]
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Microsoft 365 Outlook down: Microsoft breaks silence on outage
Microsoft 365 services, including Outlook, are experiencing heavy downtime today. Users have been reporting outages since the afternoon on social media and on Downdetector. “Users may be seeing degraded service functionality or be unable to access multiple Microsoft 365 services,” an update on Microsoft’s status page reads. Microsoft has now released a more detailed statement […]
Microsoft 365 outage: Outlook is down. What we know.
Updated on Jan. 22 at 5:31 p.m. ET: Microsoft said it was working toward fixing a 365 outage on Thursday, though noted users may still be experiencing issues. “We’re carefully rebalancing traffic across all affected infrastructure in the region,” read a statement on its 365 status page. “We’re proceeding as quickly as possible and this […]
How ChatGPT ends up in childrens toys
The fallout over Kumma the bear, a stuffed toy initially powered by ChatGPT and designed to interact with children, began in November. A researcher for U.S. PIRG Education Fund tested the product, alongside other AI toys, and published the alarming findings. Sweet, soft Kumma would happily tell its conversation partner how to light a match […]
Grok is still producing millions of sexualized images of adults and children
The true scale of Grok’s deepfake problem is becoming clearer as the social media platform and its AI startup xAI face ongoing investigations into the chatbot’s safety guardrails. According to a report by the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) and a joint investigation by the New York Times, Grok was still able to produce […]
The Samsung Galaxy S26 is leaking like a faucet now: Possible specs, colors, and release date
Samsung usually launches its next wave of flagship devices over the winter, and all signs point to an early-ish 2026 launch for the Samsung Galaxy S26 — and hopefully the Galaxy Z TriFold. The Galaxy S25 was released in early February, and the Galaxy S24 before it came in late January. Thus, it stands to […]
Samsung Galaxy Unpacked rumors: When it is, what devices well see
Samsung has some new phones to show off, and by all accounts, we’ll see them pretty soon. The Korean tech giant just got done showing off its vision for an AI-powered future at CES 2026, but it isn’t done. Rumors are swirling around about an upcoming Unpacked showcase that will theoretically focus on at least […]
After settling lawsuit, Snapchat adds new parental controls for teens
New ways to monitor your teen’s phone use are coming to Snapchat, as the app adds new screen time and contact monitoring tools for parents. Starting today, parents and guardians linked to teen accounts will be able to see a weekly breakdown of the average amount of time users spent on the app, as well […]