What were the biggest tech fails of 2025? [@PCMag]( ) has a list: #Tech #Technology #2025
We think Merriam-Webster nailed it. Their 2025 word of the year: slop. CNBC says the choice is another "sign of growing wariness around artificial intelligence." #Slop #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Tech #Technology
iRobot, the maker of Roomba robot vacuum machines, has filed for bankruptcy. "The company has struggled to keep up with foreign rivals, its hefty debt and new costs of tariffs," [@npr]( ) says. https://flip.it/BW8X-- #Roomba #iRobot #Technology #Tech #Tariffs
Militant groups are experimenting with AI, and the risks are expected to grow, [@AssociatedPress]( ) reports. "For loose-knit, poorly resourced extremist groups β€” or even an individual bad actor with a web connection β€” AI can be used to pump out propaganda or deepfakes at scale." #AI #Terrorism #ISIS #Tech
A Chinese whistleblower now living in the U.S. is being hunted by Beijing with help from American tech. [@AssociatedPress]( ) reports: #Tech #Technology #China #BigTech #Privacy
The Game Awards kick off shortly. Follow PC Gamer's coverage to see if "Clair Obscur: Expedition 33" cleans up, what the mystery statue in the California desert was all about, and possible announcements about "Assassin's Creed 4," "Max Payne" and more. #Videogames #Gaming #ClairObscur #GameAwards
RE: "The EO aims to gut state AI laws by launching legal challenges and conditioning federal grants on compliance." View quoted note β†’
Congratulations, folks, you're TIME's Person of the Year β€” and so are we, and so's our wife. For [@TheAtlantic]( ), Charlie Warzel writes about the selection of "The architects of AI" as Person of the Year, why this is all of us, and how the battles over copyright, attribution and ethics are just beginning. "Odds are, you have not personally developed a large language model at a large technology company," he writes. "And yet, the odds are also decent that morsels from your life have been used to train chatbots." #Technology #Tech #TimeMagazine #ArtificialIntelligence #AI
AI toys for kids talk about sex and issue Chinese Communist Party talking points, tests show. NBC News reports: "In new research, experts warn that the AI technology powering these new toys is so novel and poorly tested that nobody knows how they may affect young children." #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Toys #Tech #Technology
South Korea to require advertisers to label AI-generated ads. [@AssociatedPress]( ) reports: #AI #Advertising #ArtificialIntelligence #SouthKorea #Technology