Bench is charging people for services they already paid for, some customers say
After Employer.com acquired bankrupt accounting startup Bench in a fire-sale late last year, CEO Jesse Tinsley pledged on LinkedIn and elsewhere to honor
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‘Open’ model licenses often carry concerning restrictions
This week, Google released a family of open AI models, Gemma 3, that quickly garnered praise for their impressive efficiency. But as a
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Google Assistant
Google is replacing Google Assistant with Gemini
Google will replace Google Assistant on Android phones with Gemini later this year, the company announced on Friday. Google said in a blog
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Waymo was slapped with nearly 600 parking tickets last year in SF alone
Waymo now has more than 300 driverless vehicles zipping passengers around San Francisco, but while they follow traffic laws, parking is another matter
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Anti-aging zealot Bryan Johnson wants to start ‘foodome sequencing’
In the same way that genome sequencing determines the genetic makeup of an organism, Bryan Johnson — the investor and founder behind the
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Trump family is reportedly in talks to acquire stake in Binance’s US arm
President Trump’s family has been weighing an investment in Binance.US, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal. The investment would come
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SoftBank buys $676M old Sharp plant for its OpenAI collab in Japan
SoftBank is marching ahead on its ambitions to build out a major AI operation in its home market of Japan, on its own
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UK’s secret iCloud backdoor order triggers civil rights challenge
The U.K. government’s secret order to Apple demanding it backdoor the end-to-end encrypted version of its iCloud storage service has now been challenged
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US lawmakers urge UK spy court to hold Apple ‘backdoor’ secret hearing in public
A group of bipartisan U.S. lawmakers are urging the head of the U.K.’s surveillance court to hold an open hearing into Apple’s anticipated