The Federal Trade Commission has opened a sweeping inquiry into how “companion” chatbots are designed, marketed and moderated, warning that the technology’s friend‑like tone may encourage children and teens to trust it with sensitive information.

The FTC issued 6(b) orders—requests backed by regulatory force even without an enforcement case—to Google parent company Alphabet; Character Technologies (Character.AI), Instagram, Facebook owner Meta, ChatGPT-maker OpenAI, Snap and Elon Musk’s xAI.

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The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued a flash alert to release indicators of compromise (IoCs) associated with two cybercriminal groups tracked as UNC6040 and UNC6395 for a string of data theft and extortion attacks.

“Both groups have recently been observed targeting organizations’ Salesforce platforms via different initial access mechanisms,” the FBI said.

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“When you turn off those spacecraft’s radio receivers, there’s no way to turn them back on.”

While interviewing OpenAI CEO Sam Altman this week, former Fox News host Tucker Carlson brought up his belief in a conspiracy theory that former OpenAI researcher Suchir Balaji was “definitely murdered.” The researcher’s death in November 2024, which was ruled a suicide by the San Francisco police, followed his release of statements online and in […]

Elon Musk is pressing Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella to look into Blizzard employees who criticized Charlie Kirk after his death. Musk’s post quotes an X thread listing names and screenshots of the developers. “What’s going on here, @satyanadella?” Musk said. “These are Microsoft employees,” he added in another post. Musk’s direct question to Nadella follows […]

The latest installment in the horror series is from filmmaker Jacob Chase; it’ll be out August 21, 2026.

A battle is brewing over mRNA vaccines, which could intensify backlash against Kennedy.