John Shirley

Trump Pardons Binance Founder Changpeng Zhao In a major move for the cryptocurrency industry, the White House announced that President Donald Trump has pardoned Binance founder Changpeng Zhao. Zhao, widely known as CZ, had pleaded guilty to federal money laundering charges in 2023 and was sentenced last year to serve four months in prison. He […]

Microsoft Revives Clippy Spirit with Mico, a New AI Companion What if the famously intrusive but memorable Clippy from old versions of Microsoft Office were reborn with modern artificial intelligence? Microsoft is answering that question with Mico, a new expressive and customizable face for its Copilot AI voice mode. This friendly, blob-like character is designed

Assassins Creed Shadows Confirmed for Nintendo Switch 2 Launch This December Assassins Creed Shadows is officially coming to the Nintendo Switch 2. Ubisoft announced the release date as part of its fall roadmap update for the game. The new version will be available on December 2. The Switch 2 release will include all of the

A Hidden Tsunami of American E-Waste Is Flooding Southeast Asia An environmental watchdog group is sounding the alarm, suggesting that millions of tons of discarded electronics from the United States are appearing in Asia and the Middle East every single month. This deluge of digital refuse is creating what the group calls a hidden tsunami

Anthropic has launched a significant upgrade to Claude’s memory capabilities, giving the AI chatbot a more sophisticated and transparent way to recall past interactions. This enhanced feature set is now rolling out to all paying users, marking a substantial step forward in creating a more personalized and efficient AI assistant. While the ability to remember

Amazon Deploys New AI Tool to Nudge Shoppers Into Buying People are never buying quite enough stuff from Amazon to keep the company entirely happy, and it is calling on AI once again to push indecisive shoppers into locking down a purchase. The new tool, called Help Me Decide, gives shoppers in the US personalized

OpenAI Faces Amended Lawsuit Over Teen Suicide, Accused of Weakening AI Safeguards The family of Adam Raine has filed an amended wrongful death lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging the company’s ChatGPT technology enabled his suicide in April. The new legal filing accuses OpenAI of deliberately weakening self-harm protections in the period leading up to the tragedy.

Microsoft Edge Gets a Major AI Upgrade to Challenge New AI Browsers Just two days after OpenAI launched its new AI powered browser, Microsoft is pushing back with significant updates for the Copilot Mode in its Edge browser. This move signals a heating up of the AI browser wars as companies compete to offer the

Elden Ring Tarnished Edition for Nintendo Switch 2 Delayed to 2026 Fans hoping to experience the Lands Between on the upcoming Nintendo Switch 2 will have to wait longer than anticipated. FromSoftware and Bandai Namco have officially delayed Elden Ring Tarnished Edition, the port of the massively successful action RPG, pushing its release from this

Tesla Accelerates Towards Autonomy as Profits Take a Backseat Tesla has announced a quarter of contrasting results, hitting new highs in vehicle deliveries and revenue while seeing a significant drop in net income. The electric vehicle giant delivered a record 497,099 vehicles globally in the third quarter of 2025. This sales volume propelled the company