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An Android character is displayed in front of a building on the Google headquarters campus on July 23, 2025 in Mountain View, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty ImagesGoogle is using its latest Android rollout to make Gemini less of a chatbot and more of an operating layer across the phone, browser, car and laptop, just weeks before Apple is expected to show its own Gemini-powered Apple Intelligence reboot at WWDC. Ahead of its Google I/O developer conference next week, the company previewed a number of Android updates, including AI-powered app automation, a smarter version of Chrome on Android, new tools…

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Chinese electric vehicle brands Neta and Zeekr inflated sales in recent years to hit aggressive targets, with Neta doing so for more than 60,000 cars.Koiguo | Moment | Getty ImagesBipartisan lawmakers from Michigan on Tuesday announced legislation that would ban Chinese-made “connected vehicles,” software and hardware from the U.S. market, ahead of President Donald Trump’s meeting this week with Chinese President Xi Jinping.Rep. John Moolenaar, R-Mich., chairman of the House Select Committee on China, and Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., rolled out the “Connected Vehicle Security Act,” closely mirroring bipartisan Senate legislation from Sens. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., and Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio,…

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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks about the fiscal year 2027 budget in New York City on May 12, 2026. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP via Getty Images)Timothy A. Clary | Afp | Getty ImagesFrom New York to Vancouver to London, a once-niche policy idea is moving into the mainstream of urban finance: taxing pied-à-terre properties, second homes, vacation apartments, and luxury units that sit partially or entirely unused.New York City is just the latest example, with Mayor Zohran Mamdani and New York State Governor Kathy Hochul supporting the tax as part of a state and city…

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But ChatGPT was designed to be sycophantic, not informative. So, it strove to please Nelson by recommending ways to “optimize your trip,” logs showed. Once, the chatbot even inferred that Nelson was “chasing” a stronger high, giving him unprompted advice to take higher doses, such as ingesting 4mg of Xanax or two bottles of cough syrup. “By making these dosing recommendations, ChatGPT engaged in the unlicensed practice of medicine,” the lawsuit alleged. However, unlike a licensed health care professional, “at times, ChatGPT romanticized the drug-taking experience, describing recreational drug use as ‘wavy’ and ‘euphoric,’ encouraging him to ‘enjoy the high.’”…

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CME Group signage above the former Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) trading pit in Chicago, Illinois, US, on Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025. Christopher Dilts | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesA new futures market for semiconductors will let traders hedge their artificial intelligence investments with bets on the increasingly expensive price of computing power.Contracts on the new “compute futures market” from CME Group will be based on graphics processing units (GPU) price indexes from Silicon Data, the companies said in a statement released Tuesday announcing the joint venture, which still is pending regulatory review. The new market will let investors lock in…

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Dr. Marty Makary is out as FDA commissioner, President Donald Trump said Tuesday, ending a controversial tenure at the health agency. Makary is “a wonderful man and he’s going to be off, and the assistant, the deputy, is taking over temporarily,” Trump told reporters on Tuesday. He added, “He’s going to go on, and he’s going to lead a good life.”Several news outlets reported that Makary resigned on Tuesday, which followed days of reporting that the White House was planning to fire him. Kyle Diamantas, who previously worked as the top food official at the FDA, will step in as…

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