Character Technologies will end open‑ended chats between teens and Character.AI’s bots by November 25, citing lawsuits, regulator questions and recent reporting. Until then, teen users face a two‑hour chat cap; under‑18s will still be able to create videos, stories and streams with characters. The company is adding age verification and...
Israel launched overnight airstrikes in Gaza, saying Hamas violated a cease-fire in place for three weeks that focused on returning hostages' bodies. The military released drone footage it says shows Hamas staging a recovery of the partial remains of Ofir Tzarfati, 27, as Red Cross observers watched; The New York...
With the shutdown stretching past four weeks, Congress remains stuck as Democrats demand an extension of expiring health insurance subsidies and Republicans push a clean bill to reopen. ACA open enrollment on Nov. 1 looms, along with warnings that SNAP benefits could end this weekend, while federal workers miss paychecks....
With less than a week to go, Democrat Zohran Mamdani retains a sizable lead, though down three points from an earlier October poll, as early voting surges to nearly 298,000 ballots. Independent Andrew M. Cuomo escalated attacks on Mamdani and released a unity-themed ad, even as tax records showed he...
Former DHS chief of staff Miles Taylor on Wednesday launched Defiance.org, an online hub to coordinate peaceful, lawful resistance to President Trump. Backed by dozens of former national security officials, whistleblowers and bipartisan ex-officeholders, the site debuts with a video of actor Robert DeNiro urging people to stand up and...
The Bengals are uncertain whether quarterback Joe Flacco will play Sunday against the Bears after an AC joint sprain in his throwing shoulder, per NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport. Coach Zac Taylor called him day to day. Flacco briefly visited the locker room after a sack by Jets edge rusher Will...
General Motors laid off roughly 1,700 workers in Michigan and Ohio, including about 1,200 at Detroit’s EV plant and 550 at Ultium Cells in Ohio, with 850 additional temporary layoffs there. The company will also temporarily lay off 700 at Ultium Cells’ Tennessee site and pause battery cell production in...
YouTube is pushing deeper into big-screen viewing with a feature drop for TV audiences: automatic AI upscaling of videos to 1080p (with labeled "super resolution" up to 4K coming), bigger 50MB thumbnails, and an immersive channel-surfing homepage that spotlights Shows collections and prioritizes creator content in TV search. Shopping gets...
WASHINGTON — The shutdown is costing the U.S. economy about $7 billion per month that won’t be recovered, the nonpartisan CBO told House Budget Chair Jodey Arrington. For four-, six-, and eight-week durations, unrecovered losses are $7 billion, $11 billion, and $14 billion (2025 dollars). Spending is falling as over...
Ariana Grande has left her Glinda-blond era, revealing a glossy brunette return in an Instagram mirror selfie Wednesday. “it’s good to see me, isn’t it? ✨,” she wrote, crediting colorist Francesco De Chiara, hairstylist Alyx Liu and makeup artist Michael Anthony. De Chiara, who first bleached her hair in October...
