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Your secrets aren’t safe with this cute robot toy — they’re on Chinese servers ready to be hacked https://www.theverge.com/tech/1010727/eiliko-robot-hack-energize-lab

Eight states sue OpenAI, saying ChatGPT isn’t safe for kids https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1011500/openai-state-lawsuits-chatgpt-safety

OpenAI employee arrested for allegedly planting recording device https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1010642/openai-employee-arrested-recording-device

DistroKid has been quietly taking down songs in response to UMG lawsuit https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/1009309/distrokid-take-down-songs-umg-lawsuit

Anthropic’s AI gave Philadelphia police a fake tip about an unsolved homicide https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1009090/anthropic-fake-homicide-information-philadelphia-pd-tip

YouTube, Meta, and Twitch won’t say if they’ll allow the US government to live stream an execution https://www.theverge.com/streaming/1008722/youtube-meta-twitch-government-execution-livestream

ICE detainees in Georgia used the facility’s video calling software to expose the conditions inside https://www.theverge.com/report/1008342/folkston-georgia-ice-detention-hunger-strike-video

A Trump Mobile breach may have exposed data of more than 3,600 people https://www.theverge.com/tech/1005546/trump-mobile-data-breach-leak

An open-source tool lets you delete 12GB of Apple Intelligence data on macOS https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1004672/mac-delete-apple-intelligence-ai-tool

AI hallucinations are making entitled customers even worse https://www.theverge.com/report/1002963/ai-hallucinations-customer-service-jobs-agents

Gemini 3.8 Live with Live Avatar gives Google’s AI a face https://www.theverge.com/tech/1000328/google-gemini-ai-live-avatar-face

It’s not just LG. Every TV company is spying on you https://www.theverge.com/tech/997682/every-tv-company-is-spying

OpenAI and Microsoft knew they were starting a ‘doom loop’ for the web https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/997633/openai-microsoft-chatgpt-ai-new-york-times-doom-loop-theft-google-zero

Trump throws out power plant climate pollution rules https://www.theverge.com/news/995051/epa-power-plant-climate-pollution-rollback-ai-data-centers

LG responds to TV spying allegations https://www.theverge.com/tech/994333/lg-responds-to-tv-spying-allegations

Why the current tech backlash feels different https://www.theverge.com/podcast/992141/decoder-mailbag-ai-backlash-surveillance-midterms-data-centers

A word with a woman who’s trying to pull off a crossbody phone strap https://www.theverge.com/tech/990849/crossbody-phone-strap-style

Apple Maps follows Google in renaming Lake Ontario https://www.theverge.com/tech/987784/apple-maps-lake-america-renaming

GoPro has been acquired and is getting into ‘defense, government, robotics and aerospace’ https://www.theverge.com/news/987494/gopro-starman-holding-merger-aquisition

Enormous 12TB Steam leak includes abandoned Half-Life 2: Episode 3 assets https://www.theverge.com/games/986552/12tb-steam-leak-half-life-2-episode-3