More therapists are recording sessions with AI, leading to concerns over consent and data breaches. As generative artificial intelligence becomes embedded in people’s everyday lives, one emerging aspect of its use in mental health care is raising complicated questions about professional ethics and patient privacy. A number of companies, like Upheal, Blueprint, and Heidi Health, […]
Chinese EVs are spreading across the globe, but not in the U.S.
While the electric vehicle industry continues to innovate, the U.S. may not see the benefits. Chinese EV manufacturer XPENG hosted the global launch of its X9 2025 flagship electric car in early April, gathering media from around the world at Kai Tako Cruise Terminal in Hong Kong. With XPENG’s lineup of EVs parked by the […]
Instagram Teen Accounts still exposed to sexual content, investigation finds
The app's tighter controls are apparently not blocking explicit posts. Following years of criticism for its handling of the youth mental health crisis, Instagram has invested heavily in beefing up its teen safety features, including an entirely new way for underage users to post, communicate, and scroll on the app. But recent tests of these […]
It's now a federal crime to publish AI deepfake porn
Despite free speech concerns, President Trump signed the Take It Down Act into law. The Take It Down Act, a controversial bipartisan bill recently hailed by First Lady Melania Trump as a tool to build a safer internet, is officially law, as President Donald Trump took to the White House Rose Garden today to put […]
Caring for ourselves amid the Diddy trial and collective trauma exposure
The online coverage of the Diddy trial is inescapable. Therapist Kate Keisel of The Sanar Institute has suggestions for surviving the news cycle. In recent days, it has become nearly impossible to move through the world without being confronted by the latest high-profile case of interpersonal violence — the ongoing trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs, […]
Want to shake up your life? Get on an e-bike.
For Bike Month, this Bay Area mom describes how two wheels changed her routine and perspective. “Go Mama, go Mama, go!” My two-year-old was cheering from the back of the bike as I huffed and puffed up a steep hill, his six-month-old brother strapped into a front seat and a backpack full of our gear […]
Waymo voluntarily recalled 1,200 robotaxis
The company updated its software to reduce the likelihood of certain collisions. Waymo recently recalled 1,212 of its self-driving taxis, according to the Alphabet-owned company. The recalled cars, which comprised the entirety of the company’s fleet at the time, received a software update in November designed to significantly decrease the likelihood that Waymos would collide […]
Google adds new AI accessibility features to Android, Chrome, and Chromebook
One highlight is Gemini's revamped Talkback feature. Google today announced a suite of new accessibility features in honor of Global Accessibility Awareness Day, including AI-powered and personality-driven settings for users’ most popular assistive tools. Earlier this week, the company also announced new AI-powered scam prevention tools in Chrome browsers, as it …
How Black Girls Code is preparing underrepresented kids for the AI revolution
Nonprofits nationwide are exploring what diverse AI could look like. Despite its global prominence, and years of investment from the tech industry’s loudest voices and biggest pocketbooks, AI still has a diversity problem. Filling an increasingly worrisome gap created by the tech’s creators and evangelists, diversity-based organizations have been trying to tackle that issue on […]
R Madhavan’s three takes on Dubai: The synthetic, the multi-cultural, the evolving beauty
Everyone talks about Dubai’s safety and the kind of luxury and lifestyle it provides but Bollywood superstar R Madhavan, who has been living in the country for the past four years, aptly bifurcates Dubai into three branches, “People often come here and say it’s so commercial, sometimes they accuse it of being synthetic, and I […]