Telegram's more than 1 billion monthly active users encountered a quietly significant platform shift on June 9, 2026, when the company released Telegram Desktop 6.9 — an update that gives bot ...

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The Instagram accounts for the Obama White House and the Chief Master Sergeant of the U.S. Space Force were briefly defaced with pro-Iranian images and messages over the weekend, after instructions ...

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New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani admits that he’s not a gamer. (He has, however, dabbled in Sim City and FIFA, and thrown a Mario Kart reference out there while discussing policy.) Today, though, he ...

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The state of Pennsylvania is suing Character.AI to stop the company's AI chatbots from posing as doctors and offering medical advice, in violation of state medical licensing rules. State officials ...

There’s a new class-action lawsuit against the sweepstakes casino Stake and its ambassadors. However, this suit alleges collusion to facilitate illegal gambling to finance a bot operation used to ...

Travelers at Miami International Airport now have something quite unique to help get to their destinations: A.I.-powered hologram chat bots. The airport revealed the first-of-its-kind chat bots last ...

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Michael, the Michael Jackson biopic from director Antoine Fuqua, is now in theaters. If you’re not planning on making the trip for whatever reason, here’s what you need to know about when and where to ...

The oldest and largest track and field competition in the country returns to Philadelphia this week — get ready for the 2026 Penn Relays. Originally known as the "Penn Relay Carnival", the Penn Relays ...