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YouTube has hit some impressive numbers in 2025.According to new estimates from research firm MoffettNathanson— as reported by The Hollywood Reporter— the platform pulled in a staggering $40.4 billion in ad revenue, which is more than Disney, NBC,...

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Worried that your latest ask to a cloud-based AI reveals a bit too much about you? Want to know your genetic risk of disease without revealing it to the services that compute the answer?There is a way to do...

You probably can’t tell a real human voice from an AI clone, and you’re not alone in that struggle. But here’s the surprising part. Your brain has already started figuring out the difference anyway.Researchers from Tianjin University and the...

Advanced Machine Intelligence (AMI), a new Paris-based startup cofounded by Meta’s former chief AI scientist Yann LeCun, announced Monday it has raised more than $1 billion to develop AI world models.LeCun argues that most human reasoning is grounded in...

A mass hacking campaign targeting iPhone users in Ukraine and China used tools that were likely designed by U.S. military contractor L3Harris, TechCrunch has learned. The tools, which were intended for Western spies, wound up in the hands of...

Innovation rarely happens in isolation. Usually, the systems that engineers design are shaped by global teams whose members’ knowledge and ideas move across borders as easily as data.That is especially true in my field of robotics and automation—where hardware,...

Researchers have developed a unique smart pillow designed to stream music and podcasts, offering a new way for users to relax without relying on smartphones. The experimental device, created by a team at the University of Glasgow, is intended...