Marves Fairley pleaded guilty Thursday (May 28) in federal court in Brooklyn, a major development in the widening sports betting investigation that has drawn in gamblers, intermediaries and former NBA figures. During a change-of-plea hearing before U.S. Magistrate Judge Joseph A. Marutollo, Fairley entered guilty pleas to two counts... Read more

If you’re looking for a way to incorporate more nature into your life and have a yard, a bird feeder can be a great way to feed your local feathered friends while enjoying their colorful plumes and soothing birdsong. Nowadays, there are even smart bird feeders with cameras that... Read more

Author and illustrator Loryn Brantz never imagined that a popular cartoon character she created almost a decade ago would one day be the subject of an intellectual property dispute involving BuzzFeed, Amazon’s video streaming service, and generative artificial intelligence. But that’s exactly the situation she finds herself in today.... Read more

We all know that Disney Plus is the hub for Disney content, new and old, along with Star Wars, Marvel, Pixar and National Geographic. Beyond its familiar classics, the platform adds a steady stream of new movies and shows each month, including original series, Disney Jr. titles, Nat Geo documentaries and... Read more

The Catholic ethicists even had a say in Anthropic’s recent update to Claude’s constitution, which sets the behavioral parameters for the company’s AI model. Olah sent a draft to the San Jose crowd. The pastor, McGuire, sent back a 28-page commentary which, by his own description, was less a... Read more

Federal regulators say a Google software engineer secretly used internal company information to place highly successful bets on Polymarket contracts tied to Google’s annual Year in Search rankings. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) said Wednesday (May 27) that it filed a civil complaint in federal court in Manhattan... Read more

Back in 2016, I sat in the popcorn-stained cushions of a movie theater, consciously ignoring the pretrailer advertisements and diligently scanning my phone. Then the annoying chatter of soda and candy commercials faded into a quiet screen showing the Blizzard Entertainment logo on a dark background.  For the next... Read more

I can’t sleep on planes. So I’m one of those annoying people who always pulls out a laptop to get some work done. My problem (other than fighting for elbow space on the arm rests) is that the lack of privacy on my laptop screen makes me uncomfortable. I... Read more

Anthropic today released Claude Opus 4.8, an upgrade to its flagship model that ships at the same price as its predecessor, alongside a dramatically cheaper “fast mode” tier and a new feature that lets the model spawn hundreds of parallel subagents for codebase-scale work. The model is available immediately... Read more

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and Gemini Trust Company are now jointly asking a federal court to unwind key parts of a 2025 consent order tied to a yearslong enforcement fight over Bitcoin futures products. A filing submitted Wednesday (May 27) in the Southern District of New York... Read more