Google and Character.AI to Settle Lawsuit Over Teenager’s Death

The settlement came in the case of a 14-year-old in Florida who had killed himself after developing a relationship with an ...
Climate Central

Holiday U.S. warmth boosted by climate change

The U.S. has had a fairly chilly December so far, but things are heating up for the holidays. Christmas is expected to be exceptionally warm across a majority of the United States, particularly the ...
How-To Geek on MSN

Make Python scripts smarter with regex: 5 practical RE examples

If you work with strings in your Python scripts and you're writing obscure logic to process them, then you need to look into ...
GameSpot

Borderlands 4 Shift Codes: All Active Keys And How To Redeem Them

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Borderlands games are all about chasing down rare loot, and for Borderlands 4, players can once again expect to plug in some Shift codes to grab an ...
Wall Street Journal

Disney to Invest $1 Billion in OpenAI and License Characters for Use in ChatGPT, Sora

What really happens after you hit enter on that AI prompt? WSJ’s Joanna Stern heads inside a data center to trace the journey and then grills up some steaks to show just how much energy it takes to ...
MarketWatch

Disney makes a ‘dramatic shift’ on AI content with $1 billion OpenAI investment

Lukas I. Alpert writes about the media and entertainment industries for MarketWatch. He previously worked for the Wall Street Journal, New York Daily News, New York Post and the Associated Press. In ...
The Verge

Disney accuses Google of ‘massive’ copyright infringement following deal with OpenAI

Google is ‘flooding the market with infringing works,’ Disney claims. Google is ‘flooding the market with infringing works,’ Disney claims. is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Disney to Invest $1 Billion in OpenAI in Major Deal That Boosts Sora in Hollywood

Users of the AI video creation platform will now be able to create clips of 200 characters from Marvel, Pixar and 'Star Wars' franchises. By Erik Hayden Executive Editor, Business The three-year deal ...
Reuters

US annual consumer inflation slows in November, but report distorted by missing data

WASHINGTON, Dec 18 (Reuters) - U.S. consumer prices rose less than expected in the year to November, but households still faced affordability challenges as the costs of basic goods and services like ...
Us Weekly

How the New Slate of Medical TV Shows Differ From Each Other: ‘Best Medicine,’ ‘The Pitt’ and More

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X There’s just something about a show set in a hospital that has viewers ready to scrub in no matter ...
Time

U.S. Showing Signs of ‘Rapid Authoritarian Shift,’ Civic Freedoms Report Warns

President Donald Trump announces changes to the country's fuel economy standards in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., on December 3, 2025. President Donald Trump announces ...
IGN

The 15 Best My Hero Academia Characters, Ranked

My Hero Academia is a popular superhero anime filled with a roster of heroes performing extraordinary feats with their unique powers — or Quirks, as they’re called. As much as we love all the students ...