Govee’s new portable smart lamp is on sale for the first time
If you’ve always liked the idea of the Philips Hue Go portable lamp but couldn’t justify the $100+ price tag, Govee recently released a much cheaper alternative, the Govee Table Lamp Classic, and it’s already receiving its first discount. Right now, you can pick the rechargeable smart lamp up at Amazon for $63.99 ($16 off), which makes it less than half the price of Philips’ portable smart lamp.
The cordless lamp features a built-in 4,800mAh battery, which can last up to 30 hours with colored lighting enabled, though that drops to around five hours when using brighter white lighting. That’s not quite as long as the Philips Hue Go, which Philips says can last up to 48 hours on a charge, but on the flip side the Govee is brighter, delivering up to 500 lumens of brightness. It’s also lightweight enough to easily carry from room to room or bring outside, though you’ll want to be careful outdoors since it lacks the Philips Hue Go’s IP54 weather resistance rating for protection against rain and splashes.
In addition, the Govee supports adjustable color temperatures ranging from a warm 2700K to a cooler 6500K, and like with many of its smart lighting products, offers a slew of fun, colorful lights effects. You can have it sync to music while you’re hosting people, or switch between different preset scenes to set the mood, many of which are organized around specific moods and themes like “romance,” holidays, and more. Through Govee’s app, you can even type in prompts describing the vibe you want and the lamp will generate matching lighting effects for you. The lamp also supports Matter, meaning you can control it through major smart home platforms.
Palantir’s true believers are wearing this jacket
In late April, Palantir - the software company that, in recent years, has perhaps become best known for its defense industry contracts and work with Immigration and Customs Enforcement - announced that it would be adding new products to its merch store. The latest offering was a cotton chore coat.
At $239 and in bright blue and black options, the jacket looks like a standard offering that has, by way of photographer Bill Cunningham, trickled down into mainstream menswear for years. This jacket is a pastiche of 19th century French workwear that was worn by people actually doing physical labor; the only noticeable difference is that a dainty …
Apple brings encrypted RCS chats to iPhone
Apple now lets you have encrypted RCS conversations with Android users through the Messages app on iOS. As part of iOS 26.5, which was released on Monday, Apple added support for end-to-end encrypted RCS messaging in beta, meaning that Apple and Google can't see your messages while they're sent.
With iOS 26.5, you'll see a lock icon and a small "Encrypted" message at the top of the chat to note when you're having an encrypted conversation with an Android user and are on a carrier that supports the feature. Apple says that encryption will be on by default and "will be automatically enabled over time for new and existing RCS conversations." …
Texas sues Netflix for advertising ‘bait and switch’ and spying
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against Netflix, accusing the company of turning its back on its promise to remain ad-free and safe for kids. The lawsuit, filed on Monday, claims Netflix has "opened Texans' data for inspection by the same Big Ad Tech community it once criticized for exploiting users in this same way."
In the lawsuit, Paxton claims Netflix drove up subscriptions by promoting its platform as an "escape from Big Tech surveillance." But that changed when Netflix introduced an ad-supported streaming plan in 2022, something co-founder Reed Hastings promised not to do. Its move into digital advertising allowe …
Google stopped a zero-day hack that it says was developed with AI
For the first time, Google says it has spotted and stopped a zero-day exploit developed with AI. According to a report from Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG), "prominent cyber crime threat actors" were planning to use the vulnerability for a "mass exploitation event" that would have allowed them to bypass two-factor authentication on an unnamed "open-source, web-based system administration tool."
Google's researchers found hints in the Python script used for the exploit that indicated help from AI, like a "hallucinated CVSS score" and "structured, textbook" formatting consistent with LLM training data. The exploit takes advantage of …
A million baby monitors and security cameras were easily viewable by hackers
A baby's eyes peer directly into the camera lens. A kid with a striped shirt looks up, then away. A boy in a policeman's costume, a gold star on his chest. A messy bedroom that reminds me of my own daughters, with an unmade bunk bed, a little girl's hat and headband, and Hello Kitty plastered on the wall.
One thought repeats in my mind: I shouldn't be seeing this. No stranger should.
But bad actors could've easily spied on all these locations - and a million more - because many of Meari Technology's Wi-Fi baby monitors and security cameras were absurdly insecure. If you had access to one of those cameras, you theoretically had access to t …
7 of our favorite deals from Amazon’s Pet Days sale
A big part of my job here at The Verge is to find deals on tech that readers will like. But in my personal life, I’m not spending anywhere near as much money on tech as I am on food, litter, and other supplies for our two cats. Sad, but true. If your life is also ruled by furry (or feathered, scaled, shelled) friends, perhaps your interest will be piqued by Amazon’s five-day Pet Days sale happening through 2:59AM ET on Saturday, May 16th.
There are a ton of products available that have some sort of discount attached — too many to list out individually. In case you don’t want to sort through all of the deals, I’ve attempted to do you the favor of plucking out seven noteworthy discounts for cat and dog parents.
The product I recommend to all pet owners is Bissell’s Little Green upholstery and carpet cleaner, which is $99.99 at Amazon (originally $129.99). It’s the fighter you need on your side to help you get nasty stains out of your carpeted floors and stairs, rugs, couch cushions, and more. The portable cleaner works with Bissell’s cleaning formula, and the purchase includes a sample of the product. It also comes with a cleaning brush and crevice tool for sucking yucky stuff out of corners.
While not a quiet machine to use, it’s valuable in that it’s a way to undo your pet’s accidents (it’s great for getting out coffee stains, too).
Pet owners have a special connection to their animals, and many can intuit what their pets need based on how they’re trying to get our attention. But wouldn’t it be great if your pet could put in a little more effort? I’m not saying that this 10-pack of voice-recording buttons will suddenly turn your pet into Sapphie, but at $19.76 (just a few bucks off) for the kit at Amazon, it seems fun to try. Each button can record up to 30 seconds of voice clips.
The Litter-Robot 4 self-cleaning litter box is a big ticket item for cat owners looking to delegate the stinky chore. There’s a bundle that has been discounted recently at Amazon that includes the little box plus a starter kit of accessories for $799.99 (typically $860). The whole point of getting the Litter-Robot 4 is to make your life easier, scooping less, and doing other stuff with your time that hopefully doesn’t involve hunching over. The accessories included (three OdorTrap packs, 10 liners, 30 wipes, and two carbon filters) make it so you need to interact even less often with the litter box.
Litter-Robot 4 Supply & Accessory bundle
Features advanced litter-sifting technology, reduced litter tracking, and real-time monitoring of waste and litter levels through the Whisker app.
Where to Buy:
There are countless Wi-Fi-enabled cameras you can get to remotely see what your cats are up to, including those that cost less than $20. For my money, I’ve been satisfied with the TP-Link Tapo 1080p indoor camera that’s $17.99 at Amazon
It may be more basic than what some pet owners want. And yet, it’s capable enough that I’ve used it as a baby monitor. It has pan and tilt functionality so you can see around the room, and its feed is viewable in the Kasa app, which is convenient if you have other TP-Link gadgets. It supports motion detection, two-way audio, night vision, and the option of cloud or microSD card storage. There are pricier options out there made to ease concerns for pet parents that can dole out treats and what not, but if your pet doesn’t need as much attention, this’ll do fine.
A few more Pet Days deals
- Standard pet food isn’t typically expensive, but costs can rise if your pet requires (or at least benefits from) a specialized diet. Of the many brands that have discounted food during Pet Days, you can get a rare deal on Hill’s Science Diet dry food for cats and dogs. For instance, dry food formulas for indoor cats ages one through six are $24.49 for a seven-pound bag (almost always priced at $35) at Amazon. You can head to Hill’s landing page to see if they have a deal for your kind of pet, and note that subscribing to a recurring delivery will knock 20 percent off your total at checkout.
- Surely, you’ve floated the idea of getting Apple AirTags to keep track of your pet, right? Not every pet or pet parent will want to stick one on a collar, but for those who’d rather be safe than sorry, you can get a four-pack of first-gen AirTag trackers at Woot (an Amazon-owned site) for $56.99. That’s the best price yet on a four-pack, which originally launched for $99. The newer second-gen AirTag model offers better connectivity, Precision Tracking, and longer tracking distances, and a louder speaker, among other features. But if you’re not losing sight of your pet all that often, there’s no harm in saving some money with the older version.
- Our cats don’t go outside. They’d get instantly demolished by the tougher feral cats that roam around. That doesn’t stop me from feeling bad that they’re all cooped up inside where their instinctive expression is limited. This 20-foot transparent cat tunnel with zippers on both ends is so cool that I may end up buying one. It’s currently $28.99, down from its usual $40 or so price at Amazon. Best of all, it’s part of a modular system of outdoor accessories, and you can attach the tunnel if you choose to upgrade later on.
Live updates from Elon Musk and Sam Altman’s court battle over the future of OpenAI
Sam Altman and Elon Musk are facing off in a high-stakes trial that could alter the future of OpenAI and its most well-known product, ChatGPT. In 2024, Musk filed a lawsuit accusing OpenAI of abandoning its founding mission of developing AI to benefit humanity and shifting focus to boosting profits instead.
Elon Musk, his financial manager and Neuralink CEO, Jared Birchall, and OpenAI cofounder Greg Brockman have already testified before the jury. Shivon Zilis, a former OpenAI board member who shares four children with Musk, took the stand on Wednesday, and the courtroom also watched former OpenAI CTO Mura Murati’s videotaped deposition.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is set to appear today, with OpenAI cofounder and former chief scientist Ilya Sutskever lined up to testify after that.
Musk was a cofounder of OpenAI and claims that Altman and Brockman tricked him into giving the company money, only to turn their backs on their original goal. However, OpenAI says that “This lawsuit has always been a baseless and jealous bid to derail a competitor” in a bid to boost Musk’s own SpaceX / xAI / X companies that have launched Grok as a competitor to ChatGPT.
In his lawsuit, Musk is asking for the removal of Altman and Brockman, and for OpenAI to stop operating as a public benefit corporation. Musk has also demanded that OpenAI’s nonprofit receive up to $150 billion in damages he’s asking for if he wins the case.
People to Know
Plaintiff
Elon Musk — plaintiff, OpenAI cofounder and now CEO of rival xAI
Steven Molo — lead counsel for plaintiff
Jared Birchall — manager of Musk’s family office
Shivon Zilis — former OpenAI board member who shares multiple children with Musk
Defendant
Sam Altman — defendant, CEO of OpenAI
William Savitt — lead counsel for defendant
Greg Brockman — president of OpenAI as well as a cofounder
Ilya Sutskever — former chief scientist at OpenAI and a cofounder
Judge
Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers — aka YGR, trial judge
Here’s all the latest on the trial between Musk and Altman:
- Bret Taylor has been asked to slow down twice.
- “OpenAI is decidedly not profitable,” Taylor said.
- There’s “a lot of tension” between LLMs and what Taylor calls “content companies”…
- Plantiff rests. OpenAI calls its first witness, Bret Taylor of OpenAI Foundation.
- Ilya Sutskever says he was uncomfortable with Musk’s large ownership demand.
- Sutskever’s testimony is kind of a snooze so far.
- Satya Nadella is excused.
- A lot of people contact Satya Nadella about their boards, apparently!
- Microsoft’s lawyer is now back with Nadella.
- We are discovering that Satya Nadella knows very little about the OpenAI nonprofit.
- I can’t speak for the jury but I am very, very sick of hearing about “the blip.”
- “Not consistently candid” press release about Sam Altman’s firing is what Molo is citing as why Nadella should have known why Altman was fired.
- We are arguing now about risk and return.
- “I don’t want to be IBM and OpenAI to be Microsoft.”
- We are on cross, with Steven Molo for Musk.
- Satya Nadella seemed to forget he currently served on the board of a nonprofit.
- What is Copilot?
- During Altman’s ouster, Satya Nadella tried to reassure investors everything would not “crumble.”
- “Below them, above them, around them.”
- “We have each other’s phone numbers,” Nadella says of Musk.
- Nadella tells us that before the OpenAI partnership, Google was its biggest AI competitor.
- Satya Nadella is taking the stand, in a navy suit and a light blue tie with a white shirt.
- Jury is here. We are now finishing a video deposition from Friday about the OAI deal with MSFT.
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- We are having an arugment about evidence.
- Musk v. Altman week two recap.
- Microsoft was worried OpenAI would run off to Amazon and ‘shit-talk’ Azure
- Mira Murati’s deposition pulled back the curtain on Sam Altman’s ouster
- Oh this tack is more effective. Then OpenAI lawyer is going after Columbia…
- This cross of Schizer is pretty weak.
- Basically everything Schizer is saying is couched as a hypothetical…
- We are now hearing from David Schizer, one of Musk’s expert witnesses.
- We are still listening to McCauley.
- Tasha McCauley is testifying now in a video deposition.
- “Do you have any idea how you ended up in this courtroom?”
- I am having a hard time taking Rosie Campbell seriously.
- We are now hearing from Rosie Campbell, a former OpenAI employee.
- OpenAI’s board discussed merging with Anthropic during “the Blip.”
- Helen Toner is now talking about the board’s decision-making process.
- YGR is back on the bench.
- Musk’s biggest loyalist became his biggest liability
- We are going through the removal of Sam Altman from OpenAI in detail.
- Toner is relating how Sam Altman’s firing happened.
- Toner says she found out about ChatGPT by seeing screenshots on Twitter.
- Making AI models is “more like alchemy than chemistry,” Toner says.
- We are now looking at Helen Toner’s deposition.
- Microsoft would like to be excluded from this narrative.
- “It’s not in my neurons,” Zilis says, instead of “I don’t remember.”
- Sarah Eddy, an attorney representing OpenAI, got sarcastic with Zilis.
- Shivon Zilis brainstormed possible scenarios for AI.
- Musk offered Sam Altman a board seat at Tesla…
- Shivon’s emails aren’t great for Musk.
- The big sticking point for Brockman and Sutskever was control.
- Sam Altman loves exclamation marks.
- Mira Murati tells the court that she couldn’t trust Sam Altman’s words
- Zilis’ past emails mentioned in court proceedings include her referencing a potential “conversion to for-profit” for OpenAI.
- This is getting interesting.
- Zilis sent Altman a text message of support after his 2023 ouster.
- Zilis said another concern she had about Altman related to OpenAI’s potential deal with Helion.
- Also in the spirit of clarifications this morning…
- Zilis said she had major concerns about OpenAI’s board not being notified in advance of ChatGPT’s release.
- Zilis said that the fallout from Altman’s 2023 ouster changed her view of OpenAI’s Microsoft deal.
- When asked how much Musk works per week, Zilis laughed.
- Musk’s team has called Shivon Zilis.
- Murati says problems with Altman persisted after he returned to the company.
- “OpenAI was at catastrophic risk of falling apart” when Altman was fired, Murati says.
- We are seeing video testimony from Mira Murati’s deposition.
- We are clearing up “a few inaccuracies from yesterday.”
- We are taking care of some matters before the jury comes in.
- Microsoft and OpenAI’s definition of AGI was just revealed.
- The jurors look as bored as I feel.
- Brockman steps down. We are looking at the video deposition of Robert Wu.
- Brockman is telling the truth about considering removing Musk from the board.
- Every time Molo makes a summary of Brockman’s testimony, Brockman objects to it.
- We are now fighting about “Either go do something on your own or continue with OpenAI as a non-profit.”
- One other thing I don’t understand…
- Molo is trying to reiterate what he did more effectively yesterday.
- “You had no problems answering your lawyers’ questions,” Molo is practically yelling.
- Molo asks Brockman if Musk was “being mean” to him.
- We are back to quibbling.
- We are now discussing the OpenAI Foundation layoffs.
- Microsoft is done, bless them.
- Microsoft is now getting to talk to Brockman.
- The blip.
- We are now discussing Shivon Zilis.
- We are now going through the assorted releases of GPT models.
- When Musk resigned, he gave a speech to OpenAI’s employees that might have been demoralizing…
- One observation from Brockman and Sutskever’s emails.
- We are now recontextualizing more entries from Brockman.
- There were discussions between Brockman, Altman, and Sutskever about removing Musk from the board.
- We are back from a break.
- “I thought he was going to hit me,” Brockman says of Musk.
- Elon Musk doesn’t love anything he can’t control.
- Sam Altman discussed an equal equity split…
- We are now discussing Brockman’s journal.
- Brockman talks Dota 2.
- Elon Musk tried to get Bill Gates to donate to OpenAI.
- First sidebar of the trial.
- OpenAI had layoffs at Musk’s insistence.
- Greg Brockman tells the court that while at OpenAI, he and three others worked at Tesla.
- YGR is on the bench.
- Google’s AI architect lived rent-free in Elon Musk’s head
- OpenAI’s president does ‘all the things,’ except answer a question
- Jury is sent out for the day.
- We are hearing about the early days of OpenAI.
- Early worries about Musk came from Ilya Sutskever.
- Brockman is describing his bromance with Altman.
- “I do all the things.”
- Brockman says we are 80 percent of the way to AGI.
- Open AI’s direct examination of Brockman is pretty sedate so far… aside from Tesla.
- OpenAI’s lawyers are now getting their shot at Brockman.
- For real, I think nerds should not testify in court.
- We are now looking at Brockman’s other financial dealings.
- We finished with the Microsoft investment pretty quickly.
- Altman didn’t return after we took our break.
- We are presently having a fight about purple boxes.
- We have been doing the same question for perhaps the last five minutes.
- “Financially what will take me to $1B?”
- “His story will correctly be that we weren’t honest with him in the end about still wanting to do the for profit just without him.”
- Greg Brockman’s journal: “it’d be wrong to steal the non-profit from him.”
- Brockman is not doing himself any favors.
- Brockman’s cross-examination isn’t as testy as Musk’s, but he’s also pushing back on a lot of questions.
- Is sending stuff to Sam Teller and Shivon Zilis the same as sending it to Musk?
- Brockman and Altman’s alliance?
- “Is Demis Hassabis evil?”
- Greg Brockman is talking about the earliest days of OpenAI.
- Greg Brockman and Sam Altman have just entered the courtroom.
- We’re done with Russell.
- “The age of abundance for Elon.”
- Oh now we have some meat.
- Elon Musk’s expert doesn’t follow him on X.
- I am befuddled by this expert testimony.
- We are dealing with the cross now.
- Sure is lucky that mentions of Grok’s safety issues got limited.
- Individual vs. systemic risk.
- We now have a very boring expert witness testifying to AI risks.
- Stuart Russell is here to tell us about AI.
- “I need that today. That’s good. I like that.”
- Greg Brockman won’t be asked about Musk’s threat.
- Elon Musk tried to settle before the trial — and got threatening.
- Musk v. Altman is getting a live audio stream next week.
- OpenAI Tesla receipts and other Musk v. Altman documents.
- All the evidence revealed so far in Musk v. Altman
- Here’s how Gabe Newell and Hideo Kojima ended up in the Musk v. Altman evidence.
- The craziest part of Musk v. Altman happened while the jury was out of the room
- Jury is being dismissed early so YGR can deal with an objection to Birchall’s testimony.
- Birchall is actually very funny outside of court? Good for him.
- We are now hearing about the pause in quarterly donations.
- We’re back.
- Second break of the day.
- Birchall cross.
- Elon Musk confirms xAI used OpenAI’s models to train Grok
- Birchall has just been asked about the four Teslas.
- Birchall testifies about Musk’s contributions to OpenAI.
- A woman in the gallery has lowered a sleep mask over her eyes and is attempting to sleep.
- Musk steps down. He may be recalled.
- We are on re-cross. Musk is getting testy again.
- The Microsoft investment comes back up.
- And we’re back.
- We’re in break — and I just checked out something interesting.
- Elon Musk’s robot army definitely will not kill you.
- Musk insists he wasn’t kneecapping OpenAI.
- Musk seems notably more subdued today.
- “At least change the name,” Musk says he told Altman.
- Elon Musk v. Capitalism.
- An “ongoing conversation” around open source.
- We’re still talking about whether Musk read the term sheet.
- The jurors have been seated.
- Musk has just entered the courtroom.
- “Issues of extinction are excluded.”
- Good morning!
- Elon Musk’s worst enemy in court is Elon Musk
- Freedom!
- Unfortunately we will not be talking about safety details of any specific product.
- The jury is leaving for the day. “I suspect it’s a nice day out there,” YGR says.
- MechaHitler might be a bad look for the AI safety defender.
- Musk’s broader AI safety commitment (or lack thereof) comes up.
- This is so testy.
- Did Musk even read the OpenAI term sheet?
- Musk asked Shivon Zilis to stay “close and friendly” with OpenAI to keep info flowing.
- Musk says xAI probably won’t be the first to get to AGI.
- We’re back from a break, talking about SpaceX and xAI.
- Don’t worry about Tesla’s robot army!
- “You mostly do unfair questions.”
- “It’s a free country.”
- “Will you answer my question?”
- Musk’s desire for control comes up again.
- “This is a hypothetical.”
- Did Musk initially envision OpenAI as a corporation?
- Musk is being combative on cross already.
- “I did say that I would commit up to a billion dollars, yes.”
- Is Tesla really not working on AGI?
- Musk is returning to the stand.
- At times, being a judge is much like being a kindergarten teacher.
- We’re on a break.
- “I mean, all due respect to Microsoft, do you really want Microsoft controlling digital superintelligence?”
- “What’s going on here this is a bait and switch.”
- A Musk-Altman spat about Microsoft.
- Musk really cannot help himself.
- “Capped profit” wasn’t an issue, even when Microsoft got involved.
- “Tesla is not pursuing AGI.”
- Musk is more on his game today.
- “After I received these reassurances that OpenAI would continue to be a nonprofit I continued to donate over $10 million.”
- “I actually was a fool who provided free funding for them to create a startup.”
- More discussion of who would own OpenAI.
- “I don’t lose my temper,” says Elon Musk.
- “2017 was a hard year, and we’ve made mistakes.”
- “I formed many for-profit tech companies, and could have done so with OAI,”
- “Crystal clear focus.”
- Sam Altman has just entered the room, right ahead of the jury.
- A member of the public just got dressed down by YGR about taking photos.
- Musk v. Altman et al. is back in session.
- In naming OpenAI, Elon Musk worried anything related to the Turing Test could mean bad PR.
- Elon Musk appeared more petty than prepared
- That’s a wrap!
- YGR scolds OpenAI for taking inconsistent positions on the origin of its name.
- Elon Musk tells the jury that all he wants to do is save humanity
- Arguments over ownership.
- Apparently OpenAI could have had an ICO.
- “I was not averse to a small for-profit,” Musk says.
- We’re reading emails between Musk and Jensen Huang.
- Musk says nonprofit was non-negotiable for OpenAI.
- We’re at the founding of OpenAI.
- Musk says he would have created something like OpenAI on his own.
- Musk recalls meeting Sam Altman.
- Sam Altman left during a break, but Elon Musk’s lawyer didn’t notice.
- “Here we are in 2026 and AI is scary smart.”
- “I have extreme concerns about AI,” says Musk.
- AI will be as smart as “any human as soon as next year.”
- Musk claims he has time for SpaceX, Tesla, Neuralink, and the Boring Company because he works a lot.
- Musk is telling the jury he (co)founded Tesla.
- Neuralink’s long-term goal is… AI?
- “There need to be things that people are excited about that make life worth living … Being out there among the stars can excite everyone.”
- A little Musk biography.
- Elon Musk, looking funereal in a black suit with a black tie, says “it’s not okay to steal a charity.”
- Elon Musk takes the stand in high-profile trial against OpenAI
- We are back from a break.
- Elon Musk will be the first witness in Musk v. Altman.
- “Microsoft unlocked with OpenAI a virtuous cycle.”
- Microsoft enters the chat.
- “We are here because Mr. Musk didn’t get his way at OpenAI.”
- “[Musk] demanded control, he demanded the ability to make all the decisions without regard to the other founders.”
- OpenAI lawyers argue that Elon was right in the middle of discussions about a for-profit pivot.
- “Musk was furious that OpenAI succeeded.”
- OpenAI: Musk’s lawsuit is a “pageant of hypocrisy.”
- Sam Altman’s “related party conflicted transactions” are how he made money on OpenAI, Molo says.
- Technical difficulties.
- OpenAI is like a museum store that has looted the Picassos and pocketed the profits.
- AGI might be out of fashion in the AI world, but it will be at the center of this trial.
- “The defendants in this case stole a charity.”
- Musk and Altman go to court
- Good morning from the Musk v. Altman line outside the courtroom.
- Jury selection in Musk v. Altman: ‘People don’t like him’
- We have a jury.
- Elon Musk’s lawyer tried to get some jurors thrown out for disliking Musk.
- Apparently things are exciting outside.
- We have gone through the first 20 potential jurors.
- Voir dire has begun.
- The Elon Musk vs. OpenAI trial starts today.
- Elon Musk drops fraud claims against OpenAI and Sam Altman before trial.
- Musk vs. Altman is here, and it’s going to get messy
- Elon Musk is about to be a very busy boy!
- ‘Sideshow’ concerns and billionaire dreams: What I learned from Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI
- Elon Musk’s xAI is suing OpenAI and Apple
- Inside Elon Musk’s messy breakup with OpenAI
- Elon Musk is suing OpenAI and Sam Altman again
GM settles California lawsuit claiming it sold driving habit data to insurance companies
General Motors has agreed to pay $12.75 million to settle a California data privacy lawsuit that accused the automaker of selling driver location and driver data, as reported earlier by Reuters. In a proposed settlement filed on Friday, GM agreed to stop selling customer information to data brokers for five years and must give California drivers the ability to stop its OnStar service from collecting location data.
GM became the subject of several lawsuits after a 2024 report by The New York Times revealed that automakers, including GM, had been sharing driving data - such as speed, hard braking, and rapid acceleration - with data brokers an …
Matter and OpenADR team up to connect smart homes to the grid
Smart energy management just took a step closer to becoming simpler. This week, the organizations behind Matter, the smart-home interoperability standard, and the OpenADR protocol, which sends signals between the grid and the home, announced an agreement to work together. This should make it easier for connected appliances to participate in demand response programs (DR) and, hopefully, save you money.
In demand response programs, a customer agrees to reduce or shift their electrical usage in exchange for utility bill credits or other incentives. The Connectivity Standards Alliance, which runs Matter, and the nonprofit OpenADR Alliance have …