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Hottest toy for Christmas? Nvidia CEO plays with adorable Microduck robots, 20,000 sell

The robots, stomping their little feet and making tiny R2-D2 noises, sat, fell down dead for a "nap," and summersaulted on voice command.

AI pixie dust is losing its stock market power

A broad swath of AI-related shares took it on the chin this week despite posting strong results.

Dots: A Guide for Putting OpenAI’s Always-on Agents to Work

How Every’s team uses Dots to catch mistakes, answer email, book appointments, and run tasks from Slack

Exclusive: Meta acquires AI data platform Sundial

Meta is investing more in its data and analytics team to support its ambitions.

Updated Google privacy policy says your Gmail might be used for advertising

Turning on Personal Intelligence gives the company more data for ad targeting.

Sen. Marsha Blackburn isn’t happy about Meta’s revised business terms, either.

Blackburn (R-TN) said the updated terms “indicate Meta is attempting to exploit American creators and businesses by granting itself sweeping authority to scrape content from any website associated with Facebook ​and Instagram business accounts,” according to Reuters.

AI & Tech Brief: Black October

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Jack Dorsey's Block made an AI model that talks to you like an awkward new friend

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Texas becomes the latest state to sue OpenAI.

Similar to the lawsuits filed by Arizona, West Virginia, Iowa, and several others, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton accuses OpenAI of misleading users about the safety of ChatGPT, allegedly exposing children and other users to a “litany of harms” that’s “driven by the company’s insatiable quest to win the AI arms race and amasslarge fortunes.”

From Toast to Bessemer: Who founders will hear from at TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026

Hosted by TechCrunch in partnership with Fidelity Private Shares, the full-day event goes beyond fundraising and AI to explore the realities of finding customers, building teams, sharpening a pitch, developing founder leadership, and scaling companies both inside and outside traditional startup hubs.

I woke up to panicked text messages about the PHP attacks. As a cybersecurity expert, here are the 3 things I tell people to do right away.

A cybersecurity product manager explains why two PHP flaws sparked mass panic — and shares 3 steps website owners can take to protect their sites.

AI & Tech Brief: Foreign AI espionage

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