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On Tuesday, Google unveiled Gemini 2.5, a new family of AI reasoning models that pauses to “think” before answering a question. To kick off the new family of models, Google is launching Gemini 2.5 Pro Experimental, a multimodal, reasoning AI model that the company claims is its most intelligent model yet. This model will be available on Tuesday in the company’s developer platform, Google AI Studio, as well as in the Gemini app for subscribers to the company’s $20-a-month AI plan, Gemini Advanced. Moving forward, Google says all of its new AI models will have reasoning capabilities baked in. Since…

DNA testing service 23andMe filed for bankruptcy protection on March 16, sparking concerns about what could happen to the genetic data of the company’s 15 million customers.  The company has said that “data privacy will be an important consideration in any potential transaction.” However, security experts and lawmakers have cautioned customers to take action to protect their data, considering that a new owner could change how the company’s data is managed and used.  If you’re one of the 15 million people who shared their DNA with 23andMe, we’ve outlined the steps you can take to protect yourself. While you can’t…

Joe Raedle / Getty Images GameStop (GME) updated its corporate investment policy to include Bitcoin, sending shares higher in extended trading Tuesday. The video game retailer said its board unanimously approved the decision to add Bitcoin to its investment policy, following reports last month that the retailer was considering investing in cryptocurrencies. The announcement follows speculation about GameStop’s crypto plans after CEO Ryan Cohen last month posted a picture of himself with Michael Saylor, cofounder of Strategy (MSTR), the largest corporate holder of Bitcoin formerly known as MicroStrategy. The price of Bitcoin was just under $88,000 in recent trading. Shares…

Apple has announced that its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) will kick off on June 9 and run through June 13. The tech giant’s event is where it offers a look at its upcoming versions of iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS, as well as new tools for its developers. As in past years, the event will be online and accessible to all Apple developers. Plus, there will be an in-person keynote at Apple Park on June 9. Reports have indicated that Apple has prepared dramatic software overhauls for the iPhone, iPad, and Mac. As for iOS 19, Bloomberg has…

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Ivana Ilic Sunderic had never heard anything quite so alarming and disturbing at a protest as the sound that broke a commemorative silence during a huge anti-government rally in Serbia’s capital, Belgrade.“It was quiet and peaceful and then we heard something we could not see … like a sound rolling toward us, a whiz,” Ilic Sunderic said about the March 15 incident. “People started rushing for safety toward the pavement, feeling that something was moving toward us down the street.”It was “a subdued sound lasting only 2-3 seconds but very unusual and very frightening, like a…

Trump Media & Technology Group announced Monday that it’s partnering with Crypto.com to launch exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and other products through its Truth.Fi brand. President Donald Trump’s media company will offer the ETFs through Crypto.com’s broker-dealer Foris Capital, which will include digital assets and securities with a “Made in America focus” across a variety of industries, including energy, according to the company. ETF offerings are also expected to include digital assets with a unique basket of cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin. Crypto.com will support the backend technology and custody, while also handling the supply of cryptocurrencies for these ETFs. The companies are planning to…

During a livestream on Tuesday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced the first major upgrade to ChatGPT’s image-generation capabilities in over a year. ChatGPT can now leverage the company’s GPT-4o model to natively create and modify images and photos. GPT-4o has long underpinned the AI-powered chatbot platform, but until now, the model has been able to generate and edit only text — not images. Altman said GPT-4o native image generation is live today in ChatGPT and Sora, OpenAI’s AI video-generation product, for subscribers to the company’s $200-a-month Pro plan. OpenAI says the feature is rolling out soon to Plus and free…

DENVER (AP) — As Americans struggle under backbreaking rental prices, builders are turning to innovative ways to churn out more housing, from 3D printing to assembling homes in an indoor factory to using hemp — yes, the marijuana cousin — to make building blocks for walls. It’s a response to the country’s shortfall of millions of homes that has led to skyrocketing prices, plunging millions into poverty.“There’s not enough homes to purchase and there’s not enough places to rent. Period,” said Adrianne Todman, the acting secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development under former President Joe Biden.One…

(Bloomberg) — GameStop Corp., the struggling video-game retailer that became a favorite of retail traders during the meme stock frenzy in 2021, said its board has approved a plan to add Bitcoin as a treasury reserve asset. Most Read from Bloomberg The Grapevine, Texas-based firm is joining a growing list of public companies experimenting with using corporate cash or borrowed money to buy the digital asset in a bid to capitalize on the surge in Bitcoin. The gambit was pioneered by Michael Saylor’s Strategy, the enterprise software company formally known as MicroStrategy that has acquired more than $40 billion in…

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy speaks during an Amazon Devices launch event in New York City, U.S., February 26, 2025. Brendan Mcdermid | ReutersAmazon, in an effort to infuse generative artificial intelligence across a wider swath of its e-commerce universe, recently began testing a shopping assistant and a health-focused chatbot with a subset of users.AI has become a major area of investment across Amazon, including in its retail, cloud computing, devices and health-care businesses. Within the retail business, Amazon has already launched a shopping chatbot, an AI assistant for sellers and AI shopping guides.The new services Amazon is testing appeared on its…