Americas News
Republicans haul Netflix before Congress for being too ‘woke’
- Technology
- Lauren Feiner
- Feb 4, 2026
Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos was launched into the middle of a congressional culture war on Tuesday as he testified before a Senate subcommittee about the company's attempt to buy a large part of Warner B...
AMD hints Microsoft could launch its next-gen Xbox in 2027
- Technology
- Tom Warren
- Feb 3, 2026
Microsoft confirmed last year that it's working on a next-gen Xbox console in partnership with AMD. Now, AMD is hinting that the next Xbox console, which will use custom AMD chips, could be launching...
China bans hidden car door handles, which can trap people after crashes
- Business
- Camila Domonoske
- Feb 3, 2026
- US
China has introduced new regulations, starting in 2027, requiring all car doors to open manually from both sides. Electric door handles can malfunction in a crash or battery failure.
Department of Justice appeals Google search monopoly ruling
- Technology
- Stevie Bonifield
- Feb 3, 2026
On Tuesday, the Department of Justice and the plaintiffs in the antitrust case against Google filed a cross-appeal, as the DOJ Antitrust Division announced in a post on X: "Today, the DOJ Antitrust Di...
Slopaganda goes West
- Technology
- Mia Sato
- Feb 3, 2026
After right-wing YouTuber Nick Shirley's viral video alleging fraud at Minnesota daycares he said were operated by Somali residents, Donald Trump's administration responded by flooding the state with...
Borderlands 4 for Switch 2 is on ‘pause’
- Technology
- Jay Peters
- Feb 3, 2026
Development on the Nintendo Switch 2 version of Borderlands 4 is on "pause," according to a statement from a Take-Two spokesperson given to Variety. "We made the difficult decision to pause developmen...
An ‘Intimacy Crisis’ Is Driving the Dating Divide
- Technology
- Jason Parham
- Feb 3, 2026
In his book The Intimate Animal, sex and relationships researcher Justin Garcia says people have miscalculated their need for human intimacy, which is the real issue at root of the loneliness epidemic...
The four best Super Bowl TV deals we found
- Technology
- John.Higgins
- Feb 3, 2026
The Super Bowl is not only one of the biggest sporting events in the world, it’s also one of the best times of year to find a deal on a big TV. For major events in particular, a large TV makes sense b...
Elon Musk is merging SpaceX and xAI to build data centers in space — or so he says
- Technology
- Andrew J. Hawkins
- Feb 3, 2026
On Monday, Elon Musk announced that he was merging two of his companies, SpaceX and xAI, in a deal said to be worth $1.25 trillion. The reason, Musk said in an announcement, was that in order for AI t...
Microsoft says it’s building an app store for AI content licensing
- Technology
- Emma Roth
- Feb 3, 2026
Microsoft says it is working on the Publisher Content Marketplace (PCM), an AI licensing hub that shows usage terms set by publishers. That way, AI companies can easily shop the terms and set up deals...
Apple’s Xcode adds OpenAI and Anthropic’s coding agents
- Technology
- Emma Roth
- Feb 3, 2026
Apple is building OpenAI and Anthropic's AI-powered coding agents directly into Xcode. New integrations in Xcode 26.3 will give developers the ability to call upon Anthropic's Claude Agent and OpenAI'...
Back seats aren't as safe as they should be. A crash test is trying to help
- Business
- Camila Domonoske
- Feb 3, 2026
- US
Better engineering has made the front seat much safer in head-on collisions. But the back seat hasn't kept pace. It's a problem one vehicle safety group is trying to solve.