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Democrats to introduce bill aimed at resurrecting IRS Direct File
160 Democratic lawmakers from across the country are backing a soon-to-be-introduced bill that would reverse the Trump administration's decision to eliminate IR...
Google might reshuffle search results to try to dodge fines in the EU
Google is planning to test changes to how it displays search results for certain topics, nearly a year after it was charged with violating antitrust rules in th...
Xbox is in danger. Will Microsoft fix it or kill it?
Today, we’re talking about the future of Xbox. Phil Spencer, a two-time Decoder guest who’s led Xbox for more than a decade, resigned last week. But in a shocki...
We asked experts how to build a resume for the AI hiring era
With AI-backed hiring on the rise, tips for "hacking" your resume are all over social media. As job search companies increasingly rely on artificial intelligenc...
Anthropic has given its retired Claude AI a Substack
In January, Anthropic "retired" Claude 3 Opus, which at one time was the company's most powerful AI model. Today, it's back - and writing on Substack. The newsl...
The smart lock standard that could replace your keys is finally here
Aliro has officially arrived. The smart lock standard, first announced in 2023, finally has a 1.0 spec, meaning companies can now get hardware certified and rol...
Burger King will use AI to check if employees say ‘please’ and ‘thank you’
Burger King is launching an AI chatbot that will live in the headsets used by employees. The voice-enabled chatbot, called "Patty," is part of an overarching BK...
Instagram will alert parents if their kids ‘repeatedly’ search for self-harm topics
Starting next week, Instagram will notify parents to check on their teen searching for terms related to self-harm or suicide. Meta says a similar alert system f...
Google takes control of ‘Android of robotics’ project in quest for physical AI
Google is folding Alphabet's AI robotics "moonshot," Intrinsic, into the company after five years as an independent unit. The move marks a strategic shift as Go...
Why farmers in California are backing a giant solar farm
Many farmers have had to fallow land as a state law comes into effect limiting their access to water. There's now a push to develop some of that land… into sola...
New York sues Valve, alleging its loot boxes are ‘quintessential gambling’
New York Attorney General Letitia James is suing Valve for "illegally promoting gambling" through the loot box systems it has built for video games like Counter...
How the new Galaxy S26 phones stack up against each other on paper
Samsung has just announced its new Galaxy S26 lineup, which includes the S26, S26 Plus, and S26 Ultra. While they aren't radical departures from last year's mod...