Shein’s app runs on the tricks the FTC calls ‘dark patterns.’ Now the FTC is investigating.
Shein’s app runs on the tricks the FTC calls ‘dark patterns.’ Now the FTC is investigating.

Shein wanted its Hong Kong listing to be about growth. Instead, the filing meant to sell that story revealed a US regulator is investigating the company, and Shein will not say why. The disclosure sits in the draft prospectus for Shein’s planned IPO, R…

The AI boom needs power and rockets. Trump just exempted both from environmental law.
The AI boom needs power and rockets. Trump just exempted both from environmental law.

The Trump administration spent Tuesday clearing environmental law out of the way of the tech boom. It did so twice, on two fronts, with the same justification. The first move exempts data centres from the rules meant to stop acid rain. The second frees…

Ranking Every ‘Spider-Man’ Movie By Rotten Tomatoes Score After ‘Brand New Day’

How does Spider-Man: Brand New Day stack up against all other Spider-Man movies on Rotten Tomatoes? Now we know.

Apple hit $5tn by refusing to play the AI game everyone else is losing
Apple hit $5tn by refusing to play the AI game everyone else is losing

Apple has become the second company in history worth $5tn. It got there by being the one big-tech giant that refused to bet its balance sheet on AI. The iPhone maker briefly touched a $5.04tn market value on Tuesday. Shares hit a session high of $342.8…

The Startup Using AI To Make Hearing Aids Better

In this week’s edition of InnovationRx, we look at Fortell’s efforts to make a better hearing aid, Abby Care’s business getting payment for caregivers, J&J’s $5.5 billion talc settlement, Scribe Therapeutics’ IPO, and more.

‘Fable’ May Be The Last Straw For Day One On Xbox Game Pass

Fable is Microsoft’s biggest release in years, but will strain the concept of “day one on Xbox Game Pass,” a strategy that is flagging in time.

AI Studios Rewrite Ownership Rules For Films, Pipelines And Audiences

AI studios are reshaping who owns films, production systems and audience value, giving creators new leverage over Hollywood’s traditional terms.

eBay sent them a bloody pig mask. Now it owes $56m, and no NDA.
eBay sent them a bloody pig mask. Now it owes $56m, and no NDA.

The most disturbing corporate harassment campaign in recent tech history has a price. eBay and three of its former executives will pay nearly $56m to the couple they set out to destroy for writing a critical newsletter. David and Ina Steiner of Natick,…

The AI coding fight just moved from the model to the harness
The AI coding fight just moved from the model to the harness

The most expensive part of AI coding is no longer the model. It is the software wrapped around it, and enterprises have started to notice. The immediate fight is over price. Cursor, the AI coding tool SpaceX has agreed to buy for $60bn, moved most cust…

Netflix Just Added One Of TV’s Best Crime Shows Ever

Netflix adds licensed content all the time, but it has just added one of the best crime/horror shows of all time, which you can watch now.